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Cookies & Privacy Policy

Working Platforms LTD (CRN: 15180859) (‘We’) are committed to protecting and respecting your privacy, here are the cookies and privacy policies for our “site” or “website” – workingplatformsltd.co.uk.

WORKING PLATFORMS Cookie Policy

What are cookies?

This Cookie Policy explains what cookies are and how we use them on workingplatformsltd.co.uk, the types of cookies we use i.e, the information we collect using cookies and how that information is used, and how to manage the cookie settings.

Cookies are small text files that are used to store small pieces of information. They are stored on your device when the website is loaded on your browser. These cookies help us make the website function properly, make it more secure, provide better user experience, and understand how the website performs and to analyze what works and where it needs improvement.

How do we use cookies?

As most of the online services, our website uses first-party and third-party cookies for several purposes. First-party cookies are mostly necessary for the website to function the right way, and they do not collect any of your personally identifiable data.

The third-party cookies used on our website are mainly for understanding how the website performs, how you interact with our website, keeping our services secure, providing advertisements that are relevant to you, and all in all providing you with a better and improved user experience and help speed up your future interactions with our website.

Types of Cookies we use

In addition to this, different browsers provide different methods to block and delete cookies used by websites. You can change the settings of your browser to block/delete the cookies. Listed below are the links to the support documents on how to manage and delete cookies from the major web browsers.

Chrome
Safari
Firefox
Internet Explorer

If you are using any other web browser, please visit your browser’s official support documents.

Manage cookie preferences
You can manage or change your cookie preferences or our website by tapping the ReDo consent icon at the botton left of our website.

Last Updated: 14-Feb-2025

Privacy Policy

This policy (together with our website terms of use and any other documents referred to on it) sets out the basis on which any personal data we collect from you, or that you provide to us, will be processed by us.  Please read the following carefully to understand our views and practices regarding your personal data and how we will treat it. By visiting our website are accepting and consenting to the practices described in this policy.

For the purpose of the Data Protection Act 1998 (‘the Act’), the data controller is Working Platforms Ltd.

We may collect and process the following data about you:

Information you give us

You may give us information about you by filling in forms on our site, or by corresponding with us by phone, e-mail or otherwise. The following includes action with Working Platforms Ltd or any client that we are representing; information you provide when you register to use our site, subscribe to our service, participate in discussion boards or other social media functions relating to our company or our website. The information you give us may include your name, address, e-mail address and phone number, financial and credit card information, personal description and photographs.

Information we collect about you

  • With regard to each of your visits to our site we may automatically may collect the following information:
  • technical information, including the Internet protocol (IP) address used to connect your computer to the Internet, your login information, browser type and version, time zone setting, browser plug-in types and versions, operating system and platform;
  • information about your visit, including the full Uniform Resource Locators (URL) clickstream to, through and from our site (including date and time); products you viewed or searched for; page response times, download errors, length of visits to certain pages, page interaction information (such as scrolling, clicks, and mouse-overs), and methods used to browse away from the page and any phone number used to call our customer service number.

Information we receive from other sources

We may receive information about you if you use any of the other websites we operate or the other services we provide. We are also working closely with third parties (including, for example, business partners, sub-contractors in technical, payment and delivery services, advertising networks, analytics providers, search information providers, credit reference agencies) and may receive information about you from them.

Disclosure of your information

We may share your personal information with any member of our group, which means our subsidiaries, our ultimate holding company and its subsidiaries, as defined in section 1159 of the UK Companies Act 2006.

We may share your information with selected third parties including:

  • Business partners, suppliers and sub-contractors for the performance of any contract we enter into with them or you.
  • Advertisers and advertising networks that require the data to select and serve relevant adverts to you and others.
  • Analytics and search engine providers that assist us in the improvement and optimisation of our site.

We may disclose your personal information to third parties:

  • In the event that we sell or buy any business or assets, in which case we may disclose your personal data to the prospective seller or buyer of such business or assets.
  • If Working Platforms Ltd or substantially all of its assets are acquired by a third party, in which case personal data held by it about its customers will be one of the transferred assets.
  • If we are under a duty to disclose or share your personal data in order to comply with any legal obligation, or in order to enforce or apply our terms of use and other agreements; or to protect the rights, property, or safety of Working Platforms Ltd, our customers, or others. This includes exchanging information with other companies and organisations for the purposes of fraud protection and credit risk reduction.

Where we store your personal data

The data that we collect from you may be transferred to, and stored at, a destination outside the European Economic Area (‘EEA’). It may also be processed by staff operating outside the EEA who work for us or for one of our suppliers. Such staff maybe engaged in, among other things,  the fulfilment of your order, the processing of your payment details and the provision of support services. By submitting your personal data, you agree to this transfer, storing or processing. We will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that your data is treated securely and in accordance with this privacy policy.

Where we have given you (or where you have chosen) a password which enables you to access certain parts of our site, you are responsible for keeping this password confidential. We ask you not to share a password with anyone.

Unfortunately, the transmission of information via the internet is not completely secure. Although we will do our best to protect your personal data, we cannot guarantee the security of your data transmitted to our site; any transmission is at your own risk. Once we have received your information, we will use strict procedures and security features to try to prevent unauthorised access.

Your rights

You have the right to ask us not to process your personal data for marketing purposes. We will usually inform you (before collecting your data) if we intend to use your data for such purposes or if we intend to disclose your information to any third party for such purposes. You can exercise your right to prevent such processing by checking certain boxes on the forms we use to collect your data.  You can also exercise your right to withdraw at any time, in line with GDPR compliance, by contacting us at info@workingplatformsltd.co.uk.

Our site may, from time to time, contain links to and from the websites of our partner networks, advertisers and affiliates.  If you follow a link to any of these websites, please note that these websites have their own privacy policies and that we do not accept any responsibility or liability for these policies.  Please check these policies before you submit any personal data to these websites.

Access to information

The Act gives you the right to access information held about you. Your right of access can be exercised in accordance with the Act. Any access request may be subject to a fee of £10.00 to meet our costs in providing you with details of the information we hold about you.

GDPR

In accordance with GDPR Compliance (25th May 2018) I can confirm that we use cookies and trackers on this website. This is to monitor and track activity to ensure the best experience for users. We also may use your details for retargeting, market data collection and digital marketing. By using this site you are agreeing to our terms, including the occurrence of automatic decisions, including profiling.

  • You have the right to change or withdraw your consent by emailing info@workingplatformsltd.co.uk.
  • Any personal details that you provide will be treated with the strictest confidence and not passed on to any other parties.
  • You will not receive any marketing material by email or other methods unless you have granted us express permission.
  • We use a Google recommended consent tool to monitor, report and automate visitor traffic on our website.
  • You (the visitor) are entitled to access, correct, delete and limit processing of your own personal data.
  • You (the visitor) is entitled to receive personal data so that they can be used by another processor.
  • You (the visitor) have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority in accordance with GDPR.
  • If you have any complaints or concerns then address these to Working Platforms data controller Stevie Gawthorpe.