At Sterling Logistics, we are committed to protecting your privacy. We will only use the information that we collect about you lawfully (in accordance with the Data Protection Act 1998).
Providing your personal information to us is optional and can only be done by completing one of our contact forms on the website, via fax or by calling us on the telephone. We collect information about you for 2 reasons: firstly, to process your query and second, to provide you with the best possible service.
We will give you the chance to refuse any marketing email from us by unsubscribing from any email sent from us. This will permanently remove you from being sent marketing and/or information emails from Sterling Logistics.
The type of information we will collect about you includes:
- your name
- address
- phone number
- email address
- requirements
We will never collect sensitive information about you without your explicit consent.
The information we hold will be accurate and up to date. You can check the information that we hold about you by emailing us. If you find any inaccuracies we will delete or correct it promptly.
The personal information which we hold will be held securely in accordance with our internal security policy and the law.
If we intend to transfer your information outside the EEA (European Economic Area) we will always obtain your consent first.
If you have any questions/comments about privacy, you should contact us.
Cookie Usage
We may use technology to track the patterns of behaviour of visitors to our site. This can include using a "cookie" which would be stored on your browser. These are used to differentiate one user from another and pass relevant information from page to page when travelling around a website. You can modify your browser to prevent this happening. The information collected in this way cannot be used to identify you unless you specifically register on our website.
We use session cookies which store information (such as what is in your shopping cart) which is essential to our ecommerce. These session cookies are automatically removed from your computer when you close the browser.
If you wish to block cookies from this website, the following link shows you how to prevent cookies for each browser type.
http://www.aboutcookies.org/Default.aspx?page=1
Third party cookie usage
We often use code embedded from other websites, such as google, twitter, vimeo and addthis. These can add cookies to your computer which can be session cookies (which are deleted when you close your web browser) or permanent cookies (which remain on your computer for the time specified below).
Below is a table of cookies used with this website
| Name | Description | Expires |
| Google Analytics | ||
| __utma | This cookie is typically written to the browser upon the first visit to your site from that web browser. If the cookie has been deleted by the browser operator, and the browser subsequently visits your site, a new __utma cookie is written with a different unique ID. This cookie is used to determine unique visitors to your site and it is updated with each page view. Additionally, this cookie is provided with a unique ID that Google Analytics uses to ensure both the validity and accessibility of the cookie as an extra security measure. | 2Yrs |
| __utmb | This cookie is used to establish and continue a user session with your site. When a user views a page on your site, the Google Analytics code attempts to update this cookie. If it does not find the cookie, a new one is written and a new session is established. Each time a user visits a different page on your site, this cookie is updated to expire in 30 minutes, thus continuing a single session for as long as user activity continues within 30-minute intervals. This cookie expires when a user pauses on a page on your site for longer than 30 minutes. | 30mins |
| __utmc | Historically, this cookie operated in conjunction with the __utmb cookie to determine whether or not to establish a new session for the user. For backwards compatibility purposes with sites still using the urchin.js tracking code, this cookie will continue to be written and will expire when the user exits the browser. | Temporary |
| __utmz | This cookie stores the type of referral used by the visitor to reach your site, whether via a direct method, a referring link, a website search, or a campaign such as an ad or an email link. It is used to calculate search engine traffic, ad campaigns and page navigation within your own site. The cookie is updated with each page view to your site. | 2yrs |
| Google Privacy Policy - http://www.google.com/analytics/learn/privacy.html | ||
| AddThis | ||
| psc,uid, uit,uvc |
AddThis is a feature on the website that allows our visitors to bookmark this website to their accounts in a variety of social networking websites and url sharing sharing services. | Up to 72 hrs |
| AddThis Privacy Policy - http://www.addthis.com/privacy#.T6pTPOhYvhI | ||
| pid | This is a tracking code used by Twiiter | 2 weeks |
| Twiiter Privacy Policy - http://twitter.com/privacy |
If you have any questions/comments about privacy, you should contact us.