Privacy policy, Cookie usage and site information

Who are we?

We are Computacenter (UK) Ltd, Hatfield Avenue, Hatfield, Hertfordshire, AL10 9TW. This privacy statement describes how we collect personal data on our web sites. If you have any questions, comments or suggestions about the way in which we use your personal data, please e-mail us at enquiries@computacenter.com.

Cookies

About cookies

Cookies are text files containing small amounts of information which are downloaded to your device when you visit a website. Cookies are then sent back to the originating website on each subsequent visit, or to another website that recognises that cookie. Cookies are useful because they allow a website to recognise a user’s device.

You can find more information about cookies at: www.allaboutcookies.org and www.youronlinechoices.eu

For a video about cookies visit: www.google.co.uk/goodtoknow/data-on-the-web/cookies

Cookies do lots of different jobs, like letting you navigate between pages efficiently, remembering your preferences, and generally improve the user experience. They can also help to ensure that adverts you see online are more relevant to you and your interests.

Cookies used on computacenter.com

The cookies used on this website have been categorised based on the categories found in the ICC UK Cookie guide. A list of all the cookies used on this website by category is set out below.

Category 2: performance cookies

These cookies collect information about how visitors use a website, for instance which pages visitors go to most often, and if they get error messages from web pages. These cookies don’t collect information that identifies a visitor. All information these cookies collect is aggregated and therefore anonymous. It is only used to improve how a website works.

By using our website, you agree that we can place these types of cookies on your device.

Google Analytics cookies

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  Typical content: randomly generated number
  Expires: 2 years
  
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  Typical content: randomly generated number
  Expires: 30 minutes
  
• Name: _utmc
  Typical content: randomly generated number
  Expires: when user exits browser
  
• Name: _utmz
  Typical content: randomly generated number and information about how the page was reached (eg directly or via a link, organic search or paid search)
  Expires: 6 months

Click here for further details on the cookies set by Google Analytics

Removing cookies

Current cookies can be cleared from your computer, and you can set your internet browser not to allow any more cookies to be saved. For details on how to do this, please refer to your internet browser’s support documentation. Links for some popular browsers are listed below.

• Firefox
  
• Google Chrome
  
• Internet Explorer
  
• Safari

Information and Disclaimers

Computacenter uses reasonable care to make sure that the information appearing on this Site is accurate and up-to-date. However, errors and omissions do occur and the user should not take the accuracy of the information for granted but should check directly with Computacenter. None of the material contained in this Site is to be relied upon as a statement or representation of fact.

Computacenter has no control over the use to which the information may be put by the user and accordingly shall not be liable for any loss of profits or contracts or any indirect or consequential loss or damage arising out of or in connection with the use of such information.

The material contained in this web site is a guide only, is not intended as a recommendation to buy, sell or hold any securities of Computacenter Plc, and does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any such securities. The price of shares and the income from them can go down as well as up. If you are not sure what you should do, please consult your financial adviser.

The statutory rights of a customer dealing with Computacenter as a consumer shall remain unaffected.

Hypertext Links

Computacenter cannot and has not reviewed all of the sites linked to this site and cannot be liable for their content. Users link to other sites at their own risk and use such sites according to the terms and conditions of use of such sites.

Transmitted Material

Any material or information transmitted to or posted to this site by any means will be treated as non-confidential and non-proprietary and may be disseminated or stored or used by Computacenter or its affiliates for any purpose whatsoever including not limited to developing, manufacturing and marketing products. Do not post or transmit to or from this Site any unlawful, threatening, defamatory, obscene, scandalous, inflammatory, pornographic or profane material or any other material which could give rise to any civil or criminal liability in the territory to which this Site relates.

Copyright

Computacenter gives permission to use, copy and distribute materials appearing on this Site and any related graphics provided that the copyright notice shown below appears in all copies:

Copyright © Computacenter Ltd, 2013

Where third party material appearing in this Site is used, copied or distributed, the copyright notice pertaining to that third party material must also appear in all copies.

Trademarks

The trade marks and logos (the Trademarks) used and displayed on this Site are registered and unregistered trademarks of Computacenter and others and may not be used in any advertising or other publicity materials in relation to the distribution of any information or materials obtained from this Site without the prior written consent of the Trademark owner.

Privacy

Our policy

We are committed to protecting your privacy. We will only use the data which we collect about you lawfully in accordance with the Data Protection Act 1998.

We own and control the data collected on our site, which we may use for our internal marketing and to improve our site. We do not disclose this data to third parties, unless required by law or court order or to enable third parties to provide certain services to us, for example web hosting. However, we will at all times control and be responsible for that use of your data.

We collect your personal data, which you voluntarily submit to us, for example when you complete a form on our site. We may use this data to provide you with newsletters and other information which you may have requested. We will only send you information using the data collected on our site when you request it.

We take appropriate steps to protect your data both online and off-line. We use firewalls to protect the information on our servers.

IP Addresses

We use IP addresses to analyse trends, administer our site and track your movements whilst on our site. IP addresses do not supply us with personally identifiable data.

Links

Our site may contain links to other sites. Please note that we are not responsible for their privacy practices.

Changes to this privacy statement

We may change this statement at any time by posting revisions on our site. Each time you enter this site, you agree that the privacy statement current at that time shall apply to all data which we hold about you.

Consent

By using our site, you consent to our use of your personal data in the manner set out in this privacy statement.

To contact Computacenter directly, please go to our contact pages.