Privacy Policy
This privacy policy is for this website, www.thefargogroup.com and is served by The Fargo Group, Berkeley House, Dix’s Field, Exeter, EX1 1PZ, and governs the privacy of its users who choose to use it. It explains how we comply with the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation), the DPA (Data Protection Act) [pre GDPR enforcement] and the PECR (Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations).
This policy will explain areas of this website that may affect your privacy and personal details, how we process, collect, manage, and store those details, and how your rights under the GDPR, DPA & PECR are adhered to. Additionally, it will explain the use of cookies or software, advertising, or commercial sponsorship from third parties, and the download of any documents, files, or software made available to you (if any) on this website. Further explanations may be provided for specific pages or features of this website to help you understand how we, this website and its third parties (if any) interact with you and your computer/device to serve it to you. Our contact information is provided for any questions you may have.
The DPA & GDPR May 2018
We and this website comply with the DPA (Data Protection Act 2018) and the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation), which came into effect in May 2018.
Use of Cookies
This website uses cookies to enhance the user’s experience while visiting the website. As required by legislation, where applicable, this website uses a cookie control system, allowing users to give explicit permission or deny the use and saving of cookies on their computer/device.
What are cookies? Cookies are small files saved to the user’s computer’s hard drive that track, save and store information about the user’s interactions and usage of the website. This allows the website, through its server, to provide the users with a tailored experience within this website.
Users are advised that if they wish to deny the use and saving of cookies from this website onto their computer’s hard drive, they should take necessary steps within their web browser’s security settings to block all cookies from this website and its external serving vendors or use the cookie control system if available upon their first visit.
Website Visitor Tracking
This website uses tracking software to monitor its visitors and better understand how they use it. The software will save a cookie to your computer’s hard drive to track and monitor your engagement and usage of the website, but will not store, save or collect personal information.
Adverts and Sponsored Links
This website may contain sponsored links and adverts. These will typically be served through our advertising partners, who may have detailed privacy policies relating directly to the adverts they serve.
Clicking on any such advertisements will direct you to the advertiser’s website through a referral program, which may use cookies and track the number of referrals sent from this website. This may include the use of cookies, which may in turn be saved on your computer’s hard drive. Users should note that they click on sponsored external links at their own risk, and we cannot be held liable for any damages or implications caused by visiting any external links mentioned.
Downloads & Media Files
Any downloadable documents, files or media made available on this website are provided to users at their own risk. While all precautions have been taken to ensure only genuine downloads are available, users are advised to verify their authenticity using third-party anti-virus software or similar applications.
We accept no responsibility for third-party downloads and those provided by external third-party websites. We advise users to verify their authenticity using third-party anti-virus software or similar applications.
Contact & Communication with Us
Users contacting this us through this website do so at their own discretion and provide any such personal details requested at their own risk. Your personal information is kept private and stored securely until it is no longer required or has no further use.
Where we have clearly stated and made you aware of the fact, and where you have given your express permission, we may use your details to send you product/service information through a mailing list system. This is done in accordance with the regulations named in ‘The policy’ above.
Email Mailing List & Marketing Messages
We operate an email mailing list program, used to inform subscribers about products, services and/or news we supply/publish. Users can subscribe through an online automated process where they have given their explicit permission. Subscriber personal details are collected, processed, managed and stored in accordance with the regulations named in ‘The policy’ above. Subscribers can unsubscribe at any time through an automated online service, or if this is not available, through other means as detailed in the footer of the sent marketing messages. The type and content of marketing messages subscribers receive, as well as whether they may contain third-party content, are clearly outlined at the point of subscription.
Email marketing messages may contain tracking beacons/tracked clickable links or similar server technologies to track subscriber activity within email marketing messages. Where used, such marketing messages may record a range of subscriber data, including engagement, geographic, demographic, and already stored subscriber data.
External Website Links & Third Parties
Although we only include quality, safe, and relevant external links, users are advised to exercise caution before clicking on any external web links mentioned throughout this website.
Shortened URLs; URL shortening is a technique used on the web to condense Uniform Resource Locators (URLs) into something substantially shorter. This technique is primarily used on social media and typically appears as follows (example: http://bit.ly/zyVUBo). Users should take caution before clicking on shortened URL links and verify their authenticity before proceeding.
We cannot guarantee or verify the contents of any externally linked website despite our best efforts. Users should note that they click on external links at their own risk, and we cannot be held liable for any damages or implications caused by visiting any external links mentioned.
Social Media Policy & Usage
We have adopted a Social Media Policy to ensure that our business and staff conduct themselves in a manner consistent with our values online. While we may have official profiles on social media platforms, users are advised to verify the authenticity of these profiles before engaging with or sharing information with them. We will never ask for user passwords or personal details on social media platforms. Users are advised to conduct themselves appropriately when engaging with us on social media.
There may be instances where our website features social sharing buttons, which enable users to share web content directly from web pages to their respective social media platforms. You use social sharing buttons at your own discretion and accept that doing so may publish content to your social media profile feed or page.
Issue Date: 01.11.23
Review Date: 01.11.24