


We are committed to protecting your privacy and keeping your information secure. This policy provides transparent information about the personal information that Windmill Aviation Services collects, and the ways in which Windmill Aviation Services uses that personal information.
In handling your information:
Windmill Aviation Services processes Personal Data as a Controller and Processor, as defined in the Directive and the GDPR.
If you have any questions or concerns, you can email us at info@pilotsmedical.co.uk.
Windmill Aviation Services may collect and use the following kinds of personal information:
Windmill Aviation Services may use your personal information:
Our website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc. (“Google”). Google Analytics uses cookies, which are text files placed on your computer, to help the website analyse how users use the site. For information on what a cookie is, please see below in this policy.
Google Analytics is set to collect data anonymously, with the IP anonymisation configuration setting activate and will not record the full IP address.
Google may also transfer this information to third parties where required to do so by law, or where such third parties process the information on Google’s behalf. Google will not associate your IP address with any other data held by Google.
You may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser, please note if you do this you may not be able to use the functionality of this website. By using this website, you consent to the processing of data about you by Google in the manner and for the purposes set out above.
Windmill Aviation Services will fulfil our responsibilities and our contractual obligations to the Civil Aviation Authority and provide them with all requested information. In our duties we will collect, upload and receive personal data via the AME Online portal.
The Civil Aviation Authority’s General privacy policy is available at: https://www.caa.co.uk/Our-work/About-us/General-privacy-notice/
The Civil Aviation Authority’s AME Online privacy policy is available at: https://www.caa.co.uk/Aeromedical-Examiners/Connecting-with-the-CAA/AME-online/
Windmill Aviation Services will use software and trusted third-parties to fulfil our contractual obligations to you in the performance of our services and completing transactions. By requesting information or delivery of a service and product, we process your data under the lawful basis of contract.
By registered with us, purchasing or requesting a service, you understand and agree that personal information you provide may be held on:
Windmill Aviation Services does not sell or rent your personal data to marketers or unaffiliated third parties. We only share your personal data with the following trusted third parties:
Windmill Aviation Services will ensure they have contracts with them that confirm your data will be processed following GDPR regulations.
Windmill Aviation Services may disclose your personal information to the extent that it is required to do so by law, in connection with any legal proceedings or prospective legal proceedings, and in order to establish, exercise or defend its legal rights.
In the future, we may sell, buy, merge, or partner with other companies or businesses. In such transactions, user information may be among the transferred assets, and we will notify you in advance of such transfer.
Windmill Aviation Services has a Data Governance Policy in operation and will take reasonable technical and organisational precautions to prevent the loss, misuse or alteration of your personal information.
Windmill Aviation Services will store all the personal information you provide on its secure servers. We will never provide access to our databases to a non-trusted third party detailed in this policy.
An external PCI compliant payment gateway handles all payment transactions.
Under the GDPR rulings, we would inform our users within 72 hours if any breach of security occurs that might compromise your data.
You may choose to restrict the collection or use of your personal information in the following ways:
If you have previously agreed to us using your personal information for direct marketing purposes, you may change your mind at any time by:
You may request details of personal information which we hold about you, by applying in writing to Room 8, Aero 16, Redhill Aerodrome, Kings Mill Lane, Redhill, RH1 5JY or email us at info@pilotsmedical.co.uk.
We will supply this information within 30 days. If any data is incorrect we we will correct it as soon as we receive appropriate notice or evidence from you in writing.
We will retain your personal information only for as long as necessary, whilst retaining legal requirements for maintaining financial records.
You have the right to instruct us to delete all the personal information held. Should you wish to instruct us to delete please do so in writing to Room 8, Aero 16, Redhill Aerodrome, Kings Mill Lane, Redhill, RH1 5JY or by email to info@pilotsmedical.co.uk
Any data no longer required will be deleted or destroyed securely and confidentially.
We will take all reasonable steps to ensure your personal information is current and accurate. If inaccurate or incomplete data is identified, we will takes steps to correct the data, or remove securely and confidentially.
You have the right to instruct us to remove incomplete personal data held. Should you wish to request incomplete data removal, please do so in writing to Room 8, Aero 16, Redhill Aerodrome, Kings Mill Lane, Redhill, RH1 5JY or by email to info@pilotsmedical.co.uk.
What is a ‘cookie’? When you enter a site, your computer will automatically be issued with a cookie. Cookies are text files that identify your computer to our server. Cookies in themselves do not contain any personal identifying information about a visitor or their location. They just identify the computer used. Many sites do this whenever a user visits their site in order to track traffic flows and patterns of behaviour of site visitors.
You can see a schedule of the cookies we use in Schedule A.
We adopt a Social Media Policy to ensure our business and our staff conduct themselves accordingly online. While we may have official profiles on social media platforms users are advised to verify authenticity of such profiles before engaging with, or sharing information with such profiles. We will never ask for user passwords or personal details on social media platforms. Users are advised to conduct themselves appropriately when engaging with us on social media.
There may be instances where our website features social sharing buttons, which help share web content directly from web pages to the respective social media platforms. You use social sharing buttons at your own discretion and accept that doing so may publish content to your social media profile feed or page.
The Services are not directed to individuals under the age of thirteen (13), and we request that they not provide Personal Data through the Services.
Windmill Aviation Services may update this privacy policy by posting a new version on this website. You should check this page occasionally to ensure you are familiar with any changes. This policy is effective from 8th May 2018.
Our website may contain links to other websites of interest. However, once you have used these links to leave our site, you should note that we do not have any control over that other website. Therefore, we cannot be responsible for the protection and privacy of any information which you provide whilst visiting such sites and such sites are not governed by this privacy statement. You should exercise caution and look at the privacy statement applicable to the website in question.
Windmill Aviation Services has a ‘Data Protection Officer’ who is responsible for all matters relating to privacy and data protection, and can be reached at the following address:
Data Protection Officer
Windmill Aviation Services
Room 8, Aero 16, Redhill Aerodrome, Kings Mill Lane, Redhill, RH1 5JY
You can contact us at any point to:
If you have any questions about this privacy policy or our treatment of your personal information, please write by email to info@pilotsmedical.co.uk.
Should you feel there may be a problem in how your data has been handled, you should contact Windmill Aviation Services by email to info@pilotsmedical.co.uk. Should you still not be satisfied you have a right to complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ico.org.uk).
Cookie Name | Expiration Time | Description |
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_ga | 2 years | Used to distinguish users |
_gid | 24 hours | Used to distinguish users |
_gat | 1 minute | Used to throttle request rate. If Google Analytics is deployed via Google Tag Manager, this cookie will be named _dc_gtm_<property-id> |
_dc_gtm_<property-id> | 90 days | Contains campaign related information for the user. If you have linked your Google Analytics and AdWords accounts, AdWords website conversion tags will read this cookie unless you opt-out. |
DYNSERV | Session | Added by our load balancer to track which web server to send the visitor to. Its purpose is to improve the performance of the website. It’s an essential cookie to the operation of the site that is always set by the load balancer and does not store any personal information |
Announcements | 15 days | Used to prevent visitors seeing announcements multiple times and does not store any personal information. This cookie will be named <announcment-name> |