Privacy Policy
We,‘Your Electrical Supplier’,(a
trading name of Cable and Wholesale Supplies Ltd) are committed to protecting
your privacy and promise to collect, process and share your data safely and
securely when you use our website or services. Our Privacy Policy tells you how
we do this and what your rights are. Any personal data processed in line with
our Privacy Policy is controlled by us, as the data controller.
Our Privacy Promise
Transparency – We will always tell you what data we are collecting about you and how we use it. We only share your data with trusted partners and will never sell your data.
Secure – We are committed to always follow industry best practices to ensure your data is stored safely and securely. We protect the confidentiality, accuracy and availability of the information we collect about you.
Control – We will always give you control over the marketing you receive from us. You can choose the types of messages you receive and whether you want to stop receiving marketing communications.
Privacy Policy
Information we
collect about you
Personal and contact information when you open a ‘Business Tradingaccount’ with us (or update that information within your account), including your name, home and/or business address, email address, telephone number(s), title, date of birth, Business Name, Directors names.
Details (and copies) of your communications and interactions with us including by email,post, social media channels or Website www.yourelectricalsupplier.co.uk
Transaction details including payments from you for our services, payments to you (for example refunds), details of goods and services obtained.
Financial information including your bank account details (which are sent to BACS) when paying for goods by direct debit, and payment card information (which is sent to WorldPay) when you make apurchase online or via the telephone.
How and why we use your personal data
|
How we use your personal Data |
Why We use your personal data |
Registration |
We use your
personal and contact information to register you as a new customer. We collect
financial information if you register payment card information to your
account. |
Necessary for the performance of a contract with you. |
Eligibility |
We Credit score Check the personal details you provide at account set up and, where relevant, any identity documents you have provided to check whether you are eligible to use our services and products. |
Necessary for compliance with a legal obligation. |
Verification |
We may require copies of documents to verify your identity where we are required by law to provide-assistance or in order to comply with any request you may make regarding CWS account. |
Necessary for compliance with a legal obligation. |
Managing your account |
We use your personal and contact information, financial information, and transaction details about your purchases, to manage your account, to contact you about product deliveries and invoicing. |
Necessary for the performance of a contract with you. |
Communicating with you |
We use the personal and contact information provided by you, copies of your communications with us and, in some circumstances, transaction details, to manage our relationship with you. For example: · to notify you about changes to our Account Terms or Privacy Policy; · to communicate with you in response to any query, request or complaint you may have including by email, telephone relating to any products/services that you have purchased from us or otherwise. |
necessary for the
performance of a contract with you. Necessary to
comply with a legal obligation. Necessary for our
legitimate interests (Product changes and updates to cost). |
Staff training |
We use copies of your communications with us to train our staff. |
Necessary for our
legitimate interests (to ensure that we are able to provide the best service
to you). |
Technical issues |
If you contact us about an issue, we may use technical information, and personal and contact information to administer and protect our business and this website (including troubleshooting, testing, system maintenance, support, reporting and hosting of data) |
Necessary for our
legitimate interests (for running the provision of administration and IT
services, security and fraud prevention). Necessary to
comply with a legal obligation. |
Fraud prevention |
We may use your personal and contact information, financial information, information about any transaction between you and us, in order-to undertake analysis for the purposes of identifying and dealing with any fraud or fraudulent activity. |
Necessary to
comply with a legal obligation.
Necessary for our
legitimate interests (to ensure that transactions and interactions with us
are not fraudulent). |
Queries |
We may use your personal and contact information, financial information, information about any transaction between you and us for the purpose-of dealing with any request, complaint or query from you. |
Necessary to
comply with a legal obligation. Necessary for our
legitimate interests (to respond to you and to deal with any request you may
have). |
How We use your personal data for direct marketing
We may send you marketing communications. You may receive direct marketing by email if you have opened a CWS accountand have either consented to receive such email marketing during account registration, and/or have not asked us to stop sending direct marketing by email to you.
How to opt out of direct marketing
You can opt out from receiving direct marketing communications and notifications from us at any time. There are several ways you can do this:
· To stop receiving marketing by emaileither:
o click 'unsubscribe' in any email communication we send you;OR
o To stop receiving notifications on your mobile device simply reply via return text ‘STOP’ and we will stop the communications
How We share your data with third parties
· Banks and payment providers – to set up a debit on your account
· Police or other such regulatory authority – as part of an investigation or otherwise for legal or regulatory purposes.
· Credit reference agencies – for the purpose-of checking the details that you have provided us with are correct and to comply with our regulatory obligations.
How we protect your Personal data
· Our online security controls maintain confidentiality at all-times, specifically for secure card payments. We are certified to the payment card data security standards (PCI-DSS) and never store card details.
· As described in this Privacy Policy, we may in some instances disclose your personal data to third parties. Where we do, we require that third party to have appropriate technical and organisational measures in place to protect your personal data however, in some instances we may be compelled by law to disclose your personal data to a third party and have limited control over how it is protected by that party.
· Your personal data is kept locked and secured in our head office with access only to the relevant staff and DPO and encrypted
· BitLocker: BitLocker is a full disk encryption. It is designed to protect data by providing encryption for entire volumes. By default, it uses the AES encryption algorithm in cipher block chaining (CBC) or XTS mode with a 128-bit or 256-bit key.
How long we keep your
personal data
We will only keep your personal data for as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes we collected it for, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal, accounting, or reporting requirements.
At the end of that retention period, your data will either be deleted or anonymised (so that it can no longer be associated with you).
To determine the appropriate retention period for personal data, we consider the amount, nature, and sensitivity of the personal data, the potential risk of harm from unauthorised use or disclosure of your personal data, the purposes for which we process your personal data and whether we can achieve those purposes through other means, and the applicable legal requirements.
Your Rights
You have the right:
· to ask us not to use your personal data for direct marketing. To do so, visit your Email preferences and Personalisation settings within your account or contact our DPO. See further information on how to do this above.
· to ask us not to process your personal data where it is processed on the-basis of legitimate interests, if there are no compelling reasons for that processing;
· to request from us access to personal information held about you (see below);
· to ask for the information we hold about you to be rectified if it is inaccurate or incomplete;
· to ask that we stop any consent-based processing of your personal data after you withdraw that consent;
· to ask, in certain circumstances, to delete the personal data we hold about you;
· to ask, in certain circumstances, for the processing of that information to be restricted; and
· to ask, in certain circumstances, for data portability.
Contact Us
If you have any questions about our Privacy Policy, including any requests to exercise your rights, please contact the Data Protection Officer using the details set out below:
By post to:
Data Protection Officer
Cable and Wholesale Supplies Limited
Trading as ‘Your Electrical Supplier’
Unit 9 Great Barr Business Park
Baltimore Road
Great Barr
Birmingham
B42 1DY
T: 0121 439 8010
F: 0121 439 8338
Email:hello@yourelectricalsupplier.co.uk
Website:www.yourelectricalsupplier.co.uk
· your full name;
· the email address registered to your account;
· a description of the data that you are requesting, including a date range;
· a copy of your current and valid photo ID (e.g. passport photo page);
· proof of your address in the form of a photocopy of a utilities or service provider bill; and
· the date of the request.
If you are unhappy with our processing of your personal data, you have the right to complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) at any time. The ICO’s contact details are available here: https://ico.org.uk/concerns/. We would, however, appreciate the chance to deal with any concerns before you approach the ICO, so please contact the Data Protection Officer by email in the first instance.