APU Limited ("We") is committed to protecting and respecting your privacy.
This policy (together with our Terms of Use and any other documents referred to on it) sets out the basis on which any personal data we collect from you, or that you provide to us, will be processed by us. Please read the following carefully to understand our views and practices regarding your personal data and how we will treat it.
For the purpose of the Data Protection Act 1998 (the Act), the data controller is APU Limited of Unit 2 Liberty Park, Burton Old Road, Lichfield, Staffordshire, WS14 9HY.
1.INFORMATION WE MAY COLLECT FROM YOU
We may collect and process the following data about you:
1.1Information that you provide by completing forms on our site www.apultd.co.uk (our site). This includes information provided at the time of registering to use our site, subscribing to our service, posting material or requesting further services. We may also ask you for information if you report a problem with our site.
1.2If you contact us, we may keep a record of that correspondence.
1.3We may also ask you to complete surveys that we use for research purposes, although you do not have to respond to them.
1.4Details of transactions you carry out through our site.
1.5Details of your visits to our site and the resources that you access.
2.IP ADDRESSES
We may collect information about your computer, including where available your IP address, operating system and browser type. This is statistical data about our users' browsing actions and patterns, and does not identify any individual.
3.COOKIES
3.1A Cookie is a text file that is placed on your computer by a website that you visit. They are used to make websites work, or work more efficiently, as well as to provide information to the owners or operators of the website.
3.2Our website uses cookies to distinguish you from other users of our website. This helps us to provide you with a good experience when you browse our website and also allows us to improve our site.
3.3Our website makes use of cookies to monitor visitor sessions. No personal information is stored in the cookie that is issued by the site. The value stored in the cookie is an anonymous identifier, which is not linked to any other personal information you may give us during your visit. If you do not wish to receive these cookies you can disable them in your browser but this may affect the functionality of our website.
3.4Most web browser settings allow some control of cookies. To find out more about cookies, including how to see what cookies have been set and how to manage and delete them, visit www.allaboutcookies.org
4.WHERE WE STORE YOUR PERSONAL DATA
4.1The data that we collect from you will not be transferred to, or stored at, a destination outside the European Economic Area ("EEA"). By submitting your personal data, you agree to our staff transferring, storing or processing (if required to provide a service) such personal data. We will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that your data is treated securely and in accordance with this privacy policy.
4.2Unfortunately, the transmission of information via the internet is not completely secure. Although we will do our best to protect your personal data, we cannot guarantee the security of your data transmitted to our site; any transmission is at your own risk. Once we have received your information, we will use strict procedures and security features to try to prevent unauthorised access.
5.USE OF INFORMATION
5.1We use information held about you in the following ways:
(a)To ensure that content from our site is presented in the most effective manner for you and for your computer.
(b)To provide you with information, products or services that you request from us or which we feel may interest you, where you have consented to be contacted for such purposes.
(c)To carry out our obligations arising from any contracts entered into between you and us.
(d)To allow you to participate in interactive features of our service, when you choose to do so.
(e)To notify you about changes to our service.
5.2We may also use your data, or permit selected third parties to use your data, to provide you with information about goods and services which may be of interest to you and we or they may contact you about these.
5.3If you are an existing customer, we will only contact you by electronic means (e-mail or SMS) with information about goods and services similar to those which were the subject of a previous sale to you.
5.4We do not disclose information about identifiable individuals to third parties, but we may provide carefully selected third parties with aggregate information about our users without identifying any individual user.
6.DISCLOSURE OF YOUR INFORMATION
6.1We may disclose your personal information to any member of our group, which means our subsidiaries, our ultimate holding company and its subsidiaries, as defined in section 1159 of the UK Companies Act 2006.
6.2We may disclose your personal information to third parties:
(a)In the event that we sell or buy any business or assets, in which case we may disclose your personal data to the prospective seller or buyer of such business or assets.
(b)If APU Limited or substantially all of its assets are acquired by a third party, in which case personal data held by it about its customers will be one of the transferred assets.
(c)If we are under a duty to disclose or share your personal data in order to comply with any legal obligation, or in order to enforce or apply our Terms of Use or Terms and Conditions of Supply and other agreements; or to protect the rights, property, or safety of APU Limited, our customers, or others. This includes exchanging information with other companies and organisations for the purposes of fraud protection and credit risk reduction.
7.YOUR RIGHTS
7.1You have the right to ask us not to process your personal data for marketing purposes. We will usually inform you (before collecting your data) if we intend to use your data for such purposes or if we intend to disclose your information to any third party for such purposes. You can exercise your right to prevent such processing by checking certain boxes on the forms we use to collect your data. You can also exercise the right at any time by contacting us at info@apultd.co.uk.
7.2Our site may, from time to time, contain links to and from the websites of our partner networks, advertisers and affiliates. If you follow a link to any of these websites, please note that these websites have their own privacy policies and that we do not accept any responsibility or liability for these policies. Please check these policies before you submit any personal data to these websites.
8.ACCESS TO INFORMATION
The Act gives you the right to access information held about you. Your right of access can be exercised in accordance with the Act. Any access request may be subject to a fee of £10 to meet our costs in providing you with details of the information we hold about you.
9.CHANGES TO OUR PRIVACY POLICY
Any changes we may make to our privacy policy in the future will be posted on this page and, where appropriate, notified to you by e-mail.
10.CONTACT
Questions, comments and requests regarding this privacy policy are welcomed and should be addressed to info@apultd.co.uk.