Privacy Policy – Safety Gear Store LTD

BACKGROUND: 

SAFETY GEAR STORE LTD understands that your privacy is important to you and that you care about how your Personal Data is used and shared online. We respect and value the privacy of everyone who visits and/or makes use of this website, www.safetygearstore.co.uk (“Our Site”) and will only collect and use Personal Data in ways that are described here, and in a manner that is consistent with Our obligations and your rights under the law.

Please read this Privacy Policy carefully and ensure that you understand it. Your acceptance of Our Privacy Policy is deemed to occur upon your first use of Our Site and/or purchase of any goods via Our Site. If you do not accept and agree with this Privacy Policy, you must stop using Our Site and services immediately.

1. Definitions and Interpretation

In this Policy, the following terms shall have the following meanings: 

2. Information About Us

2.1        Our Site is owned and operated by SAFETY GEAR STORE LTD, a limited company registered in England and Wales under company number 07375605, whose registered address is                          Audley House, 35 Marsh Parade, Newcastle, ST5 1BT, United Kingdom.

2.2        Our postal address is SAFETY GEAR STORE LTD, Meir park, Whittle road, Stoke on trent, Staffordshire, ST3 7TU, United Kingdom.

2.3        Our VAT number is 996 2573 63.

3. What Does This Policy Cover?

3.1        This Privacy Policy applies to your use of Our Siteand/or purchase of goods via Our Site including but not limited to in your personal capacity or as a representative of a legal entity.                Our Site may contain links to other websites, and as part of Our services We may offer to provide references to third-party suppliers of goods. Please note that We have no control                    over how your Personal Data is collected, stored, or used by other websites and third-party suppliers. We advise you to check the privacy policies of any such websites and third-                    party suppliers before providing any data to them.

4. Your Rights

4.1        As a data subject, you have the following rights under the Data Protection Regulation, which this Policy and Our use of Personal Data have been designed to uphold:

4.1.1     The right to be informed about Our collection and use of Personal Data;

4.1.2     The right of access to the Personal Data We hold about you;

4.1.3     The right to rectification if any Personal Data We hold about you is inaccurate or incomplete;

4.1.4     The right to be forgotten – i.e. the right to ask Us to delete any Personal Data We hold about you (We only hold your Personal Data for a limited time, as explained in Part 6);

4.1.5     The right to restrict (i.e. prevent) the processing of your Personal Data;

4.1.6     The right to data portability (obtaining a copy of your Personal Data to re-use with another service or organisation);

4.1.7     The right to object to Us using your Personal Data for particular purposes; and

4.1.8     rights with respect to automated decision making and profiling (only if you are an EU or EEA resident and if applicable).

4.2        If you have any cause for complaint about Our use of your Personal Data, please contact Us using the details provided in Part 14 and We will do Our best to solve the problem for                     you. If We are unable to help, you also have the right to lodge a complaint with the United Kingdom’s supervisory authority, the Information Commissioner’s Office.

4.3        For further information about your rights, please contact the Information Commissioner’s Office or your local Citizens Advice Bureau.

5. What Personal Data Do We Collect?

5.1        Depending upon your use of Our Site and/or purchase of goods via Our Site, We may collect some or all of the following Personal Data as well as non-identifiable web browsing                        information such as the following (please also see Part 13 on Our use of Cookies and similar technologies):

5.1.1     name;

5.1.2     address;

5.1.3     email address;

5.1.4     telephone number;

5.1.5     date of birth;

5.1.7     IP address;

5.1.8     location data;

5.1.9     device type;

5.1.10   web browser type and version; and

5.1.11    operating system.

5.2        We are not collecting financial information such as credit / debit card numbers, but our payment provider(s) may collect such information. Please refer to the privacy policy of the                   payment provider(s) for further information about the collection and processing of such information.

6. How Do We Use Your Personal Data?

6.1        All Personal Data is processed and stored securely, for no longer than is necessary in light of the reason(s) for which it was first collected. We will comply with Our obligations and                    safeguard your rights under the Data Protection Regulationat all times. For more details on security see Part 7, below.

6.2        Our collection and use of your Personal Data will always have a lawful basis because it is in Our legitimate interest to collect and use such information. Specifically, We may use your               data for the following purposes:

6.2.1     Providing and managing your access to Our Site;

6.2.2     Personalising and tailoring your experience on Our Site;

6.2.3     Providing and managing your Account;

6.2.4     Managing your purchases via Our Site;

6.2.5     Supplying Our products to you (please note that We require your Personal Data in order to enter into a contract with you);

6.2.6     Personalising and tailoring Our products and services for you;

6.2.7     Replying to emails from you;

6.2.8     Supplying you with emails that you have opted into. You may unsubscribe or opt-out at any time by pressing unsubscribe on any correspondent email, or contact Us using the                         contact details below in Part 14  and requesting it;

6.2.9     Market research; and

6.2.10   Analysing your use of Our Site and gathering feedback to enable Us to continually improve Our Site and your user experience.

6.3        With your permission and/or where permitted by law, We may also use your data for marketing purposes which may include contacting you by emailwith information, news and                       offers on Our products andservices. We will not, however, send you any unsolicited marketing or spam and will take all reasonable steps to ensure that We fully protect your rights                 and comply with Our obligations under the Data Protection Regulation.

6.4        Third parties whose content appears on Our Site may use third party Cookies, as detailed below in Part 13. Please refer to Part 13 for more information on controlling Cookies. Please               note that We do not control the activities of such third parties, nor the data they collect and use and advise you to check the privacy policies of any such third parties.

6.5        You have the right to withdraw your consent to Us using your Personal Data at any time, and to request that We delete it.

6.6        We do not keep your Personal Data for any longer than is necessary in light of the reason(s) for which it was first collected. Data will therefore be retained for the following periods                 (or its retention will be determined on the following bases): Subject to Part 6.7 We shall as a default keep your data on file for 36 months of your last activity.

6.7        When supplying Our Goods to you We need your Personal Data and other ID information, and We will keep that as well as details of transactions you carry out via Our Site in order                   to comply with public anti-money laundering regulations and bookkeeping, audit, reporting and other public requirements, which requires us to hold and retain records for seven                   years after ceasing to provide the service to you.

7. How and Where Do We Store and/or Transfer Your Personal Data?

7.1        We only keep your Personal Data for as long as We need to in order to use it as described above in Part 6 or for as long as We have your permission to keep it.

7.2        The security of your Personal Data is essential to Us, and to protect your data, We take a number of important measures, including the following:

7.2.1     limiting access to your Personal Data to those employees, agents, contractors, and other third parties with a legitimate need to know and ensuring that they are subject to duties of                confidentiality; and

7.2.2     implementing procedures for dealing with data breaches (the accidental or unlawful destruction, loss, alteration, unauthorised disclosure of, or access to, your Personal Data)                          including notifying you and/or the Information Commissioner’s Office where We are legally required to do so.

7.3        We may transfer some or all of your Personal Data to third parties including but not limited to hosting providers, payment providers and/or other similar third-party service                             providers.

7.4        We may store or transfer some or all of your Personal Data to countries outside the United Kingdom including to countries that are not part of the European Economic Area (the                       “EEA” consists of all EU member states, plus Norway, Iceland, and Liechtenstein). These are known as “third countries” and may not have data protection laws that are as strong as                   those in the United Kingdom and the EEA. This means that We will endeavour to take additional steps in order to ensure that your Personal Data is treated just as safely and                             securely as it would be under the Data Protection Regulation as follows:

7.4.1     We may share your data within the group of companies of which We are a part. Where this involves the transfer of Personal Data outside the United Kingdom or the EEA, our group                  ensures that Personal Data is protected by requiring all companies within the group to follow the same rules with respect to Personal Data usage. These are known as “binding                          corporate rules”.

7.4.2     We may share your data with external third parties that are based outside of the United Kingdom or the EEA. The following safeguards are applied to such transfers if you are an EU                or EEA resident:

7.4.2.1  We will only transfer your Personal Data to third countries whose levels of data protection are deemed ‘adequate’ by the European Commission.

7.4.2.2  We use specific contracts with external third parties that are approved by the European Commission for the transfer of Personal Data to third countries. These contracts require the                  same levels of Personal Data protection that would apply under the Data Protection Legislation.

7.5        Please contact us using the contact details below in Part 14 for further information about the particular data protection mechanisms used by Us when transferring your Personal                      Data to a third country.

8. Do We Share Your Personal Data?

8.1        We may share your data with other companies in Our group in order to supply services attached to our core business. This may include Our holding company and its subsidiaries.

8.2        We may contract with third parties including but not limited to hosting providers, payment providers and/or other similar third-party service providers. Where any of your data is                     required for such a purpose, We will take all reasonable steps to ensure that your data will be handled safely, securely, and in accordance with your rights, Our obligations, and the                 obligations of the third party under the Data Protection Regulation.

8.3        We may compile statistics about the use of Our Site and services including data on traffic, usage patterns, user numbers, sales, and other information. All such data will be                               anonymised and will not include any personally identifying data, or any anonymised data that can be combined with other data and used to identify you. We may from time to time               share such data with third parties such as public authorities, prospective investors, affiliates, partners, and advertisers. Data will only be shared and used within the bounds of the                 Data Protection Regulation.

8.4        Any transfers of your Personal Data to third-party data processors used by Us that are not located within the United Kingdom or the EEA will follow the principles laid out in Part 7.

8.5        In certain circumstances, We may be legally required to share certain data held by Us, which may include your Personal Data, for example, where We are involved in legal                                   proceedings, where We are complying with legal requirements, a court order, or public or governmental authorities.

9. What Happens If Our Business Changes Hands?

9.1        We may, from time to time, expand or reduce Our business and this may involve the sale and/or the transfer of control of all or part of Our business. Any Personal Data that you have              provided will, where it is relevant to any part of Our business that is being transferred, be transferred along with that part and the new owner or newly controlling party will, under                  the terms of this Privacy Policy, be permitted to use that data only for the same purposes for which it was originally collected by Us.

10. How Can You Control Your Personal Data?

10.1        In addition to your rights under the Data Protection Regulation, set out in Part 4, when you submit Personal Data to Us via Our Site or otherwise, you may be given options to                            restrict our use of your data. In particular, We aim to give you strong controls on Our use of your data for direct marketing purposes (including the ability to opt-out of receiving                      emails from us which you may do by unsubscribing using the links provided in Our emailsandat the point of providing your detailsand by managing your Account).

11. Your Right to Withhold Information

11.1     You may access certain areas of Our Site without providing any data at all. However, to use all features and functions available on Our Site you may be required to submit or allow for               the collection of certain data.

11.2     You may restrict Our use of Cookies. For more information, see Part 13.

12. How Can You Access Your Personal Data?

12.1     You have the right to ask for a copy of any of your Personal Data held by Us (where such data is held). Under the Data Protection Regulation, no fee is payable and We will provide any             and all information in response to your request free of charge. Please contact Us for more details using the contact details below in Part 14.

13. Our Use of Cookies

13.1     Our Site may place and access certain first party Cookies on your computer or device. First party Cookies are those placed directly by Us and are used only by Us. We use Cookies to                 facilitate and improve your experience of Our Site and to provide and improve Our products and services. We have carefully chosen these Cookies and have taken steps to ensure                   that your privacy and Personal Data is protected and respected at all times.

13.2     By using Our Site you may also receive certain third party Cookies on your computer or device. Third party Cookies are those placed by websites, services, and/or parties other than                 us. Third party Cookies may be used on Our Site for, e.g., marketing purposes. For more details, please refer to Part 6, above, and to Part 13.6 below. These Cookies are not integral to               the functioning of Our Site and your use and experience of Our Site will not be impaired by refusing consent to them.

13.3     All Cookies used by and on Our Site are used in accordance with the Data Protection Regulation.

13.4     Before Cookies are placed on your computer or device, you will be shown a popup or push notification requesting your consent to set those Cookies. By giving your consent to the                   placing of Cookies you are enabling Us to provide the best possible experience and service to you. You may, if you wish, deny consent to the placing of Cookies; however certain                       features of Our Site may not function fully or as intended.

13.5     Certain features of Our Site depend on Cookies to function. The Data Protection Regulation deems these Cookies to be “strictly necessary”. These Cookies are shown below in Part                    13.6. Your consent will not be sought to place these Cookies. You may still block these Cookies by changing your internet browser’s settings as detailed below in Part 13.9, but please                be aware that Our Site may not work properly if you do so. We have taken great care to ensure that your privacy is not at risk by allowing them.

13.6     The following first party Cookies may be placed on your computer or device:

 
And the following third party Cookies may be placed on your computer or device:

13.7     Our Site uses analytics services provided by Google Analytics. Website analytics refers to a set of tools used to collect and analyse anonymous usage information, enabling us to                       better understand how our Site is used. This, in turn, enables us to improve our Site and the products and services offered through it. You do not have to allow Us to use these                         Cookies, however whilst our use of them does not pose any risk to your privacy or your safe use of our Site, it does enable us to continually improve our Site, making it a better and                 more useful experience for you.

13.8     The analytics services used by Our Site uses Cookies to gather the required information. The analytics service used by Our Site uses the following Cookies

13.9     In addition to the controls that We provide, you can choose to enable or disable Cookies in your internet browser. Most internet browsers also enable you to choose whether you                     wish to disable all cookies or only third-party Cookies. By default, most internet browsers accept Cookies but this can be changed. For further details, please consult the help menu in             your internet browser or the documentation that came with your device.

13.10   You can choose to delete Cookies on your computer or device at any time, however you may lose any information that enables you to access Our Site more quickly and efficiently                     including, but not limited to, login and personalisation settings.

13.11   It is recommended that you keep your internet browser and operating system up-to-date and that you consult the help and guidance provided by the developer of your internet                      browser and manufacturer of your computer or device if you are unsure about adjusting your privacy settings.

14. Contacting Us

If you have any questions about Our Site or this Privacy Policy, please contact Us by email to customerservice@safetygearstore.co.uk or by post to SAFETY GEAR STORE LTD, Meir park, Whittle road, Stoke on trent, Staffordshire, ST3 7TU, United Kingdom. Please ensure that your query is clear, particularly if it is a request for information about the data We hold about you (as under Part 12, above)

15. Changes to Our Privacy Policy

We may change this Privacy Policy from time to time (for example, if the law changes). Any changes will be immediately posted on Our Site and you will be deemed to have accepted the terms of the Privacy Policy on your first use of Our Site following the alterations. We recommend that you check this page regularly to keep up-to-date.

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Last update: 09/11/2023