Privacy Policy

Who We Are

AMCC Ltd t/a apex.co.uk (‘we’ or ‘us’ or ‘our’) gather and process your personal information in accordance with this privacy notice and in compliance with the relevant data protection Regulation and law. This notice provides you with the necessary information regarding your rights and obligations, and explains how, why and when we collect and process your personal data.

AMCC Ltd registered office is at Summit House, Athey St. Macclesfield, SK11 6QU and we are a company registered in England and Wales under company number 1488790. We are registered on the Information Commissioner’s Office Register of Data Controllers under registration number Z6813289, and act as the data controller. Our designated Appointed Person for the organisation is Janice Withers, and we can be contacted at Summit House, Athey St. Macclesfield, SK11 6QU, telephone 01625 429370.

Information That We Collect

AMCC Ltd t/a apex.co.uk processes your personal information to meet our legal, statutory and contractual obligations and to provide you with our products and services. We will never collect any unnecessary personal data from you and do not process your information in any way, other than already specified in this notice.

The personal data that we collect from you may include: –

• Name
• Personal Email
• Business Email
• Work Telephone Number
• Mobile Telephone Number
• Skype Address
• Driver’s License Number
• Special Category Data (e. details about dietary and mobility requirements, gender)
• Bank account details

We collect information in the following ways: –

Online enquiry form

Email

Employment CV

Conference registration form

Purchase orders

Telephone and email business enquiries

How We Use Your Personal Data (Legal Basis for Processing)

We take your privacy very seriously and will never disclose, share or sell your data without your consent, unless required to do so by law. We only retain your data for as long as is necessary and for the purposes specified in this notice. Where you have consented to us providing you with promotional offers and marketing, you are free to withdraw consent at any time.

The purposes and reasons for processing your personal data are detailed below: –

• We collect and store your personal data in order to respond to a sales enquiry
• We collect your personal data in the performance of a contract or to provide our services and to ensure that orders are completed and can be sent out to your preferred address
• We collect and store your personal data as part of our legal obligation for business accounting and tax purposes
• We collect and store your personal data as part of a recruitment campaign
• We collect and store your personal data as part of a registration process for a conference or event

Your Rights

You have the right to access any personal information that AMCC Ltd t/a apex.co.uk processes about you and to request information about: –

• What personal data we hold about you
• The purposes of the processing
• The categories of personal data concerned
• The recipients to whom the personal data has/will be disclosed
• How long we intend to store your personal data for
• If we did not collect the data directly form you, information about the source

If you believe that we hold any incomplete or inaccurate data about you, you have the right to ask us to correct and/or complete the information and we will strive to update/correct it as quickly as possible; unless there is a valid reason for not doing so, at which point you will be notified.

You also have the right to request erasure of your personal data or to restrict processing in accordance with data protection laws, as well as to object to any direct marketing from us and to be informed about any automated decision-making that we use.

If we receive a request from you to exercise any of the above rights, we may ask you to verify your identity before acting on the relevant request; this is to ensure that your data is protected and kept secure.

Sharing and Disclosing Your Personal Information

We do not share or disclose any of your personal information without your consent, other than for the purposes specified in this notice or where there is a legal requirement. We may use third parties e.g. credit reference agencies, communications agencies, however all processors acting on our behalf only process your data in accordance with instructions from us and comply fully with this privacy notice, the data protection laws and any other appropriate confidentiality and security measures.

Safeguarding Measures

We take your privacy seriously and we take every reasonable measure and precaution to protect and secure your personal data. We work hard to protect you and your information from unauthorised access, alteration, disclosure or destruction and have several layers of security measures in place, including SSL, encryptions, access controls, authentication, IT security and physical security measures.

Consequences of Not Providing Your Data

You are not obligated to provide your personal information to AMCC Ltd t/a apex.co.uk, however, as this information is required for us to provide you with our services/deliver your products/legitimate interests, we will not be able to offer some/all of our products or services without it.

How Long We Keep Your Data

AMCC Ltd t/a apex.co.uk only ever retains personal information for as long as is necessary and we have strict review and retention policies in place to meet these obligations. We are required under UK tax law to keep your basic personal data (name, address, contact details) for a minimum of 6 years after which time it will be destroyed.

Where you have consented to us using your details for direct marketing, we will keep such data until you notify us otherwise and/or withdraw your consent.

Lodging A Complaint

We only process your personal information in compliance with this privacy notice and in accordance with the relevant data protection laws. If, however you wish to raise a complaint regarding the processing of your personal data or are unsatisfied with how we have handled your information, you have the right to lodge a complaint with us and/or the supervisory authority.

c/o Janice Withers

AMCC Ltd t/a apex.co.uk

Summit House, Athey St. Macclesfield, SK11 6QU

Telephone: 01625 429370  email: [email protected]

Supervisory Authority:

Information Commissioners Office

Wycliffe House, Water Ln, Wilmslow, SK9 5AF

www.ico.org.uk

Cookies and Other Tracking Technologies

Some of our web pages utilise “cookies” and other tracking technologies. A “cookie” is a small text file that may be used, for example, to collect information about website activity. Some cookies and other technologies may serve to recall Personal Information previously indicated by a web user. Most browsers allow you to control cookies, including whether or not to accept them and how to remove them.

You may set most browsers to notify you if you receive a cookie or you may choose to block cookies with your browser, but please note that if you choose to erase or block your cookies, you will need to re-enter your original user ID and password to gain access to certain parts of the website. Tracking technologies may record information such as Internet domain and host names; Internet protocol (IP) addresses; browser software and operating system types; clickstream patterns; and dates and times that our site is accessed. Our use of cookies and other tracking technologies allows us to improve our website and your web experience. We may also analyse information that does not contain Personal Information for trends and statistics.

Cookies

On 26th May 2012 the rules about the use of cookies on websites changed. A cookie is a small file, typically of letters and numbers, downloaded to your device when you visit our website.

We use cookies and we need to let you know about what cookies we are using and obtain your consent to place them on your device.

If you want to manage your cookies then you can do this via your browser.