Privacy and Cookies

Privacy & Cookies

 
WHO WE ARE

At CoAs.uk, we are committed to maintaining the trust and confidence of visitors to our web site. In particular, CoAs.uk does not sell, rent or trade email lists with other companies and businesses for marketing purposes. We comply with the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) and this Privacy Policy provides information explaining when and why we collect your personal information, how we use it, the limited conditions under which we may disclose it to others and how we keep it secure.

PERSONAL DATA WE COLLECT

– Email: whenever you contact us, either via our contact web form (if provided) or directly by email, we require your email address to reply to you. Your email address will not be used for any other purpose. We do not collect, store, retain or share your email address or any other details when contacting us with queries.

WHO WE SHARE YOUR INFORMATION WITH

– PayPal: whenever you place an order (payment) via one of our product or service websites as shown on our home page, your payment for credit and debit cards, PayPal eCheques and PayPal direct payments are shared with PayPal who process these payments on our behalf. We do not collect your payment details directly. PayPal’s privacy policy can be seen here.

The above (PayPal) applies to products and services provided via our other websites shown on our home page. These have their own privacy policies in accordance with the product or service provided.

– OpenSRS (Tucows): OpenSRS is a wholesale domain name provider that we use to register, renew and manage domain names via our web hosting and domain services. When a domain name is registered, your name, address, phone number and email address details are shared with them so that their systems are able to register and maintain domains with valid Admin and Owner details. As part of this service you will be contacted by email by the OpenSRS system (showing our details) when registering a domain requesting you to give your consent and to ‘opt-in’ so that your details can be processed and that you can be contacted regarding your domain registration.

This includes sending important and essential details about your domain and registration, as well as renewal emails so that you can renew your domain name prior to (and just after) its expiry. The OpenSRS privacy policy details, including WHOIS Domain Privacy, and who may choose to contact you in association with your domain registration (i.e. ICANN, Nominet UK) can be found here.

The above (OpenSRS (Tucows)) applies to products and services provided via our other websites shown on our home page. These have their own privacy policies in accordance with the product or service provided.

Please see the privacy policies for each separate product or service for more details specifically related to that product or service.


Cookie Policy

About this cookie policy

This Cookie Policy explains what cookies are and how we use them. You should read this policy to understand what cookies are, how we use them, the types of cookies we use i.e, the information we collect using cookies and how that information is used and how to control the cookie preferences. For further information on how we use, store and keep your personal data secure, see our Privacy Policy.

You can at any time change or withdraw your consent from the Cookie Declaration on our website.

Learn more about who we are, how you can contact us and how we process personal data in our Privacy Policy.

Your consent applies to the following domains: coas.uk

What are cookies?

Cookies are small text files that are used to store small pieces of information. The cookies are stored on your device when the website is loaded on your browser. These cookies help us make the website function properly, make the website more secure, provide better user experience, and understand how the website performs and to analyse what works and where it needs improvement.

 
How do we use cookies?

As most of the online services, our website uses cookies first-party and third-party cookies for a number of purposes. The first-party cookies are mostly necessary for the website to function the right way, and they do not collect any of your personally identifiable data.

The third-party cookies used on our websites are used mainly for understanding how the website performs, how you interact with our website, keeping our services secure, providing advertisements that are relevant to you, and all in all providing you with a better and improved user experience and help speed up your future interactions with our website.

What types of cookies do we use?

Necessary: Some cookies are essential for you to be able to experience the full functionality of our site. They allow us to maintain user sessions and prevent any security threats. They do not collect or store any personal information.

Statistics: These cookies store information like the number of visitors to the website, the number of unique visitors, which pages of the website have been visited, the source of the visit, etc. These data help us understand and analyse how well the website performs and where it needs improvement.

Functional: These are the cookies that help certain non-essential functionalities on our website. These functionalities may include embedding content like videos or sharing contents on the website on social media platforms.

Preferences: These cookies help us store your settings and browsing preferences like language preferences so that you have a better and efficient experience on future visits to the website.

Marketing: This website does not collect, share, or use any cookies for marketing purposes.

Types of Cookies we currently use

Manage cookie preferences

Cookie Settings

How can I control the cookie preferences?

Should you decide to change your preferences later through your browsing session, you can go to ‘Cookie Settings’ above. This will display the consent notice again enabling you to change your preferences or withdraw your consent entirely.

In addition to this, different browsers provide different methods to block and delete cookies used by websites. You can change the settings of your browser to block and/or delete the cookies. To find out more out more on how to manage and delete cookies, visit wikipedia.org or allaboutcookies.org.