Privacy details
UK GDPR1. What information we collect
When you contact us, we collect the details you enter, such as:
- Name
- Company name
- Email address
- Telephone number
- Service requested
- Quantity details (if provided)
- Your message/enquiry details
To protect the site from spam and abuse, we also process limited technical data including IP address, date/time of request, and basic request metadata.
We do not intentionally collect special category (sensitive) personal data.
2. How we use your information
We use your information to:
- Respond to your enquiry
- Provide our services and contact you about your request
- Prevent spam and abusive submissions
- Maintain website security and reliability
- Meet legal, regulatory, or insurance obligations where required
We do not sell, rent or trade your personal data.
3. Lawful basis for processing
Under UK GDPR, our lawful bases are:
- Contract - to respond to enquiries and provide requested services.
- Legitimate interests - to protect our website and business from spam, abuse, and security threats.
- Consent - where you have clearly given it, for example by ticking consent options or choosing to load optional map content.
Where processing is based on consent, you can withdraw that consent at any time.
4. Data retention
We keep enquiry messages and related correspondence for up to 24 months from last contact.
We keep security and anti-spam records for up to 30 days and automatically remove older records, unless data is needed longer for an active investigation or legal claim.
Browser storage preferences remain until you clear them in your browser.
5. Third-party services
Google Maps
Our website may include an embedded Google Map to help users locate our business. When the map loads, Google may collect information such as your IP address and browser/device information.
Google processes this data under their own privacy policy: Google Privacy Policy.
We do not control how Google uses data it collects, and we recommend reviewing Google’s policy for more information.
6. Cookies and local storage
We only use essential browser storage to make the website work properly.
We store your display preference (theme) and your map consent choice (gmap_consent_v1).
We do not use these for advertising or cross-site tracking. You can clear these at any time in your browser settings.
If you load embedded Google Maps, Google may set cookies and process data under its own privacy policy.
7. Data security
We take reasonable technical and organisational measures to protect your data, including secure hosting, SSL encryption and restricted administrative access.
8. Your rights
Under UK data protection law, you have the right to:
- Request access to your personal data
- Request correction of inaccurate data
- Request erasure of your data (where applicable)
- Request restriction of processing (where applicable)
- Object to processing based on legitimate interests
- Request data portability (where applicable)
- Withdraw consent at any time where consent is the legal basis
You also have the right to complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO): https://ico.org.uk
9. Contact us
If you have any questions about this policy or how we handle personal data, please contact us via our contact form:
You can also call us using the phone number shown on the Contact page.
10. Updates to this policy
We may update this policy from time to time. The latest version will always be published on this page.