Privacy policy

Privacy Policy

In accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation and related UK data protection legislation, we are committed to protecting the confidentiality and security of the information that you provide to us.

This Privacy Policy is designed to help you understand how we collect and use your information.

If you have any questions or queries about this policy please contact us.

Who we are

"Zygology" (also referred to in this Notice as “we”, “us”, or “our”) means Zygology Systems Ltd.

How to contact us:

For any questions or concerns relating to this Privacy Policy or our data protection practices, or to make a subject access or any other request regarding the information we hold, please contact us at:

Zygology Systems Limited
Unit 1 The Courtyard
Furlong Road
Bourne End
SL8 5AU

Telephone: 01628 520 440 or Email: sales@zygology.co.uk

Website: www.zygology.co.uk

Why we need and how we use your personal information

We only collect, use and store your information where we have lawful grounds and legitimate business reasons to do so.

We collect, use and store your personal information in order to fulfil requests for quotes, products and services as part our labels, labelling systems, signage and safety products business.

The use of your data is essential for us to process quotes, orders and arrange (for example) service contracts. We may also use it to keep our records up to date, to notify you about changes to our products and services and to help us in develop new products and services.

If you do not provide the information required we are unlikely to be able to provide certain services to you.

We may monitor calls, emails, text messages and other communications with you. When you contact us, we may keep a record of that correspondence and any information provided to us during that or any subsequent communication.

Marketing

We would like to keep you updated about our relevant products and services by email, SMS and/or telephone. If we intend to use your data for such purposes or if we intend to disclose your information to any third party for such purposes we will only do so with your consent. Your consent will be obtained specifically at the appropriate time.

If you have already consented and wish us to stop using your information for this purpose or any other purpose then please contact us.

Nature of personal information

Personal data is any information that may identify a living individual.

We collect personal information such as name, contact details, financial details and other personal details depending on the nature of the products & services we offer.

We do not collect sensitive personal information.

Sharing information

We will only supply your personal information to other parties where such a transfer is a necessary part of the activities that we undertake, where you give us consent or where we are required to do so by law or regulation (e.g. where the disclosure is necessary for the purposes of the prevention and/or detection of crime).

We may also disclose your information to service providers engaged to perform services on our behalf. Such service providers are contractually restricted from using or disclosing the information we give them except as necessary to perform services on our behalf or to comply with legal requirements.

We only share your information if we are satisfied that our partners or suppliers have sufficient measures in place to protect your information in the same way that we do.

Disclosure may also be made to enable company audits, regulatory inspections or to investigate a complaint, suspicion of fraud or a security threat.

We never share your information outside our organisation for marketing purposes.

You understand that we may disclose the information you provide to relevant other parties for the purposes described in this Notice.

Information security

We have in place reasonable commercial standards of technology and operational security to protect all information provided by visitors via this Website from unauthorised access, disclosure, alteration, or destruction.

Log information, cookies, and web beacons

This site collects standard internet log information including your IP address, browser type and language, access times and referring website addresses. To ensure that this Website is well managed and to facilitate improved navigation, we or our service providers may also use cookies (small text files stored in a user’s browser) or Web beacons (electronic images that allow this Website to count visitors who have accessed a particular page and to access certain cookies) to collect aggregate data. Additional information on how we use cookies and other tracking technologies and how you can control these can be found in our cookie policy.

Transfer of personal data outside the UK

Certain personal information held on our Information Technology systems may be transferred across geographical borders in accordance with applicable law.

By providing us with your information, you consent to the collection, international transfer, storage, and processing of your information. These transfers are governed by European Union (EU) standard contractual clauses or equivalent data transfer agreements to protect the security and confidentiality of personal information.

How long we keep information about you

We will keep your information for as long as it is required to enable us to provide our products and services and deal with necessary follow up actions. This will usually be a minimum period of seven years or otherwise as determined by law or regulation. Once we determine that we no longer need your information it will be securely and confidentially destroyed.

Your data protection rights

You have certain legal rights under UK data protection law and regulations, summarised as follows:

  • The right to be informed about our data processing activities, including through Privacy Notices such as this.
  • The right of access to the personal information we hold about you. To request a copy of this information you must make a subject access request in writing to us.
  • The right of rectification. You may ask us to correct any inaccurate or incomplete data within one month.
  • The right to erasure and to restrict processing. You have the right to have your personal data erased and to prevent processing except where we have a legal obligation to process your personal information. You should bear in mind that by exercising this right you may hinder or prevent our ability to provide products and services.
  • The right to data portability. On your request, we will provide you with your personal data in a structured format.
  • The right to object. You have particular rights in relation to automated decision making and profiling to reduce the risk that a potentially damaging decision is taken without human intervention. You can object to your personal data being used for profiling, direct marketing or research purposes.

If you want to invoke any of these rights please write to us:

Zygology Systems Limited
Unit 1 The Courtyard
Furlong Road
Bourne End
SL8 5AU

Telephone: 01628 520 440 or Email: sales@zygology.co.uk

Withdrawal of consent

Where you have provided your specific consent to the use of personal data, you may withdraw that consent by contacting us:

Zygology Systems Limited
Unit 1 The Courtyard
Furlong Road
Bourne End
SL8 5AU

Telephone: 01628 520 440 or Email: sales@zygology.co.uk

Links to other websites

Our website may contain hyperlinks to websites owned and operated by third parties. This Privacy Policy does not apply to those other websites. We encourage you to read the privacy statements on the other websites you visit, as they will govern the use of any personal data you provide when visiting those websites. We do not accept any responsibility or liability for the privacy practices of such third party websites and your use of such websites is at your own risk.

How to make a complaint

If you wish to make a complaint about how we hold or use your data, please contact us:

Zygology Systems Limited
Unit 1 The Courtyard
Furlong Road
Bourne End
SL8 5AU

Telephone: 01628 520 440 or Email: sales@zygology.co.uk

If you are dissatisfied with how we deal with your complaint, you may contact the Information Commissioner’s Office:

The Information Commissioner
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Cheshire
SK9 5AF

Telephone: 0303 123 1113 or Website: ico.org.uk

Information from other sources

We may use legal public sources such as the electoral roll and other third-party sources such as credit reference agencies to obtain information about you, for example to verify your identity or check your credit history.

In some cases, you will have previously submitted your personal information to them and given them approval to pass this information on for certain purposes.

Such information will only be obtained from reputable sources which operate in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation.

We may amend this Privacy Policy from time to time for example, to keep it up to date or to comply with legal requirements. The latest version of this policy can be found at www.zygology.co.uk/privacy-policy/