1. Introduction

    2. We are committed to safeguarding the privacy of our website visitors, service users, individual customers and customer personnel.
    3. This policy applies where we are acting as a data controller with respect to the personal data of such persons; in other words, where we determine the purposes and means of the processing of that personal data.
    4. We use cookies on our website. Insofar as those cookies are not strictly necessary for the provision of our website and services, we will ask you to consent to our use of cookies when you first visit our website.
    5. In this policy, “we”, “us” and “our” refer to KLS Locksmiths. For more information about us, see Section 12.
    1. Credit

    2. This document was created using a template from Docular (https://seqlegal.com/free-legal-documents/privacy-policy).
    3. You must retain the above credit. Use of this document without the credit is an infringement of copyright. However, you can purchase from us an equivalent document that does not include the credit.
    1. The personal data that we collect

    2. In this Section 3 we have set out the general categories of personal data that we process and, in the case of personal data that we did not obtain directly from you, information about the source and specific categories of that data.
    3. We may process data enabling us to get in touch with you (“contact data“). The contact data may include your name, email address, telephone number, postal address and/or social media account identifiers.
    4. We may process information contained in or relating to any communication that you send to us or that we send to you (“communication data“). The communication data may include the communication content and metadata associated with the communication.
    5. We may process data about your use of our website and services (“usage data“). The usage data may include your IP address, geographical location, browser type and version, operating system, referral source, length of visit, page views and website navigation paths, as well as information about the timing, frequency and pattern of your service use. The source of the usage data is our analytics tracking system.
    1. Purposes of processing and legal bases

    2. In this Section 4, we have set out the purposes for which we may process personal data and the legal bases of the processing.
    3. Relationships and communications – We may process contact data, account data, transaction data and/or communication data for the purposes of managing our relationships, communicating with you (excluding communicating for the purposes of direct marketing) by email, SMS, post, fax and/or telephone, providing support services and compliant handling. The legal basis for this processing is legitimate interests, namely communications with our website visitors, service users, individual customers and customer personnel, the maintenance of relationships, and the proper administration of our website, services and business.
    1. Providing your personal data to others

    2. We may disclose Your contact details to our suppliers or subcontractors insofar as reasonably necessary for The completion of work requested by uou.
    3. In addition to the specific disclosures of personal data set out in this Section 5, we may disclose your personal data where such disclosure is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which we are subject, or in order to protect your vital interests or the vital interests of another natural person. We may also disclose your personal data where such disclosure is necessary for the establishment, exercise, or defence of legal claims, whether in court proceedings or in an administrative or out-of-court procedure.
    1. Retaining and deleting personal data

    2. This Section 6 sets out our data retention policies and procedures, which are designed to help ensure that we comply with our legal obligations in relation to the retention and deletion of personal data.
    3. Personal data that we process for any purpose or purposes shall not be kept for longer than is necessary for that purpose or those purposes.
    4. We will retain your personal data as follows:
      1. contact data will be retained for a minimum period of six years following the date of the most recent contact between you and us, and for a maximum period of six years following that date;
      2. account data will be retained for a minimum period of six years following the date of closure of the relevant account, and for a maximum period of six years following that date;
      3. transaction data will be retained for a minimum period of six years following the date of the transaction, and for a maximum period of six years following that date;
      4. communication data will be retained for a minimum period of six years following the date of the communication in question, and for a maximum period of six years following that date;
      5. usage data will be retained for six years following the date of collection.
    5. Notwithstanding the other provisions of this Section 6, we may retain your personal data where such retention is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which we are subject, or in order to protect your vital interests or the vital interests of another natural person.
    1. Your rights

    2. In this Section 7, we have listed the rights that you have under data protection law.
    3. Your principal rights under data protection law are:
      1. the right to access – you can ask for copies of your personal data;
      2. the right to rectification – you can ask us to rectify inaccurate personal data and to complete incomplete personal data;
      3. the right to erasure – you can ask us to erase your personal data;
      4. the right to restrict processing – you can ask us to restrict the processing of your personal data;
      5. the right to object to processing – you can object to the processing of your personal data;
      6. the right to data portability – you can ask that we transfer your personal data to another organisation or to you;
      7. the right to complain to a supervisory authority – you can complain about our processing of your personal data; and
      8. the right to withdraw consent – to the extent that the legal basis of our processing of your personal data is consent, you can withdraw that consent.
    4. These rights are subject to certain limitations and exceptions. You can learn more about the rights of data subjects by visiting https://ico.org.uk/for-organisations/guide-to-data-protection/guide-to-the-general-data-protection-regulation-gdpr/individual-rights/.
    5. You may exercise any of your rights in relation to your personal data by written notice to us, using the contact details set out below.
    1. About cookies

    2. A cookie is a file containing an identifier (a string of letters and numbers) that is sent by a web server to a web browser and is stored by the browser. The identifier is then sent back to the server each time the browser requests a page from the server.
    3. Cookies may be either “persistent” cookies or “session” cookies: a persistent cookie will be stored by a web browser and will remain valid until its set expiry date, unless deleted by the user before the expiry date; a session cookie, on the other hand, will expire at the end of the user session, when the web browser is closed.
    4. Cookies may not contain any information that personally identifies a user, but personal data that we store about you may be linked to the information stored in and obtained from cookies.
    1. Cookies that we use

    2. We use cookies for the following purposes:
      1. authentication and status – we use cookies to identify you when you visit our website and as you navigate our website, and to help us determine if you are logged into our website;
      2. analysis – we use cookies to help us to analyse the use and performance of our website and services; and
      3. cookie consent – we use cookies to store your preferences in relation to the use of cookies more generally.
    1. Managing cookies

    2. Most browsers allow you to refuse to accept cookies and to delete cookies. The methods for doing so vary from browser to browser, and from version to version. You can however obtain up-to-date information about blocking and deleting cookies via these links:
      1. https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647 (Chrome);
      2. https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/enable-and-disable-cookies-website-preferences (Firefox);
      3. https://help.opera.com/en/latest/security-and-privacy/ (Opera);
      4. https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/help/17442/windows-internet-explorer-delete-manage-cookies (Internet Explorer);
      5. https://support.apple.com/en-gb/guide/safari/manage-cookies-and-website-data-sfri11471/mac (Safari); and
      6. https://privacy.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-10-microsoft-edge-and-privacy (Edge).
    3. Blocking all cookies will have a negative impact upon the usability of many websites.
    4. If you block cookies, you will not be able to use all the features on our website.
    1. Amendments

    2. We may update this policy from time to time by publishing a new version on our website.
    3. You should check this page occasionally to ensure you are happy with any changes to this policy.
    1. Our details

    2. This website is owned and operated by KLS Locksmiths.
    3. Our principal place of business is at 37 Austin Road, Orpington, BR5 2BT.
    4. You can contact us:
      1. by post, to the postal address given above;
      2. by telephone, on the contact number published on our website; or
      3. by email, using the email address published on our website.