Who we are
We are Microballistics Ltd, a company registered in the United Kingdom and providing research and experimental development in natural sciences and engineering. Our particular focus is on development of ballistic models and associated electronic products.
At Microballistics website, accessible from microballistics.com, and from microballistics.co.uk, one of our main priorities is the privacy of our visitors. This Privacy Policy document contains types of information that is collected and recorded by Microballistics website and how we use it.
This privacy policy also covers iOS and Android applications developed by Microballistics Ltd.
If you have additional questions or require more information about our Privacy Policy, do not hesitate to contact us through email at info@microballistics.com
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)
We are a Data Controller of your information.
Microballistics Ltd legal basis for collecting and using the personal information described in this Privacy Policy depends on the Personal Information we collect and the specific context in which we collect the information:
- Microballistics Ltd needs to perform a contract with you
- You have given Microballistics Ltd permission to do so
- Processing your personal information is in Microballistics Ltd legitimate interests
- Microballistics Ltd needs to comply with the law
Microballistics Ltd will retain your personal information only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. We will retain and use your information to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our policies.
If you are a resident of the European Economic Area (EEA), you have certain data protection rights. If you wish to be informed what Personal Information we hold about you and if you want it to be removed from our systems, please contact us.
In certain circumstances, you have the following data protection rights:
- The right to access, update or to delete the information we have on you.
- The right of rectification.
- The right to object.
- The right of restriction.
- The right to data portability
- The right to withdraw consent
What personal data we collect and why we collect it
Comments and reviews
When visitors leave comments or product reviews on the site we collect the data shown in the comment or review form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.
An anonymised string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.
Media
If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.
Cookies
If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.
If you have an account and you log in to this site, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.
When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.
Like any other website, Microballistics uses additional cookies to store information including visitors’ preferences, and the pages on the website that the visitor accessed or visited. The information is used to optimise the users’ experience by customising our web page content based on visitors’ browser type and/or other information.
You can learn how to manage cookies on your web browser by following the browser user manual.
Embedded content from other websites
Pages on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.
These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
Log files
Microballistics Ltd follows a standard procedure of using log files. These files log visitors when they visit websites. All hosting companies do this and a part of hosting services’ analytics. The information collected by log files include internet protocol (IP) addresses, browser type, Internet Service Provider (ISP), date and time stamp, referring/exit pages, and possibly the number of clicks. These are not linked to any information that is personally identifiable. The purpose of the information is for analysing trends, administering the site, tracking users’ movement on the website, and gathering demographic information.
Purchase records
Additionally when you make a purchase or attempt to make a purchase through this website, we collect certain information from you, including your name, billing address, shipping address, payment information, email address, and phone number. We refer to this information as “Order Information.” These data are retained in our records indefinitely for tax compliance reasons. We do not share this information with other commercial parties. These data may be reviewed by the HMRC audit.
Data collected by mobile applications
Our iOS and Android application may request access to your GPS location, your camera, and your Bluetooth radio. This is required to provide core functionality of the applications. These data are not passed to Microballistics Ltd in any form.
Our mobile applications may collect crash reporting data (these are anonymised records of what went wrong if the application fails to perform normally). Any personal information is removed from these data. These data are then passed to Crashlytics and Fabric.io services located in the United States. We can then access and review these data to correct our mobile applications. Neither we nor third parties controlling these data can identify a particular user from the anonymised information.
Your GPS location may be passed (with your direct consent only) to third parties to provide additional functionality for the applications. The mobile applications may pass your location, on your request, to weather monitoring services provided by AccuWeather.com to obtain your local weather report. The mobile applications may pass your location, on your request, to Google to obtain geolocation lookup and identify, for example, the city or the country you are currently located in. These data are anonymised. These data are not passed to Microballistics Ltd.
Who we share your data with
We share your Personal Information with third parties to help us use your Personal Information, as described above. For example, we use Google Analytics to help us understand how our customers use the website – you can read more about how Google uses your Personal Information here: https://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy/. You can also opt-out of Google Analytics here: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout. We may also use third party services to perform spam protection checks.
Additionally, if you are a European resident we note that we are processing your information in order to fulfil contracts we might have with you (for example if you make an order through the website), or otherwise to pursue our legitimate business interests listed above. Additionally, please note that your information will be transferred outside of Europe, including to Canada and the United States.
Finally, we may also share your Personal Information to comply with applicable laws and regulations, to respond to a subpoena, search warrant or other lawful request for information we receive, or to otherwise protect our rights.
How long we retain your data
If you leave a comment or submit a product review, the comment, the review, and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognise and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.
For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.
Purchase records are retained indefinitely for tax compliance reasons. We may share this information with HMRC, but only if they request to conduct a financial audit.
What rights you have over your data
If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
Children’s information
Another part of our priority is adding protection for children while using the internet. We encourage parents and guardians to observe, participate in, and/or monitor and guide their online activity.
Microballistics Ltd does not knowingly collect any Personal Identifiable Information from children under the age of 18. If you think that your child provided this kind of information on our website, we strongly encourage you to contact us immediately and we will do our best efforts to promptly remove such information from our records.
Your contact information
You can contact Microballistics Ltd by writing an email to info@microballistics.com
You can contact us by sending a letter to: Microballistics Ltd, 2103 Great Western Road, Glasgow, G13 2XX, United Kingdom.
Additional information
How we protect your data
The personal information you share with us are stored on secure servers owned and operated by us. The data are stored in encrypted form.
What automated decision making and/or profiling we do with user data
We may use machine learning techniques to analyse data collected by us to optimise performance of our services.