Introduction
Brickjointer.com, operated by SAS2U, is committed to protecting your privacy and ensuring that your personal information is handled in a safe and responsible manner. This policy outlines how we aim to achieve this and includes the information collected when:
You use our website (www.brickjointer.com)
You make an enquiry
You place an order via our website
Definition of Personal Data
Personal Data means any data that relates to an identifiable person who can be directly/indirectly identified from that data. In this case, it means personal data that you give to us via our site.
Who We Are
Brickjointer.com is an online retail platform operated by SAS2U, a sole trader business based in the United Kingdom. The platform is dedicated to providing tools and accessories tailored for UK bricklayers and construction professionals.
How We Collect Your Information
We collect information about you from different sources, including:
Directly from you
From a third party acting on your behalf
From publicly available sources
When we generate it ourselves
From other organisations
What Information We Collect
The information we collect may include:
Personal Details: Name, email address, phone number, home address, shipping and credit/debit card billing address(es)
Browsing Data: Information about your interactions with our website, including pages visited, products viewed, and time spent on our site.
Cookie Data: Information collected through cookies and similar technologies to track your preferences and improve your user experience.
If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.
If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.
When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.
If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.
Embedded content from other websites
Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.
These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
How We Use Your Information
We use your information to:
Fulfil Orders: Process and deliver your orders.
Customer Service: Respond to your inquiries and resolve issues.
Marketing: Send you marketing communications, including newsletters and promotions, with your consent.
Improve Our Services: Analyze your interactions with our website to enhance your user experience and tailor our offerings.
Meet Legal Obligations: Comply with relevant laws and regulations.
Who We Share Your Information With and Why
We may share your information with trusted third parties, such as:
Payment Processors: To process payments for your orders.
Shipping Carriers: To deliver your orders.
Marketing Service Providers: To assist with our marketing campaigns.
IT Service Providers: To maintain and secure our website and systems.
We ensure that these third parties are committed to protecting your data privacy and have appropriate security measures in place.
Transfer of Your Information Outside the UK
We may need to transfer your personal data outside of the United Kingdom. If we do, we ensure appropriate safeguards are in place to protect your personal data, such as Standard Contractual Clauses or Privacy Shield certification.
How We Protect Your Information
We implement various security measures to protect your personal information, including:
Encryption: We use encryption technology to protect sensitive information.
Access Controls: We limit access to your personal data to authorized personnel.
Regular Security Reviews: We conduct regular security assessments to identify and address potential vulnerabilities.
How long we retain your data
We retain your personal information for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this policy, comply with legal obligations, or resolve disputes. We will delete your personal information when it is no longer required.
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.
For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.
What rights you have over your data
Under data protection law, you have the following rights:
Access: The right to request access to your personal data.
Rectification: The right to request correction of inaccurate or incomplete personal data.
Erasure: The right to request erasure of your personal data in certain circumstances.
Restriction of Processing: The right to request restriction of processing of your personal data in certain circumstances.
Data Portability: The right to receive your personal data in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format and transmit it to another controller.
Objection: The right to object to processing of your personal data in certain circumstances.
To exercise these rights, please contact us at info@brickjointer.com.
If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
Where your data is sent
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
Changes to This Policy
We may review this policy from time to time and any changes will be notified to you by posting an updated version on our website and/or by contacting you by email.
Contact Us
If you have any questions about our Privacy Policy, or if you want to know what information we have collected about you, please email us at info@brickjointer.com.
Complaints
We hope that we can resolve any query or concern you raise about our use of your information. The General Data Protection Regulation also gives you the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority.
This Privacy Policy was last updated on 12/12/24.
