This privacy policy sets out how Automotive Wheels Ltd trading as SnowChainsandSocks.co.uk uses, processes and protects any information that you give Automotive Wheels Ltd when you use this website under legitimate interest and contractual arrangements.
Automotive Wheels Ltd is committed to ensuring that your privacy is protected. Should we ask you to provide certain information by which you can be identified when using this website, then you can be assured that it will only be used in accordance with this privacy policy.
Automotive Wheels Ltd may change this policy from time to time, although these changes will not affect you. You are only accepting this policy at the time you have made an agreement with us.
What personal information we collect
We may collect the following information:
What we do with the information we gather
We require the data we collect to fulfil the contract, order or to continue to provide service. Specifically, for the following reasons:
We only supply the details required in order to fulfil the service task in question. For example, when we employ a third party to collect feedback from you about our service, only supply them with the minimum required contact details in order to invite you to leave your feedback. When you subscribe to our newsletter, we provide your contact details to a third party who provide an email bulk sending service to us.
Google Adwords
Like many websites, we use the Google AdWords remarketing service to advertise on third party websites (including Google) to previous visitors to our site. It could mean that we advertise to previous visitors. This could be in the form of an advertisement on the Google search results page, Google Shopping or a site in the Google Display Network depending on your Google Ad Preference options. Third-party vendors, including Google, may use cookies to serve ads based on someone’s past visits to this website. Any data collected will be used in accordance with our own privacy policy and Google’s privacy policy. You can set preferences for how Google advertise to you including being using the Google Ad Preferences page.
Security
We are committed to ensuring that your information is secure. In order to prevent unauthorised access or disclosure, we have put in place suitable physical, electronic and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect online.
Third Party Data Access
We provide personal data to the following types of companies in order to fulfil your order, contract or service:
How we use cookies
A cookie is a small file which is placed on your computer's hard drive to aid in interaction between the website and you. Our website uses cookies for our shopping cart facility and other various functional reasons on the site to allow you to use the site in the most effective way.
We use traffic log cookies to identify which pages are being used. This helps us analyse data about web page traffic and improve our website in order to tailor it to customer needs. We only use this information for statistical analysis purposes and the data is anonymous.
A cookie in no way gives us access to your computer or any information about you, other than the data you choose to share with us.
You can choose to accept or decline cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. This may cause functional problems and prevent you from taking full advantage of the website. If you choose to decline cookies we would recommend that you do not use the site and contact us by other means to discuss your requirements.
Links to other websites
Our website may contain links to other websites of interest. However, once you have used these links to leave our site, you should note that we do not have any control over that other website. Therefore, we cannot be responsible for the protection and privacy of any information which you provide whilst visiting such sites and such sites are not governed by this privacy statement. You should exercise caution and look at the privacy statement applicable to the website in question.
Controlling your personal information
Under the new GDPR regulations you have the right to ‘Be forgotten’ which means the erasure of your data. This does include some areas of the data we hold for you. Including removal from our:
Feedback request register
Newsletter subscription
Other items that may be removed after your order is delivered:
IP Address
Additional forms of contact (we need at least one to remain)
For accounting and record keeping according to UK law, we keep invoice details for 6 years from the end of our last financial year. We will be unable to completely remove invoice data until after such time.
You can contact us to query your data by the following means:
By Email: privacy@automotivewheels.co.uk
By Post: Data Controller, Automotive Wheels Ltd, A3 Saxon Place, Medway Valley Park, Rochester, Kent. ME2 2NW
By Phone: +44 (0) 1634 914400
If you are calling in, please identify yourself as a Data Subject and direct a call to a Data Controller. Emails and mail will arrive with the data controller.
Your Rights under the GDPR:
If you have wish to make a complaint about our practices or data polices, please contact the ICO or your countries local data regulator.