How we use your personal information

Scriptoria is focussed on protecting your personal data and privacy. This policy outlines: (i) what personal data we collect; (ii) how we store and use your personal data; and (iii) how long we hold your personal data. This policy also explains how the Scriptoria website uses cookies.

What personal data we collect

All personal data collected by Scriptoria is freely given to us by you when subscribing to any of our three mailing lists: Consulting and Strategy, Publications and Training. This data might include your name, the organisation you represent and your email address.

How we store and use your personal data

Any personal data that is freely given to us by you is stored in a secure, password-protected database. We use this data to contact you with information about the service(s) Scriptoria provides, as per the preferences you indicated when you subscribed to our mailing list(s). Your personal data will not be shared with any third parties.

How long we hold your personal data

Scriptoria will hold the data freely provided by you indefinitely, unless you decide to unsubscribe from our mailing list(s) at any time.

Cookie policy

What are cookies?

No cookies used on the Scriptoria website collect personal data. Any information gathered by these cookies is stored on the Google server for 14 months, the minimum retention policy permitted by Google. A cookie is a small file of letters and numbers that is stored on your browser. Cookies also contain information that is transferred to your computer’s hard drive if you allow this. The Scriptoria website uses cookies as part of Google Analytics and as part of Google Signals. These features collect some personal data (although this is aggregated, summarised and anonymised), which allows us to measure information about how visitors use our site. This includes distinguishing unique site visitors and identifying each page visited.

Types of cookies used

The Scriptoria website uses three Google Analytics analytical/performance cookies. These are listed below:

• The _ga cookie is used to monitor and identify areas of the website that can be improved, and to distinguish users by generating two random 32-bit numbers for them; it expires after two years
• The ga* cookie is set by Google Analytics on scriptoria-pmc.co.uk to store and count page views; it expires after 1 year, 1 month, and 4 days
• The test_cookie is used by Google DoubleClick to check that cookies can be set; it expires after one day
• The IDE cookie is used by Google DoubleClick (part of Google Marketing Platform) to track user behavior across websites and serve personalized ads; it expires after 13 months.
• The rc::a cookie is set by Google reCAPTCHA to help identify bots and protect the website from malicious spam attacks; it does not expire
• The rc::c cookie is set by Google reCAPTCHA to help identify bots and protect the website from malicious spam attacks; it expires at the end of the browser session
• The bcookie is used by LinkedIn to track the use of embedded LinkedIn features and ensure secure browser usage; it expires after one year
• The li_gc cookie is used by LinkedIn to store a visitor’s consent for the use of cookies for non-essential purposes; it expires after six months
• The lidc cookie is used by LinkedIn to manage routing and ensure requests are handled by the correct data center; it expires after one day

For more information, please visit www.google.com/policies/privacy/partners.

If you wish to disable Google Analytics on your browser please visit http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.

For any further information on Scriptoria’s privacy policy, please contact enquiries@scriptoria.co.uk.

Please note that both the main Scriptoria website (scriptoria.co.uk) and our PMC microsite (scriptoria-pmc.co.uk) share this privacy policy and cookie notice. While the sites may use some different cookies—such as LinkedIn cookies on the PMC microsite—all cookies set by either site are governed by the privacy and cookie policy outlined here.