Data protection & privacy policy
1. Introduction
The purpose of this policy is to
explain how Pctank.co.uk collects, protects, and
uses personal data. Pctank.co.uk is committed to
ensuring that any personal data supplied by its
customers or is otherwise generated by its business
activities is collected and processed fairly and
lawfully.
2. What Types Of Personal Data
Does Pctank.co.uk Collect?
Pctank.co.uk needs certain
personal data to enable it to provide its products
and services to its customers and end users. The
personal data collected will generally include:
company name, company size and sector, individual
contact names and job titles for delivery,
installation, support and billing, postal address,
telephone and fax numbers, e-mail addresses.
Pctank.co.uk also has access to personal data that
is generated over the Network utilised by
Pctank.co.uk services including IP and email
addresses for incoming and outgoing data and network
usage data. In certain circumstances Pctank.co.uk
may also collect financial information about
Pctank.co.uk customers and end users from third
parties to enable Pctank.co.uk to assess its risks
in granting credit terms and contact information
about organisations Pctank.co.uk considers may be
interested in Pctank.co.uk products and services.
3. How Does Pctank.co.uk Obtain
Personal Data?
Pctank.co.uk obtains personal
data in a number of ways including from orders
placed by customers and end users (whether by
telephone, fax or email or by application form);
from enquiries made by existing customers and
potential customers, (including information gathered
at marketing events and via the Pctank.co.uk
website); from third party list brokers; from
resellers who pass on personal data to Pctank.co.uk
about end users; and directly from the Network
utilised by Pctank.co.uk services.
4. How Does Pctank.co.uk Use The
Personal Data It Holds?
4.1
Providing and Improving the Pctank.co.uk Service
Most of Pctank.co.uk's use of
personal data is necessary to enable it to provide a
service to its customers and its end users,
including order processing, delivery, installation
and support services as well as for invoicing and in
order to answer general customer enquiries. In
addition, Pctank.co.uk may also use personal data to
improve on the level and type of service
Pctank.co.uk offers to its customers. As part of
this interest in improving the service provided
Pctank.co.uk may process personal data for the
purposes of sales analysis and customer usage
statistics.
4.2 Direct Marketing
Pctank.co.uk may from time
to time inform its customers, end users and
potential customers about Pctank.co.uk and
Pctank.co.uk affiliate products and services and
other information Pctank.co.uk feels may be of
interest.
Customers and other recipients of information
from Pctank.co.uk may indicate at the time they
first place an order with Pctank.co.uk whether or
not they wish to receive such information or at any
later time by simply contacting Pctank.co.uk as
indicated in paragraph 9 below.
5. Does Pctank.co.uk Transfer
Personal Data Overseas?
As Pctank.co.uk is part of a
global organisation with local operating companies
in a number of countries worldwide, to fulfil its
customer service obligations it is necessary for
Pctank.co.uk to transfer and process personal data
outside the country in which the personal data is
collected. This will include transfers to
Pctank.co.uk affiliates based in the United States.
Prior to making any such transfer Pctank.co.uk will
put in place security procedures and firewalls
designed to prevent unauthorised use of or access to
personal data.
6. To Whom Does Pctank.co.uk
Disclose Personal Data?
Pctank.co.uk will pass
personal data within its internal departments in
order to fulfil sales and support obligations as
well as to finance departments to enable invoicing.
As a general rule, Pctank.co.uk does not disclose
personal data to unaffiliated third parties except
where customer consent has been obtained, where
Pctank.co.uk is under an obligation by law to
disclose personal data or where Pctank.co.uk has
contracted with third parties to assist in providing
services to Pctank.co.uk customers such as for
delivery, installation and systems support services.
7. How Does Pctank.co.uk Protect
the Personal Data it Holds?
Pctank.co.uk takes customer
confidentiality and security very seriously.
Pctank.co.uk has implemented appropriate internal
security procedures that restrict access to and
disclosure of personal data within Pctank.co.uk.
These procedures will be reviewed from time to time
to determine whether they are being complied with
and are effective.
Pctank.co.uk will also actively investigate and
cooperate with law enforcement agencies any
allegations of abuse or violation of system or
network security as set out in the applicable
Pctank.co.uk Acceptable Use Policy.
8. Customers' Rights
The law in
certain jurisdictions (including countries within
the European Economic Area) gives individuals whose
personal data is held by Pctank.co.uk specific
rights to access and rectify personal data held
about them. These include the right to:
8.1
obtain from Pctank.co.uk, for a
prescribed fee, confirmation that personal data is
held, as well as a written description of such
personal data, the purpose(s) for which it is being
used, the source(s) of the personal data and details
of any recipients;
8.2
request the deletion or
rectification of personal data which is inaccurate;
and
8.3
as explained in paragraph 4.2
above to object to any unsolicited information sent
by Pctank.co.uk regarding promotions or new products
and services.
9. Contact Details
If any individual wishes to
contact Pctank.co.uk regarding the personal data
held about them or has any other question about
Pctank.co.uk's data privacy procedures, they should
direct an email to
support@pctank.co.uk or send a letter to the
direction of "Pctank.co.uk Customer Services
Department" at the local Pctank.co.uk office.
10. Policy Updates
As part of Pctank.co.uk's
commitment to compliance with data privacy
requirements, and to reflect changes in
Pctank.co.uk's operating procedures, Pctank.co.uk
may update the terms of this policy from time to
time, and will post the revised policy at
http://www.pctank.co.uk/contacts.html