Privacy Policy

Privacy Policy

Introduction

Related fluid Power Ltd., understands that your privacy is important to you and that you care about how your personal data is used and shared online. We respect and value the privacy of everyone who visits this website, www.relatedfluidpower.com (“our site”) and will only collect and use personal data in ways that are described here, and in a manner that is consistent with our obligations and your rights under the law.

Please read this Privacy Policy carefully and ensure that you understand it. Your acceptance of our Privacy Policy is deemed to occur upon your first use of our siteIf you do not accept and agree with this Privacy Policy, you must stop using our site immediately.

Related Fluid Power

Our site is owned and operated by:

Related Fluid Power Ltd, Cupar Muir, Fife, KY15 5SL.
Company registration number  SC1157634.
VAT registration number GB 271 5484 50   

This Privacy Policy applies only to your use of our site. Our site may contain links to other websites. Please note that we have no control over how your data is collected, stored, or used by other websites and we advise you to check the privacy policies of any such websites before providing any data to them.

Your Rights

As a data subject, you have the following rights under the GDPR, which this Policy and our use of personal data have been designed to uphold:

The right to be informed about our collection and use of personal data;

The right of access to the personal data we hold about you.

The right to be forgotten – i.e. the right to ask us to delete any personal data we hold about

The right to restrict (i.e. prevent) the processing of your personal data;

The right to data portability (obtaining a copy of your personal data to re-use with another service or organisation);

The right to object to us using your personal data for particular purposes; and

Rights with respect to automated decision making and profiling.

If you have any cause for complaint about our use of your personal data, please contact us using the details provided and we will do our best to solve the problem for you. If we are unable to help, you also have the right to lodge a complaint with the UK’s supervisory authority, the Information Commissioner’s Office.

For further information about your rights, please contact the Information Commissioner’s Office or your local Citizens Advice Bureau.

What Data Do We Collect?

Depending upon your use of our site, we may collect some or all of the following personal data:

Name

Business/company name

Email address

How Do We Use Your Data?

We will comply with our obligations and safeguard your rights under the GDPR at all times.

Our use of your personal data will always have a lawful basis, either because it is necessary for our performance of a contract with you, because you have consented to our use of your personal data (e.g. by subscribing to emails), or because it is in our legitimate interests. Specifically, we may use your data for the following purposes:

Replying to emails from you;

Supplying you with emails that you have opted into which you may unsubscribe or opt-out at any time.

With your permission and/or where permitted by law, we may also use your data for marketing purposes which may include contacting you by email, telephone, text message or post with information, news and offers on our products and services. We will not, however, send you any unsolicited marketing or spam and will take all reasonable steps to ensure that we fully protect your rights and comply with our obligations under the GDPR and the Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations 2003.

We do not keep your personal data for any longer than is necessary in light of the reason(s) for which it was first collected.

Personal data will be retained for marketing purposes for as long as we have your consent to hold such data. You can remove permission for this at any time.

Data security is very important to us, and to protect your data we have taken suitable measures to safeguard and secure data collected through our site.

Sharing and Controlling Data

We may sometimes contract with third parties to supply products and services to you on our behalf. These may include payment processing, delivery of goods or services, search engine facilities, advertising, and marketing. In some cases, the third parties may require access to some or all of your data. Where any of your data is required for such a purpose, we will take all reasonable steps to ensure that your data will be handled safely, securely, and in accordance with your rights, our obligations, and the obligations of the third party under the law.

We may sometimes use third party data processors that are located outside of the European Economic Area (“the EEA”) The EEA consists of all EU member states, plus Norway, Iceland, and Liechtenstein. Where we transfer any personal data outside the EEA, we will take all reasonable steps to ensure that your data is treated as safely and securely as it would be within the UK and under the GDPR.

In certain circumstances, we may be legally required to share certain data held by us, which may include your personal data, for example, where we are involved in legal proceedings, where we are complying with legal requirements, a court order, or a governmental authority.

In addition to your rights under the GDPR, when you submit personal data via our site, you may be given options to restrict our use of your data. In particular, we aim to give you strong controls on our use of your data for direct marketing purposes (including the ability to opt-out of receiving emails from us which you may do by unsubscribing using the links provided in our emails and at the point of providing your details). 

You have the right to ask for a copy of any of your personal data held by us (where such data is held). Under the GDPR, no fee is payable and we will provide any and all information in response to your request free of charge. Please contact us for more details.