PRIVACY POLICY

This privacy policy provides you with information about how we collect and use your personal data. It takes account of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

  1. SCOPE

This policy applies to our processing of personal data for individuals other than:

Sherry Textiles employees, who should refer to the employee privacy policy in the firm’s employee handbook;

Our website contains links to other external websites. Clicking on these links may allow third parties to collect or share data about you. We have no control over these external websites or responsibility for the privacy policies they operate.

  1. DEFINITIONS

Personal data is information that can be linked to a living individual.

A data controller can be an individual or an organisation. They decide what personal data to collect and how it will be used.

Processing data includes collecting, recording, organising, structuring, storing, adapting, altering, retrieving, consulting, using, disclosing, disseminating, aligning, combining, restricting, erasure or destruction of data.

  1. DATA CONTROLLER

This policy is provided on behalf of Sherry Textiles who are registered with the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO).

Sherry Textiles does not have a Data Protection Officer.

  1. DATA COLLECTION AND PURPOSE

Sherry Textiles collects data in a variety of ways, including when you contact us via our website. This will include your name and email address. This allows us to communicate with you, as well as improve our site and service. The data is also collected for commercial, promotional, advertising and business purposes.

If you pay with a credit or debit card we will process financial information required for the payment transaction such as name, address and card data. By making a purchase in this manner you consent to us providing your financial information to your card issuer for this purpose.

We may also collect your personal data when you:

    • enquire about any of the products and services we provide;
    • open an account with our business
    • correspond with us via our website, by phone, e-mail or otherwise;
    • participate in meetings, seminars or other events we arrange or attend;
    • give us a business card;
    • participate in other social media functions on our website or enter a competition, promotion or survey;
    • visit our offices;
  1. CONTACT DETAILS

For data protection queries and to exercise your rights, you can contact us in these ways:

Post: Privacy queries, Enterprise House, Billington Road Industrial Estate, BB10 5UB

Telephone: 01282 604040

Email: Our email address for data protection matters is info@sherrytex.co.uk

  1. THE PRIVACY AND ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS REGULATIONS

Where we request your consent for direct marketing by email, this is governed by the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations (PECR). You can withdraw this consent at any time by contacting us using any of the contact details above.

  1. OTHER SOURCES OF DATA AND WHO WE SHARE YOUR PERSONAL DATA WITH

We may need to share your personal data with other parties (examples listed below). These parties are subject to data protection legislation and principles.

    • providers of payment and delivery services
    • Companies House
    • HM Revenue & Customs, other Government agencies and departments
    • law enforcement agencies and courts

Through our research we may also obtain information from publicly-available databases, such as Companies House or details on a company website.

  1. DATA PROCESSORS

Where we are appointing any individual or organisation to process your personal data on our behalf (otherwise known as ‘data processors’), they may only do so for specified purposes and according to our written instructions. Sherry Textiles seeks confirmation of the processor’s IT security arrangements and whether personal data is processed outside the European Union.

  1. KEEPING YOUR PERSONAL DATA SECURE

We treat data as an asset that must be protected against loss and unauthorised access. To safeguard the confidentiality and security of personal data we use industry standard practices and technologies.

  1. HOW LONG WE KEEP YOUR PERSONAL DATA

We will keep the information you have given us for as long as your account is active or hidden or is allowed by applicable local law.

Where you have told us you no longer wish to receive our direct marketing, we need to retain a record of this indefinitely. We keep a minimum amount of your personal data in order to maintain our marketing opt-out lists.

  1. YOUR RIGHTS

Data protection legislation provides the following legal rights for individuals:

    • The right to be informed
    • The right of access
    • The right to rectification
    • The right to erasure
    • The right to restrict processing
    • The right to data portability
    • The right to object
    • Rights in relation to automated decision making and profiling.

You can exercise your rights at any time by contacting us using any of the contact details of this policy. More information is available from the Information Commissioner’s Office website https://ico.org.uk/

Some rights can only be exercised under certain circumstances. If we are unable to comply with your request for any reason, we will contact you to explain our reasoning.

  1. COMPLAINTS

Sherry Textiles aims to deal efficiently with any query or to resolve any complaint you might have about how we handle your personal data.

Your right to complain

If you consider we have processed your data in a way that infringes the legislation, you have the right to complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office. Their contact details are:

https://ico.org.uk/

Address: Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF

Telephone: 0303 123 1113 (local rate) 01625 545 745 (national rate)

  1. CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY

The content of this privacy policy was compiled using guidance provided by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) at the date of its publication. The policy takes into account the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

Subsequent changes to the policy may occur due to changes in the ICO’s guidance. Each version of the policy will be uniquely referenced.