Key Details

This website privacy policy describes how Blue Diamond Stud protects and makes use of the information you give the company when you use this website.

If you are asked to provide information when using this website, it will only be used in the ways described in this privacy policy.

This policy is updated from time to time. The latest version is published on this page.

This website privacy policy was updated on: 1 July 2020

If you have any questions about this policy, please email studoffice@bluediamond.co.uk or write to:Blue Diamond Stud, Wilbraham Road, Newmarket, CB8 OUW.

Introduction

We collect information to better understand how visitors use this website and to present timely, relevant information to them.

Providing personal information

At times, Blue Diamond Stud (“Blue Diamond Stud” or the “Company”) may ask you to voluntarily supply personal information, such as your name, email address and preferred means of communication, for purposes such as subscribing to Blue Diamond Stud news alerts or requesting further information from Blue Diamond Stud. Other than as stated above, no attempt is made to identify users or their browsing activities except: in the event of an investigation, where a law enforcement agency may exercise a warrant to inspect logs; or where Blue Diamond Stud believes it is required to collect and produce relevant electronic documentation to fulfil its obligations to third parties, including statutory organisations under local law.

Security and data retention

Blue Diamond Stud takes all reasonable security measures to protect personal information from loss, unauthorised access, destruction, misuse, modification or disclosure. The Company will not keep personal data for longer than is necessary for the purpose. This means that data will be destroyed or erased from its systems when it is no longer required.

Access to personal data and right to rectification

You can gain access to the personal information Blue Diamond Stud holds about you by sending a request to studoffice@bluediamondstud.co.uk. As Blue Diamond Stud wishes to ensure the personal information it holds about you is complete, accurate and up to date, you have the right to send a request for rectification.

Security

We will always hold your information securely

To prevent unauthorised disclosure or access to your information, we have implemented strong physical and electronic security safeguards.

We also follow stringest procedures to ensure we work with all personal data in line with the Data Protection Act 1998.

Link from our site

Our website may contain links to other websites.

Please note that we have no control of websites outside the domain. If you provide information to a website to which we link, we are not responsible for its protection and privacy.

Always be wary when submitting data to websites. Read the site’s data protection and privacy policies fully.

Consent to the use of cookies.

For our website to function properly we use cookies. To obtain your valid consent for the use and storage of cookies in the browser you use to access our website and to properly document this we use a consent management platform: CookieFirst. This technology is provided by Digital Data Solutions BV, Plantage Middenlaan 42a, 1018 DH, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Website: https://cookiefirst.com referred to as CookieFirst.

When you access our website, a connection is established with CookieFirst’s server to give us the possibility to obtain valid consent from you to the use of certain cookies. CookieFirst then stores a cookie in your browser in order to be able to activate only those cookies to which you have consented and to properly document this. The data processed is stored until the predefined storage period expires or you request to delete the data. Certain mandatory legal storage periods may apply notwithstanding the aforementioned.

CookieFirst is used to obtain the legally required consent for the use of cookies. The legal basis for this is article 6(1)(c) of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

Data processing agreement

We have concluded a data processing agreement with CookieFirst. This is a contract required by data protection law, which ensures that data of our website visitors is only processed in accordance with our instructions and in compliance with the GDPR.

Server log files

Our website and CookieFirst automatically collect and store information in so-called server log files, which your browser automatically transmits to us. The following data is collected:

  • Your consent status or the withdrawal of consent
  • Your anonymised IP address
  • Information about your Browser
  • Information about your Device
  • The date and time you have visited our website
  • The webpage url where you saved or updated your consent preferences
  • The approximate location of the user that saved their consent preference
  • A universally unique identifier (UUID) of the website visitor that clicked the cookie banner
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