Hollow Models, Created Fast

Specialists in the production of packaging prototypes

Legal notice

This web site (the “Site”) is operated by LINK DESIGN DEVELOPMENT LTD trading as LINK PACKAGING PROTOTYPES (the “Company”), with offices at 17 Brownfields, Welwyn Garden City, Herts, AL7 1AN. Registered company number 07143792

LINK DESIGN DEVELOPMENT LTD is a prototyping company and we use many forms of communications with our customers, prospects and clients including display advertising through third-party vendors, including Google to show our advertisements on websites and social media platforms across the Internet. We respect your privacy and data security and will not pass on or sell your personal details to third parties. We may however use the information you provide to us to communicate with you.  You have the right to opt out at any time and can do so by emailing us, calling us or writing to us.

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Privacy policy

This privacy policy sets out how LINK DESIGN DEVELOPMENT LTD uses and protects any information that you give the it when you use this website and is committed to ensuring that your privacy is protected.  Should we ask you to provide certain information by which you can be identified when using this website, then you can be assured that it will only be used in accordance with this privacy statement.  We may change this policy from time to time by updating this page and we advise you to check this page to ensure that you are happy with any changes. This policy is effective from 24/05/2018

 

Why we collect your data

We want to continue to serve our customers and potential customers and the data we may hold about you is held securely and helps us personalise and tailor our communications to your needs.

What data we collect

We may collect the following information:

  • Your name, your company name and job title
  • Contact information including email address and telephone number
  • Demographic information such as postcode and preferences
  • Other information relevant to surveys and/or offers
  • Information you share with us such as emails or correspondence.

What we do with the information we gather
We’re always respectful with this information and treat it with care to protect it.  We never sell, or lease your personal information to third parties and we require this information for the following reasons:

  1. Internal record keeping.
  2. We may use the information to improve our services.
  3. We may send promotional emails about new products, special offers or other useful information which we think you may find interesting using the email address which you have provided.
  4. From time to time, we may also use your information to contact you for market research purposes.
  5. We may contact you by email, phone, fax or mail.
  6. We may use the information to customise the website according to your interests.
  7. We will not send your information to third parties other than to trusted suppliers for the delivery of our communications to you.
  8. If you would rather not receive this information, please send an e-mail entitled unsubscribe to info@linkprototypes.co.uk and we will gladly remove you from the marketing list.

 

Security
We are committed to ensuring that your information is secure. To prevent unauthorised access or disclosure, we have put in place suitable physical, electronic and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect online.

 

How we use cookies
A cookie is a small file which asks permission to be placed on your computer’s hard drive. Once you agree, the file is added, and the cookie helps analyse web traffic or lets you know when you visit a site. Cookies allow web applications to respond to you as an individual. The web application can tailor its operations to your needs, likes and dislikes by gathering and remembering information about your preferences.

We use traffic log cookies to identify which pages are being used. This helps us analyse data about web page traffic and improve our website to tailor it to customer needs. We use this information for statistical analysis purposes.  Overall, cookies help us provide you with a better website, by enabling us to monitor which pages you find useful and which you do not. A cookie in no way gives us access to your computer or any information about you, other than the data you choose to share with us. You can choose to accept or decline cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. This may prevent you from taking full advantage of the website.

 

List of cookies and their purpose:

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Purpose: This cookie name is associated with Google Universal Analytics – which is a significant update to Google’s more commonly used analytics service. This cookie is used to distinguish unique users by assigning a randomly generated number as a client identifier. It is included in each page request in a site and used to calculate visitor, session and campaign data for the sites analytics reports. This is customisable by website owners.

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Purpose: This cookie name is associated with Google Universal Analytics. It stores and updates a unique value for each page visited.

Name:  _utma
This is one of the four main cookies set by the Google Analytics service which enables website owners to track visitor behaviour and measure site performance. This cookie lasts for 2 years by default and distinguishes between users and sessions. It it used to calculate new and returning visitor statistics. The cookie is updated every time data is sent to Google Analytics. The lifespan of the cookie can be customised by website owners. The main purpose of this cookie is performance.

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This is one of the four main cookies set by the Google Analytics service which enables website owners to track visitor behaviour and measure site performance. It is not used in most sites but is set to enable interoperability with the older version of Google Analytics code known as Urchin. In older versions this was used in combination with the __utmb cookie to identify new sessions/visits for returning visitors. When used by Google Analytics this is always a Session cookie which is destroyed when the user closes their browser. Where it is seen as a Persistent cookie it is therefore likely to be a different technology setting the cookie. The main purpose of this cookie is performance.

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This is one of the four main cookies set by the Google Analytics service which enables website owners to track visitor behaviour measure of site performance. This cookie identifies the source of traffic to the site – so Google Analytics can tell site owners where visitors came from when arriving on the site. The cookie has a life span of 6 months and is updated every time data is sent to Google Analytics. The main purpose of this cookie is performance.

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This is one of the four main cookies set by the Google Analytics service which enables website owners to track visitor behaviour and measure site performance. This cookie determines new sessions and visits and expires after 30 minutes. The cookie is updated every time data is sent to Google Analytics. Any activity by a user within the 30 minute life span will count as a single visit, even if the user leaves and then returns to the site. A return after 30 minutes will count as a new visit, but a returning visitor. The main purpose of this cookie is performance.

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This cookie is set by Google Analytics. According to their documentation it is used to throttle the request rate for the service – limiting the collection of data on high traffic sites. It expires after 10 minutes.

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Cookie set by the Wordfence Security WordPress plugin which notes information about your general geographic location.

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Cookie set by the Wordfence Security WordPress plugin to protect the site against malicious attacks

 

How to manage cookies

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Links to other websites
Our website may contain links to other websites of interest. However, once you have used these links to leave our site, you should note that we do not have any control over that other website. Therefore, we cannot be responsible for the protection and privacy of any information which you provide whilst visiting such sites and such sites are not governed by this privacy statement. You should exercise caution and look at the privacy statement applicable to the website in question.

 

Controlling your personal information
You may choose to restrict the collection or use of your personal information in the following
ways:

Whenever you are asked to fill in a form on the website, look for the box that you can click to indicate that you do not want the information to be used by anybody for direct marketing purposes.  If you have previously agreed to us using your personal information for direct marketing purposes, you may change your mind at any time by writing to us at LINK DESIGN DEVELOPMENT LTD, 17 Brownfields, Welwyn Garden City, Herts, AL7 1AN or emailing info@linkprototypes.co.uk

We may share your data with our marketing agency- Stratique Limited at 9 Amber Business Village, Amber Close B77 4RP www.stratique.com who may use your personal information to contact you or to send you updates on our behalf.  You may opt out of these communications by clicking the unsubscribe links on emails or by contacting the Data Protection Officer at LINK DESIGN DEVELOPMENT LTD, 17 Brownfields, Welwyn Garden City, Herts, AL7 1AN or emailing info@linkprototypes.co.uk

We will not sell, distribute or lease your personal information to other third parties unless we have your permission or are required by law to do so. We may use your personal information to send you updates.  You may request details of personal information which we hold about you under existing data protection legislation.  If you would like a copy of the information held on you please write to the Data Protection Officer at LINK DESIGN DEVELOPMENT LTD, 17 Brownfields, Welwyn Garden City, Herts, AL7 1AN or email info@linkprototypes.co.uk.   If you believe that any information we are holding on you is incorrect or incomplete, please write to or email us as soon as possible, at the above address. We will promptly correct any information found to be incorrect.

 

Third party websites
This Site may contain hypertext links to third party owned websites. The Company provides such links for the convenience of the users of the Site and has no control over any websites which may be accessed or available through them. The Company does not endorse, sponsor, recommend or otherwise accept any responsibility for such third-party websites or their content or availability. The Company does not accept any liability for any infringement of any person’s intellectual property rights by, or liability arising out of any information or opinion contained on, any such third-party website.

 

Disclaimer
Access to the Site, and use of its contents, is at the user’s sole discretion and risk. The contents of the Site are provided “AS IS” and the Company makes no warranties or representations about any of those contents (including the timeliness, currency, accuracy, completeness, reliability, continued availability for any purpose of those contents. To the greatest extent permissible by applicable laws, the Company excludes any such warranties and representations that may otherwise be implied and excludes all liability with respect to the Site, its contents or the use any user of the Site makes of it or those contents.