This page contains our Privacy Policy and our Cookie Policy.

Privacy Policy

Introduction
In this privacy policy, we explain how we collect and use your personal information. ‘We’ means Trade Fabrication Systems Limited of Chesford Park House, 18 Chesford Grange, Woolston, Warrington, Cheshire WA1 4RQ. We are the data controller for the purposes of the Data Protection Act 1998 & 2018 and the EU General Data Protection Regulation.

You can use our Enquiries Form, or the contact details on our website, to contact us with any questions you may have about privacy or data protection.

Our Data Protection Officer is Mr Andrew Matkin – Company Secretary.

Please note that links from our website may take you to external websites which are not covered by this policy. We recommend that you check their privacy policies yourself before submitting any personal information to such sites. We will not be responsible for the content, function or information collection policies of these external websites.

What information do we collect about you and how do we collect it?
You are not required (by law or by any contract with us) to provide personal information to us via this website. We will only require you to provide personal information to us where it is necessary for us to provide you with a service (such as where you contact us using our Enquiries Form).

Information you provide to us

We may receive personal information about you whenever you contact us. For example, by doing the following:

• Completing our Enquiries Form
• Completing our Customer Feedback Form
• Completing our Customer Survey Form
• Using and browsing our website
• Enquiring about, or applying for, job vacancies
• Telephoning, texting, writing by post or emailing us
• Social Media links

This information may include the following:

• Normal identification information, such as your full name, job title date of birth, age, gender, marital status
• Contact information, such as your postal address, email address and telephone number
• Additional information relevant to your use of our site and services, such as your marketing preferences, survey responses and feedback
• In respect of job applications, your CV including details of your education and employment history (and any other information which you may choose to provide to us with your CV)

Information we collect about you on our website

When you visit our website, we may collect the following information:

• Which pages you view and which links you follow
• Your IP address and general location
• Details of the hardware and software that you are using to access the site
• Any passwords that you use on our website

Our website is not intended for children and we do not knowingly collect data relating to children.

Information we collect about you from other sources

We may collect information about you from other sources. This may include the following:

• Information you have shared publicly, including on social media
• If you apply for a job, we may collect information about your criminal record by obtaining a DBS check
• Information from third party databases or data suppliers, such as credit reference agencies, including details about your home, belongings and creditworthiness
• Your CV and other information relating to enquiries or application for job vacancies

This list is not exhaustive and, in specific instances, we may need to collect additional data for the purposes set out in this Policy.

Information we receive about you from other sources

Sometimes you will have given your consent for other websites, services or third parties to provide information to us.

It could also include information from third parties that we work with to provide our products and services, such as payment processors, delivery companies, technical support companies and advertising companies. Whenever we receive information about you from these third parties, we will let you know what information we have received and how and why we intend to use it.

How do we use your personal information?
We take data protection law seriously, so we have set out below exactly how and why we use your information, and what our legal basis is to be able to use your information in each way.

Providing our services

It is necessary for us to use personal information about you to enter into and perform the contracts that we make with you, such as when you are applying to enter into a contract with us to purchase our products or our services. Using your information in this context is necessary so that we can:

• Provide you with information about our products and/or services
• Verify your identity
• Deal with any complaints you may have
• Contact you about any changes that we make to our products or services
• Administer our website, including troubleshooting problems, analysing statistics, conducting research and tests and keeping the site secure

If you enquire about, or apply for, a job vacancy, it is necessary for us to use your personal information as part of the recruitment process, in order to assess your suitability for a particular role.

Where you contact us using our Enquiries Form, or you obtain from us any other service that we offer free of charge, it is necessary for us to use your personal information and we have a legitimate interest in providing these services to you. Using your information is necessary so that we can:

• Provide you with information about our products and services, including the availability of our products and services in your location and other criteria that you select
• Provide you with other news and information from TFS

We may use automated decision-making and profiling to tailor the information we provide to you to your specific circumstances. For example, where you subscribe to our Mailing List, you may or may not receive certain communications from us depending on the preferences you select when you complete the form on our website.

Telling you about other products or services that we think may be of interest to you

We may use your information to identify and tell you about our products or services that we think may be of interest to you. We will only do this where you have informed us that you would like to receive marketing communications.

Whether you choose to receive marketing communications is entirely up to you. Your choice will not affect any products or services that you have purchased from us, nor will it affect any quotes for products or services you buy in future.

You can update your preferences by using the links in any of our emails to you, or by getting in touch using our Contact Form.

Telling you about products or services that are similar to ones that you have already bought

If you have already bought a product or service from us, or you have already obtained a quote from us, we may contact you with some information about products or services that are similar.

We will only contact you by email and you can choose not to receive these messages at any time. Simply follow the instructions in the message, or get in touch using our Enquiries Form.

Making our business better

We always want to offer the best products, services and experience that we can. Sometimes this means we may use your information to find ways that we can improve what we do, or how we do it.

In this context, we will only use your information where it is necessary so that we can:

• Review and improve our existing products and services and develop new ones
• Review and improve the performance of our systems, processes and staff (including training)
• Improve our site to ensure that content is presented in the most effective manner for you and for your computer
• Measure and understand the effectiveness of advertising we serve to you and others, and to deliver relevant advertising to you

Contacting you

We want to stay in touch with you. Sometimes we may need to use the information that we have about you in order to respond to your questions or let you know about important changes.

We will only use your information in this respect where it is necessary so that we can:

• Interact and respond to any communications you send us, including where you use our Enquiries Form, and any social media posts that you tag us in
• Let you know about any important changes to our business or policies

Verifying your identity

We may use your information where it is necessary for us to do so in order to meet our legal obligations or to detect and prevent fraud, money-laundering and other crimes.

Protecting you and others from harm

We may use your information where it is necessary to protect your interests, or the interests of others. This may include in the event of criminality such as identity theft, piracy or fraud.

Who do we share your personal information with?
Sharing your information within our company

We share the information that you provide to us with our staff so that we can provide our products and services to you or process your application for employment.

Sharing your information with third parties

We may share your data with selected third parties including with our IT provider who is responsible for hosting and managing our website.

In addition, there are certain exceptional circumstances in which we may disclose your information to third parties. This would be where we believe that the disclosure is:

• Required by the law, or in order to comply with judicial proceedings, court orders or legal or regulatory proceedings.
• Necessary to protect the safety of our employees, our property or the public.
• Necessary for the prevention or detection of crime, including exchanging information with other companies or organisations for the purposes of fraud protection and credit risk reduction.
• Proportionate as part of a merger, business or asset sale, in the event that this happens we will share your information with the prospective seller or buyer involved.

How long do we keep your personal information?
We will only store your personal information for as long as we need it for the purposes for which it was collected. Where we provide you with any service (including where you are a customer or prospective customer), we will retain any information you provide to us at least for as long as we continue to provide that service to you.

If you apply for a job vacancy (or otherwise send us your CV), we will retain your CV (and any publicly available information, for example from social media) for a period of 6 months. If we are considering you for a particular role, we may retain this information for longer than that period.

In all other circumstances, we will keep your information for a period of 2 (two) years.

How do we protect your personal information?
We will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that your data is treated securely and in accordance with this policy.

We try to ensure that all information you provide to us is transferred securely via the website (always check for the padlock symbol and “https” at the beginning of the URL). Unfortunately, the transmission of information via the internet is not completely secure. Although we will do our best to protect your personal data, we cannot guarantee the security of your data transmitted to our site; 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.

All information you provide to us is stored on our secure servers. Where we have given you (or where you have chosen) a password which enables you to access certain parts of our site, you are responsible for keeping this password confidential. We ask you not to share a password with anyone.

What rights do you have in respect of your personal information?
You have the right to be informed

We have a legal obligation to provide you with concise, transparent, intelligible and easily accessible information about your personal information and our use of it. We have written this policy to do just that, but if you have any questions or require more specific information, you can get in touch using our Enquiries Form.

You have the right to access your personal data

You have the right to ask us to confirm whether or not we hold any of your personal information. If we do, you have the right to have a copy of your information and to be informed of the following:

• Why we have been using your information
• What categories of information we were using
• Who we have shared the information with
• How long we envisage holding your information

In order to maintain the security of your information, we will have to verify your identity before we provide you with a copy of the information we hold.

The first copy of your information that you request from us will be provided free of charge, if you require further copies we may charge an administrative fee to cover our costs.

You have the right to correct any inaccurate or incomplete personal data

Where you have requested a copy of the information we hold about you, you may notice that there are inaccuracies in the records, or that certain parts are incomplete. If this is the case you can contact us so that we can correct our records.

You have the right to be forgotten

There may be times where it is no longer necessary for us to hold personal information about you. This could be if:

• The information is no longer needed for the original purpose that we collected it for
• You withdraw your consent for us to use the information (and we have no other legal reason to keep using it)
• You object to us using your information and we have no overriding reason to keep using it
• We have used your information unlawfully
• We are subject to a legal requirement to delete your information

In those situations you have the right to have your personal data deleted. If you believe one of these situations applies to you, please get in touch using our Enquiries Form.

You have the right to have a copy of your data transferred to you or a third party in a compatible format

Also known as data portability, you have the right to obtain a copy of your personal data for your own purposes. This right allows you to move, copy or transfer your personal data more easily from one IT system to another, in a safe and secure way.

This right shall only apply where:

• we are processing your information for the purposes of entering into or performing a contract; or
• you have provided consent for us to process your information.

If you would like us to transfer a copy of your data to you or another organisation in a structured, commonly use and machine-readable format, please contact us. There is no charge for you exercising this right.

You have the right to object to us using your information for our own legitimate interests

Sometimes, we use your personal information to achieve goals that will help us as well as you. This includes:

• When we tell you about products or services that are similar to ones that you have already bought
• When we use you information to help us make our business better
• When we contact you to interact, communicate or let you know about changes we are making

We aim to always ensure that your rights and information are properly protected. If you believe that the way we are using your data is not justified due to its impact on you or your rights, you have the right to object. Unless we have a compelling reason to continue, we must stop using your personal data for these purposes.

In order to exercise your right to object to our use of your data for the purposes above, please contact us.

You have the right to restrict how we use your personal data

You have the right to ask us to stop using your personal data in any way other than simply keeping a copy of it. This right is available where:

• You have informed us that the information we hold about you is inaccurate, and we have not yet been able to verify this
• You have objected to us using your information for our own legitimate interests and we are in the process of considering your objection
• We have used your information in an unlawful way, but you do not want us to delete your data
• We no longer need to use the information, but you need it for a legal claim

If you believe any of these situations apply, please contact us.

You have rights related to automated-decision making and profiling

Changes to our Privacy Policy
Any changes we make to our privacy policy in the future will be posted on this page and, where appropriate, notified to you by e-mail. Please check back frequently to see any updates or changes to our privacy policy.

Complaints
If you wish to make a complaint about our collection or use of your personal data, please contact us in the first instance so that we may seek to resolve your complaint.

You have the right to lodge a complaint with the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), the statutory body which oversees data protection law in the UK. Please visit the ICO website if you wish to lodge a complaint with the ICO.

This privacy policy was last updated on 20 March 2019.

Cookie Policy

Cookies are small text files held on your computer allowing us to give you the best browsing experience possible. We use Google analytics to track our site visitors in order to continually improve our website. You can delete and block cookies but please note this may impair your website experience and some features may not work. By using our website you accept our use of cookies.

What is a cookie?

Cookies are small data files that your browser places on your computer or device. Cookies help your browser navigate a website and the cookies themselves cannot collect any information stored on your computer or your files. When a server uses a web browser to read cookies they can help a website deliver a more user-friendly service. To protect your privacy, your browser only gives a website access to the cookies it has already sent to you.

Why do we use cookies?
We use cookies to learn more about the way you interact with our content and help us to improve your experience when visiting our website. Cookies remember the type of browser you use and which additional browser software you have installed. They also remember your preferences, such as language and region, which remain as your default settings when you revisit the website. Cookies also allow you to rate pages and fill in comment forms.

Some of the cookies we use are session cookies and only last until you close your browser, others are persistent cookies which are stored on your computer for longer.

How do I reject and delete cookies?
We will not use cookies to collect personally identifiable information about you. However, should you wish to do so, you can choose to reject or block the cookies set by Trade Fabrication Systems Ltd by changing your browser settings – see the help function within your browser for further details. Please note that most browsers automatically accept cookies, so if you do not wish cookies to be used you may need to actively delete or block the cookies. Note, however, that if you reject the use of cookies you will still be able to visit our website, but some of the functions may not work correctly. To find out more about cookies, including how to see what cookies have been set and how to manage and delete them, visit https://www.aboutcookies.org/

List of cookies we collect

Google Analytics – These cookies are used to collect information about how visitors use our site. We use the information to compile reports and to help us improve the site. The cookies collect information in an anonymous form, including the number of visitors to the site, where visitors have come to the site from and the pages they visited. To opt out of being tracked by Google Analytics across all websites visit https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.

This cookie policy was last updated on 1 June 2018.