Privacy Policy
Effective Date: 30 September 2024
At County Signs, accessible from countysignsonline.co.uk, we value your privacy and are committed to protecting your personal information. This privacy policy outlines our practices regarding the collection, use, and disclosure of your information when you visit our website, contact us, or engage with our services. It also describes your privacy rights, including your rights under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
1. Information We Collect
We may collect the following types of information:
- Personal Information: When you contact us via our website, email, or phone, we may collect personal information such as:
- Name
- Email address
- Phone number
- Company name (if applicable)
- Any other information you choose to provide
- Usage Data: We may automatically collect information about how you access and use our website, including:
- Your IP address
- Browser type and version
- Pages you visit on our site
- Time and date of your visit
- Time spent on each page
- Referring website addresses
- Cookies and Tracking Technologies: Our website may use cookies and similar tracking technologies to monitor activity on our site and store certain information. You can set your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, if you do not accept cookies, you may not be able to use some portions of our website.
2. How We Use Your Information
County Signs uses the collected information for various purposes, including:
- To provide and maintain our services
- To notify you about changes to our services
- To respond to your inquiries and provide customer support
- To gather analysis or valuable information so that we can improve our website and services
- To monitor the usage of our website
- To detect, prevent, and address technical issues
- To comply with legal obligations and protect our rights
3. Legal Basis for Processing Personal Data
Under the GDPR, we rely on the following legal bases for processing your personal information:
- Consent: We may process your personal information with your consent, for example, when you subscribe to our newsletter or provide us with information via contact forms.
- Contractual Necessity: We process your information to fulfill our contractual obligations to you when you engage our services.
- Legal Obligation: We may process your information to comply with applicable laws and regulations.
- Legitimate Interests: We may process your information to pursue our legitimate interests, provided that these interests do not override your rights and freedoms.
4. Disclosure of Your Information
We do not sell, rent, or lease your personal information to third parties. We may share your information in the following circumstances:
- Service Providers: We may employ third-party companies and individuals to facilitate our services, provide the service on our behalf, or perform service-related tasks. These third parties may have access to your personal information only to perform these tasks on our behalf and are obligated not to disclose or use it for any other purpose.
- Legal Requirements: We may disclose your personal information if required to do so by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities (e.g., a court or government agency).
- Business Transfers: In the event of a merger, acquisition, or sale of all or a portion of our business, your personal information may be transferred as part of that business transaction.
5. Data Security
The security of your data is important to us, and we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your personal information. We implement various security measures to maintain the safety of your personal information, including encryption, firewalls, and secure server environments. However, please remember that no method of transmission over the internet or method of electronic storage is 100% secure, and we cannot guarantee its absolute security.
6. Your Rights Under GDPR
If you are a resident of the European Economic Area (EEA), you have certain data protection rights, including:
- The right to access: You have the right to request copies of your personal data.
- The right to rectification: You have the right to request that we correct any information you believe is inaccurate or incomplete.
- The right to erasure: You have the right to request that we erase your personal data, under certain conditions.
- The right to restrict processing: You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
- The right to data portability: You have the right to request that we transfer the data that we have collected to another organization, or directly to you, under certain conditions.
- The right to withdraw consent: If we are processing your personal data based on your consent, you have the right to withdraw your consent at any time.
To exercise these rights, please contact us using the contact information provided below.
7. Retention of Your Information
We will retain your personal information only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this privacy policy. We will retain and use your personal information to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our agreements.
8. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update our privacy policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new privacy policy on this page. You are advised to review this privacy policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this privacy policy are effective when they are posted on this page.
9. Contact Us
If you have any questions about this privacy policy or our data practices, please contact us at:
County Signs
Unit 2, Cook House
Brunel Drive
Newark
NG24 2FB
Tel: 01636 605505
Email: sales@countysignsonline.co.uk