Privacy Policy

Data Protection

We are pleased to welcome you to our website and thank you for your interest in our services. It is very important to us that we protect your personal data during its entire business processing. Transbless Translations is fully committed to complying with the provisions of all applicable Data Protection legislation and regulations such as Data Protection Act and EU GDPR.This Privacy Policy (“Policy”) describes how Transbless Translations collects, uses, shares, and retains personally identifiable information provided by users of this website. The Policy is effective as of 8th May 2020. The policy will be continuously assessed against new technologies, business practices, regulatory changes and the evolving needs of Transbless Translations  and the services provided. 

Data Controller

The data controller for all personal data collected via this website is Transbless Translations with its registered office at 130 Argyle St., St. Helens, Merseyside, WA10 2BS, UK. This means that we are responsible for deciding what data we collect and how we hold and use your personal data. We will implement appropriate data security measures for protecting the data from unauthorised access and loss, as laid out in the Security section of this Policy.

Data Collection

Transbless Translations collects and maintains a variety of personally identifiable information, both from individuals and businesses. The information could be collected through e-mails, phone calls, online enquiry forms, and face to face meetings. Transbless Translations does not collect personal data about individuals except when there is a legitimate business interest, a contractual requirement, or when such information is provided on a voluntary basis.

Cookies

Website users should also be aware that non-personal information and data may be automatically collected through the standard operation of the Transbless Translations' website, and by the use of cookies technology and/or Internet Protocol (“IP”) address tracking. Non-personal identification information might include the browser used by you, the type of computer, the operating systems, the Internet service providers, and other similar information.

This website also automatically gathers analytical data about the top viewed and visited pages and links on our website, top entry and exit points, number of form completions, time spent on pages, top downloads, top keywords used offsite to lead customers to our website, your internet protocol (IP) address, information collected via cookies, the areas you visit on the website, the links you may select from within the website to other external websites and device event information such as system activity, crashes, hardware settings, browser type etc. Most browsers are set to accept cookies. You can set your browser to refuse cookies, or to alert you when cookies are being sent.

The information collected enables us to develop and customise our online services better to meet your needs, and to bring to your attention relevant services.

Purpose of Processing

The personal data collected is used by Transbless Translations in the administration of services provided to you, to send you information in relation to our relevant services.

Transbless Translations may perform statistical analyses of user behaviour and characteristics to measure interest in and the use of various sections of the website. The personal data held by Transbless Translations may also be used on an aggregate basis without any personal identifiers to provide third parties with information to help us develop new client services and products, improve the features and content of the website or other marketing material in relation to services and/or the website.

Data Retention

The personal data collected is stored in the Transbless Translations CRM system and other appropriate data management systems, both paper based and electronic. Personally identifiable information will not be disclosed to any third party except if permission has first been obtained from the users or if we have a contractual or legal obligation to do so. The data will not be transferred to any agency located outside the EU.At regular intervals, we will:

  • review the length of time we keep your personal data for

  • consider the purpose or purposes for which we hold your personal data for in deciding whether (and for how long) to retain it

  • securely delete information that is no longer needed for that purpose or those purposes

  • update, archive or securely delete information if it goes out of date.

Security

Transbless Translations uses reasonable measures to safeguard personally identifiable information. The implemented measures will be appropriate to the type of information maintained and compliance with all relevant legislation governing protection of personal information. Measures are implemented to preserve the confidentiality, integrity and availability of the personal information. We have put in place appropriate security measures to prevent your personal data from being accidentally lost, used or accessed in an unauthorised way, altered or disclosed. In addition, we limit access to your personal data to only those employees, contractors or agents who have a legitimate business need to have access to that data. The employees, contractors or agents will process your personal data in accordance with our instructions. They will be subject to a duty of confidentiality and due care with respect to handling the personal data. We have put in place procedures to deal with any suspected data security breach and will notify you and any applicable regulator of a suspected breach where we are legally required to do so. Transbless Translations is aware of the importance of data security and information protection.

Links to Third-Party Sites

Where appropriate and only for the legitimate business needs of Transbless Translations and its customers, we may provide links to third-party websites. These links are provided as a service to website users. The linked third-party websites are operated by independent entities that have their own privacy policies. This Privacy Policy does not apply to such other websites or to the use that those entities make of your information. Transbless Translations has no control over the content displayed on such sites, nor over the measures, if any, that are taken by such sites to protect the privacy of your information.

Access, Review and Correction

The General Data Protection Regulations gives you the right to access your personal data held by us (“subject access request”). If you have an established relationship with Transbless Translations, you may request from us a list of the categories of personal information held about you. Subject access requests must be made in writing to the details below. We will endeavour to respond to the request within a reasonable period and in any event within one month as required by the relevant provisions in the GDPR.

It is important that the personal data we hold about you is accurate and current. We will take all reasonable measures to ensure that the personal data we hold about you is accurate. We have also implemented procedures to enable you to review and correct your personal information, should there be any changes to your circumstances or errors in the gathered data. When you make a request to access or review the personal data we hold about you, we will request you to verify your identity before the request can be fulfilled.

Privacy Rights

In addition to the rights of access, review and correction, you have the right to object to your personal data being processed for any particular purpose, or to request that we stop using your information.

If you wish to exercise these rights, please e-mail info@transblesstranslations.com or send a letter marked "Data Protection" to Transbless Translations, 130 Argyle St., St Helens, Merseyside, WA10 2BS, UK.

If you have further concerns about how we use your personal data, you also have the right to make a complaint at any time to the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO), the data protection authority for the UK. Please visit https://ico.org.uk/ for more details on your data protection rights and how to contact them.

This privacy policy was last updated on 8th May, 2020. 

Functional and Required Cookies

Name

Type

Duration

Purpose

Crumb

Cookie

Session

Prevents cross-site request forgery (CSRF)

siteUserCrumb

Cookie

3 years

Prevents cross-site request forgery (CSRF) for logged in site users.

RecentRedirect

Cookie

30 minutes

Prevents redirect loops if a site has custom URL redirects. Redirect loops are bad for SEO.

CART

Cookie

2 weeks

Shows when a visitor adds a product to their cart

hasCart

Cookie

2 weeks

Tells Squarespace that the visitor has a cart

Locked

Cookie

Session

Prevents the password-protected screen from displaying if a visitor enters the correct site-wide password.

SiteUserInfo

Cookie

3 years

Identifies a visitor who logs into a customer account

SiteUserSecureAuthToken

Cookie

3 years

Authenticates a visitor who logs into a customer account

Commerce-checkout-state

sessionstorage

Session

Stores state of checkout while the visitor is completing their order in PayPal

squarespace-popup-overlay

localstorage

Persistent

Prevents the promotional pop-up from displaying if a visitor dismisses it

squarespace-announcement-bar

localstorage

Persistent

Prevents the announcement bar from displaying if a visitor dismisses it

ss_sd

Cookie

Session

Ensures that visitors on the Squarespace 5 platform remain authenticated during their sessions.

Test

Cookie

Session

Investigates if the browser supports cookies and prevents errors.

squarespace-likes

localstorage

Persistent

Shows when you've already "liked" a blog post.

CHECKOUT_WEBSITE

Cookie

Session

Identifies the correct site for checkout when Checkout on Your Domain is disabled.

Analytics and Performance Cookies

Cookie Name

Duration

Purpose

ss_cid

2 years

Identifies unique visitors and tracks a visitor’s sessions on a site

ss_cvr

2 years

Identifies unique visitors and tracks a visitor’s sessions on a site

ss_cvisit

30 minutes

Identifies unique visitors and tracks a visitor’s sessions on a site

ss_cvt

30 minutes

Identifies unique visitors and tracks a visitor’s sessions on a site

ss_cpvisit

2 years

Identifies unique visitors and tracks a visitor’s sessions on a site

ss_cookieAllowed

30 days

Remembers if a visitor agreed to placing Analytics cookies on their browser if a site is restricting the placement of cookies