Privacy policy for Couriers in the UK.com

Introduction

Couriers in the UK.com is incorporated in England, United Kingdom, carrying on business as a directory and information-based website, and we are committed to protecting any data that we collect concerning you. By using our services you agree to the use of the data that we collect in accordance with this Privacy Policy.

We are committed to protecting your privacy

We collect the minimum amount of information about you that is commensurate with providing you with a satisfactory service. This Policy indicates the type of processes that may result in data being collected about you. Your use of this website gives us the right to collect that information.

Information Collected

We may collect any or all of the information that you give us depending on the type of transaction you enter into, including your name, address, telephone number, and email address. Our prime sources of information collection are from the completion of the bronze, silver and gold company listings and display advertising forms on the site by businesses in the UK which requires providing us with a range of relevant information about those businesses. Other information that may be needed from time to time to process a request may also be collected as indicated on the website.

Where visitors submit information via forms etc, in doing so they are deemed to have consented to the collection, processing and storage of that information.
Information submitted will be stored by the webmaster as an e-mail message and used to process any requests,and may be retained for a reasonable period. Where a business transaction is then enacted commercial records may be retained for up to seven years.

Data in relation to credit card payments is processed by Paypal on a secure website linked to ours and they have their own privacy policy.

Information Use

We use the information collected primarily to process the task for which you visited the website. Data collected in the UK is held in accordance with the Data Protection Act. All reasonable precautions are taken to prevent unauthorised access to this information. This safeguard may require you to provide additional forms of identity should you wish to obtain information about your details.

Any company or individual wishing to have a company listing removed from the site can do so at any time. The request for removal will be treated as a matter of urgency and will be carried out as a priority by this site’s webmaster. Requests for removal or changes/alterations to a listing can be made by completing and submitting the form on the site’s Contact Us page, giving full detail of your requirements in the enquiry/comments box.

Disclosing Information

We do not disclose any personal information obtained about you from this website to third parties except when we need to do so in order to complete a transaction – e.g. when a courier or other service or business featured on the site chooses to purchase a bronze,silver or gold listing or advertising space on this site. We may also use the information to keep in contact with you and inform you of developments associated with our business. You will be given the opportunity to remove yourself from any mailing list or similar device. If at any time in the future we should wish to disclose information collected on this website to any third party, it would only be with your knowledge and consent.

We may from time to time provide information of a general nature to third parties - for example, the number of individuals visiting our website or completing, but we will not use any information that could identify those individuals.

Changes to this Policy

Any changes to our Privacy Policy will be placed here and will supersede this version of our Policy. We will take reasonable steps to draw your attention to any changes in our Policy. However, for your own satisfaction, we suggest that you read this document each time you use the website to ensure that it still meets with your approval.