We, Amethyst Designs Ltd (Paul Wealleans) are the data controller for the purposes of the UK’s data protection legislation. Our registered office is 47/48 Viking Way, Bar Hill Cambridge, CB23 8EL.

Your privacy is important to us. We’ve developed this Privacy Policy so that our suppliers and their employees (you) and our customers and their employees (as applicable) understand how we collect, use, disclose and store your personal information.

Please take some time to read and familiarise yourself with this Policy. By agreeing to our standard terms, you acknowledge the terms of this Policy which sets out how we collect, use, disclose and store your personal information in accordance with this Policy.

What information do we collect about you?

The type of personal information we will collect includes your name, contact number, e-mail
address and other contact details, your business address, details about your supply history, quotations and relevant financial information.

We collect personal information about you when you contact us in relation to the services
you provide to us, or we provide to you;

How will we use the information we collect about you?

We use your personal information to:

• Manage and facilitate the provision of products and/or services by you to us;
• Manage and facilitate the provision of products and/or services by us to you;
• Respond to any enquiry or feedback we receive from you;
• Compliance with legal requirements; and
• Contact you about placing orders.

In most instances, the legal basis upon which we process the personal data is:-

• That the above uses are in our legitimate interest:
• In order to enter into a contract with you.

We will only use the information we collect about you where it is fair to do so.

For some types of processing of the personal information relating to you, we will ask you for your explicit consent to process your information in a certain way. In such instances, the legal basis we rely upon to process the personal information is consent.

We will only keep your information for the length of time we require it for the purposes we have set out in this statement.

Except in exceptional circumstances, we would not normally retain the information we collect about you for more than ten years, due to the fact that it may be required for ISO purposes, or where, for example, it may be required to be kept for that period of time due to the customer specific requirements.  .

Will we share your personal information with anyone else?

We may share your personal information with any member of our group of companies.
We may disclose your personal information to third parties:

• If we have appointed a third party to perform certain functions on our behalf, where those third parties need to have access to your personal information to properly perform their function;
• If we become involved in a merger, acquisition or other transaction involving the sale of some or all of our group companies’ assets, user information (including the personal information collected from you as a result of your trading with us), may be included in the assets which are transferred to the new owner; or
• If we are under a duty to disclose or share your personal information in order to comply with any legal obligation.

We will never share any of your personal information with anybody outside of our group of companies for mailing or marketing purposes unless we have your consent to do so.

How do we store your personal information?

We have put in place measures to ensure the security of the personal information we collect and store about you, and will use all reasonable endeavours to protect your personal information from unauthorised disclosure and/or access. However, unfortunately the transmission of information via the internet is not completely secure. Although we will do our best to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee the security of your information transmitted to us. As a consequence, any transmission is at your own risk.

Accessing your personal information

You have the right to know whether we hold personal information about you and, if we do, to request a copy of it. If you would like a copy of some or all of your personal information, please contact us at 47/48 Viking Way, Bar Hill Cambridge, CB23 8EL (Paul Wealleans).
 
We want to make sure your personal information is accurate and up to date. You may ask us
to correct or remove any personal information you think is inaccurate.

If you have any concerns about how we process your information please contact us at 47/48 Viking Way, Bar Hill Cambridge, CB23 8EL.  If we are unable to satisfactorily deal with your concerns then you are entitled to lodge a complaint with the Information Commissioner’s Office.

Changes to this Policy
We keep this Policy under review

July 2018