What Are Cookies?
Cookies are small files saved to the user’s computer hard drive that track, save and store information about the user’s interactions and usage of the website. This allows the website to provide the user with a tailored experience when navigating the website. Session cookies may be used to validate access to different parts of the website.
Disabling Cookies
If you are uncomfortable with the use of cookies, you can disable cookies on your device by changing the settings in the preferences or options menu in your browser. You can set your browser to reject or block cookies or to tell you when a website tries to put a cookie on your device. You can also delete any cookies that are already stored on your device. However, please be aware that if you do delete and block all cookies from our website, parts of the site may not fully function.
How We Use Cookies
www.kent-ent.com uses cookies to help us identify and track visitors, their usage of the website, and their website access preferences. Cookies are a user’s identification card for accessing the servers. On a user’s first visit to the website a Cookie Pop up will ask a user to allow or disallow the use of cookies on their computer or device. This complies with UK legislation which requires that explicit consent is given by users before reading files are left, or applied, on a user’s computer or device. To the extent that cookies data constitutes personally identifiable information, we process such data on the basis of your consent.
Types Of Cookies
The types of Cookies we use are:
Cookies We Use
| COOKIE | PROVIDER | TYPE | USE | RETENTION PERIOD |
| NECESSARY | ||||
| PHPSESSID | kent-ent.com | HTTP | Preserves users’ session state across page requests | 6 days |
| STATISTICS | ||||
| _ga | kent-ent.com | HTTP | Statistical data on how user uses the website | 2 years |
| _gat | kent-ent.com | HTTP | Google Analytics use to throttle request rate | 1 day |
| _gid | kent-ent.com | HTTP | Registers unique ID for statistics on website use | 1 day |
| collect | Google-analytics.com | Pixel | Sends data to Google about user’s device & behaviour | Session |
Analytics
www.kent-ent.com uses tracking software provided by Google Analytics to monitor its visitors, and to better understand how they use the site. See above table. The software will save a cookie to the user’s hard drive in order to track and monitor engagement and usage of the website. The cookie will not store, save or collect personal data. The data collected is only viewable by selected employees on a need-to-know basis and by Google.
Google’s privacy policy is available at http://www.google.com/privacy.html. Users may opt-out from having their data collected by disabling the tracking.
Consent To Cookies
If you accept the use of Cookies on this website, you consent to the processing of data about you by us and any third parties as identified above in accordance with this policy and our Privacy Policy. You have the right to withdraw your consent at any time by emailing info@kent-ent.com
Further Information
Guidelines for the processing and handling of data and use of Cookies is available from the Information Commissioner’s Office, the UK supervisory authority on data protection, see www.ico.org.uk
Information is also available at www.ec.europa.eu/ipg/basics/legal/cookies/index_en.html
Questions And Queries
If you have any concerns about how we handle your data, you can contact us by email to info@kent-ent.com
Changes To This Policy
We reserve the right to change this Privacy Policy at any time, so please review it frequently. Changes and clarifications will take effect immediately upon their posting on the website.
You will be deemed to have accepted any changes to the terms of the privacy policy on your next visit of the website following the amendment.
Complaints
If you want to raise a concern about the use of your data, you can contact us by email to info@kent-ent.com. Alternatively, you can formally raise a concern or complaint to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) directly on 0303 123 1113, or see the options for reporting issues on https://ico.org.uk/concerns/
No Waiver
No failure or delay by us in exercising any of our rights in accordance with this Privacy Policy or our terms and conditions shall be deemed to be a waiver of that right, and no waiver of a breach of any provision of the Agreement shall be deemed to be a waiver of any subsequent breach of the same or any other provision.
Severance
If one or more of the provisions of this Privacy Policy or our terms and conditions is found to be unlawful, invalid or otherwise unenforceable, those provision(s) shall be deemed severed from the remainder of these terms and conditions and shall remain enforceable.
Third Party Rights
The terms of this Privacy Policy shall not confer rights on any third parties and accordingly the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act shall not apply.
Jurisdiction And Governing Law
The terms of this Privacy Policy and all disputes, whether contractual or otherwise, arising out of or in connection with the policy are governed by and shall be construed in accordance with the laws of England and Wales and each party submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the English courts.
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