Privacy & Cookies Policy

Privacy & Cookies Policy

At Metal Roofing Tools, we value your privacy and are committed to protecting your personal information. This Privacy Policy outlines how we collect, use, and share your information when you visit our website, https://metalroofingtools.co.uk/

Operational and Website Privacy Policy

Information We Collect When you visit our website, we automatically collect certain information about your device, including information about your web browser, IP address, time zone, and some of the cookies that are installed on your device. Additionally, as you browse our website, we collect information about the individual web pages or products that you view, what websites or search terms referred you to our website, and information about how you interact with our website.

We collect this information using the following technologies:

  • Cookies: small data files that are placed on your device or computer and often include an anonymous unique identifier. For more information about cookies, and how to disable cookies, visit http://www.allaboutcookies.org.
  • Log files: track actions occurring on the website, and collect data including your IP address, browser type, Internet service provider, referring/exit pages, and date/time stamps.

When you make a purchase or attempt to make a purchase through our website, we collect certain information from you, including your name, billing address, shipping address, payment information (including credit card numbers), email address, and phone number. We refer to this information as “Order Information”.

How We Use Your Information We use the Order Information that we collect generally to fulfill any orders placed through our website (including processing your payment information, arranging for shipping, and providing you with invoices and/or order confirmations). Additionally, we use this Order Information to:

  • Communicate with you;
  • Screen our orders for potential risk or fraud; and
  • When in line with the preferences you have shared with us, provide you with information or advertising relating to our products or services.

We use the Device Information that we collect to help us screen for potential risk and fraud (in particular, your IP address), and more generally to improve and optimize our website (for example, by generating analytics about how our customers browse and interact with the website, and to assess the success of our marketing and advertising campaigns).

Sharing Your Information We may share your personal information with third parties to help us use your personal information, as described above. For example, we use Shopify to power our online store--you can read more about how Shopify uses your Personal Information here: https://www.shopify.com/legal/privacy. We also use Google Analytics to help us understand how our customers use the website--you can read more about how Google uses your Personal Information here: https://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy/. You can also opt-out of Google Analytics here: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.

We may also share your information to comply with applicable laws and regulations, to respond to a subpoena, search warrant or other lawful request for information we receive, or to otherwise protect our rights.

Behavioral Advertising As described above, we may use your Personal Information to provide you with targeted advertisements or marketing communications we believe may be of interest to you. For more information about how targeted advertising works, you can visit the Network Advertising Initiative’s (“NAI”) educational page at http://www.networkadvertising.org/understanding-online-advertising/how-does-it-work.

You can opt-out of targeted advertising by using the links below:

Do Not Track Please note that we do not alter our website’s data collection and use practices when we see a Do Not Track signal from your browser.

European Economic Area (EEA)

If you are a resident of the European Economic Area (EEA), you have certain data protection rights. We aim to take reasonable steps to allow you to correct, amend, delete, or limit the use of your personal information.

If you wish to be informed what personal information we hold about you and if you want it to be removed from our systems, please contact us at https://metalroofingtools.co.uk/pages/contact-us.

In certain circumstances, you have the following data protection rights:

  • The right to access, update or to delete the information we have on you;
  • The right of rectification: you have the right to have any inaccurate information about you corrected;
  • The right to object to processing: you have the right to object to our processing of your personal data;
  • The right to restrict processing: you have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal data;
  • The right to data portability: you have the right to request that we transfer the data that we have collected to another organization, or directly to you.

If you make a request, we have one month to respond to you. If you would like to exercise any of these rights, please contact us at https://metalroofingtools.co.uk/pages/contact-us.

Cookies Policy

We use cookies to enhance your user experience and personalize content and ads on our website. Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer or mobile device when you visit a website.

We use both session cookies, which expire when you close your browser, and persistent cookies, which stay on your computer until they expire or you delete them.

The cookies we use fall into the following categories:

  • Essential cookies: these cookies are necessary for the website to function properly;
  • Analytics cookies: these cookies help us understand how our customers use the website and improve our website’s performance and user experience;
  • Advertising cookies: these cookies are used to personalize ads that we show to you based on your browsing behavior and interests.

You can control and manage cookies using your browser settings. Most browsers allow you to refuse or delete cookies, but this may affect the functionality of the website.

Changes to this Privacy and Cookies Policy We may update this Privacy and Cookies Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons. If we make material changes to this Privacy and Cookies Policy, we will notify you by email or by posting a notice on our website prior to the effective date of the changes.

Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy and Cookies Policy or our practices, or if you wish to exercise your data protection rights, please contact us at https://metalroofingtools.co.uk/pages/contact-us


Privacy Statement
At 
Metal Roofing Tools we are committed to maintaining the trust and confidence of our customers and website visitors by respecting, protecting and offering transparency regarding the data we gather and hold on you. The objective of this policy is to offer you an insight into how we collect and store your personal data that you have provided to us. We do not share your information with any third parties outside of our organisation 


If you have additional questions or require more information about our Privacy Policy, do not hesitate to contact us. 

Privacy Policy
This privacy policy sets out how Metal Roofing Tools 
uses and protects any information that you give Metal Roofing Tools when you trade this us.

Metal Roofing Tools is committed to ensuring that your privacy is protected. Should we ask you to provide certain information by which you can be identified when using our services or website, then you can be assured that it will only be used in accordance with this privacy statement.

Metal Roofing Tools may change this policy from time to time by updating this page. You should check this page from time to time to ensure that you are happy with any changes. 

What We Collect
We collect the following information:

  • Name and job title

  • Contact information including email address

  • Business addresses including depots and branches

  • Telephone Number

  • (IP) address

  • Buying Group 

  • Trade Afiliation

What We Do With The Information We Gather
We require this information to understand your needs and provide you with a better service, and in particular for the following reasons:

  • Internal record keeping.

  • We may use the information to improve our products and services.

  • We may periodically send promotional emails about new products, special offers or other information which we think you may find interesting using the email address which you have provided.

  • From time to time, we may also use your information to contact you for market research purposes. We may contact you by email, phone, fax or mail. We may use the information to customise the website according to your interests.

  • Information which is exclusive to an order or contract is not retained on our databases for any other purposes unless express instructions or permissions have been issued by the customer. 

  • All sales transactional documents are stored on our electronic archive system in accordance with HMRC requirements 

Email Marketing
We use Mail Chimp as a provider to broadcast our Email marketing material. We utilise a double opt-in policy to ensure recipients want to hear from us. You can unsubscribe or update your marketing preferences at any time by simply clicking the links found in the footer of our email. Our Mail Chimp database is GDPR compliant. 

Security
We are committed to ensuring that your information is secure. In order to prevent unauthorised access or disclosure, we have put in place suitable physical, electronic and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure all of the information we collect.

How We Use Cookies
A cookie is a small file which asks permission to be placed on your computer's hard drive. Once you agree, the file is added and the cookie helps analyse web traffic or lets you know when you visit a particular site. Cookies allow web applications to respond to you as an individual. The web application can tailor its operations to your needs, likes and dislikes by gathering and remembering information about your preferences.

We use traffic log cookies to identify which pages are being used. This helps us analyse data about webpage traffic and improve our website in order to tailor it to customer needs. We only use this information for statistical analysis purposes and then the data is removed from the system.

Overall, cookies help us provide you with a better website by enabling us to monitor which pages you find useful and which you do not. A cookie in no way gives us access to your computer or any information about you, other than the data you choose to share with us.

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. This may prevent you from taking full advantage of the website.

DoubleClick DART Cookie

Google is one of a third-party vendor on our site. It also uses cookies, known as DART cookies, to serve ads to our site visitors based upon their visit to Metal Roofing Tools
 and other sites on the internet. However, visitors may choose to decline the use of DART cookies by visiting the Google ad and content network Privacy Policy at the following URL – https://policies.google.com/technologies/ads.

Some of advertisers on our site may use cookies and web beacons. Our advertising partners are listed below. Each of our advertising partners has their own Privacy Policy for their policies on user data. For easier access, we hyperlinked to their Privacy Policies below.

• Google

https://policies.google.com/technologies/ads

We also use Facebook to display adverts, promotions and news to customers who have previously visited our website in the last 90 days. 

Links To Other Websites
Our website may contain links to other websites of interest. However, once you have used these links to leave our site, you should note that we do not have any control over that other website. Therefore, we cannot be responsible for the protection and privacy of any information which you provide whilst visiting such sites and such sites are not governed by this privacy statement. You should exercise caution and look at the privacy statement applicable to the website in question.

Controlling Your Personal Information

You may request details via our personal data protection officer for information which we hold about you under the Data Protection Act 1998. If you would like a copy of the information held on you please email Metal Roofing Tools.


If you believe that any information we are holding on you is incorrect or incomplete, please write to or email us as soon as possible at the above address. We will promptly correct any information found to be incorrect.

The Metal Roofing Tools online store is built on the Shopify Platform. Shopify’s Privacy Policy can be found here:

h​ttps://www.shopify.com/legal/privacy​.

Shopify encrypts data sent to and from merchants and buyers using the HTTPS protocol.

SECTION 1 - WHAT DO WE DO WITH YOUR INFORMATION?

When you purchase something from our store, as part of the buying and selling process, we collect the personal information you give us such as your name, address and email address.
When you browse our store, we also automatically receive your computer’s internet protocol (IP) address in order to provide us with information that helps us learn about your browser and operating system.
Email marketing (if applicable): With your permission, we may send you emails about our store, new products and other updates.

SECTION 2 - CONSENT

How do you get my consent?
When you provide us with personal information to complete a transaction, verify your credit card, place an order, arrange for a delivery or return a purchase, we imply that you consent to our collecting it and using it for that specific reason only.


If we ask for your personal information for a secondary reason, like marketing, we will either ask you directly for your expressed consent, or provide you with an opportunity to say no.

How do I withdraw my consent?
If after you opt-in, you change your mind, you may withdraw your consent for us to contact you, for the continued collection, use or disclosure of your information, at anytime, by contacting us at vania@metseam.com or mailing us at: 

Metal Roofing Tools
Silverwood Industrial Estate
Northern
Ireland
BT66 6LN

SECTION 3 - DISCLOSURE

We may disclose your personal information if we are required by law to do so or if you violate our Terms of Service.

SECTION 4 - SHOPIFY

Our store is hosted on Shopify Inc. They provide us with the online e-commerce platform that allows us to sell our products and services to you.
Your data is stored through Shopify’s data storage, databases and the general Shopify application. They store your data on a secure server behind a firewall.

Payment:
If you choose a direct payment gateway to complete your purchase, then Shopify stores your credit card data. It is encrypted through the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI-DSS). Your purchase transaction data is stored only as long as is necessary to complete your purchase transaction. After that is complete, your purchase transaction information is deleted.
All direct payment gateways adhere to the standards set by PCI-DSS as managed by the PCI Security Standards Council, which is a joint effort of brands like Visa, Mastercard, American Express and Discover.
PCI-DSS requirements help ensure the secure handling of credit card information by our store and its service providers.

For more insight, you may also want to read Shopify’s Terms of Service (https://www.shopify.com/legal/terms) or Privacy Statement (https://www.shopify.com/legal/privacy).

SECTION 5 - THIRD-PARTY SERVICES

In general, the third-party providers used by us will only collect, use and disclose your information to the extent necessary to allow them to perform the services they provide to us.However, certain third-party service providers, such as payment gateways and other payment transaction processors, have their own privacy policies in respect to the information we are required to provide to them for your purchase-related transactions.


For these providers, we recommend that you read their privacy policies so you can understand the manner in which your personal information will be handled by these providers.


In particular, remember that certain providers may be located in or have facilities that are located a different jurisdiction than either you or us. So if you elect to proceed with a transaction that involves the services of a third-party service provider, then your information may become subject to the laws of the jurisdiction(s) in which that service provider or its facilities are located.
As an example, if you are located in Canada and your transaction is processed by a payment gateway located in the United States, then your personal information used in completing that transaction may be subject to disclosure under United States legislation, including the Patriot Act.


Once you leave our store’s website or are redirected to a third-party website or application, you are no longer governed by this Privacy Policy or our website’s Terms of Service.

Links
When you click on links on our store, they may direct you away from our site. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of other sites and encourage you to read their privacy statements.


SECTION 6 - SECURITY

To protect your personal information, we take reasonable precautions and follow industry best practices to make sure it is not inappropriately lost, misused, accessed, disclosed, altered or destroyed.
If you provide us with your credit card information, the information is encrypted using secure socket layer technology (SSL) and stored with a AES-256 encryption. Although no method of transmission over the Internet or electronic storage is 100% secure, we follow all PCI-DSS requirements and implement additional generally accepted industry standards.

SECTION 7 - COOKIES

Here is a list of cookies that we use. We’ve listed them here so you that you can choose if you want to opt-out of cookies or not.


_session_id, unique token, sessional, Allows Shopify to store information about your session (referrer, landing page, etc).


_shopify_visit, no data held, Persistent for 30 minutes from the last visit, Used by our website provider’s internal stats tracker to record the number of visits


_shopify_uniq, no data held, expires midnight (relative to the visitor) of the next day, Counts the number of visits to a store by a single customer.
cart, unique token, persistent for 2 weeks, Stores information about the contents of your cart.


_secure_session_id, unique token, sessional
storefront_digest, unique token, indefinite If the shop has a password, this is used to determine if the current visitor has access.


SECTION 8 - AGE OF CONSENT

By using this site, you represent that you are at least the age of majority in your state or province of residence, or that you are the age of majority in your state or province of residence and you have given us your consent to allow any of your minor dependents to use this site.

SECTION 9 - CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY

We reserve the right to modify this privacy policy at any time, so please review it frequently. Changes and clarifications will take effect immediately upon their posting on the website. If we make material changes to this policy, we will notify you here that it has been updated, so that you are aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances, if any, we use and/or disclose it.
If our store is acquired or merged with another company, your information may be transferred to the new owners so that we may continue to sell products to you.

QUESTIONS AND CONTACT INFORMATION

If you would like to: access, correct, amend or delete any personal information we have about you, register a complaint, or simply want more information contact our Privacy Compliance Officer at https://metalroofingtools.co.uk/pages/contact-us or by mail at:

Metal Roofing Tools
Silverwood Industrial Estate
Northern
Ireland
BT66 6LN