We at Dorset Growth Hub (WSX Enterprise’s business support delivery brand in Dorset) guarantee our commitment to respecting and protecting your privacy.
This includes your need and your right to know what we do with the personal information you share with us. It also guides our company’s policies regarding the management of this data, including how the information is collected, processed, and for what purposes.
If you are part of the Dorset Business Growth programme, funded by the European Regional Development Fund, we adhere to their Privacy Policy here.
For all other interactions of Customer Data, please find the WSX Enterprise Privacy Policy here.
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CONSENT AND COOKIES
“Dorset Growth Hub”: refers to the web pages. By accessing this website you are consenting to the way information is collected and used, as described within this Privacy Policy.
In return, Dorset Growth Hub gives the commitment that we will use the personal data you provide only in ways that are compatible with the following Privacy Policy.
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THE COLLECTION OF INFORMATION
Every time you log on to our website your IP (Internet Protocol) address registers on our servers. Your IP address reveals no information other than the number assigned to you. We do not use this technology to get any personal data against your knowledge or free will (i.e., automatically recording e-mail addresses of visitors). Nor do we use it for any purpose other than to help us monitor traffic on our website, or (in case of criminal activity or misuse of our information) to cooperate with law enforcement.
 
COOKIES
Dorset Growth Hub may send “cookies” to your computer. Cookies are fragments of data sent through the web server and stored in your hard drive. Cookies can’t read the files stored in your computer, nor can they gather information. The purpose of cookies is just to monitor the traffic on the site, so we know which pages you have visited or customised, making it easier for you to download the information the next time you look at our pages.
Dorset Growth Hub does not sell the information to advertisers, not does it change your computer settings. You can also reset your browser to refuse cookies or to notify you when a cookie is sent, although doing this may interfere with the quality and speed of your browsing experience since some features won’t work as they were meant to.
We use a number of different cookies on our site. If you do not know what cookies are, or how to control or delete them, then we recommend you visit http://www.aboutcookies.org for detailed guidance.
The list below describe the cookies we use on this site and what we use them for. Currently, we operate an ‘implied consent’ policy which means that we assume you are happy with this usage. If you are not happy, then you should either not use this site, or you should delete the cookies having visited the site, or you should browse the site using your browser’s anonymous usage setting (called “Incognito” in Chrome, “InPrivate” for Internet Explorer, “Private Browsing” in Firefox and Safari etc.)
 
FIRST PARTY COOKIES
These are cookies that are set by this website directly.
Google Analytics: We use Google Analytics to collect information about visitor behaviour on our website. Google Analytics stores information about what pages you visit, how long you are on the site, how you got here and what you click on. This Analytics data is collected via a JavaScript tag in the pages of our site and is not tied to personally identifiable information.We, therefore, do not collect or store your personal information (e.g. your name or address) so this information cannot be used to identify who you are.
You can find out more about Google’s position on privacy as regards its analytics service at http://www.google.co.uk/intl/en/analytics/privacyoverview.html
More information on session cookies and what they are used for at http://www.allaboutcookies.org/cookies/session-cookies-used-for.html
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THIRD-PARTY COOKIES
These are cookies set on your machine by external websites whose services are used on this site. Cookies of this type are the sharing buttons across the site allow visitors to share content onto social networks. Cookies are currently set by LinkedIn, Twitter, and Facebook. In order to implement these buttons, and connect them to the relevant social networks and external sites, there are scripts from domains outside of our website. You should be aware that these sites are likely to be collecting information about what you are doing all around the internet, including on this website.
You should check the respective policies of each of these sites to see how exactly they use your information and to find out how to opt out, or delete, such information.
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The collection of information​
 
If you choose to register or submit information on our website or at https://dorsetgrowthhub.typeform.com/to/see4d7 your information will be stored in our Wix website platform in a secure database, which we use for the functionality of the website. We consider Wix to be a third party data processor (see section 6.0 below). The information that you submit will be stored within this website’s own database but not in any of our internal computer systems.
 
Your email submitted information will remain within the Wix database on our website for as long as we continue to use the Wix platform or until you specifically request removal. You can do this by sending your email to us using the email account that is subscribed to the mailing list.
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About this website's servers
 
This website is hosted in data centers in the United States and Europe. From time to time, we may transfer hosting from one location to another. Notwithstanding the above, the Wix.com platform complies with the EU-US Privacy Shield Framework and the Swiss-US privacy shield framework as set forth by the U.S. Department of Commerce, regarding the collection, use, and retention of personal information transferred from the European Union to the United States, and therefore adheres to the Privacy Shield Principles. Wix.com guarantees that the platform will be compliant with the new regulation from May 2018.
 
All traffic (transferral of files) between this website and your browser is encrypted and delivered over HTTPS.
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Our third-party data processors
 
We use Wix to process personal data on our behalf. Neither Wix nor dorsetgrowthhub.co.uk will ever ask for any sensitive information.
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What Wix do to ensure data protection to all our customers
 

• Wix employs full-time security consultants, dedicated to the security of our customer information.  

• Wix is certified under the EU-US Privacy Shield Framework and the Swiss-US Privacy Shield Framework as set forth by the U.S. Department of Commerce, regarding the collection, use, and retention of personal information transferred from the European Union and Switzerland to the United States, and therefore adheres to the Privacy Shield Principles.

Wix was carefully chosen to comply with the legislation set out in section 2.0. 
Both our third parties are based in the USA and are EU-U.S Privacy Shield compliant.
 

• Google - privacy policy

• Wix - privacy policy

 
Cookies
Dorset Growth Hub may send “cookies” to your computer. Cookies are fragments of data sent through the web server and stored in your hard drive. Cookies can’t read the files stored in your computer, nor can they gather information. The purpose of cookies is just to monitor the traffic on the site, so we know which pages you have visited or customized, making it easier for you to download the information the next time you look at our pages.
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Dorset Growth Hub does not sell the information to advertisers, not does it change your computer settings. You can also reset your browser to refuse cookies or to notify you when a cookie is sent, although doing this may interfere with the quality and speed of your browsing experience since some features won’t work as they were meant to.
We use a number of different cookies on our site. If you do not know what cookies are, or how to control or delete them, then we recommend you visit http://www.aboutcookies.org for detailed guidance.
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The list below describes the cookies we use on this site and what we use them for. Currently, we operate an ‘implied consent’ policy which means that we assume you are happy with this usage. If you are not happy, then you should either not use this site, or you should delete the cookies having visited the site, or you should browse the site using your browser’s anonymous usage setting (called “Incognito” in Chrome, “InPrivate” for Internet Explorer, “Private Browsing” in Firefox and Safari, etc.)
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