Privacy Policy

Privacy Policy

Sedgemoor Telecom Ltd is committed to protecting your personal information and respecting your privacy.

Last updated: 16 October 2026

1. Who We Are

Sedgemoor Telecom Ltd is committed to protecting your privacy and handling your personal information responsibly and transparently.

This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, store and protect personal data when you visit our website, contact us or enquire about our services.

We process personal information in accordance with applicable UK data protection legislation, including:

  • The UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR).
  • The Data Protection Act 2018.
  • The Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations 2003 (PECR), as amended.

Our Company Details

Information Details
Trading Name Sedgemoor Telecom
Legal Name Sedgemoor Telecom Limited
Company Number 05507443
Registered Office 3 Manor Place, Keinton Mandeville, Somerton, Somerset, England, TA11 6EJ
Website https://sedgemoortelecom.co.uk
Email [email protected]
Telephone 01458 767802

Sedgemoor Telecom Ltd is the data controller responsible for personal information collected through this website.

2. Information We Collect

We collect personal information when you contact us, use our website or enquire about our products and services.

2.1 Information You Provide

When you submit an enquiry through our contact form, email us or telephone our business, we may collect:

  • Your name and contact details.
  • Your email address and telephone number.
  • Your business or organisation name, where provided.
  • Information about your requirements or proposed project.
  • Correspondence relating to enquiries, quotations or services.
  • Information you voluntarily include in messages sent to us.

We use this information to respond to enquiries, prepare quotations, provide services and maintain appropriate business records.

2.2 Information Collected Automatically

When you visit our website, certain technical information may be collected, including:

  • Internet Protocol (IP) address.
  • Browser type and version.
  • Device and operating system information.
  • Pages requested and access times.
  • Website errors and diagnostic information.
  • Referring website or search engine.
  • Cookie preferences and consent choices.

Some information is collected automatically by our website infrastructure for security and operational purposes.

Additional information may be collected through optional analytics or advertising technologies where permitted by your consent choices and applicable law.

3. How We Use Your Personal Information

We process personal information only where we have an appropriate lawful basis under UK GDPR.

Purpose Lawful Basis
Responding to general enquiries Legitimate interests
Preparing quotations and pre-contract steps Contractual necessity or legitimate interests, depending on the circumstances
Providing contracted services Performance of a contract
Maintaining website security and preventing abuse Legitimate interests
Maintaining accounting and legally required records Legal obligation
Optional website analytics Consent
Optional advertising personalisation and tracking Consent
Marketing communications where consent is required Consent

Where we rely on legitimate interests, these include operating and protecting our business, responding to prospective customers and maintaining effective customer relationships.

We consider the impact of these activities on individuals' rights and freedoms.

We do not use personal information for purposes incompatible with those for which it was originally collected unless permitted by law.

4. Cookies and Similar Technologies

Our website uses cookies and similar technologies to support website functionality, remember visitor preferences, understand website usage and, where enabled, provide advertising.

Cookies are small text files that websites may store on your device.

Some cookies are necessary for the operation and security of our website. Others are optional and require your consent unless an applicable legal exemption applies.

We use CookieScript to provide visitors with information about cookies and controls over optional technologies.

4.1 Strictly Necessary Cookies

These cookies are required for essential website functionality.

They may be used to:

  • Maintain website security.
  • Support essential WordPress functionality.
  • Remember cookie consent preferences.
  • Protect the website against malicious activity.
  • Support essential communications between your browser and our website.

These cookies do not require consent where they fall within an applicable exemption under PECR.

Strictly necessary cookies cannot be disabled through our cookie consent interface, although some may be controlled through browser settings.

4.2 Performance Cookies

Performance cookies help us understand how visitors use our website.

They may collect information about:

  • Pages visited.
  • Time spent on individual pages.
  • Website navigation.
  • Visitor interactions.
  • Device and browser information.
  • General geographic information.
  • Website performance and errors.

We use Google Analytics 4 for website analytics.

Where consent is required, optional analytics cookies and similar storage technologies are used only in accordance with the visitor's choices.

4.3 Targeting Cookies

Targeting cookies and related technologies may be used to support advertising, measure advertising effectiveness and, where permitted, personalise advertisements.

Our website is configured for potential use of Google AdSense.

When advertising services are enabled, Google and its advertising partners may process information relating to devices, online activity and interactions with advertisements.

Targeting technologies that require consent are subject to your preferences and applicable legal requirements.

You can decline targeting cookies without preventing access to the main content of our website.

4.4 Functionality Cookies

Functionality cookies support optional features that improve your experience when using our website.

These may include:

  • Remembering non-essential website preferences.
  • Supporting third-party website features.
  • Maintaining settings for embedded content.
  • Supporting interactive website components.

Where required, these cookies and similar technologies are activated only after the appropriate consent has been obtained.

4.5 Managing Your Cookie Preferences

When you first visit our website, our CookieScript consent banner allows you to:

  • Accept all optional cookies.
  • Decline all optional cookies.
  • Select individual cookie categories.
  • View additional information about cookies.

Non-essential cookie categories are disabled by default.

Changing Your Cookie Preferences

You can change or withdraw your cookie consent at any time by clicking the cookie preferences icon available on our website.

Withdrawing consent does not affect processing that was lawful before withdrawal.

You may also remove stored cookies through your browser settings.

Disabling optional cookies will not prevent access to the main content of our website, although certain optional features may not function as intended.

4.6 Cookies Used by Our Website

The following table provides examples of cookies identified during our website configuration.

Cookie Provider Purpose Category
CookieScriptConsent CookieScript Remembers cookie consent choices Strictly Necessary
_ga Google Analytics Helps distinguish visitors for analytics Performance
_ga_* Google Analytics Maintains analytics session information Performance
elfsight_viewed_recently Elfsight Remembers recently viewed items in an embedded feature Functionality
_cfuvid Cloudflare or third-party service Helps distinguish visitors for traffic management Depends on service and necessity

The cookies actually stored on your device depend on which website features are used and your consent preferences.

Additional cookies may be used by third-party services where relevant.

Our CookieScript cookie declaration provides further details about identified cookies, including their purposes, providers and expiry periods.

We periodically review the cookies used by our website and update this information when necessary.

5. Google Analytics

We use Google Analytics 4, provided by Google, to understand how visitors interact with our website.

This helps us:

  • Identify popular website pages.
  • Understand how visitors find our website.
  • Assess website performance.
  • Improve website content and navigation.
  • Understand which services are of interest to visitors.

Google Analytics may process technical information, device identifiers and website interaction data.

Our website uses Google Consent Mode v2 to communicate relevant consent preferences to Google's services.

These preferences include:

  • analytics_storage
  • ad_storage
  • ad_user_data
  • ad_personalization

Optional analytics storage is denied by default and may be enabled following the appropriate consent.

Google Consent Mode may also support measurement that does not rely on analytics cookies. Any such processing must comply with applicable data protection requirements.

For more information, please read the Google Privacy Policy .

6. Google AdSense and Advertising

Our website may use Google AdSense to display advertisements.

Advertising is currently subject to Google's site approval and configuration process.

Where advertising is enabled, Google and its advertising partners may use cookies and similar technologies to:

  • Display advertisements.
  • Measure advertisement performance.
  • Limit how frequently advertisements appear.
  • Detect fraudulent advertising activity.
  • Personalise advertisements where permitted.

Advertising technologies may involve the processing of IP addresses, device identifiers, website interactions and other technical information.

Where consent is required, advertising storage and personalisation are managed through an appropriate consent mechanism.

Declining personalised advertising does not necessarily prevent all advertisements from appearing. Depending on the applicable rules and configuration, advertisements may be non-personalised or limited.

We will review our advertising consent arrangements before enabling live advertisements for UK and European visitors.

7. Third-Party Services

We use selected third-party providers to support the operation, maintenance and security of our website.

Depending on the services enabled, these may include:

Google

For website analytics, website tags and advertising services.

CookieScript

For displaying cookie information, managing consent preferences and supporting consent-related website functionality.

Website Hosting and Infrastructure Providers

For hosting, delivering and securing our website.

Email Providers

For receiving enquiries and managing business communications.

Elfsight

For interactive or embedded website functionality where enabled.

Website Maintenance and Security Providers

For technical maintenance, troubleshooting, backups and website security.

These organisations may process personal data where necessary to provide their services.

We take reasonable steps to ensure that appropriate security measures and contractual arrangements are in place where required.

Some third-party providers may act as independent data controllers for particular processing activities.

We do not sell personal information collected through our contact forms to third parties.

8. International Data Transfers

Some of the third-party services used by our website may process personal information outside the United Kingdom.

This may include services provided by international technology companies.

Where personal data is transferred internationally and UK GDPR transfer requirements apply, we use an appropriate transfer mechanism.

Depending on the circumstances, this may include:

  • UK adequacy regulations.
  • The UK International Data Transfer Agreement.
  • The UK Addendum to the EU Standard Contractual Clauses.
  • Other lawful transfer mechanisms where applicable.

We may also require additional safeguards where necessary.

Information about relevant transfer arrangements can be requested using our contact details.

9. How Long We Keep Your Information

We retain personal information only for as long as necessary for the purposes for which it was collected.

Our intended retention periods are:

Information Retention Period
General enquiries and contact form submissions Up to 24 months after the last interaction
Quotations and business correspondence Up to 7 years where necessary for business, legal or accounting purposes
Accounting and financial records In accordance with applicable statutory requirements
Website security and diagnostic logs Up to 12 months
Cookie consent preferences According to the consent system's configured retention period
Analytics information According to the relevant Google Analytics retention settings

We may retain information for longer where reasonably necessary to establish, exercise or defend legal claims or comply with legal obligations.

Once information is no longer required, we take appropriate steps to securely delete or anonymise it.

10. Keeping Your Information Secure

We take appropriate technical and organisational measures to protect personal information from unauthorised access, alteration, loss or disclosure.

These measures may include:

  • Encrypted website connections using HTTPS.
  • Access controls and account authentication.
  • Security monitoring and software updates.
  • Appropriate backup arrangements.
  • Restricted access to personal information.
  • Secure management of website infrastructure.

Although we take reasonable precautions, no internet-based system can guarantee absolute security.

11. Your Data Protection Rights

Under UK GDPR, you have several rights regarding your personal information.

Depending on the circumstances, these include:

Right of Access

You can request a copy of personal information we hold about you.

Right to Rectification

You can ask us to correct inaccurate or incomplete information.

Right to Erasure

You can request deletion of your personal information in certain circumstances.

Right to Restriction

You can request that we restrict how your information is processed.

Right to Object

You can object to certain processing activities, including processing based on legitimate interests.

Right to Data Portability

In applicable circumstances, you can request that your information be provided in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format.

Right to Withdraw Consent

Where we rely on consent, you can withdraw that consent at any time.

You also have the right to object to the processing of your personal information for direct marketing at any time.

Exercising Your Rights

To exercise your data protection rights, please contact:

[email protected]

We will respond to requests within the time limits required by applicable data protection law.

12. Marketing Communications

We may occasionally contact customers or prospective customers with information about our products and services.

Where required by law, we will obtain consent before sending electronic marketing communications.

Where another lawful basis or a permitted PECR exception applies, we will comply with the relevant requirements.

You can request that we stop sending marketing communications at any time by contacting us.

Every marketing email we send will provide an appropriate method of opting out.

We do not treat acceptance of website cookies as consent to receive marketing emails.

13. Children's Privacy

Our website is primarily intended for adults, businesses, educational organisations, public sector organisations and customers seeking technical services.

We do not knowingly collect personal information directly from children through our website.

If we become aware that personal information relating to a child has been collected inappropriately, we will take appropriate steps to address the situation.

Parents or guardians with concerns can contact us using the details provided in this policy.

14. Third-Party Websites

Our website may contain links to external websites or services.

These websites operate independently and may have their own privacy policies and cookie practices.

We are not responsible for the privacy practices of third-party websites that we do not control.

We encourage visitors to review the privacy policies of external websites before providing personal information.

15. Complaints

If you have concerns about how we handle your personal information, please contact us first so that we can investigate and attempt to resolve the matter.

You also have the right to complain to the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO), the UK's independent data protection regulator.

Information Commissioner's Office

Website: www.ico.org.uk

Complaints: Make a complaint to the ICO

You are not required to contact us before making a complaint to the ICO.

16. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy periodically to reflect changes in legislation, our business operations or the technologies used on our website.

The most recent version will always be available on this page.

Where significant changes affect how we process personal information, we will provide additional information or request renewed consent where required.

Questions About Your Privacy?

If you have questions about this Privacy Policy, our use of cookies or how we process personal information, please contact us.

Sedgemoor Telecom Limited
3 Manor Place
Keinton Mandeville
Somerton, Somerset
TA11 6EJ

Email: [email protected]

Telephone: 01458 767802