Data Protection – Policy Updated April 2021
When you use mx5parts.co.uk services you trust us with your information. This Privacy Policy is updated regularly to ensure that your data is kept safe and you get every opportunity to manage the data you give us, check in on it as often as you like and be completely deleted from our records if you choose.
This policy will also explain what data we collect, why we collect it and how we will use your information. This information is extremely important; we hope you take the time to read it.
Information We Collect
Scimitar International Ltd. trading as mx5parts.co.uk recognise that the consumer marketing information we maintain must be used responsibly, in beneficial ways and with respect to individual choice.
We have a strict privacy policy and your name, email address and other details will NOT be given to a third party outside of Scimitar International Ltd.
Use of Your Information
All information collected by us is done so for order processing and for promotional reasons related to products and services we believe will be relevant to your interest based on your order history with us. All promotional material sent from us will provide customers with notice of their ability to opt-out of promotional activities.
We will honour our customers’ requests not to receive e-mail, mail, telephone or other solicitations from Scimitar International Ltd.
The following is a list of purposes for which your personal information will be used:
- We will send you information about your orders and or contracts.
- We will send you information on our products, services, discounts and promotions.
GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) Updates
General data protection regulation is a legal framework that sets out the guidelines for the collection and processing of data information of individuals within the EU. The legislation came into effect on 25th May 2018. Please email us at gdpr@mx5parts.co.uk with all related enquiries.
Safe & Secure
Scimitar International Ltd will never sell, rent or trade your personally identifiable information to any third parties.
Our networks are all secured and your personal details are contained within these networks. Access is only given to a small number of people who need to see it in order to fulfil your requests.
In order for you to use our service and for our ecommerce platform to run smoothly, we will need to securely share limited amounts of your information with reputable third party companies, including:
- SagePay – Online payment processing, please see SagePay’s privacy policy https://www.opayo.co.uk/policies/privacy-policy
- PayPal – Online payment processed, please see PayPal’s privacy policy – https://www.paypal.com/en/webapps/mpp/ua/privacy-full
- Reviews.io – Customer service feedback, see Reviews.io privacy policy – https://www.reviews.io/front/user-privacy-policy
- DotDigital – Marketing emails & newsletters (if you have opted in), please see DotDigital’s privacy policy – https://dotdigital.com/terms/privacy-policy/
- Think Worldwide – Courier agent for UK & international orders
- Royal Mail – Courier service for parcel delivery, please see Royal Mail’s privacy policy – https://www.royalmail.com/privacy-policy/
- Parcel Force – Courier service for parcel delivery, please see Parcel Force’s privacy policy – https://www.parcelforce.com/
privacy - DX- Courier service for parcel delivery, please see DX’s privacy policy - https://www.dxdelivery.com/legal/privacy-policy/
We make sure anyone who provides a service for Scimitar International Ltd enters into an agreement with us and meets our standards for data security and they commit to not using your data for anything other than we have requested in order to complete our service to you. If you do not wish for any of your information to be shared with the above companies, please do not make purchases on this website.
If we ever run a competition directly or via a third party organisation such as Facebook, we will only involve your data if you have agreed to that.
Like all organisations, Scimitar International Ltd is bound by the law and if required to do so (for example, when requested by the police or a regulatory or government authority investigating illegal activities) we would have to share your information.
Use of Cookies
mx5parts.co.uk operates on a secure web server which automatically records your public internet protocol (‘IP’) address and also generates a log file.
A cookie is a small file of letters and numbers sent to your computer when you visit a website. If you visit the same website again, the information stored in the cookie can be retrieved to notify the website (and only that website) of your previous activity. Cookies cannot be used by themselves to identify you. Cookies cannot give us access to your computer or to information beyond what you provide us. Cookies will not damage your computer.
mx5parts.co.uk website uses cookies to help you log in more quickly and match your preferred interests with ease.
Our cookies help us:
- Make our website work as you’d expect
- Save you having to log in every time you visit the site
- Remember your settings during and between visits
- Improve the speed/security of the site
- Continuously improve our website for you
- Make our marketing more efficient (ultimately helping us to offer the service we do, at the price we do)
We do not use cookies to:
- Collect any personally identifiable information (without your express permission)
- Collect any sensitive information
- Pass personally identifiable data to third parties
- Pay sales commissions
Third-party functions
Our site, like most websites, includes functionality provided by third parties. A common example is an embedded YouTube video. Our site includes the following, which use cookies:
- Google Analytics
- Google Ads
- Google Tag Manager
- YouTube
- Hotjar
- DotDigital
Disabling these cookies is likely to break the functions offered by these third parties.
Your Rights
Under the Data Protection Act and the General Data Protection Regulations, you have many rights to enable you to control how organisations use and control your data. These include:
- The right to be informed
- The right of access
- The right of rectification
- The right to erasure
- The right to restrict processing
- The right to data portability
- The right to object
- The right not to be subject to automated decision-making including profiling
We hope that our Privacy Policy has explained how we work to ensure all your rights are adhered and respected.
How To Access & Update Your Information
If you wish to amend or remove your information from our database, unsubscribe from our newsletter and any other marketing contact, or access what personal information we hold about you, simply email your request to our team at gdpr@mx5parts.co.uk
We will reply to you within 7 working days by email to fulfil your request.
Reporting Security Issues
The Scimitar International Ltd team takes security bugs seriously. We appreciate your efforts to responsibly disclose your findings and will make every effort to acknowledge your contributions.
To report a security issue, email security@mx5parts.co.uk and include the word “SECURITY” in the subject line.
Scimitar International Ltd IT team will send a response indicating the next steps in handling your report. After the initial reply to your report, the security team will keep you informed of the progress towards a fix and full announcement and may ask for additional information or guidance.
You can also report a website error through security@mx5parts.co.uk please include the URL of the page you were on with detail description of your actions to help us reproduce the issue.
Give Us Your Feedback
If you have any comments or concerns about this policy or any other area of our website, please contact us online or email gdpr@mx5parts.co.uk to send us your feedback.