VER 1.0, 17TH MAY 2018
This privacy policy tells you about the information we collect from you when you use our website. In collecting this information, we are acting as a data controller and, by law, we are required to provide you with information about us, about why and how we use your data, and about the rights you have over your data.
WHO ARE WE?
We are Michael Williams Engineering Ltd. Our address is Queen’s Business Park, Wilbraham Road, Fulbourn, Cambridge CB21 5ET, UK. You can contact us by post at the above address, by email at mydata@bigbrute.co.uk or by telephone on +44 (0)1223 88 22 22.
We are not required to have a data protection officer, so any enquiries about our use of your personal data should be addressed to the contact details above.
HOW WE USE YOUR INFORMATION
WHEN YOU USE OUR WEBSITE
When you use our website to browse our products and services and view the information we make available, a number of cookies are used by us and by third parties to allow the website to function, to collect useful information about visitors and to help to make your user experience better.
For more information about our use of cookies, please see our cookie policy.
WHEN YOU SUBMIT AN ENQUIRY VIA OUR WEBSITE
When you submit an enquiry via our website, we ask you for your name, email address, company name and contact telephone number and a brief description what you want to clean up and how you want to dispose of it.
We use this information to respond to your query, including providing you with any requested information about our products and services. We may also email you several times after your enquiry in order to follow up on your interest and ensure that we have answered your it to your satisfaction. We will do this based on our legitimate interest in providing accurate information prior to a sale.
Your enquiry is stored and processed in our customer relationship management (CRM) database which is hosted entirely within the EU.
We do not use the information you provide to make any automated decisions that might affect you.
We also ask for your consent to keep in touch with you by telephone, email or post to let you know about new or improved products that we feel might be of interest to you. You can withdraw your consent to be contacted for these reasons at any time by contacting us using the details in the “Who are we?” section above or by following the unsubscribe instructions in any email we send you.
We keep enquiry emails for 18 months, after which they are securely archived and kept for seven years, when we delete them. CRM records are kept for three years after the last contact with you.
WHEN YOU PURCHASE A PRODUCT FROM US
When you purchase products from us, we ask you for your name, address, contact telephone number, email address and, in some cases, credit card information.
We will use your information to verify your credit card details for your purchase, where applicable, process your order and to send you your products. We will also send you an invoice via email and we may use your telephone number to contact you regarding your purchase. We will also contact you after dispatch of your purchase to ask for your customer feedback.
We require this information in order to process your payment, deliver your products or services and fulfil our contract with you.
Your enquiry is stored and processed in our customer relationship management (CRM) database which is hosted entirely within the EU.
We do not use the information you provide to make any automated decisions that might affect you.
We also ask for your consent to keep in touch with you by telephone, email or post to let you know about new or improved products that we feel might be of interest to you. You can withdraw your consent to be contacted for these reasons at any time by contacting us using the details in the “Who are we?” section above or by following the unsubscribe instructions in any email we send you.
We keep your order information for 10 years, as our products have been designed to last for a significant length of time.
CONSENT-BASED SIGN UPS
When you submit an enquiry via our website, we ask you for your name, email address, company name and contact telephone number.
We also ask for your consent to send you information on relevant products that we think might be of interest to you. We ask for your consent to contact you with such information by email, telephone or by post.
Your information is stored and processed in our customer relationship management (CRM) database which is hosted entirely within the EU.
We do not use the information you provide to make any automated decisions that might affect you.
We keep consent-based sign-ups indefinitely, or for as long as you continue to consent.
YOUR RIGHTS AS A DATA SUBJECT
By law, you can ask us what information we hold about you, and you can ask us to correct it if it is inaccurate. If we have asked for your consent to process your personal data, you may withdraw that consent at any time.
If we are processing your personal data for reasons of consent or to fulfil a contract, you can ask us to give you a copy of the information in a machine-readable format so that you can transfer it to another provider.
If we are processing your personal data for reasons of consent or legitimate interest, you can request that your data be erased.
You have the right to ask us to stop using your information for a period of time if you believe we are not doing so lawfully.
To submit a request regarding your personal data by email, post or telephone, please use the contact information provided above in the Who Are We section of this policy.
YOUR RIGHT TO COMPLAIN
If you have a complaint about our use of your information, we would prefer you to contact us directly in the first instance so that we can address your complaint. However, you can also contact the Information Commissioner’s Office via their website at www.ico.org.uk/concerns or write to them at:
Information Commissioner’s Office
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF
UPDATES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY
We regularly review and, if appropriate, update this privacy policy from time to time, and as our services and use of personal data evolves. If we want to make use of your personal data in a way that we haven’t previously identified, we will contact you to provide information about this and, if necessary, to ask for your consent.
We will update the version number and date of this document each time it is changed.