PRIVACY POLICY

Welcome to the Raw Material Arts website which is owned by Raw Material Arts of 327 Kilmarnock Road, Glasgow, G43 2DS (Company Registration Number SC515427) (“we”, “us”).

We are committed to ensuring that your privacy is protected. This Privacy Notice forms part of our basic policies that we handle any information you supply to us in accordance with this statement and with the law and only for the purposes for which you have explicitly consented. Should we ask you to provide certain information by which you can be identified when using this website, then you can be assured that it will only be used in accordance with this Privacy Notice.

We may change this policy from time to time by updating this page. You should check this page from time to time to ensure that you are happy with any changes. This Privacy Notice is effective from 24 May 2018.

What we collect

We may collect the following information:

IP address and other data associated with your computer;

passively, through cookies and other advert tracking technology;

other information relevant to your use of the website.

How we collect data

We may collect personal data:

When we meet you in person;

When we speak to you by telephone;

When you correspond with us by email.

What we do with the information we gather

We ask for this information in order to understand your needs and provide you with a better service, and in particular for the following reasons unless we have your express prior permission:

Communicate with you and enable you to access our services;

Internal record keeping;

To improve our products and services.

Who will your information be shared with?

Your personal data will not be sold to any third parties. We will only share your information with third parties to fulfil our role and to administer our services. If further consent is required to pass your personal data to third parties, you may be contacted in order to give your positive consent for this purpose. All information sharing is only done on the basis of it being necessary and to fulfil a legitimate business purpose.

Your personal data may also be shared 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 on this website and other agreements.

Security

We are committed to ensuring that your information is secure. In order to prevent unauthorised access or disclosure, we have put in place appropriate physical and electronic procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect.

What are cookies and how do we use them?

A cookie is a small file which asks permission to be placed on your computer’s hard drive. Once you agree, the file is added and the cookie helps analyse web traffic or lets you know when you visit a particular site. Cookies allow web applications to respond to you as an individual. The web application can tailor its operations to your needs, likes and dislikes by gathering and remembering information about your preferences.

We use Google Analytics and advert tracking technology. This helps us analyse data about web page traffic and improve our website and newsletters. We only use this information for statistical analysis purposes and then the data is removed from the system.

Overall, cookies help us provide you with a better website, by enabling us to monitor which pages you find useful and which you do not. A cookie in no way gives us access to your computer or any information about you, other than the data you choose to share with us.

You can choose to accept or decline cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. This may prevent you from taking full advantage of the website. 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/manage-cookies. For further information on how we use cookies view our Cookie Policy.

How long we retain your information

We will retain your personal data for no longer than is necessary and in any event no longer than one year from the date of last use. Your personal data will then be deleted.

Links to other websites

Our website may contain links to other websites of interest. However, once you have used these links to leave our site, you should note that we do not have any control over that other website. Therefore, we cannot be responsible for the protection and privacy of any information that you provide whilst visiting such sites and such sites are not governed by this Privacy Notice. You should exercise caution and look at the Privacy Notice applicable to the website in question.

Ownership of rights

All rights in this Site are owned by us. Your use of the Site and its contents grants no rights to you in relation to any copyright, designs, trademarks and all other intellectual property and material rights relating to the content, including our software and all HTML and other code contained in this Site. All such content including any third party trademarks, designs and related intellectual property mentioned or displayed on the Site are protected by intellectual property and other laws. You are permitted to use the content only as expressly permitted by us and/or third-party licensors. No person may copy, modify, transmit, distribute, display, reproduce, publish, license or create works from any part of this material or otherwise use it for any public or commercial use without our prior written permission. The names, logos, images, text, photos, illustrations, graphics, designs, audio clips, videos, trademarks, trade names, trade dress, domain names and/or any other form of intellectual property on this Site which identify us and our products and services are owned or licensed by us.

Accuracy

We have taken every care in the preparation of the content of this Site. However, we accept no responsibility for your reliance on any information on this Site. We have a policy of continuous improvement and reserve the right to make changes to our services without notice.

How do you access your data?

You may request details of personal information which we hold about you under data protection legislation. If you would like to know what data is held about you, or if you would like to amend or delete any information held about you, please send an email to info@rawmaterialarts.com