Protecting your personal details on our website
Last updated: 24th May 2018
GOLDHAWK FORMS LIMITED www.ghprinting.co.uk (Registered number 03009120), whose registered office is at: Unit 26, Kent House, Old Bexley Business Park, 19 Bourne Road, Bexley, Kent. DA5 1LR ("we", "our", "us"), knows that you care how information about you is used and shared and we appreciate your trust in us to do that carefully and sensibly. This notice describes our Privacy Policy and forms part of our website terms and conditions ("Website Terms"), which you can find here; https://ghprinting.co.uk/pages/terms-and-condition
We believe that it is important to protect your Personal Data (as defined in the General Data Protection Act 1998) and weRegulation ((EU) 2016/679) and any UK implementing law ("Data Protection Laws")). We are committed to giving you a personalised service that meets your needs in a way that also protects your privacy.
This Privacy Policy explains how we may collect Personal Data about you. It also explains some of the security measures we take to protect your Personal Data and tells you certain things we will do and not do. You should read this Privacy Policy in conjunction with the Website Terms.
For the purpose of the Data Protection Laws, GOLDHAWK FORMS LIMITED. is a data controller and a data processor (depending upon what Personal Data it collects and processes from you).
By accepting our Website Terms or by visiting www.ghprinting.co.uk ("the Website") you are accepting and consenting to the practices described in this Privacy Policy. Should you wish to print a copy of this Privacy Policy for future reference, press ctrl + p to do so.
1. Collecting Information
1.1. We may collect Personal Data about you from a number of sources, including the following:
- 1.1.1. From you when you purchase a service or product from us, which will usually involve creating an account or a guest account. We will collect your full name, email address, company name (if applicable), billing and delivery details and, if you are creating an account, you will be asked to provide a password.
- 1.1.2. From you when you contact us with an enquiry or in response to a communication from us, in which case, this may tell us something about how you use our services.
- 1.1.3. From documents that are available to the public, such as the electoral register.
1.2. With regard to each of your visits to our site we will automatically collect the following information:
- 1.2.1. Technical device information, including the device used to access our site (i.e. desktop, mobile or tablet);
- 1.2.2. Information about your visit, including products you viewed or searched for, page response times, download errors, length of visits to certain pages, page interaction information (such as scrolling, clicks, and mouse-overs), methods used to browse away from the page, whether our template designs have been downloaded and whether you have subscribed to our blog and/or mailing lists.
1.3. We do not anticipate collecting any special categories of personal, within the meaning of the Data Protection Laws. For example, information about your health or ethnic origin. However, in the event that we wish to do so, you will be asked to expressly consent to the collection and processing of this Personal Data and are under no obligation to provide such consent.
1.4. Where you provide Personal Data on behalf of a third party, you will ensure that you have all necessary and appropriate consents and notices in place to enable lawful transfer of the Personal Data to us for the duration and purposes of our agreement with you. This will include providing the third party with the information set out in this Privacy Policy and complying with your own obligations under the Data Protection Laws. If you are unable to ensure that you have all necessary and appropriate consents in place, do not transfer or otherwise provider that third party's personal data to us.
2. Using Your Personal Information
2.1. The Personal Data of our customers is an important part of our business and we shall only use your Personal Data for the following purposes and shall not keep such Personal Data longer than is necessary to fulfil these purposes:
- 2.1.1. To help us to identify you when you contact us.
- 2.1.2. To carry out our obligations arising from any contracts entered into between you and us and to provide you with the information, products and services that you request from us.
- 2.1.3. To allow us to carry out marketing analysis and conduct research (including creating statistical and testing information). We will not, however, use your Personal Data for automated profiling to carry out automated decisions such as evaluating credit without your express consent.
- 2.1.4. To allow us to contact you (including mail, email, telephone, visit, text or multimedia messages) about products and services offered by us that are similar to those that we have already provided to you or that we have a legitimate interest to contact you about, unless you have asked us not to do so. You can manage your preferences at any time by contacting us using the details set out in clause 6.1. below.
- 2.1.5. We may check your details with fraud prevention agencies, as further set out in clause 2.4 below.
- 2.1.6. To notify you about changes to our service.
- 2.1.7. To ensure that content from the Website is presented in the most effective manner for you and for your computer.
- 2.1.8. To administer the Website and for internal operations, including troubleshooting, data analysis, testing, research, statistical and survey purposes.
- 2.1.9. To improve the Website to ensure that content is presented in the most effective manner for you and for your computer.
- 2.1.10 As part of our efforts to keep the Website safe and secure.
2.2. We will not disclose your Personal Data to any third party except in accordance with this Privacy Policy or with your express consent.
2.3. We may allow other people and organisations to use Personal Data we hold about you in the following circumstances:
- 2.3.1. Any member of our company as defined in section 1159 of the UK Companies Act 2006.
- 2.3.2. If we, or substantially all of our assets, are acquired or are in the process of being acquired by a third party, in which case Personal Data held by us, about our customers, will be one of the transferred assets.
- 2.3.3. If we have been legitimately asked to provide information for legal or regulatory purposes or as part of legal proceedings or prospective legal proceedings.
2.3.4. If we engage companies and individuals to perform functions on our behalf. Any third parties we may engage are bound by strict contractual provisions with us and only have access to Personal Data needed to perform their functions, and may not use it for other purposes. In addition, they must process the Personal Data in accordance with this Privacy Policy and as permitted by the Data Protection Laws. The types of third parties that we use include:
- Contracted courier and delivery companies,
- Marketing and Market Research companies,
- Online advertising platforms,
- Customer Relationship Management software providers,
- Secure Online payment platforms.
2.4. In connection with any transaction which we enter into with you:
2.4.1. We may from time to time carry out credit and fraud prevention checks with one or more licensed credit reference and fraud prevention agencies. We and they may keep a record of the search. Information held about you by these agencies may be linked to records relating to other people living at the same address with whom you are financially linked. These records will also be taken into account in credit and fraud prevention checks. Information from your application and payment details of your account will be recorded with one or more of these agencies for this purpose.
2.4.2. If you provide false or inaccurate information to us and we suspect fraud, we will record this and may share it with other people and organisations. We, and other credit and insurance organisations, may also use technology to detect and prevent fraud.
2.4.3. If you require further details of the credit agencies and fraud prevention agencies we engage from time to time, please write to our Data Protection Officer using the contact details set out in clause 6.1 below.