Privacy & Cookies Policy

Important data protection notice

This Website (“Website”) is owned and operated by Prescott Instruments Ltd. Prescott Instruments Ltd. (“us”, “we” or “our”) take the handling of your personal information seriously. This privacy policy explains how we may use the information we collect about you and the use of cookies on the Website. We ask that you please read this privacy policy carefully as by accessing the Website you confirm to have understood and agreed to it.

What we do with your information

At Prescott Instruments Ltd. we want to reassure you that we use your information both responsibly and securely to provide you with the best possible service. Below we explain what we do with your information and your rights to your information. If you would like any further details you can get in touch with us using the contact details below or visit our website (www.prescott-instruments.com).

Using your information

Prescott Instruments Ltd. (“we”) is the “data controller” of your information. We process two sets of information about you, “Personal Information” (your name, address, contact and payment details) and the “Goods Information” you provide to purchase your machine or goods (your name, address, contact and goods details). We’ll use your information: (i) as necessary to fulfil our contract with you (including to recover any amounts owing); (ii) for our legitimate interests in: undertaking marketing (about our products and services) by post, telephone, email and/or other electronic messaging services; market research; customer surveys; printing services; checking and verifying your identity and contact details; recording your conversations for training, quality and compliance purposes; and for analytics and profiling for marketing purposes; and (iii) where required to do so by law. We may also ask for your consent to some uses of your information.

We may also process information concerning your health where you choose to provide it, including information that we collect about you in response coronavirus (COVID-19) for example, making sure that it is safe for our engineers to visit you to complete a service. We’ll use this information only as necessary to fulfil our contract with you.

Sharing your information

From time to time your Personal Information and Goods Information may also be shared with companies acting on our behalf or providing services to us (e.g. the companies we use to carry out repairs, IT & mailing services, storage of paper records and telecommunications).

Transferring your information

In exceptional cases, we may transfer your information to the countries outside the European Economic Area (including the US) which may not have data protection laws which provide the same level of protection as provided in the UK. We have put in place Model Clauses as an appropriate safeguard to ensure that such information is adequately secured and protected and that such transfers meet the requirements of applicable data protection law.

Keeping your information

We keep your personal information for a maximum of six years. Your goods information we keep for a bit longer, normally 10 years, for health and safety. We also keep your information to send you marketing that you might be interested in, unless we receive a request from you to opt-out of marketing.

Rights to your information

By writing to the Data Protection Officer using the contact details provided below, you have the right to ask us:

  •   for a copy of the personal information we hold about you
  •   for a copy of the personal information you provided to us to be sent to you or a third party in a commonly used, machine readable format
  •   to update or correct your personal information to keep it accurate
  •   to delete your personal information from our records if it is no longer needed for the original purpose; and
  •   to restrict the processing of your personal information in certain circumstances

And you may also:

  •   object to us processing your personal information – in which case we will either agree to stop processing or explain why we’re unable to; and
  •   where we rely on your consent, withdraw that consent at any time.

Please note that the above rights are not absolute and certain exemptions apply to them.

You can also make a complaint to the Information Commissioner (www.ico.org.uk) if you feel your personal information has been mishandled.

Marketing

We may use your information to tell you about any offers, products or services which may be of interest to you. We may contact you by post, telephone, email and/or other electronic messaging services. To change your marketing preference let us know by emailing marketing@prescott-instruments.com  or by writing to us using the contact details provided below.

Contact Details

If you need to contact us about your information or your information rights, or to see a copy of our Model Clauses, please write to: Prescott Instruments Ltd., Unit F, Northway Trading Estate, Northway Lane, Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, UK, Gl20 8JH or marketing@prescott-instruments.com and we’ll be happy to help you.

Third Party Websites

The Website may contain links or be linked to other websites. (“Linked Website”) When you click on the Linked Website you will leave the Website and content controlled by us and will be linked to the Linked Website. We do not have any control on the content on the Linked Website and cannot be held responsible for the information on, and the operation of the Linked Website. However, we will delete the link to the Linked Website upon receiving any knowledge that illegal content or otherwise is provided on the Linked Website. The operators of the Linked Website may collect information from you that will be used by them in accordance with their privacy policy, which may differ from our privacy policy. We do not control the setting of the cookies on the Linked Website, so we suggest you check the Linked Websites for more information about their cookies and how to manage them.

Security

We are committed to the security of the Website and to providing a fraud-free customer interface. All information exchanged is encrypted using SSL software and we have made every attempt to ensure that your personal information is protected against unauthorized access.

Cookies

What is a Cookie?

Cookies are text files containing small amounts of information which are downloaded to your personal computer, mobile or other device when you visit a website. Cookies are then sent back to the originating website on each subsequent visit, or to another website that recognises that cookie.

Why do we use Cookies?

Cookies are essential to the operation of the Website because they identify the pages and actions you have previously visited. For example, when you add an item to your basket and go to another page on the Website, cookies enable the item to remain in your shopping basket.

As well as cookies that make the Website work, we also use cookies to identify any issues and areas for improvement. These analytical cookies help us make the Website better and identify which marketing channels are most effective.

The Cookies we use

The following is a list of the Cookies that we use on the Website and the purpose for which they are used. By continuing to use the Website, you are consenting to the use of these cookies.

Cookie Purpose

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These cookies are used to ensure that the data provided by site visitors is not lost when moving between pages. These cookies expire once the site visit is completed.

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These cookies are used to collect information about how visitors use this website. We use the information to create reports in a tool called Google Analytics. We use these reports to help us improve the site.

The cookies collect information anonymously, including:

  • the number of visitors to the site
  • whether visitors have previously been to the site
  • where visitors have come to the site from
  • the pages they visited

These cookies do not contain any personal data and it is not possible to identify individuals using them.