Privacy Notice | G A Smith Plant

G A Smith Ltd, Rashercap, Felton, Morpeth, Northumberland, NE65 9NZ, provides the following services to our customers:

Bulk Road Haulage, Bulk Handling, Plant Hire, Earthworks, and HGV and PSV MOT testing.

This privacy notice explains how we use any personal information we collect about you when you enquire and/or contract our services either as a customer or as a supplier.

Collection of Data

We will only collect the necessary Personal Data to fulfil the service you have requested, this will be from:

Information provided by you, through contracts or other legal arrangements you have with us
Information provided by you on the completion of forms, by email, or the contact form on our websites.
Personal Data received from third parties who you have given consent to pass information on to us.
Our www.gasmithplant.co.uk website uses software is provided by Google Analytics. This uses cookies to track visitor usage. The software will save a cookie to your computer’s hard drive in order to track and monitor your engagement and usage of the website but will not store, save or collect personal information. 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, however this may prevent you from taking full advantage of the website.

How we use Personal Data

The Company may use your personal data for the following reasons:

To supply services to you or for you.
For accounting purposes.
To send you (non-marketing) general business-related communications.
To send you email notifications, which you have specifically requested.
Deal with enquiries and complaints made by you.
Where it is necessary for legitimate interests (or those of a third party).
For legal requirements.

Sharing Personal Information

G A Smith Ltd may share your personal information with third parties, either because you have given us the consent to do so or for legal reasons. For example, we may share your personal information with:

With third parties because you have given consent.
Sub-contractors and third parties for the purpose of providing services we are contracted to.
To protect the rights, property, or safety of G A Smith Ltd, our employees, our customers or others.
To comply with legal obligations e.g. HMRC

How long we keep your information

We will not retain personal information for longer than required and we will only keep it:

For as long as required by law.
Until we no longer have a valid reason for keeping it.
Until you request us to stop using it i.e. Right to Erasure or to be ‘Forgotten’.

Your Rights

Current data protection legislation provides the following rights for individuals:

The right to be informed
The right of access
The right to rectification
The right to erasure – where we are legally able to do so
The right to restrict processing
The right to data portability
The right to object
Rights in relation to automated decision making and profiling.

Subject Access Requests

You are entitled to request a copy of any information we hold about you. Any request should be made in writing by email or post to: The Company Secretary, G A Smith Ltd, Rashercap, Felton, Morpeth, Northumberland, NE65 9NZ, Email: info@gasmithbulk.co.uk. In your request, please supply your name and contact details, the reason for your request and how we can contact you. We may request specific information to confirm your identity to ensure that the data is released to the correct person.

Changes to Our Privacy Notice

We keep our privacy policy under regular review and we will place any updates on our websites.
This notice was last updated in April 2018.