Sustainability Policy - ROC - Outdoor Adventure

At ROC Adventure, we aim to provide scheduled and bespoke walks that are carefully researched and planned, with the Welsh countryside, wildlife and landscape at the heart of all that we do. We are sensitive to the need to protect the environment and actively promote sustainable practices that will help protect precious landscapes for future generations.

We are passionate about promoting walking as not only offering sustenance for the heart, mind and soul, but also that through encouraging walking, the least carbon intensive way to travel, the environmental impact of our groups is kept to an absolute minimum.

We will always advise our groups to car share to find ways to lessen their impact on the environment and above all, to leave no trace. Where it is necessary to travel by means other than on foot, we encourage the use of public transport.

We aim to balance the environmental impact of travelling with the immense benefits sustainable tourism can bring to rural destinations and to local economies, and to support local businesses wherever possible. We focus our walks on areas that are as much as possible ‘off the beaten track’, providing authentic experiences, low impact on the environment, great for the heart, body and soul and experiencing good, clean air, exercise, companionship and natural beauty as well as learning new skills, facts and new experiences.

Education

Our qualified mountain leader will offer information through commentaries on the countryside and rural life, its folklore, traditions and history. This way we support the local areas and businesses and we encourage people to be aware of the unique value of the natural environment.

Our qualified Mountain Leaders ensure we share knowledge and facts about the local environment and about the fragility of the countryside. We offer learnings on how hey can help protect it and observe the Country-side Code.

At ROC Adventure, it is very much about promoting an appreciation of nature, flora and fauna, geology, geography and ecosystems. Always more than happy to recommend and share knowledge of local customs, cuisines, businesses and places to eat, stay and visit, we actively support the areas that we visit.

Routes and Group Sizes

We aim to restrict the size of our groups to 12 or less to minimise our impact on the local countryside, and actively promote leave no trace.

Privacy & Cookie policy

Privacy & Cookies policy

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At ROC Adventure we take your privacy seriously and will only use your personal information to contact you with regards to your walks and enquiries that you have made.

FORMS & DATA COLLECTION

When you use our contact form we collect your name, your IP address, your telephone number, and your email address so that we can correspond with you. This information is not stored on the website, it is stored on our encrypted dedicated mail server.

This information is collected solely for the purpose of responding to your inferred interest in any products we offer. This information will not be shared or used for any other activity other than responding to your initial contact. You can request to update or delete your personal data at any time by emailing us at info@roc-outdoors.co.uk

INFORMATION WE COLLECT

In operating our Website we may collect and process the following data about you:

1. Details of your visits to our Website and the resources that you access including, but not limited to, traffic data, location data, weblog statistics and other communication data.

2. Information that you provide by filling in forms on our Website, such as when you register to receive information such as a newsletter or contact us via the contact us page.

3. Information provided to us when you communicate with us for any reason.

HOW WE SECURE, STORE AND RETAIN YOUR DATA

We follow generally accepted standards to store and protect the personal data we collect, both during transmission and once received and stored, including utilization of encryption where appropriate.

We retain personal data only for as long as necessary to provide the Services you have requested and thereafter for a variety of legitimate legal or business purposes.

If you have subscribed, you can unsubscribe at any time, simply send a message via the website or via email to info@roc-outdoors.co.uk just simply saying UNSUBSCRIBE.

GOOGLE ANALYTICS

We use Google Analytics to track visitors on this site. Google Analytics uses cookies to collect this data. In order to be compliant with the new regulation Google included

The data we collect will be processed anonymously and “Data sharing” is disabled. We don’t use other Google services in combination with Google Analytics cookies.

THIRD-PARTY WEBSITES

If or when our website contains links to third-party websites, we are not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of third-party sites. We advise that you read the privacy policy of any website you visit.

COOKIES

This site uses cookies – small text files that are placed on your machine to help the site provide a better user experience.

In general, cookies are used to retain user preferences, store information for things like shopping carts, and provide anonymized tracking data to third party applications like Google Analytics. On this site we use Cookies from Google, Google Analytics & WordPress.

USE OF COOKIES

On occasion, we may gather information about your computer for our services, and to provide statistical information regarding the use of our Website to any advertisers we may work with in the future.

Such information will not identify you personally; it is statistical data about our visitors and their use of our site. This statistical data does not identify any personal details whatsoever. We to analyse how visitors interact with the Website so that we can continue to develop and improve this Website use it.

We may gather information about your general Internet use by using a cookie file that is downloaded to your computer. Where used, these cookies are downloaded to your computer automatically. This cookie file is stored on the hard drive of your computer as cookies contain information that is transferred to your computer’s hard drive. They help us to improve our Website and the service that we provide to you.

All computers have the ability to decline cookies. Activating the setting on your browser, which enables you to decline the cookies, can do this. Please note that should you choose to decline cookies, you may be unable to access particular areas of our Website.

Any advertising featured on this Website may also incorporate cookies, over which we have no control. Such cookies (if used) would be downloaded once you click on advertisements on our Website.

TYPES OF COOKIES

Session Cookies: These cookies store information about the activities users perform during a single session. They are used to persist data about your activities as you browse through a site but are erased at the end of your session. Persistent Cookies: You’ll also hear these referred to as tracking cookies. Persistent cookies remain on your hard drive until they expire or are erased. These are often used to manage user preferences over longer periods of time.

As a rule, cookies will make your browsing experience better. However, you may prefer to disable cookies on this site and on others. The best way to do this is to disable cookies in your browser. We suggest consulting the Help section of your browser or taking a look at the About Cookies website which offers guidance for all modern browsers

If you require further information about the cookies we use – please contact us at info@roc-outdoors.co.uk. We reserve the right to alter this privacy policy and cookie statement as we see fit.

The DATA PROTECTION ACT 1998 gives you the right to access the information that we hold about you. Should you wish to receive details that we hold about you please contact us at info@roc-outdoors.co.uk

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