Privacy Policy

The South West Manufacturing Advisory Service (SWMAS) principal activities are Manufacturing Business Support and Advice, Events Organisation, Training and Research.

Our site does not automatically capture or store personal information, other than logging the user's IP address and session info such as the duration of the visit and the type of browser used. This is recognised by the Web server and is only used for system administration and to provide statistics, which SWMAS uses to evaluate use of the site.

You can visit our home page and browse our site without disclosing personal information. We do not use cookies for collecting user information from the site.

You may be asked for personal information if you wish to register for our newsletter or if you wish to receive more information about the service. In each case we will use the personal information you provide to deliver the service requested. The information will also be recorded and used for customer administration, research and development, technical administration of the site and marketing purposes by SWMAS and its partner organisations.

If you wish to register for the newsletter or obtain further information but do not wish to receive marketing material you are given the opportunity to opt out by indicating in a tick box on the registration and contact us pages. If we wish to use your personal data for any other purpose than those stated above we will give you the option to opt out by indicating in a tick box on the registration and contact us pages.

We have implemented security policies, rules and technical measures to protect the personal data that we have under our control from:

• unauthorised access
• improper use or disclosure
• unauthorised modification
• unlawful destruction or accidental loss

You can contact us at info@swmas.co.uk to ask if we hold any personal data about you. If you wish to access that personal data or if you have any concerns about this privacy policy this should be sent in writing to:

SWMAS
Chargrove House
Shurdington
Cheltenham
Gloucestershire
GL51 4GA

This privacy policy only covers the South West Manufacturing Advisory Service Web site at www.swmas.co.uk Other links within this site to other web sites are not covered by this policy.

Summary of terms
Browser
Used to locate and display Web pages via a software application. The most popular ones are Netscape Navigator and Microsoft Internet Explorer.

Cookie
Message given to a web browser by a web server. The message is then stored by the browser in a text file called cookie.txt Each time the browser requests a page from the server, this message is sent back. A cookie's main objective is to identify users and personalise their visit by customising web pages for them for example by welcoming them by name next time they visit the same site. A site using cookies will usually invite you to provide personal information such as your name, e-mail address and interests.

IP (Internet Protocol)
All networks connected to the internet speak IP, the technical standard which allows data to be transmitted between two devices. TCP/IP (Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol) is responsible for making sure messages get from one host to another and that the messages are understood.

IP address
If you are connected to the Internet you have one, for example it may look something like this 198.184.98.9

Web Server
Delivers (serves up) web pages to your computer.