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Privacy Policy Notice

Website & Mailing Lists

Last updated: [24/05/2018]

Summary:

We respect the EU’s General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR) and this policy explains how we collect and treat any information you give us. You won’t find any complicated legal terms or long passages of unreadable text. We’ve no desire to trick you into agreeing to something you might later regret.

Our policy covers

  1. Who We Are
  2. Why we value your privacy
  3. What data do we collect
  4. How we use your data
  5. Where we store your information
  6. What we use your information for
  7. Do we use cookies
  8. We use cookies to
  9. Who’s responsible for your information at our company
  10. Who has access to information about you
  11. The steps we take to keep your information private
  12. How to complain
  13. Changes to the policy

Who We Are

We are Sealco Scotland Ltd

Our registered office is Unit 2, St johns Sawmills, Etna Road, Falkirk, FK2 9EG

Our company number is SC174003

You can contact us by:

Telephone: 01324 610 710

Email: info@sealco-scotland.co.uk

Post: Sealco Scotland Ltd, Unit 2, St johns Sawmills, Etna Road, Falkirk, FK2 9EG

Why we value your privacy

We value your privacy as much as we do our own, so we’re committed to keeping your personal and business information safe. We’re uncomfortable with the information companies, governments, and other organisations keep on file, so we ask for only the bare minimum from our customers. We’ll never use your personal information for any reason other than why you gave it, and we’ll never give anyone access to it unless we’re forced to by law.

What Data Do We Collect From You?

Depending on how you use our site, we may collect some or all of the following personal data from you.

  • Contact information such as name, email addresses, postal address and telephone numbers.
  • System information, such as IP Address, browser type and version, and operating system.
  • Information about your activity on our site.
  • Other publicly available information, including any which you have shared via a public platform such as Twitter or Facebook.

 

How We Use Your Data

All personal data is processed and stored securely. We do not keep your personal data for any longer than it is necessary in light of the reason(s) for which it was first collected.

For general usage such as browsing our website Your personal data collected via cookies will be deleted if we’ve not had any action with for after 24 months.

Where we have a legal obligation to keep it longer than that we will delete it as soon as our legal obligation is discharged.

We may keep your data longer if we are involved in a legal claim or dispute. Where this is the case we will delete it as soon as such claim or dispute is resolved.

For trade accounts customers your data will be retained indefinitely unless you contact us and instruct otherwise.

Many of the products we sell have manufacturer’s warranties, up to 10 years. Data collected such as product orders will stay on file indefinitely.

We may use your data for the following purposes:

  • Providing and managing your access to our website and services.
  • Personalising and tailoring your experience on our website and services.
  • Providing and managing your account on our website.
  • Communicating with you (replying to your emails and enquiries).
  • To provide you with goods and services as ordered.
  • Upholding Warranties
  • Market research.
  • Analysing your use of our site and services, gathering feedback, to continually improve our site and your experience.
  • You will always be able to unsubscribe or opt-out from this use at any time.

Where we store your information

When you contact us by email or through our website, we store your your information in Sage, our Customer Relationship Management (CRM) software.

If you sign up for a newsletter, we store your email address in Mailchimp, which is the marketing platform we prefer.

When you buy something, your information is stored in WordPress / Woocommerce, our ecommerce platform, and if we do business, we store your information in our accounts software, Sage..

We chose these systems partly for their commitment to security.

What we use your information for

We occasionally use your contact information to send you details of our products and services. When we do, you have the option to unsubscribe from these communications and we won’t send them to you again.

We might also email or phone you about our products and services, but if you tell us not to, we won’t get in touch again. We will use your information to send you invoices, statements, or reminders.

Do we use ‘cookies’?

Yes. Cookies are small files that a site or its service provider transfers to your computer’s hard drive through your Web browser (if you allow) that enables the site’s or service provider’s systems to recognise your browser and capture and remember certain information. They are also used to help us understand your preferences based on previous or current site activity, which enables us to provide you with improved services.

We also use cookies to help us compile aggregate data about site traffic and site interaction so that we can offer better site experiences and tools in the future.

The cookies we use on our website are:

Site functionality cookies – these cookies allow you to navigate the site and use our features, such as “Add to Cart” and “Save for Later”.

Site analytics cookies – these cookies allow us to measure and analyse how our customers use the site, to improve both its functionality and your shopping experience.

Customer preference cookies – when you are browsing or shopping at Sealco Scotland, these cookies will remember your preferences (like your language or location), so we can make your shopping experience as seamless as possible, and more personal to you.

Targeting or advertising cookies – these cookies are used to deliver ads relevant to you. They also limit the number of times that you see an ad and help us measure the effectiveness of our marketing campaigns.

We use cookies to:

Compile aggregate data about site traffic and site interactions to offer better site experiences and tools in the future. We may also use trusted third-party services that track this information on our behalf.

You can choose to have your computer warn you each time a cookie is being sent, or you can choose to turn off all cookies. You do this through your browser settings. Since each browser is a little different, look at your browser’s Help Menu to learn the correct way to modify your cookies.  

If you turn cookies off, some features will be disabled. It won’t affect the user’s overall experience that make your site visit more efficient, although some functions may not work properly.

Who’s responsible for your information at our company

Derek Malcolm our Director is responsible for the security of your information. You can contact them by email at derek.malcolm@sealco-scotland.co.uk or by phone 01324 610 710  if you have any concerns about the information we store.

Who has access to information about you

When we store information in our own systems, only the people who need it have access. Our management team have access to everything you’ve provided, but individual employees have access to only what they need to do their job.

The steps we take to keep your information private

Where we store your information in third-party services, we restrict access only to people who need it. We store passwords on a password protected device, which is also stored securely in a passcode protected room in our premises,

Our team members use a different, randomly generated password for each service, and never use the same password twice.

 

The computers we use are protected by a passcode or fingerprint access. These computers ask for authentication whenever they’re started or after 5 minutes of inactivity. Our mobile devices are also protected by a password, passcode, fingerprint or facial recognition.

How to complain

We take complaints very seriously. If you’ve any reason to complain about the ways we handle your privacy, please contact Derek Malcolm by email at derek.malcolm@sealco-scotland.co.uk or by phone on 01324 610 710. If you’re the letter writing type, send your envelope to Unit 2, St johns Sawmills, Etna Road, Falkirk, FK2 9EG.

Changes to the policy

If we change the contents of this policy, those changes will become effective the moment we publish them on our website.

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