Privacy Policy

Last modified on 20 September 2023

This Privacy Policy sets out how Lentech (and all of its child websites) uses and protects any information that you give us when you use our services. We are committed to ensuring that your privacy is protected. Should we ask you to provide certain information by which you can be identified when using this website, you can be assured that it will only be used in accordance with this Privacy Policy.

This Privacy Policy applies only to our online activities and is valid for visitors to our websites with regards to the information that they shared and/or collected. This policy is not applicable to any information collected offline or via channels other than our websites.

Information We Collect

We may collect information about you and how you use our products. The personal information that you are asked to provide, and the reasons why you are asked to provide it, will be made clear to you at the point we ask you to provide your personal information. We will only ask you for your personal information if it’s required, or we believe it will enhance your experience.

If you contact us directly, we may receive additional information about you such as your name, email address, phone number, the contents of the message and/or attachments you may send us, and any other information you may choose to provide.

When you register for a user account, we may ask for your contact information, including items such as full name, email address, date of birth, address, location, and preferences.

We also collect information which we gather from your usage of our products such as logging your IP address when you make a post.

How We Use Your Information

We use the information we collect in various ways, including to:

Log Files

We follow a standard procedure of using log files. These files log visitors when they visit our websites. All hosting companies do this as part of hosting services’ analytics. The information collected by log files include internet protocol (IP) addresses, browser type, Internet Service Provider (ISP), timestamp, referring/exit pages, and possibly the number of clicks. These are not linked to any information that is personally identifiable. The purpose of the information is for analysing trends, administering the site, tracking users’ movement on the website, and gathering demographic information.

Security

We are committed to ensuring that your information is secure. In order to prevent unauthorised access or disclosure, we have put in place suitable physical, electronic and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect online.

All passwords and other sensitive data stored are encrypted using modern practices and techniques. We never store your password in plain-text or send it to you in an email.

Controlling Your Information

You may choose to restrict the collection or use of your personal information in the following ways:

We will not sell, distribute or lease your personal information to third parties unless we have your explicit permission or are required to do so by law.

You may request details of personal information which we hold about you under the Data Protection Act 1998. If you would like a copy of the information held on you please contact us.

If you believe that any information we are holding on you is incorrect or incomplete, please change it using the appropriate settings page. If there is however no way to change the information yourself, then contact us as soon as possible and we’ll promptly correct any information found to be incorrect.

Cookies and Web Beacons

A cookie is a small file which is stored onto your computer by the web browser. The cookie helps analyse web traffic or lets you know when you visit a particular website. Cookies allow web applications to respond to you as an individual. The web application can tailor its operations to your needs, likes and dislikes by gathering and remembering information about your preferences.

We use traffic log cookies to identify which pages are being used. This helps us analyse data about webpage traffic and improve our website in order to tailor it to customer needs. We only use this information for statistical analysis purposes and then the data is removed from the system.

Overall, cookies help us provide you with a better experience by enabling us to monitor which pages you find useful and which you do not. A cookie in no way gives us access to your computer or any information about you, other than the data you choose to share with us.

You can choose to disable cookies through your individual browser options. To know more detailed information about cookie management with specific web browsers, it can be found at the browsers’ respective websites.

Google DoubleClick DART Cookie

Google is one of the third-party vendors on our websites. It also uses cookies, known as DART cookies, to serve ads to our site visitors based upon their visit to our websites and other websites on the internet. However, visitors may choose to decline the use of DART cookies by visiting the Google Ad and Content Network Privacy Policy.

Advertising Partner’s Privacy Policies

Our Privacy Policy does not apply to other advertisers. Thus, we are advising you to consult the respective Privacy Policies of these third-party ad servers for more detailed information. It may include their practises and instructions about how to opt-out of certain options.

Third-party ad servers or ad networks use technologies like cookies, JavaScript, or Web Beacons that are used in their respective advertisements and links that appear on our websites, which are sent directly to the users’ browser. They automatically receive your IP address when this occurs. These technologies are used to measure the effectiveness of their advertising campaigns and/or to personalise the advertising content that you see on websites that you visit.

Note that our websites have no access to or control over these cookies that are used by third-party advertisers.

Links to Other Websites

Our website may contain links to other websites of interest. However, once you have used these links to leave our website, you should note that we do not have any control over that other website. Therefore, we cannot be responsible for the protection and privacy of any information which you provide whilst visiting them. Such sites are not governed by this Privacy Policy. You should exercise caution and look at the Privacy Policy applicable to the website in question.

CCPA Privacy Rights

Under the CCPA (Do Not Sell My Personal Information), among other rights, California consumers have the right to:

GDPR Data Protection Rights

We would like to make sure you are fully aware of all of your data protection rights. Every user is entitled to the following:

Children’s Information

Another part of our priority is adding protection for children while using the internet. We encourage parents and guardians to observe, participate in, and/or monitor and guide their online activity.

We do not knowingly collect any personal identifiable information from children under the age of 13. If you think that your child provided this kind of information on our website, we strongly encourage you to contact us immediately and we will do our best efforts to promptly remove such information from our records.