Privacy Policy

Who are we:

We are Smart Crosby International Limited. Our registered office is at 3 Grosvenor House, Melton Road, Oakham, Rutland, England, LE15 6AX.

If you have any questions about this Policy, or about how we look after your data generally, please contact [email protected]

Introduction:

Smart Crosby International Limited (‘we’ or ‘us’ etc), is a ‘controller’ of personal data. This means that, under the Data Protection Act 2018 (DPA) and the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), we may control and process your personal data.

We take privacy very seriously. We are committed to keeping your data secure and processing it fairly and lawfully. We ask that you read this policy very carefully because it contains important information about how we process your personal data.

Personal data we may collect about you:

We may obtain personal data about you whenever you complete a form for us, whether online or in person. We may also collect information about you when our staff speak to you about our services. Generally speaking, this is in a business context, but we do recognise that some of our customers may act as consumers.

This information usually includes:

  • Your name and work contact details (address, email and phone number) and your job title.
  • Payment data, such as data necessary for processing payments and fraud prevention, including credit/debit card numbers, security code numbers and other related billing information;
  • Further information necessarily processed in a contractual relationship with us, such as personal data relating to orders placed, payments made, enquiries and so forth

In addition, we may monitor your use of our website through the use of cookies and similar tracking devices. For example, we may monitor how many times you visit, which pages you go to, traffic data, location data and the originating domain name of a user's internet service provider. This information helps us to build a profile of our users. Some (but not all) of this data will be aggregated or statistical, which means that we will not be able to identify you individually. Please see further the section on 'Use of cookies' below.

How we use your personal data:

We may use your data for one or more of the following purposes:

  • Communicating with you and your business about our services, e.g. by responding to enquiries or requests or providing you with technical information and reports;
  • Planning, performing and managing the (contractual) relationship with you and your business; e.g. by performing accounting, auditing, billing and collection activities; performing professional services; communicating with third parties involved in the construction process such as contractors, suppliers, architects, engineers etc
  • Administrating and performing customer surveys, marketing campaigns, market analysis, or other promotional activities or events, where you have specifically consented;
  • Maintaining and protecting the security of our products, services and websites, preventing and detecting security threats, fraud or other criminal or malicious activities; 
  • Ensuring compliance with legal obligations (such as record keeping obligations), and
  • Resolving disputes, enforce our contractual agreements and to establish, exercise or defend legal claims.

The legal basis for us processing data about you is that such processing is necessary for the purposes of:

  • Smart Crosby International Limited exercising its rights and performing its obligations in connection with any contract we make with you (Article 6 (1) (b) General Data Protection Regulation),
  • Compliance with our legal obligations (Article 6 (1) (c) General Data Protection Regulation), and/or
  • Legitimate interests pursued by us (Article 6 (1) (f) General Data Protection Regulation).  

Generally, the legitimate interest pursued by us in relation to our use of your personal data is the efficient performance or management of our business relationship with you.

In some cases, we may ask if you consent to the relevant use of your personal data. In such cases, the legal basis for us processing that data about you may (in addition or instead) be that you have consented (Article 6 (1) (a) General Data Protection Regulation). This is particularly relevant to marketing and promotional work.

Marketing and opting out:

We will not contact you for the purposes of direct marketing unless you have asked us to do so. However, if you have asked us to do so and later your change your mind, you can opt-out at any time with no hassle. To do this, just let us know. See further 'Your rights' below for details about how to contact us.

Who has access to your personal information?

We will not sell or rent your information to third parties.

We will not share your information with third parties for marketing purposes.

Third Party Service Providers working on our behalf: We may pass your information to our third-party service providers, agents, subcontractors and other associated organisations for the purposes of completing tasks and providing services to you on our behalf. However, when we use third party service providers, we disclose only the personal information that is necessary to deliver the service and we have a contract in place that requires them to keep your information secure and not to use it for their own direct marketing purposes.

Partners and other contractors: We may share your personal information with third parties involved in the same project, such as contractors, suppliers, architects, engineers, planning authorities, statutory bodies, warranty providers, and other professionals.

Please be reassured that we will not release your information to third parties for them to use for their own direct marketing purposes, unless you have requested us to do so, or we are required to do so by law, for example, by a court order or for the purposes of prevention of fraud or other crime.

Business sales: We may transfer your personal information to a third party as part of a sale of some or all of our business and assets to any third party or as part of any business restructuring or reorganisation, or if we’re under a duty to disclose or share your personal data in order to comply with any legal obligation or to enforce or apply our terms of use or to protect the rights, property or safety of our supporters and customers. However, we will take steps with the aim of ensuring that your privacy rights continue to be protected.

Keeping your data secure:

  • We will use technical and organisational measures to safeguard your personal data, for example:
  • Access to our systems is controlled by password and username which are unique to the user;
  • We store your electronic personal data on secure servers;
  • We store your paper records in locked fire-proof storage rooms;
  • We train our staff in good records management;
  • Payment details are encrypted

Non-sensitive details (your contact details and preferences for example) are transmitted normally over the Internet, and this can never be guaranteed to be 100% secure. As a result, while we strive to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee the security of any information you transmit to us, and you do so at your own risk. Once we receive your information, we make our best effort to ensure its security on our systems. Where we have given (or where you have chosen) a password which enables you to access certain parts of our websites, you are responsible for keeping this password confidential. We ask you not to share your password with anyone.

Transferring your information outside of Europe:

We may store your data temporarily on our cloud service operated by a reputable provider. This may include limited special categories of data. We have taken appropriate steps to satisfy ourselves that your data will be secure during this process; we have a contractual relationship with our provider that underpins this. As part of that security, our provider may store your data in one or more or its international data centres, meaning that your data may be stored temporarily outside of the European Economic Area. If you have any concerns about this, please contact us using the details below.

Information about other individuals:

If you give us information on behalf of someone else, you confirm that the other person has appointed you to act on his/her behalf and has agreed that you can:

  • Give consent on his/her behalf to the processing of his or her personal data
  • Receive on his/her behalf any data protection notices

How long do we keep your data for:

As a general rule, we will not keep your data for any longer than is necessary to complete tasks or provide you with services. We have a separate policy setting out retention periods for specific types of data. You can ask to see this policy by writing to us, using the contact details under the “Your Rights” section below. You also have the right to ask us to delete your data (sometimes known as ‘the right to be forgotten’.)

Cookies:

A cookie is a small text file which is placed onto your computer (or other electronic device) when you access our website. If you use our website, we may use cookies to:

  • Track your use of the site;
  • Recognise you whenever you visit this website (this speeds up your access to the site as you do not have to log on each time);
  • Obtain information about your preferences, online movements and use of the internet;
  • Carry out research and statistical analysis to help improve our content, products and services and to help us better understand our visitor/customer requirements and interests
  • Target our marketing and advertising campaigns more effectively
  • Make your online experience more efficient and enjoyable

If you do not want to accept cookies, you can change your browser settings so that cookies are not accepted. If you do this, please be aware that you may lose some of the functionality of this website. For further information about cookies and how to disable them please go to: www.aboutcookies.org or www.allaboutcookies.org

If you visit our website when your browser is set to accept cookies, we will interpret this as an indication that you consent to the use of cookies. This includes cookies that are essential in order to enable you to move around the site and use its features and cookies that are not essential but gather information about your use of the site.

Your rights:

You have various rights under the GDPR, including the following rights:

  • Right to object: If we are using your data because we deem it necessary for our legitimate interests to do so, and you do not agree, you have the right to object. We will respond to your request within 30 days (although we may be allowed to extend this period in certain cases). Generally, we will only disagree with you if certain limited conditions apply.
  • ?Right to withdraw consent: Where we have obtained your consent to process your personal data for certain activities (for example, providing you with services), or consent to market to you, you may withdraw your consent at any time.
  • Data Subject Access Requests (DSAR): Just so it's clear, you have the right to ask us to confirm what information we hold about you at any time, and you may ask us to modify, update or delete such information. At this point we may comply with your request or, additionally do one of the following:
  • we may ask you to verify your identity, or ask for more information about your request; and
  • where we are legally permitted to do so, we may decline your request, but we will explain why if we do so.
  • Right to erasure: In certain situations (for example, where we have processed your data unlawfully), you have the right to request us to "erase" your personal data. We will respond to your request within 30 days (although we may be allowed to extend this period in certain cases) and will only disagree with you if certain limited conditions apply. 
  • Right of data portability: If you wish, you have the right to transfer your data from us to another data controller. We will help with this – either by directly transferring your data for you, or by providing you with a copy in a commonly used machine-readable format. 
     
  • Right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority: You also have the right to lodge a complaint with your local supervisory authority, details of which can be found below.

To exercise any of your rights concerning your information, please send an email to the following address:

[email protected]

Or write to us at the following postal address:

Smart Crosby International Limited

3 Grosvenor House, Melton Road, Oakham, Rutland, England, LE15 6AX.

We may ask you to provide us with proof or your identity. Please do not be offended; this may occur even if we know you. It is a requirement of the GDPR in some cases.

Review:

This Policy was last reviewed in January 2020.

We may change this privacy policy from time to time. You should check this policy occasionally to ensure you are aware of the most recent version which will apply each time you access our website.

The information comissioner's office:

More information about privacy laws can be found at www.ico.org.uk

Details of your local supervisory authority: The Information Commissioner's Office. You can contact them in the following ways:

  • Phone: 0303 123 1113
  • Email: [email protected]
  • Live chat, via the ICO website
  • Post: Information Commissioner's Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire SK9 5AF