Privacy Policy for GDPR compliance
Below is the Sapphire Balconies Ltd Privacy Policy, revised to allow you to clearly understand how your data is used and kept private, revised to demonstrate our GDPR compliance. This issue of our privacy policy is AG130418KP.
Sapphire Balconies Ltd Privacy Policy:
Sapphire Balconies Ltd (“The Company”) a company registered (07719070) in England and Wales. Having its registered office at: 11 Arkwright Road, Reading, RG2 0LU, UK is committed to the protection of your personal information in accordance with the Data Protection Act 1998, General Data Protection Regulation, or GDPR (Effective from 25th May 2018) and the Data Protection Directives set out in the European Union directive 95/46/EC on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data. This Privacy Policy shall apply to the Company and any entities which are owned or controlled by the Company that are involved in the business conducted by the Company.
This policy (together with our Terms of Use and any other documents referred to on it) sets out the basis on which any Personal Information the Company collects from you, or that you provide to the Company, will be processed by us. Please read the following carefully to understand the Company views and practices regarding your Personal Information and how we will treat it. By visiting balconies.global (the “Website“) you are accepting and consenting to the practices described in this policy.
For the purpose of the Data Protection Act 1998 (the “Act“) and General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”), the Data Controller is Sapphire Balconies Ltd.
If you wish to make any inquiries regarding this Privacy Policy, you should contact the Company Privacy Officer by email at privacy@balconies.global or by telephone on Tel +44 (0)344 88 00 553.
The Company may, from time to time, review and update this Privacy Policy to take account of new laws and technology. All personal information held by the Company will be governed by its most recent policy, posted on this Website. This Privacy Policy was last updated in April 2018.
1 What is “Personal Data”?
1.1 “Personal Data” means any information related to an individual or data subject that can be used to directly or indirectly identify the person.
2 What Information we will process?
2.1 The Company collects Personal Information from its customers and potential customers in a variety of ways. The Company may collect Personal Information such as your name, contact details and occupation when you visit or register on our website, use products or services, enter promotions or contact us directly by telephone.
2.2 From time to time, the Company conducts surveys that may include questions relating to your Personal Information. Any Personal Information you agree to provide in response to these surveys will also be collected by the Company and may be held, used and disclosed in accordance with this Privacy Policy. The information that the Company process may include your name, address, email address and phone number.
2.3 The Company may also collect Personal Information about you via suppliers and business partners. However, the Company will only collect your Personal Information in this way if it is not reasonable or practical to collect this information directly from you.
3 Information collected via website
3.1 The Company will not collect any Personal Information about visitors to its website except when the users register their personal details to use the website and Opt-in to receive e-mail updates from the Company, or enter promotions.
3.2 Our Website may, from time to time, contain links to and from the websites of our partner networks, advertisers and affiliates. If you follow a link to any of these websites, please note that these websites have their own privacy policies and that the Company does not accept any responsibility or liability for these policies. Please check these policies before you submit any personal data to these websites.
3.3 When you visit and browse this website, the Company’s website host will collect Personal Information for statistical, reporting and maintenance purposes. This information will not be used to identify you and may include:
The number of users visiting this website and the number of pages viewed;
The date, time and duration of a visit; or
The path taken through this website.
The Company’s website host uses this information to administer and improve the performance of this website.
3.4 Cookies are small text files that are transferred to a user’s computer hard drive by a Website for storing information about a user’s identity, browser type or website visiting patterns. Our Website uses cookies to distinguish you from other users of our Website. This helps us to provide you with a good experience when you browse our Website and also allows us to improve our Website. For detailed information on the cookies the Company uses and the purposes for which we use them see our Cookie Policy. If you access this Website, a cookie is downloaded onto your computer’s hard drive when you first log onto this Website and it is automatically deleted from your hard drive after a period of thirty days.
3.5 Web beacons are images that originate from a third party site to track visitor activities. The Company currently uses web beacons to track the visiting patterns of individuals accessing this website.
4 How we will use your information?
The Company uses the information it collects about you to:
4.1 Provide you with products or services you have requested
4.2 Personalise and customise your experiences with this website
4.3 Help the Company research the needs of its users and to market its products and services with a better understanding of your needs and the needs of users generally
4.4 Communicate with you
4.5 Provide you with ongoing information about the Company in which the Company believes you may be interested
4.6 Give you the opportunity from time to time to receive e-mail and ‘e-newsletters’ from the Company
4.7 To provide you, or permit selected third parties to provide you, with information about goods or services we feel may interest you. If you are a new customer, and where we permit selected third parties to use your data, the Company (or third party) may contact you by electronic means. If you do not want the Company to use your data in this way, please contact the Privacy Officer.
4.8 To notify you about changes to our service
4.9 To ensure that content from our Website is presented in the most effective manner for you and for your computer
4.10 Other Personal Information provided voluntarily by you is used to better understand the Company users and to help improve and promote its services
4.11 The Company will only collect and use your Personal Information in accordance with this Privacy Policy or otherwise with your prior express written consent
4.12 If you choose not to provide your Personal Information to the Company for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy, the only consequence for you will be that we will not be able to provide you with the requested service or access to the site
5 Who we disclose your Personal Information to?
5.1 The Company discloses the information about its customers and potential customers if or when the Company:
5.1.1 Has your consent to share the information, or
5.1.2 Someone acting on the Company’s behalf provides the product or service you have requested, or
5.1.3 Reasonably believes that your actions on the Website breach the Company Terms of Use.
5.2 The Company may disclose Personal Information to third parties but only to the extent necessary to fulfil the purposes for which the Personal Information was collected. For example, the Company may disclose Personal Information to the Company officers and employees and its professional advisers and consultants to help improve the services offered by the Company, but only on a confidential and need-to-know basis.
5.3 The Company may also disclose your Personal Information to our website host in certain limited circumstances, for example ensuring that if the Website experiences a technical problem it is able to operate in an effective and secure manner.
5.4 The Company may disclose your Personal Information to organisations that are located in foreign countries solely for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy provided that such disclosure is permitted under the Data Protection Laws. For example, the Data Protection Act 1998 permit disclosure to a person in a foreign country where the Company reasonably believes that the recipient of the information is subject to a law, binding scheme or contract which effectively upholds principles for fair handling of the information that are substantially similar to the Data Protection Act, 1998.
5.5 In addition, the Company will use Personal Information which it has collected from you to:
5.5.1 Administer our Website and for internal operations, including troubleshooting, data analysis, testing, research, statistical and survey purposes.
5.5.2 Improve our Website to ensure that content is presented in the most effective manner for you and for your computer.
5.5.3 Allow you to participate in interactive features of our service, when you choose to do so.
5.5.4 Help us to keep our Website safe and secure.
5.5.5 Measure or understand the effectiveness of advertising we serve to you and others, and to deliver relevant advertising to you.
5.5.6 Make suggestions and recommendations to you and other users of our Website about goods or services that may interest you or them.
5.6 We may receive Personal Information from other sources. The Company may combine this Personal Information with Personal Information you give to us and Personal Information the Company collects about you. The Company may use this Personal Information and the combined Personal Information for the purposes set out above (depending on the types of information we receive).
6 Marketing
6.1 The Company may use your Personal Information to provide you with promotional material about the Company or the services and products offered by the Company. If you do not wish to receive promotional information, you can contact our Privacy Officer by emailing the Privacy Officer at any time so that your name can be removed from its marketing lists. Alternatively, you can exercise your right to prevent such processing by Opting out certain boxes on the forms we use to collect your Personal Information.
6.2 Otherwise, the Company will not disclose any of your Personal Information to any other organisation unless the disclosure is required by law or is otherwise permitted by the GDPR, Data Protection Directives or Act and in accordance with this Privacy Policy.
7 Updating, storage and security of Personal Information held by the Company
7.1 The Company aims to keep your Personal Information secure and up to date. Any Personal Information that is collected via this Website or which is held on the Company computer systems is protected by SSL encryptions for data transmission. Where we have given you (or where you have chosen) a password which enables you to access certain parts of our Website, you are responsible for keeping this password confidential. The Company asks you not to share a password with anyone.
7.2 Personal Information that is held by the Company in hard copy is stored securely on its premises and is only disclosed or used for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy. Personal Information that the Company collects from you may be transferred to, and stored at, a destination outside the European Economic Area (“EEA“). It may also be processed by staff operating outside the EEA who works for the Company or for one of our suppliers. Such staff maybe engaged in, among other things, the fulfilment of your order, the processing of your payment details and the provision of support services. By submitting your personal data, you agree to this transfer, storing or processing. The Company will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that your Personal Information is treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy Policy.
7.3 You can update your contact and profile information at any time by contacting our Privacy Officer on the number below or you may edit your account information and preferences. If we find that we have no further need for your Personal Information we will permanently de-identify it or remove it from our system and destroy all record of it. The Company welcomes any changes to your details so as to keep our records up to date.
7.4 Unfortunately, the transmission of information via the internet is not completely secure. Although we will do our best to protect your Personal Information, we cannot guarantee the security of your data transmitted to our Website; any transmission is at your own risk. Once we have received your information, we will use strict procedures and security features to try to prevent unauthorised access.
8 Disclosure of your Personal Information
8.1 We may share your Personal Information with any member of our group from time to time, which means our subsidiaries, our ultimate holding company and its subsidiaries, as defined in section 1159 of the UK Companies Act 2006.
8.2 The Company may share your Personal Information with selected third parties including:
8.2.1 Business partners, suppliers and sub-contractors for the performance of any contract or proposed contract the Company enters into with them or you.
8.2.2 Advertisers and advertising networks that require the data to select and serve relevant adverts to you and others.
8.2.3 Analytics and search engine providers that assist us in the improvement and optimisation of our Website.
8.2.4 Credit reference agencies for the purpose of assessing your credit score where this is a condition of us entering into a contract with you.
8.3 Please note that Personal Information shared with third parties is no longer under our direct control. If you would like to exercise your rights under section 9 with regards to the third parties, please contact the Privacy Officer who can contact these third parties on your behalf.
8.4 In the event that we sell or buy any business or assets, the Company may disclose your Personal Information to the prospective seller or buyer of such business or assets.
8.4.1 If the Company or substantially all of its assets are acquired by a third party, Personal Information held by it about its customers will be one of the transferred assets.
8.4.2 The Company may be under a duty to disclose or share your Personal Information in order to comply with any legal obligation, or in order to enforce or apply our Terms of Use and other agreements; or to protect the rights, property, or safety of the Company, our customers, or others. This includes exchanging information with other companies and organisations for the purposes of fraud protection and credit risk reduction.
9 Your Rights
9.1 You are entitled to access Personal Information that the Company holds about you. If you request access to your Personal Information, we will grant your request unless providing you with access would unreasonably impact upon the privacy of others or is not otherwise permitted under the GDPR, Data Protection Act or Directive. If the Company refuses your request to access your Personal Information, it will provide you with reasons for the refusal.
9.2 You may ask us to provide you with a copy of all the information we hold about you at any time. This information will be granted free of charge, but repeated and excessive requests may incur a reasonable fee for the administrative costs.
9.3 Any information requests must be specific to the type of information needed to enable us to fulfil the request.
9.4 If you would like us to erase or change any of the information we hold about you or it becomes inaccurate, please let us know as soon as you are able in writing so that we may ensure that the information we hold about you is up to date. Please note that if you request erasure of your details, we will lose all history about you, including any requests not to be contacted. This means that you may be contacted again if we receive fresh data about you.
10 Changes to our Privacy Policy
10.1 Any changes the Company may make to our Privacy Policy in the future will be posted on the www.balconies.global website and, where appropriate, notified to you by e-mail. Please check back frequently to see any updates or changes to our privacy policy.
10.2 If you have a question, problem or complaint about our use of your Personal Information, please contact the Privacy Officer in the first instance. If you feel you have not received redress in this manner, then you may submit a complaint to the ICO via their published contact details.
10.3 If you have any complaints or would like us to erase or change any of the information we hold about you or if you feel that your privacy has not been respected or that the Company has conducted itself inconsistently with this Privacy Policy or GDPR or the Data Protection Directives or Act in respect of your Personal Information, please contact our Privacy Officer in any of the following ways:
10.3.1 By email to privacy@balconies.global
10.3.2 By phone to +44 (0)344 88 00 553
10.3.3 By post to the Privacy Officer, 11 Arkwright Road, Reading, RG2 0LU, UK
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