Portland Tools (1998) Ltd - Privacy Policy

On the 28^th May 2018, the new the General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR) will legally take effect.

Portland Tools (1998) Ltd (“we” / “us”) are committed to protecting and respecting any personal information you share with us and are legally obliged to inform you of what information we hold for you and how we will /will not use it.

This statement describes what type of information we collect from you, how that information is used by us and how you can manage the information we hold.

How the law protects you

Data protection laws state that we are only able to process personal data if we have valid reasons to do so. The reasons we process your personal data include, but are not limited to, your consent, performance of a contract, billing and to contact you.

How we collect information from you

We receive information about you when you contact us by phone, email or via our website.

As a customer / supplier this information may include:

• Company name / Individual name
• Company address / Individual address
• Delivery addresses
• Company contacts (if applicable)
• Telephone/Fax Numbers provided by you or your company
• Email addresses provided by you or your company
• VAT No (If applicable)
• Bank Details (If applicable)

Cookies

Cookies are small text files which are placed on your computer by websites you visit. They are widely used to make websites work or run more efficiently.

Our cookies aren’t used to identify you personally, they’re just used to make our website work better for you by collecting information automatically about your visit to our Site. The information obtained in this way, which includes demographic data and browsing patterns, is only used in aggregate form, and as such cannot be used to identify you personally. Such aggregate information helps us to audit usage of our web site and improve the service provided.

You can manage / delete cookies: just web search instructions for the web browser you use.

How we use this information

We use the information you have provided to facilitate trading with you and your Company and for general communication with your business. We will only use the information for the purpose for which it has been collected.

We use the information you have provided in the following ways:

• To process orders that you have submitted to us
• To provide you with products and services (where appropriate)
• To administer accounts, process payments and keep track of billing and payments
• To provide customer care, including responding to your requests if you contact us with a query
• To comply with our contractual obligations, we may have with you

How we share this information

We will not sell your information to third parties, we may however when required disclose your information to companies or organisations to whom we pass responsibly to provide you with goods or services on our behalf (e.g. delivery by a third party).

We may also disclose your information to a third party in order to meet our legal and regulatory obligations.

We only disclose such information that is necessary to deliver the service they are undertaking on our behalf.

We take steps to ensure that any third-party partners comply with data protection legislation and protect your data as we do.

Where we store your personal data

Information about you or your company is backed up and stored off site for data security and loss prevention.

We will always do our best to keep your information secure by taking the appropriate technical and organisational measures against its unauthorised or unlawful processing and against its accidental loss destruction or damage. We will ensure that reasonable steps are taken to protect your data in accordance with this privacy notice.

Consent

Where you have provided your consent, we may wish to contact you from time to time regarding products, promotions or services which we think may be of interest to you. You may withdraw your consent at any time by using the contact information provided in the ‘How you can manage the information we hold about you?’ section at the bottom of this page.

How long do we keep your information for?

We do not retain information for longer than is necessary. We will retain your information for the duration of our business relationship and thereafter for as long as is necessary for us to comply with our legal obligations to do so.

How you can manage the information we hold about you?

Under data protection law (in certain circumstances) you have a number of rights relating to your personal information. In relation to most rights we will ask you for information to confirm your identity.

You have the right to:

• Ask for a copy of information we hold relating to you
• Update and correct your information
• Withdraw your consent (where we rely on it)
• Object to our use of your information, provided we do not have any lawful reason to continue to process and use that information
• Erase or restrict the use of your information, provided we do not have any lawful reason to continue to process and use that information
• Return your information in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format, where we rely on your consent to use and process your data or need to process it in connection with your contract.

If you withdraw your consent for the use of your data for the purposes set out by our privacy notice, we may not be able to provide you with access to all of our services.

The contents of this statement may change from time to time, so you may wish to check this page occasionally to make sure you’re happy to continue sharing your information with us.

Where possible we will also contact you directly to update you on any changes.

You can contact us to exercise the above rights and/or manage your information by using the details below:

Online:  Subject Access Request Form

Post:      Portland Tools (1998) Ltd

              Unit 1 Pelham Centre, Canwick Road, Lincoln, LN5 8HG

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