Privacy Policy – General Data Protection Regulation

This privacy policy is active as of 25th May 2018 and is in compliance with the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

What personally identifiable information (PII) data does S. & M.C. Transport Ltd. collect when you subscribe to our email marketing list?

The information we collect when you subscribe to our email marketing list is your email address with the date & time when you subscribed.

We use your email address to keep in touch with you, providing job updates and marketing solely related to S. & M.C. Transport Ltd. We will never sell this information to third parties and it is only available to employees of S. & M.C Transport Ltd. for the marketing purposes of the company. Your data will never be sold to 3rd parties.

How can I remove my email address from your email marketing list?

You can change your mind at any time be clicking the unsubscribe link in the footer of any email you receive from us, or by contacting us at paul@smctransport.co.uk. If you contact us via email we will reply to confirm deletion.

What personally identifiable information (PII) data does S. & M.C. Tranport Ltd. collect when you set up a haulier account?

If you wish to start working for us we will request and hold the following data – company name, email address/es, physical address/es, employee name/names, telephone number/s, website address. We will also hold the relevant bank/payment details you give us. Your data will never be sold to 3rd parties. We will hold this data to contact you about jobs, send out job details and complete payments.

What personally identifiable information (PII) does S. & M.C. Tranport Ltd. collect from its customers?

S. & M.C. Transport Ltd. will hold the following customer data - company name, email address/es, physical address/es, employee name/names, telephone number/s, website address. We will also hold the relevant bank details you give us. Your data will never be sold to 3rd parties. We will hold this data to contact you and complete invoices for payments.

How can I request or have my PII data deleted?

If you would like to see or for us to delete any of this information please contact us at paul@smctransport.co.uk

How is my PII data information stored?

Your information is stored on our secure HTTPS password protected website. We may store your data on the Sage Live cloud accounting platform in accordance with their privacy policy and terms. We may also store your information on MailChimp, our marketing automation platform in accordance with their privacy policy and terms.

In the event of a data breach we would notify you immediately.

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 the information we collect online.

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 web page 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.