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Privacy Policy

Privacy Policy

For more information on what personal data we collect, why and how we use it, and the steps we take to protect your privacy and the security of your personal information, please read our Privacy Policy below.

This privacy notice explains how we collect; use; share; transfer; store; and protect your personal information. It also explains how to contact us to find out what personal information of yours we hold; what we use it for; how you can correct any inaccuracies; and how you can request that we stop using it.

Please read this privacy notice carefully since once you use this website you will be regarded as having read and accepted its terms.

Summary:

Below is a summary of some of the main terms of this privacy notice:

Use of our website is strictly subject to this privacy notice. If you do not agree to its terms you must not use this website
We may collect different types of personal information about you when you use our website and services including your name, email address and postcode
We will also collect information about how you use our website
We may use personal information in a number of ways:
- To improve our services
- To tell you about our other products and special offers
- To show you relevant advertising
- We will share your information with other companies in our group, our suppliers and as required by law.

You can ask us any questions about your personal information at any time by emailing [email protected].

https://www.gotstock (the “website”) is owned by Redu Group Limited. Our registered address is:

Redu Group Limited

T3 Traynor House

1st Floor

Suite 103

Traynor Business Park

Peterlee

SR8 2RU

Our company number is 08931545.

When you use our website we may collect personal information about you. The type of personal information we collect will vary depending on the services you are using. By using our website, you are subject to our cookie policy. We may also request further personal information from you to allow us to provide services to you, where this is necessary we will make it clear what information is being collected and how it will be used.

You have a right to object to this processing and the section “How to get your information corrected or request we stop using it” explains how you can do this.

We may collect:

your email address if you register to receive our email newsletters; your name, address, email address and other personal information if you enter a prize draw or competition details of your visits to our website and how you use our services through the use of cookies. Please see our cookie policy for more information.

In all instances where we collect your personal information, we act as a data controller

How we use your personal information:

To analyse and improve our services
1. We will use information from your visits to our website and how you use our services so that we can devise ways of improving the layout of the website and create new services to make the experience more enjoyable and the website easier to use. This information also allows us to understand the demand for our services at different times of the day and to make sure it always performs quickly.
2. We keep this information for a maximum of 2 years
To fulfil a prize draw or competition entry
1. If you enter one of our prize draws or competitions, we will use your email address (or postal address) to notify you if you win. We may republish your name and town of residence if you win but we will not disclose your email address or any level of personal information that would enable any third party to contact or identify you (for example a full name and full area of residence).
2. We keep this information for a maximum of 12 months
To help you with an enquiry
1. If you contact our team by phone or email, we will use your personal information to communicate with you and help sort out your enquiry. We keep this information for a maximum of 2 years
To tell you about our products and any special offers that may be of interest
1. When you provide us with your personal information we may ask your consent (or give you an opportunity to tell us you do not consent) to use it to send you emails on other products and special offers from our group that we think will be of interest. Unless you tell us otherwise, you are agreeing that we can use it for these purposes. We keep this information for a maximum of 3 years.
2. We may obtain additional personal information from other companies to enable us to improve the relevance of our communications to you. This is explained in more detail in the next section. You can easily unsubscribe from our emails or change your preferences at any time. Please see the How to change your preferences section, below.
To show you advertising
1. We may use some of your personal information (for example what articles you have viewed or products you have clicked on our website) to show you advertising we think is relevant to your interests, both on our website and elsewhere on the Internet. This may include using your personal information to identify if you are a registered Facebook user to show you advertising that is relevant to your interests through Facebook. We may also use your personal information with information you have shared with Google or if you are signed into your Google account to show you advertising that is relevant to you.
2. You can find out more about this, as well as information on how to turn off cookies or change the cookie settings on your browser, by reading our full cookie policy. You can stop receiving these ads at any time by emailing us at [email protected].

Email communications

We use a company called Mailchimp to help us manage our email communications. If you provide us with your personal information to send you offers or to enter a competition, we will share this information with Mailchimp solely to provide this service.

Prize draws, competitions, special offers and rewards. Sometimes we use other companies to help us manage prize draws and competitions and to fulfil special offers or rewards. In those circumstances, we will make this clear to you and will provide a link to that company’s privacy policy, which we advise you to read.
Website hosting Our website is hosted by Cloud Above (SWBROADBAND LTD). Any information that we collect when you visit our website or use our services will not be shared with Cloud Above.

Your data is stored on our servers in the UK and is processed in the EU.

Websites we link to

We link to other companies’ websites from our website. We try to only include quality, safe and relevant links but we cannot guarantee or verify the content of any externally linked website. If you follow a link to any of these websites, please note that they should have their own privacy policies and we have not endorsed or approved those policies. We cannot be held responsible (and do not accept any responsibility or liability) for the uses to which any other company puts your personal information once you have left our website.

Where permitted by law, we may also disclose your personal information:if we sell the group or any company or part of the group;to comply with any legal obligation, or to enforce or apply our rights and other agreements; to protect the rights, property, or safety of us, our group; our customers, or others

How we keep your information safe

Keeping your personal information secure is very important to us. Once we have received your personal information, we will use strict procedures and security measures to protect it. We use a secure protocol (https://) to encrypt your information between your computer’s browser and our website and we use CloudFlare to provide additional security benefits which help protect us against external attacks. We protect our network with the latest firewall technology and we securely store personal information and encrypt it where necessary. We restrict the number of our staff that have access to any personal information and we have secure backup systems to ensure that any personal information cannot be lost or deleted.

Where we have given you (or where you have chosen) a password which enables you to access certain parts of our website, you are responsible for keeping this password confidential. We ask you not to share a password with anyone and to choose a strong password (which should contain a mixture of letters and numbers).

Please bear in mind that no information sent over the Internet can be guaranteed to be totally secure. Although we will do our best to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee the security of any personal information that you send to our website and it is sent at your own risk.

How to change your preferences

We will only send you emails or marketing communications if you have agreed to this but you can ask us to stop at any time.

If you no longer wish to be contacted by us, then you can let us know by emailing [email protected] or by writing to us at the address below.

All group marketing emails have a clear unsubscribe link and if you click it then we will automatically unsubscribe you and you will not receive any further marketing emails. In addition, all group marketing emails have a clear preferences link to a page to update your marketing preferences and your personal details. How to get your information corrected or request we stop using it

If you have any concerns about the accuracy of your personal information, then you can contact us in writing by post or email (details below) and we will correct it. If you want us to stop using your personal information, then please contact us in writing by post or email (details below) explaining why you object to its use and what you want us to do. We will then respond appropriately to your request.

How to find out what information we hold:

You have the right to get a copy of the information we hold about you. This is known as a subject access request.If you wish to make a subject access request, then please contact us in writing by post or email (details below). You must provide your full name, address and a contact telephone number. If we hold information about you, we will:

give you a description of it;
tell you the legal basis for us holding it;
tell you what we are using it for;
tell you who it could be disclosed to;
tell you how long we keep it; and
let you have a printed copy of the information or, if you prefer, provide it to you in a commonly used electronic format.

We will do this free of charge and we will respond to you within one month of your request.

If you identify any inaccuracies in the information we send you then we will correct it.

Changes to this privacy notice:

We update our privacy notice from time to time so we suggest you review it each time you provide any personal information. Any changes we may make in the future will be posted on this page and, where appropriate, notified elsewhere on the website.

How to contact us or make a complaint:

If you have any questions or comments about this privacy notice then please write to:

The Data Controller