This website is operated by Armour Security Group (UK) Ltd. We provide professional security services to businesses, organisations and property owners.

Depending on the circumstances, we may use personal information for the following purposes:

• To respond to questions, enquiries and requests for information.
• To discuss and provide information about our security services.
• To communicate with clients, prospective clients and business contacts.
• To operate, maintain and improve our website.
• To protect the website, prevent spam and investigate suspected misuse.
• To comply with applicable legal and regulatory obligations.
• To maintain appropriate business and administrative records.

We will only use personal information where we have an appropriate legal basis for doing so.

If comments are enabled on our website and you leave a comment, we may collect the information displayed in the comment form, along with your IP address and browser user agent string to help detect spam and protect the website.

An anonymised string created from your email address may be provided to the Gravatar service to check whether you use it. Following approval of your comment, your profile picture may be visible publicly alongside your comment.

Gravatar is operated by Automattic. You can read its privacy information here: Automattic Privacy Policy.

If comments are not enabled on our website, this section may not apply to your visit.

Cookies are small files stored on your device by websites. Depending on the features and services in use, our website may use cookies or similar technologies to support functionality, security, preferences, analytics or other permitted purposes.

Comment Cookies

If comments are available and you choose to save your details, cookies may store your name, email address and website to make future comments more convenient. These cookies may last for up to one year.

Login Cookies

If the website provides a login page, a temporary cookie may be used to check whether your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.

When you log in, cookies may store login information and display preferences. Login cookies may last for two days, while screen preference cookies may last for one year. Selecting "Remember Me" may keep your login active for up to two weeks. Logging out removes login cookies.

Editing and Publishing Content

If you edit or publish an article while logged in, a cookie may be stored in your browser. It does not contain personal data and identifies the post ID of the article edited. It may expire after one day.

Analytics and Third-Party Cookies

If analytics, embedded media, advertising or other third-party services are enabled, those services may use their own cookies or similar technologies. Their use will depend on the tools installed on our website and your privacy choices.

Where required by law, non-essential cookies will only be used after the appropriate consent has been obtained. You may also be able to manage cookies through your browser settings or the cookie preference tool provided on the website.

We do not intend to sell your personal information. Where necessary and appropriate, we may share information with:

• Website hosting providers and technical support providers.
• Spam detection, security and website maintenance services.
• Professional advisers where appropriate.
• Relevant service providers who help us operate our business.
• Public authorities or other parties where disclosure is required by law.

We aim to limit disclosures to what is necessary for the relevant purpose and expect service providers to handle information appropriately.

Password Resets

If the website supports user accounts and you request a password reset, your IP address may be included in the password reset email as part of the website's standard functionality.

We retain personal information only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purpose for which it was collected, including relevant business, legal, accounting and security requirements.

Where comments are enabled, comments and their metadata may be retained indefinitely to help recognise and approve follow-up comments automatically.

If user accounts are available, personal information provided in user profiles may be stored while the account remains active or for another appropriate period. Users may be able to view, edit or delete certain profile information, subject to applicable legal and operational restrictions.

Retention periods vary depending on the type of information and why it is held. Information may be deleted or anonymised when it is no longer required.

Depending on the circumstances and applicable law, you may have rights regarding the personal information we hold about you. These may include the right to:

• Request access to your personal information.
• Request correction of inaccurate or incomplete information.
• Request erasure of personal information in certain circumstances.
• Request restriction of processing in certain circumstances.
• Object to certain types of processing.
• Request data portability where the legal requirements apply.
• Withdraw consent where processing is based on consent.
• Complain to the relevant data protection supervisory authority.

These rights are not absolute, and some requests may be subject to legal exceptions. We may need to verify your identity before responding to a request.

Our website may contain links to external websites operated by other organisations. We are not responsible for the privacy practices, content or security of those external websites.

When you leave our website, you should review the privacy policy and terms of the website you visit.