Privacy Statement

Rex Crystal Fixings Ltd incorporating Powertoolsgb (“we” or “us”) is committed to protecting and respecting your privacy.

This Privacy Statement sets out the basis on which any personal data we collect from you, or that you provide to us, will be processed by us. Please read the following carefully to understand our views and practices regarding your personal data and how we will treat it.

For the purpose of applicable data protection laws and the upcoming General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) (Regulation (EU) 2016/679), the Data Controller is Rex Crystal Fixings Ltd, whose registered address is at Unit 5B, Fox Way, Trinity Business Park, Wakefield, WF2 8EE England.

INFORMATION WE COLLECT FROM YOU & HOW WE USE SUCH INFORMATION

We will collect and process the following data about you:

• Information you give us. This is information about you that you give us by signing up to our newsletter, registering your tools, registering for extended warranty, corresponding with us by e-mail, telephone or social media or creating an account with us or otherwise. It includes information you provide when you enter a competition, promotion or survey, search for a product, report a problem with our site or tools via customer service or other social media functions on our site. The information you give us may include but is not limited to your name, address, e-mail address and phone number, financial and credit card information, personal description and photographs. We will only request information, which is required for the specific purpose.
  
  By submitting this data, you give your consent that we collect and process the data to provide you with the information, products and services that you requested from us. In such case, the legal basis for the processing is Article 6 (1) (a) GDPR. You have the right to withdraw this consent at any time. We may also use this data to carry out our obligations arising from any contracts entered between you and us. In such case the legal basis is Article 6 (1) (b) GDPR. We store your personal data only as long as we need it to provide the information, services or offers you requested or to carry out our obligations arising from any contracts, or for any other legal purpose associated with good business accounting.
• Information we collect about you. Regarding each of your visits to our site we will automatically collect the following information:
• technical information, including the Internet protocol (IP) address used to connect your computer to the Internet, your login information, browser type and version, time zone setting, browser plug-in types and versions, device types, operating system, time and date of consent and platform;
• information about your visit, including the full Uniform Resource Locators (URL), clickstream to, through and from our site (including date and time), products you viewed, searched for or purchased, page response times, download errors, length of visits to certain pages, page interaction information (such as scrolling, clicks, and mouse-overs), methods used to browse the website, and any phone number used to call our company.
  
  This information is stored exclusively by us to administer our site and for internal operations, including troubleshooting, data analysis, testing, research, statistical and survey purposes and for the control of illegal acts. We reserve the right to check these log files and data retroactively if there is reasonable suspicion of an illegal act due to concrete indications. As far as personal data is processed, we do so solely to protect our legitimate interest to control illegal acts particular in connection with our website. The legal basis for this is Article 6 (1) (f) GDPR.
• Information we receive from other sources. This is information we receive about you if you use any of the other websites we operate or the other services we provide. We are working closely with third parties (including, for example, business partners, sub-contractors in technical, payment and delivery services, advertising networks, analytics providers, search information providers, credit reference agencies). We will notify you when we receive information about you from them and the purposes for which we intend to use that information as well as the legal basis for such processing.

PAYMENT DATA

We do not store any Credit/Debit card details. All of our online payments are administered through third party merchant service providers. For online purchases we currently utilise the services of Worldpay and PayPal, these services providers may change from time to time without notice and you should therefore satisfy yourself of the privacy policy and data collection of the merchant services provider that you use prior to submitting any payment details. For in store purchases we use Worldpay, again we do not store any credit/debit card details. We accept no responsibility for the way in which third parties process or store data.

WARRANTY DETAILS

If we register an item on customer data may be registered with the manufacturer or warranty provider, by this company or the customer. When we do this we provide details of the customer, customers contact details, the data of purchase and any other sales information that is required to register the item for warranty, this includes serial numbers and other identifier numbers of the items that have been purchased, the information required can vary between manufacturers, should you not want us to register your warranty you must notify us at the time of purchase, we cannot accept any responsibility for how the warranty provider uses the data provided to them, should you require that information you must contact the warranty provider/ manufacturer.

PRODUCT TRACKING DATA

Some products operate tracking services in the event of loss or theft to make it easier to try and recover the items, these services operate tracking facilities via App based technology, they utilise serial number information and other identifiers that are built into the tool itself, you should check the privacy policy for the individual tracking provider, the App and the warranty provider to identify how any data that is collected from the tracking facilities are used. Even if we have registered your product for you we cannot accept any responsibility for the actions of third parties who are involved in the administration, provision or other services associated with the tracking service that is built into the product.

COOKIES

Our website uses cookies to distinguish you from other users of our website. This helps us to provide you with a good experience when you browse our website and allows us to improve our site. We may work with third parties to research certain usage and activities on our website on our behalf. No personal information about you is shared, however in the course of conducting this research these third parties may place a unique “cookie” on your browser. A cookie is a small file which is sent to your browser and stored on your computer’s hard disc, this helps us understand and track your use of the site and where it can improve the information and services provided. We use cookies to gather information on IP address, to analyse trends, administer the site, track users movements on the site and gather broad demographic information for aggregate use. IP addresses are not linked to any personally identifiable information and will not be used to deliver any marketing messages. For information about the blocking of cookies please refer to the help screen on your internet browser. Please note that you may not be able to use or access certain parts of the site or online services if you block the use of cookies. As far as personal data is processed in this regard, we carry out such processing on basis of our legitimate interest to improve our website for users. We only process pseudonymised data in this regard upon your visit of our website. The legal basis for such processing is Article 6 (1) (f) GDPR. You can delete cookies on your device at any time and once they are deleted we cannot process any information contained in a cookie.   You can further adjust your browser so that you are informed about the setting of cookies and only allow cookies on an individual basis, exclude accepting cookies for specific cases or in general, and activate the automatic deletion of cookies when you close your browser. The functionality of this website may be restricted when cookies are deactivated.

GOOGLE ANALYTICS

This website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc. (1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA, "Google"). Google Analytics uses cookies to help us analyse your use of our website. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website will be transferred to a Google server in the United States, the IP addresses transferred to Google are only processed in a shortened version in order to exclude that they are directly related to you. Google will use these data for the purposes of evaluating your use of the website, compiling reports on website activity for our website, and providing further services related to website and internet usage. Google may also transfer these data to third parties, provided that it is required by law or insofar as third parties process these data on behalf of Google. Google will not associate your IP address with any other data held by Google. You can prevent the installation also of the Google Analytics cookie by the settings of your browser software; we point out that if you do this, you may not be able to use the full functionality of our website. Furthermore, you can object to data collection and storage for Google Analytics for the future at any time via Google's browser plug-in (https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en). For more information about Google Analytics go to (http://www.google.com/intl/en/analytics/learn/privacy.html). If you visit our website via a mobile device, you can disable Google Analytics by clicking this (https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en).

As far as personal data is processed in this regard, we carry out such processing as part of our legitimate interest for our own marketing purposes. We safeguard your interests by anonymising your IP address upon collection so that you are not identifiable.The legal basis for such processing is Article 6 (1) (f) GDPR.

FURTHER USES MADE OF THE INFORMATION FOR MARKETING PUROPOSES

We use information held about you in the following ways:

• To provide you with information about other goods and services we offer that may be of interest to you. You have the right to opt-out of receiving communications from us at any time by contacting us at admin@rexcrystalfixings.co.uk or by clicking the unsubscribe link contained in any such email;
• If you have provided your consent for the use of your data for marketing purposes, we will contact you by electronic means (e-mail) or by direct mail with information about goods and services like those which were the subject of such consent. The legal basis for this processing is Article 6 (1) (a) GDPR. You have the right to withdraw this consent at any time by clicking the unsubscribe link contained in any such email or by the contact details at the end of this Privacy Policy.
• If you have provided your consent, to permit selected third parties to use your data, to contact you by electronic means and/or by direct mail. The legal basis for this data processing is Article 6 (1) (a) GDPR. You have the right to withdraw this consent at any time by contacting us at admin@rexcrystalfixings.co.uk or by clicking the unsubscribe link contained in any such email.

SECURTIY

All personal information you provide to us is stored on our secure servers. 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.

TRANSFER OF YOUR DATA

We may transfer your data to third-parties if legally required or if we instruct third parties to process your data under our authority, but this will be done following strict adherence to applicable laws and regulations. In this regard your data may also be processed by staff which might be operating outside the European Economic Area who works for us, our affiliates or for one of our suppliers. This includes staff engaged in, among other things, the fulfilment of your order, the processing of your payment details and the provision of support services.

RETENTION PERIOD & YOUR RIGHTS

We will retain your personal information for the period necessary to fulfil the purposes outlined in this Privacy Statement unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by applicable law. As a data subject, you have the right to assert the rights of the data subject vis-à-vis us at any time. In particular, you have the following rights:

• You have the right to obtain information whether and if applicable to which extent we process personal data concerning you or not.
• In the case of processing of personal data concerning you, you have the right to access information, in particular, the following information: stored data concerning you, purpose(s) of the processing, categories of data, recipients to whom we disclose data, duration of the storage.
• You have the right to request the rectification of your data without undue delay, as far as they are inaccurate or incomplete.
• You have the right to request the deletion of your personal data from us without undue delay.
• You have the right to withdraw your consent given vis-à-vis us concerning the processing of your data at any time.
• You have the right to let the processing of your personal data be restricted.
• You have the right to receive the personal data concerning you which you had provided to us in a structured, standard and machine-readable format, and to transmit these data to another controller.

You may assert your rights by contacting us under the contact details listed below.

THIRD-PARTY WEBSITES  

Our site may, from time to time, contain links to and from the websites of our partner networks, advertisers and affiliates. If you follow a link to any of these websites, please note that these websites have their own privacy policies and that we do not accept any responsibility or liability for these policies. Please check these policies before you submit any personal data to these websites.  

CHANGES TO OUR PRIVACY STATEMENT

We will update this Privacy Statement from time to time in response to changing legal, regulatory or operational requirements. We will provide notice of any such changes (including when they will take effect) in accordance with law.

CONTACT

Questions, comments and requests regarding this privacy Statement should be addressed to:

Data Control
admin@rexcrystalfixings.co.uk 

Rex Crystal Fixings Ltd.
Unit 5B, Fox Way, Trinity Business Park,
Wakefield, WF2 8EE England.

Telephone : 0800 210 0621

Effective date of this Privacy Statement – 23 April 2018