Privacy Policy

Effective date: 1 October 2023

www.gapsltd.co.uk (the “Site”) is owned and operated by GAPS Services Limited. GAPS Services Limited is the data controller and can be contacted at:

sales@gapsltd.co.uk
+44 2476 348273
George Street, Attleborough, Nuneaton, CV11 4LA.

Purpose

The purpose of this privacy policy is to inform the users of our Site of the following:

The personal data we will collect;

Use of collected data;
Who has access to the data collected;
The rights of Site users; and
The Site’s cookie policy.

GDPR

For users in the European Union, we adhere to the Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016, known as the General Data Protection Regulation (the “GDPR”). For users in the United Kingdom, we adhere to the GDPR as enshrined in the Data Protection Act 2018.

Consent

By using our Site users agree that they consent to the conditions set out in this Privacy Policy.

Legal Basis for Processing

We collect and process personal data about users in the EU only when we have a legal basis for doing so under Article 6 of the GDPR.

We rely on the following legal bases to collect and process the personal data of users in the EU:

Consent
Legitimate Interest

Personal Data We Collect

We only collect data that helps us achieve the purpose set out in this Privacy Policy. We will not collect any additional data beyond the data listed below without notifying you first.

Data Collected Automatically

No personal data is collected automatically by this website.

Data Collected in a Non-Automatic Way

We will collect the following data when you complete the contact form on our Site:

Name
Email Address
Telephone Number

How We Use Personal Data

Data collected on our Site will only be used for the purposes specified in this Privacy Policy or indicated on the relevant pages of our Site. We will not use your data beyond what we disclose in this Privacy Policy.

The data we collect when the user performs certain functions may be used for the following purposes:

Communications with regards to your enquiry and any future sales.

Who We Share Personal Data With Employees

We may disclose user data to any member of our organisation who reasonably needs access to user data to achieve the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy.

Other Disclosures

We will not sell or share your data with other third parties, except in the following cases:

If the law requires it;
If it is required for any legal proceeding;
To prove or protect our legal rights; and
To buyers or potential buyers of this company in the event that we seek to sell the company.

If you follow hyperlinks from our Site to another Site, please note that we are not responsible for and have no control over their privacy policies and practices.

How Long We Store Personal Data

User data will be stored until the purpose the data was collected for has been achieved.

You will be notified if your data is kept for longer than this period.

How We Protect Your Personal Data

While we take all reasonable precautions to ensure that user data is secure and that users are protected, there always remains the risk of harm. The Internet as a whole can be insecure at times and therefore we are unable to guarantee the security of user data beyond what is reasonably practical.

Your Rights as a User

Under the GDPR, you have the following rights:

Right to be informed;
Right of access;
Right to rectification;
Right to erasure;
Right to restrict processing;
Right to data portability; and
Right to object.

Children

We do not knowingly collect or use personal data from children under 16 years of age. If we learn that we have collected personal data from a child under 16 years of age, the personal data will be deleted as soon as possible. If a child under 16 years of age has provided us with personal data their parent or guardian may contact our data protection officer.

How to Access, Modify, Delete, or Challenge the Data Collected

If you would like to know if we have collected your personal data, how we have used your personal data, if we have disclosed your personal data and to who we disclosed your personal data, if you would like your data to be deleted or modified in any way, or if you would like to exercise any of your other rights under the GDPR, please contact our data protection officer here:

FAO – GAPS Data Protection Officer
sales@gapsltd.co.uk
+44 2476 348273
George Street, Attleborough, Nuneaton, CV11 4LA.

Cookie Policy

A cookie is a small file, stored on a user’s hard drive by a website. Its purpose is to collect data relating to the user’s browsing habits. You can choose to be notified each time a cookie is transmitted. You can also choose to disable cookies entirely in your internet browser, but this may decrease the quality of your user experience.

In addition, most advertising networks offer you a way to opt out of targeted advertising. If you would like to find out more information, please visit optout.aboutads.info/?c=2&lang=EN or www.youronlinechoices.com.

A ‘first-party cookie’ is a cookie set by the website owner (in this case, GAPS Services) and cookies set by parties other than the website owner are called ‘third-party cookies’. The specific types of first and third-party cookies served through our Website and the purposes they perform are described below.

First-Party Cookies

GAPS Services do not currently use first-party cookies on this website.

Third-Party Cookies

The following third-party cookies are used on this website:
Cookie: Google Analytics
Name: _ga, _gid
Purpose: Google Analytics cookies are used to collect information about how visitors use our site. We use the information to compile reports and to help us improve the site. The cookies collect information in an anonymous form, including the number of visitors to the site, where visitors have come to the site from and the pages they visited. You can opt-out of Google Analytics, via their website.

Modifications

This Privacy Policy may be amended from time to time in order to maintain compliance with the law and to reflect any changes to our data collection process. When we amend this Privacy Policy we will update the “Effective Date” at the top of this Privacy Policy. We recommend that our users periodically review our Privacy Policy to ensure that they are notified of any updates. If necessary, we may notify users by email of changes to this Privacy Policy.

Complaints

If you have any complaints about how we process your personal data, please contact us through the contact methods listed in the Contact Information section so that we can, where possible, resolve the issue. If you feel we have not addressed your concern in a satisfactory manner you may contact a supervisory authority. You also have the right to directly make a complaint to a supervisory authority. You can lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority by contacting the Information Commissioners Office.

Contact Information

If you have any questions, concerns or complaints, you can contact our data protection officer at: