Privacy Policy
Your privacy matters to us, and we are committed to protecting your personal data. This policy explains how we handle and protect any information gathered through this website (the 'Site') in a transparent, straightforward way.
Scope of This Policy
This privacy policy applies solely to information collected directly by this Site. It does not cover any external websites, businesses, or third-party links found on our pages. Those external platforms manage their own data privacy terms, which we encourage you to check directly.
What Data Do We Collect?
We do not collect any personal or identifying details automatically when you browse our website. Instead, we only gather anonymized, high-level statistical data regarding how people navigate the Site. This helps us understand general user habits so we can make the website easier to use and more helpful.
Contact Forms
Our Contact Us page, and several other pages on our site, features a secure email form so you can ask about our services. Using this form requires entering a name, email address, and a contact phone number. This information stays entirely within our business to answer your queries and is never rented, shared, or sold to external third parties without your explicit permission.
If you ever need to view, amend, or completely remove any personal information you have sent to us, simply drop us a line using the contact details found on our Contact Us page.
Cookies
Cookies are tiny text files saved to your computer, phone, or tablet when you visit a website. They serve several helpful purposes, like making web features function properly, analyzing traffic trends, and helping site administrators keep things running smoothly.
Our Cookies
We only use a minimal set of cookies to manage core functionality and basic site analytics, detailed below:
Essential cookies - These are required for the fundamental operations of the website. They include technical session management and saving your choices on our cookie consent banner. If you choose to block these in your browser settings, these specific functions will stop working.
| Cookie | Domain | Description | Expires |
|---|---|---|---|
| PHPSESSID | hydraulics.ie | A standard technical cookie used to maintain your secure session across different pages on the site. | When browser closes |
| cc_cookie | hydraulics.ie | Saves your specific choices and acknowledgement regarding your cookie preferences. | 6 months |
Performance measurement - These cookies help us track how often visitors return and which pages they use most. We look at this aggregated data to find layout bugs, monitor performance, and enhance the overall browsing experience.
| Cookie | Provider | Domain | Description | Expires |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| _ga | Google LLC | hydraulics.ie | Generates anonymous data to tell unique site visitors apart. | 12 days |
| _gid | Google LLC | hydraulics.ie | Monitors session duration, page interactions, and overall traffic patterns. | Session |
Security - Technical cookies are utilized to confirm user requests, protect data integrity, and safeguard against unauthorized access or automated web abuse.
Managing Your Cookie Settings
You can adjust your choices and opt out of analytical tracking at any point by accessing our interactive Cookie Preferences tool.
Using Your Web Browser
Most modern web browsers allow you to block cookies entirely by adjusting your local preferences. You can typically find these adjustments within the "Settings" or "Options" submenus. For detailed guidance on how to manage storage settings on your specific device, you can use the following links:
Data Retention
We only keep personal information for as long as necessary to fulfill the specific goals outlined in this policy. For example, we only store contact form details as long as needed to fully handle your inquiry.
Data Security
We take data security seriously. To prevent unauthorized data access, leakage, or disclosure, we use robust electronic, administrative, and physical safeguards to lock down and protect the data we manage.
Helpful Links
If you want to read more about data privacy regulations and how cookies work online, these resources offer excellent information:
- Microsoft Cookies Guide
- All About Cookies Reference
- About Cookies Guide
- The Data Protection Commission (Ireland)
Questions or Feedback?
If you have any questions or require more details regarding our privacy standards, please feel free to contact us.