Wattly Cookie and GDPR Policy

1. Introduction

At Wattly, we are committed to protecting your privacy and ensuring that your personal data is handled responsibly. This Cookie and GDPR Policy outlines how we collect, use, and share your data, and how you can control your preferences. By using our platform, you agree to the terms outlined in this policy.

2. What Are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files that are stored on your device (computer, tablet, or mobile) when you visit a website. They are widely used to make websites work more efficiently, as well as to provide information to the website owners.

3. How We Use Cookies

Wattly uses cookies to enhance your experience on our platform, to analyse how our site is used, and to provide you with tailored services. The cookies we use may include:

• Necessary Cookies: These cookies are essential for the website to function properly. They allow you to navigate our site and use its features.
• Performance and Analytics Cookies: These cookies collect information about how visitors use our website. We use this data to improve our site’s functionality and performance. This information is aggregated and does not identify you personally.
• Functionality Cookies: These cookies allow our website to remember your preferences and provide enhanced, more personalised features.
• Advertising and Targeting Cookies: These cookies are used to deliver ads that are more relevant to you and your interests. They may also limit the number of times you see an ad and help measure the effectiveness of an advertising campaign.

4. Data Sharing and Third-Party Services

To improve our services, Wattly shares non-personal data with trusted third-party providers. These providers include:

• Google Analytics: We use Google Analytics to collect information about how users interact with our site. This helps us to understand user behaviour and improve our platform.
• Facebook API: The Facebook API allows us to integrate our services with Facebook, enhancing your experience by offering seamless social media connectivity.
• Google API: The Google API helps us deliver additional functionalities, such as location-based services, to improve your experience on our platform.
• Microsoft API: We use the Microsoft API to integrate with Microsoft services, providing you with more comprehensive and seamless service options.
• Enode: We use Enode's services to optimise and manage our energy data, helping us improve the performance and reliability of our platform.
• VoodooSMS: We share mobile number data with VoodooSMS to facilitate communication via SMS, ensuring you receive important updates and information from Wattly.

We ensure that any data shared with these providers is anonymised and aggregated, meaning it does not identify you personally, except where necessary for the specific service, such as SMS communication.

5. Your Consent

By using our website, you consent to the use of cookies and the sharing of your data as outlined in this policy. You can manage your cookie preferences through your browser settings. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can modify your settings to decline cookies if you prefer.

6. Managing Cookies

You have the right to manage the cookies stored on your device. You can block or delete cookies via your browser settings. However, please note that disabling cookies may affect your ability to use certain features on our website.

7. GDPR Compliance

Under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), you have the following rights regarding your personal data:

• Right to Access: You have the right to request access to the personal data we hold about you.
• Right to Rectification: If any of the data we hold about you is incorrect or incomplete, you have the right to have it corrected.
• Right to Erasure: You can request that we delete your personal data under certain conditions.
• Right to Restrict Processing: You have the right to request that we limit the processing of your data.
• Right to Data Portability: You can request that we transfer your data to another organisation, or directly to you, under certain conditions.
• Right to Object: You have the right to object to the processing of your data in certain circumstances.

If you would like to exercise any of these rights, please contact us at hello@wattly.co.uk. We will respond to your request within one month.

8. Changes to This Policy

Wattly may update this Cookie and GDPR Policy from time to time. Any changes will be posted on this page, and we will notify you of any significant changes. We encourage you to review this policy periodically to stay informed about how we are protecting your data.

9. Contact Information

If you have any questions or concerns regarding this Cookie and GDPR Policy, please contact us at hello@wattly.co.uk.

By continuing to use our platform, you acknowledge that you have read, understood, and agreed to this Cookie and GDPR Policy.