Introduction
Contained within this narrative is the privacy policy of Alpha Anodising UK Limited. This policy refers directly to your personal data and what we do with it when you consent to its collection.
As an organisation, Alpha Anodising are committed to the privacy protection of your personal data. We encourage you to take some time to read our privacy policy in order to fully to understand your personal data is harvested and used.
Whenever you give us personal data, you are consenting to its collection and use in accordance with this privacy policy.
What personal data is collected?
Amongst some of the personal data that is collected by Alpha Anodising, is your name, company name, telephone number, contact e-mail address and IP address. Additional personal data may be collected and is also subject to this privacy policy.
How exactly do you use my personal data?
When you choose to provide personal data to Alpha Anodising, this information is only used for the purposes for which you provided it. For Instance, your personal data will not be forwarded to any third party by Alpha Anodising.
Data collected during visit to www.alphaanodising.co.uk
When the Alpha Anodising website is visited, a log is maintained of your visit. This includes your IP Address at the time of visiting. This data is used for maintaining website statistical analysis in such areas as:
Page loading This tells us what your machine has looked at, whether the page request was successful or not and which browser your machine used to view the pages
Helping us understand which areas of the Site are of particular interest
Understanding which pages are not being requested
How many people are visiting the website in total
IP Address data is also used for reason such as:
Restrictions on the use of the website are being broken
To block IP addresses where there is a breach of the website use terms and conditions
Also generated during a visit to our website are cookies. These are small text files that are loaded into the memory of your internet browser to store information that can later been retrieved. Cookies enable us to analyse the interests of our visitors in order to improve the users’ browsing experience.
Permanent Position / Workplace Attachment Applicants
If you are making a job application or any enquiry relating to obtaining a work place attachment, normal practice would be to submit your CV. Alpha Anodising will only use this information for the purpose of considering your application or work place attachment enquiry. It is the policy of Alpha Anodising to only retain this information for future consideration only with the written permission of the originator.
Service Accounts Management
If you obtain services from us, we may use your client contact details and payment information for the purposes of:
Client Support / Feedback
Account management
Quotation and Invoicing
Maintaining internal company accounts and records
Services Related Data
If you obtain our services, we may collect the following types of information:
Supporting legal / litigative privileged documentation
Client name / identification code
Delegate information
We may use such information for purposes which include but are not limited to:
Verification of your credentials
Due diligence checks
Providing the services and any associated maintenance and technical support
Evaluation, development and enhancement of services, and our internal infrastructure
Planning development projects and service lifecycle strategies
Certain products and services may include features that collect additional personal data for other purposes, as described below. For detailed information, please also refer to the applicable service description.
Market Research
Should you participate in any surveys, we may use your personal data to carry out market research. This research is conducted for our internal business and training purposes and will improve our understanding of our users’ demographics, interests and behaviour. This research is compiled and analysed on an aggregated basis and therefore does not individually identify any individual client.
Marketing and Promotions
Alpha Anodising may contact you from time to time in order to provide you with information about services that may be of interest to you. All marketing correspondences that we send to you will follow the guidelines described below. You have the right to ask us not to process your personal data for marketing purposes.
Business Communications
We adhere to the following guidelines in relation to our business communications:
correspondences will clearly identify us as the sender
correspondences will include our physical postal address
correspondences sent to you for marketing purposes will include an option to unsubscribe from future content
You retain the right to unsubscribe from all mailing lists if requested
Any third parties who send correspondences on our behalf will be required to comply with legislative requirements on unsolicited correspondences and the use of personal data
Electronic Mail
We send e-mails from only a single domain in both plain text and HTML e-mail formats. Emails are usually sent using sender email addresses at @alphaanodising.co.uk.
If you are suspicious that an e-mail may not be approved by Alpha Anodising, then please send a copy of the e-mail to sales@alphaanodising.co.uk so we can investigate.
With whom might we share your personal data?
Despite being a United Kingdom company, Alpha Anodising has clients from all over the world. When you give us personal data, that data may be used, processed or stored anywhere in the world, including countries outside the European Economic Area (EEA).
We may also pass your personal data to suppliers, service providers and other partners, some of whom may be located outside the EEA, in order to provide you with the information, products and services that you requested or otherwise for the purposes described in this privacy policy.
Should Alpha Anodising receive requests from government departments, agencies or other official bodies, we will only disclose your information if and to the extent that we believe we are legally required to do so. This will only be actioned upon receipt of a court order, warrant, subpoena or equivalent. Except as set out above, Alpha Anodising will not disclose your personal data unless we need to do so in order to enforce our rights. Whenever Alpha Anodising shares personal data, we take all reasonable steps to ensure that it is treated securely and in accordance with this privacy policy.
External Links
This privacy policy applies to only personal data collected by Alpha Anodising. If an e-mail or website contains links to a third-party site, Alpha Anodising does not accept responsibility for the content or privacy practices of that website. We advise that to be aware when they leave our Site, and to read the privacy policy of other sites that collect personal data.
Information Security
We endeavour to hold all personal data securely in accordance with our internal security procedures and applicable law.
Unfortunately, no data transmission over the Internet or any other electronic network can be guaranteed as 100% secure. Thus, while we strive to protect your personal data, we cannot ensure and do not warrant the security of any information you transmit to us, and it must be recognised by the sender that this information is transmitted at your own risk.
Contact
This is the website of Alpha Anodising UK Limited a company registered in England and Wales under company number 06775293 whose registered office is at 5a Frascati Way Maidenhead, Berkshire, SL6 4UY. The VAT registration number for Alpha Anodising is 944219813.
If you want to request any information about your personal data or believe that we are holding incorrect personal data on you, please contact sales@alphaanodising.co.uk. It is possible to obtain a copy of the information that we hold on you. A nominal charge of £10 may be requested to cover administrative costs involved.
Notification of changes
This privacy policy was last updated on 26 October 2017. We reserve the right to amend or vary this policy at any time and the revised policy will apply from the date posted on the Site. You accept that by doing this, we have provided you with sufficient notice of the amendment or variation.