This privacy policy sets out how MaST International Group Limited uses and protects any information that you give MaST when you use this website.
MaST 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.
MaST may change this policy from time to time by updating this page. You should check this page from time to time to ensure that you are happy with any changes. This policy is effective from June 30th 2012.
What we collect
We may collect the following information:
• name and job title
• contact information including email address
• demographic information such as postcode, preferences and interests
• other information relevant to customer surveys and/or offers
What we do with the information we gather
We require this information to understand your needs and provide you with a better service, and in particular for the following reasons:
• Internal record keeping.
• We may use the information to improve our products and services.
• We may periodically send promotional emails about new products, special offers or other information which we think you may find interesting using the email address which you have provided.
From time to time, we may also use your information to contact you for market research purposes. We may contact you by email, phone, fax or mail. We may use the information to customise the website according to your interests.
Security
We are committed to ensuring that your information is secure. In order 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.
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.
What Are Cookies?
Cookies are tiny text files stored on your computer when you visit certain web pages. Most web browsers have cookies enabled, but see Managing cookies for help to turn them off should you need to.
Please note that cookies can't harm your computer. We don't store personally identifiable information in cookies we create, but we do use encrypted information gathered from them to help improve your experience of the site.
We're giving you this information as part of our initiative to comply with recent legislation, and to make sure we're honest and clear about your privacy when using our website. We know you'd expect nothing less from us, and please be assured that we're working on a number of other privacy and cookie-related improvements to the website
Our Cookie Policies
Our cookies don't store sensitive information such as your name, address or payment details: they simply allow us to view visitor statistics in an anonymous fashion. However, if you'd prefer to restrict, block or delete cookies from mast.co.uk, or any other website, you can use your browser to do this. Each browser is different, so check the 'Help' menu of your particular browser (or your mobile phone's handset manual) to learn how to change your cookie preferences.
The only cookies we use are those from Google Analytics which we have shown below with a small description of what they are used for.
utma utmb utmc utmz - These cookies enable the function of Google Analytics. This software helps us take and analyse visitor information such as browser usage, new visitor numbers, response to marketing activity and shopping times. That information helps us to improve the website and ultimately your user experience. The data stored by these cookies can be seen only by the relevant teams at MaST and Google doesn’t store or show us any confidential information. You can read more about Google’s cookies here: https://developers.google.com/analytics/resources/concepts/gaConceptsCookies
has_JS - This cookie enables us to determine if your browser has Java Script Enabled. By understanding this, we can deliver relative content to your browser - for example, slideshows and interactive maps. It does not store any personal information or enable us to identify you
SESS(with random string) - This is a unique session cookie that enables us to distinguish anonymous users from logged in users. This cookie does not store any personal information or enable us to identify you.
atuvc - This cookie is created and read by the AddThis social sharing site JavaScript on the client side in order to make sure the user sees the updated count if they share a page and return to it before our share count cache is updated. No data from that cookie is sent back to AddThis and removing it when disabling cookies would cause unexpected behavior for users.
We do not use any 3rd party cookies and we do not store any personal information about our visitors.
Managing Cookies