1. Introduction
1.1 We are committed to safeguarding the privacy of our website visitors and service users.
1.2 This policy applies where we are acting as a data controller with respect to the personal data of
our website visitors and service users; in other words, where we determine the purposes and
means of the processing of that personal data.
1.3 We use cookies on our website. Cookies are very small text files that are stored on your
computer when you visit some websites. We use these cookies to help identify your computer
so we can tailor your user experience. You can disable any cookies already stored on your
computer, but these may stop our website from functioning properly.
1.4 Our communications incorporate privacy controls which affect how we will process your
personal data. By using the privacy controls, you can specify whether you would like to receive
direct marketing communications and limit the publication of your information.
1.5 In this policy, "we", "us" and "our" refer to Tees Components. For more information about us,
see Section 13.
2. Credit
2.1 This document was created using a template from SEQ Legal (https://seqlegal.com).
3. How we use your personal data
3.1 In this Section 3 we have set out:
(a) the general categories of personal data that we may process;
(b) the purposes for which we may process personal data; and
(c) the legal bases of the processing.
3.2 We may process data about your use of our website and services ("usage data"). The usage
data may include your IP address, geographical location, browser type and version, operating
system, referral source, length of visit, page views and website navigation paths, as well as
information about the timing, frequency and pattern of your service use. The source of the
usage data is our analytics tracking system. This usage data may be processed for the
purposes of analysing the use of the website and services. The legal basis for this is our
legitimate interests, namely monitoring and improving our website and services.
3.3 We may process information that you post for publication on our website or through our
services ("publication data"). The publication data may be processed for the purposes ofenabling such publication and administering our website and services. The legal basis for this
processing is our legitimate interests, namely the proper administration of our website and
business.
3.4 We may process information contained in any enquiry you submit to us regarding goods and/or
services ("enquiry data"). The enquiry data may be processed for the purposes of offering,
marketing and selling relevant goods and/or services to you. The legal basis for this processing
is consent.
3.5 We may process information relating to our customer relationships, including customer contact
information ("customer relationship data"). The customer relationship data may include your
name, your employer, your job title or role, your contact details, and information contained in
communications between us and you or your employer. The source of the customer
relationship data is you or your employer. The customer relationship data may be processed
for the purposes of managing our relationships with customers, communicating with customers,
keeping records of those communications and promoting our products and services to
customers. The legal basis for this processing is our legitimate interests, namely the proper
management of our customer relationships.
3.6 We may process [information relating to transactions, including purchases of goods and
services, that you enter into with us ("transaction data"). The transaction data may include
your contact details and the transaction details. The transaction data may be processed for the
purpose of supplying the purchased goods and services and keeping proper records of those
transactions. The legal basis for this processing is the performance of a contract between you
and us and/or taking steps, at your request, to enter into such a contract and our legitimate
interests, namely the proper administration of our website and business.
3.7 We may process information that you provide to us for the purpose of subscribing to our email
notifications and/or newsletters ("notification data"). The notification data may be processed
for the purposes of sending you the relevant notifications and/or newsletters. The legal basis
for this processing is the performance of a contract between you and us and/or taking steps, at
your request, to enter into such a contract.
3.8 We may process information contained in or relating to any communication that you send to us
("correspondence data"). The correspondence data may include the communication content
and metadata associated with the communication. Our website will generate the metadata
associated with communications made using the website contact forms. The correspondence
data may be processed for the purposes of communicating with you and record-keeping. The
legal basis for this processing is our legitimate interests, namely the proper administration of
our website and business and communications with users.
3.9 We may process any of your personal data identified in this policy where necessary for the
establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims, whether in court proceedings or in an
administrative or out-of-court procedure. The legal basis for this processing is our legitimate
interests, namely the protection and assertion of our legal rights, your legal rights and the legal
rights of others.
3.10 We may process any of your personal data identified in this policy where necessary for the
purposes of obtaining or maintaining insurance coverage, managing risks, or obtaining
professional advice. The legal basis for this processing is our legitimate interests, namely the
proper protection of our business against risks.
3.11 In addition to the specific purposes for which we may process your personal data set out in this
Section 3, we may also process any of your personal data where such processing is necessary
for compliance with a legal obligation to which we are subject, or in order to protect your vital
interests or the vital interests of another natural person.
3.12 Please do not supply any other person's personal data to us, unless we prompt you to do so.
4. Providing your personal data to others
4.1 We may disclose your personal data to any member of our group of companies (this means our
subsidiaries, our ultimate holding company and all its subsidiaries) insofar as reasonably
necessary for the purposes, and on the legal bases, set out in this policy.
4.2 We may disclose your personal data to our insurers and/or professional advisers insofar as
reasonably necessary for the purposes of obtaining or maintaining insurance coverage,
managing risks, obtaining professional advice, or the establishment, exercise or defence of
legal claims, whether in court proceedings or in an administrative or out-of-court procedure.
4.3 In addition to the specific disclosures of personal data set out in this Section 4, we may
disclose your personal data where such disclosure is necessary for compliance with a legal
obligation to which we are subject, or in order to protect your vital interests or the vital interests
of another natural person. We may also disclose your personal data where such disclosure is
necessary for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims, whether in court
proceedings or in an administrative or out-of-court procedure.
5. International transfers of your personal data
5.1 In this Section 5, we provide information about the circumstances in which your personal data
may be transferred to countries outside the European Economic Area (EEA).
5.2 You acknowledge that personal data that you submit for publication through our website or
services may be available, via the internet, around the world. We cannot prevent the use (or
misuse) of such personal data by others.
6. Retaining and deleting personal data
6.1 This Section 6 sets out our data retention policies and procedure, which are designed to help
ensure that we comply with our legal obligations in relation to the retention and deletion of
personal data.
6.2 Personal data that we process for any purpose or purposes shall not be kept for longer than is
necessary for that purpose or those purposes.
6.3 We will retain your personal data as follows:
(a) Transaction, Correspondence, Customer relationship, and Enquiry data will be retained
for a minimum period of 5 years following date of our invoice relating to such data, and
for a maximum period of 7 years following date of our invoice.
(b) Usage data will be retained for a minimum period of 2 years following date of usage, and
for a maximum period of 3 years following date of usage.
6.4 In some cases it is not possible for us to specify in advance the periods for which your personal
data will be retained. In such cases, we will determine the period of retention based on the
following criteria:
(a) the period of retention of Publication data will be determined based on continuing
relevance to our business purposes but cessation of retention may be requested by you.
(b) the period of retention of Notification data will be determined based on continuing
interest in performing a contract or taking steps towards such a contract, but cessation
of retention may be requested by you.
6.5 Notwithstanding the other provisions of this Section 6, we may retain your personal data where
such retention is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which we are subject, or in
order to protect your vital interests or the vital interests of another natural person.
7. Amendments
7.1 We may update this policy from time to time by publishing a new version on our website.
7.2 You should check this page occasionally to ensure you are happy with any changes to this
policy.
7.3 We may notify you of changes to this policy by email.
8. Your rights
8.1 In this Section 8, we have summarised the rights that you have under data protection law.
Some of the rights are complex, and not all of the details have been included in our summaries.
Accordingly, you should read the relevant laws and guidance from the regulatory authorities for
a full explanation of these rights.
8.2 Your principal rights under data protection law are:
(a) the right to access;
(b) the right to rectification;
(c) the right to erasure;
(d) the right to restrict processing;
(e) the right to object to processing;
(f) the right to data portability;
(g) the right to complain to a supervisory authority; and
(h) the right to withdraw consent.
8.3 You have the right to confirmation as to whether or not we process your personal data and,
where we do, access to the personal data, together with certain additional information. That
additional information includes details of the purposes of the processing, the categories of
personal data concerned and the recipients of the personal data. Providing the rights and
freedoms of others are not affected, we will supply to you a copy of your personal data. The
first copy will be provided free of charge, but additional copies may be subject to a reasonable
fee.
8.4 You have the right to have any inaccurate personal data about you rectified and, taking into
account the purposes of the processing, to have any incomplete personal data about you
completed.
8.5 In some circumstances you have the right to the erasure of your personal data without undue
delay. Those circumstances include: the personal data are no longer necessary in relation to
the purposes for which they were collected or otherwise processed; you withdraw consent to
consent-based processing; you object to the processing under certain rules of applicable data
protection law; the processing is for direct marketing purposes; and the personal data have
been unlawfully processed. However, there are exclusions of the right to erasure. The general
exclusions include where processing is necessary: for exercising the right of freedom of
expression and information; for compliance with a legal obligation; or for the establishment,
exercise or defence of legal claims.
8.6 In some circumstances you have the right to restrict the processing of your personal data.
Those circumstances are: you contest the accuracy of the personal data; processing is
unlawful but you oppose erasure; we no longer need the personal data for the purposes of our
processing, but you require personal data for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal
claims; and you have objected to processing, pending the verification of that objection. Where
processing has been restricted on this basis, we may continue to store your personal data.
However, we will only otherwise process it: with your consent; for the establishment, exercise
or defence of legal claims; for the protection of the rights of another natural or legal person; or
for reasons of important public interest.
8.7 You have the right to object to our processing of your personal data on grounds relating to your
particular situation, but only to the extent that the legal basis for the processing is that the
processing is necessary for: the performance of a task carried out in the public interest or in the
exercise of any official authority vested in us; or the purposes of the legitimate interests
pursued by us or by a third party. If you make such an objection, we will cease to process the
personal information unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the
processing which override your interests, rights and freedoms, or the processing is for the
establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims.
8.8 You have the right to object to our processing of your personal data for direct marketing
purposes (including profiling for direct marketing purposes). If you make such an objection, we
will cease to process your personal data for this purpose.
8.9 You have the right to object to our processing of your personal data for scientific or historical
research purposes or statistical purposes on grounds relating to your particular situation,
unless the processing is necessary for the performance of a task carried out for reasons of
public interest.
8.10 To the extent that the legal basis for our processing of your personal data is:
(a) consent; or
(b) that the processing is necessary for the performance of a contract to which you are party
or in order to take steps at your request prior to entering into a contract,
and such processing is carried out by automated means, you have the right to receive your
personal data from us in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format. However,
this right does not apply where it would adversely affect the rights and freedoms of others.
8.11 If you consider that our processing of your personal information infringes data protection laws,
you have a legal right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority responsible for data
protection. You may do so in the EU member state of your habitual residence, your place of
work or the place of the alleged infringement.
8.12 To the extent that the legal basis for our processing of your personal information is consent,
you have the right to withdraw that consent at any time. Withdrawal will not affect the
lawfulness of processing before the withdrawal.
8.13 You may exercise any of your rights in relation to your personal data by written notice to us, in
addition to the other methods specified in this Section 8.
9. About cookies
9.1 A cookie is a file containing an identifier (a string of letters and numbers) that is sent by a web
server to a web browser and is stored by the browser. The identifier is then sent back to the
server each time the browser requests a page from the server.
9.2 Cookies may be either "persistent" cookies or "session" cookies: a persistent cookie will be
stored by a web browser and will remain valid until its set expiry date, unless deleted by the
user before the expiry date; a session cookie, on the other hand, will expire at the end of the
user session, when the web browser is closed.
9.3 Cookies do not typically contain any information that personally identifies a user, but personal
information that we store about you may be linked to the information stored in and obtained
from cookies.
10. Cookies used by our service providers
10.1 Our service providers use cookies and those cookies may be stored on your computer when
you visit our website.
10.2 We use Google Analytics to analyse the use of our website. Google Analytics gathers
information about website use by means of cookies. The information gathered relating to our
website is used to create reports about the use of our website. Google's privacy policy is
available at: https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/.
11. Managing cookies
11.1 Most browsers allow you to refuse to accept cookies and to delete cookies. The methods for
doing so vary from browser to browser, and from version to version. You can however obtain
up-to-date information about blocking and deleting cookies via these links:
(a) https://support.google.com/chr... (Chrome);
(b) https://support.mozilla.org/en...
(Firefox);
(c) http://www.opera.com/help/tuto... (Opera);
(d)
https://support.microsoft.com/...
e-cookies (Internet Explorer);
(e) https://support.apple.com/kb/P... (Safari); and
(f) https://privacy.microsoft.com/... (Edge).
11.2 Blocking all cookies will have a negative impact upon the usability of many websites.
11.3 If you block cookies, you will not be able to use all the features on our website.
12. Our details
12.1 This website is owned and operated by Tees Components Ltd.
12.2 We are registered in England and Wales under registration number 775765, and our registered
office is at Bolckow St, North Skelton, Saltburn-by-the-Sea, TS12 2AP.
12.3 Our principal place of business is at Bolckow St, North Skelton, Saltburn-by-the-Sea, TS12
2AP.
12.4 You can contact us:
(a) by post, to the postal address given above;
(b) using our website contact form;
(c) by telephone, on the contact number published on our website or
(d) by email, using the email address published on our website.
13. Data protection officer
13.1 Our data protection officer’s contact details are: Sharon Lane, Tees Components, Bolckow St,
North Skelton, Saltburn-by-the-Sea, TS12 2AP.
