UK GDPR & Data Protection Act 2018 Compliant

Fair Processing Notice & Privacy Policy

Home Converters collect data about people who use our website, who call us or who email us. This Fair Processing Notice explains what data we process, why we process it, our legal basis, how long we keep it and your rights.

Our Data Protection Commitment

We will always make sure that any personal data is protected and treated securely. Any information that we process will be held in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the Data Protection Act 2018 and other UK or EU data protection legislation.

Our Contact Details

Company Name

Home Converters

Registered Address

18 Coverdale, Northampton, NN2 8UU

Phone

07497186996

What Data Do We Process?

When you use our website:

We will collect the following personal data about you:

  • Enquiry Details: Your name, email, phone, your enquiry and content of your communication and the technical details of the communication itself, such as with whom you corresponded at our end, and the date and time via our ‘Contact Us Form’.
  • Technical Identifiers: Your IP address, browser type, geographical location and operating system when you use the website.
  • Opt-out Suppression: Your email so that we don’t contact you again if you have opted-out.
  • Online Behaviour & Preferences: Your behaviour and preferences revealed by your internet use from partners such as Google, Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin. This data is collected via cookies. Please see our Cookie Policy for more information and how you can turn off these cookies.

When you place an order over email as a customer or supplier:

We process:

  • Your order details and your contact name, the company name, postal address, telephone number and delivery details;
  • Details pertaining to the order itself;
  • Your financial details will be transferred to our payment service provider.

When you call us:

We will collect the following personal data about you:

  • Your name, email, phone, your enquiry and content of your communication and the technical details of the communication itself, such as with whom you corresponded at our end, and the date and time of your call.

Why Do We Process Your Data?

We need your name, contact details and the technical details of the communication itself , such as with whom you corresponded at our end, and the date and time via our website in order to answer your enquiry.

We need your IP address, browser type, geographical location and operating system for security reasons.

If you are not a customer, we will send you marketing information and newsletters when you consent for us to do so. You have the right to unsubscribe to marketing at any time. If you do choose to unsubscribe, we will keep your name and email address on a suppression list so that we don’t email you again by accident.

If you are a customer, we will send you marketing information on similar items.

We will transfer your financial details to our payment service provider in order for you to pay for your items.

We will use your personal data for statistical analysis to improve our websites, and to develop new products and services.

How long do we hold your personal data?

  • For enquiries: 1 year.
  • For the required statutory and regulatory retention periods.

Who do we share your data with?

  • Our software and cloud service providers
  • Our Third Party service providers

Data transfers out of the EU or EEA

Your data is kept in the EU or EEA except in the following circumstances:

For electronic marketing purposes we are using MailChimp. MailChimp participates in and has certified its compliance with the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield Framework and the Swiss-U.S. Privacy Shield Framework. MailChimp are committed to subjecting all Personal Information received from European Union (EU) member countries and Switzerland, respectively, in reliance on each Privacy Shield Framework, to each Framework’s applicable Principles.

Your Rights

You have rights in respect of our processing of your personal data which are:

  • Right to access: To access your personal data and information about our processing of it. You also have the right to request a copy of your personal data (but we will need to remove information about other people).
  • Right to rectify: To rectify incorrect personal data that we are processing.
  • Right to erase: To request that we erase your personal data if we no longer need it; if we are processing your personal data by consent and you withdraw that consent; if we no longer have a legitimate ground to process your personal data; or we are processing your personal data unlawfully.
  • Right to object: To object to our processing if it is by legitimate interest.
  • Right to restrict: To restrict our processing if it was by legitimate interest.
  • Right to data portability: To request that your personal data be transferred from us to another company if we were processing your data under a contract or with your consent and the processing is carried out by automated means.

How to Exercise Your Rights

If you want to exercise any of these rights, you can e-mail us on [email protected].

If you have a concern about the way we are collecting or using your personal data, please raise your concern with us in the first instance on [email protected]. You may also contact the Information Commissioner’s Office at https://ico.org.uk/concerns/.