Our Commitment to Your Privacy

It is really important to us that you trust us with your personal information, so we want to make sure that you understand what information we hold about you and how we collect, store and process it in order to provide our products and services to you.

Please read this Privacy Policy carefully and if you have any questions about it, or what we do with your personal information, please fill out the form in the ‘Accessing your personal information’ section below.

What personal information do we collect?

The personal information we collect from you will depend on the service you have requested from us – and may include your full name, email address, telephone number, business name, business address and website address.

Online Contact messages

From the contact messages we receive, we will collect your full name, email address, country and the message as a minimum, as well as a telephone number if you choose to include one.

E-commerce orders

For e-commerce orders, we will collect your name, company name and telephone number, as well as the billing, delivery and email addresses, details of the products you have ordered and any delivery notes.

When you purchase online, your payments are processed by WorldPay who have world-class security measures in place to protect your money. We do not receive or store your payment information as this is encrypted and managed by WorldPay – Their privacy policy can be found here – https://www.worldpay.com/uk/privacy-policy.

Direct Contact

When we have direct contact with you, for example a pricing enquiry, request for brochures and samples or technical information, we will collect your name and business name (where applicable) as a minimum in order to complete your request.

We are likely to also require your email address, telephone number and business or residential address.

What do we use your personal information for?

We will process the information you provide to us in the following ways for the purpose of (and on the basis of) providing the products and services we have been engaged to deliver to you:

How do we protect your personal information?

We aim to protect your personal information by:

*By third parties, we mean companies we may work with to improve our service as a business. Please note, we have never sold, nor will we ever sell any personal data to any third party.

How long do we keep your personal information?

Wherever practicable, we will retain your personal information for no longer than is necessary; however, there are circumstances in which we will keep your information for longer, including;

Who else has access to your personal information?

In order to provide you with the products and services that you have requested from us, we use a third party who may also need to process your personal information:

WorldPay
WorldPay is our website payment gateway provider, their privacy policy can be found at:
https://www.worldpay.com/uk/privacy-policy-and- cookies/

As our requirements change, we may need to change the third parties who process your information to meet those requirements. In some cases, these third parties may be based outside of the European Economic Area (EEA), however, as part of our due diligence, in terms of data protection we will always ensure they operate as if they were based inside the EEA.

Accessing your personal information

You have the following rights regarding your personal information:

If you wish to exercise any of your rights regarding the personal information we hold about you, please submit a request via our website contact page.
Once you have submitted the form, we will be in touch as soon as possible to assist with your request.

IP addresses and server logs

Our web sites records IP addresses and produces server logs. This information is used solely for monitoring the volume of traffic the sites receive and measuring the number of visitors. We do not use the information for tracking the activities of individual visitors to the sites.

Use of cookies by our websites

Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer by websites that you visit. They are widely used in order to make websites work, or work more efficiently, as well as to provide information to the owners of the site. Any cookies that may be used by our websites are used either solely on a per session basis, or to maintain user preferences. Cookies are not shared with any third parties.

Necessary Cookies

PHPSESSID
This is an essential temporary cookie used to store data about your visit and any choices you make or data you enter. This cookie is deleted when you close your browser.

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This cookie is added when you close our cookie notice bar.

Functionality Cookies

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These cookies are used to collect information about how visitors use our site. We use the information to compile reports and to help us improve the site. The cookies collect information in an anonymous form, including the number of visitors to the site; where visitors have come to the site from and the pages they visit.

Applicable law

This website and the use of it is governed by English law and English courts shall have exclusive jurisdiction over any related disputes.

Queries or concerns

If you are concerned about how we have treated your information, please fill in the contact form on our website and we will assist you to make things right. Alternatively, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the Information Commissioner’s Office, who can be contacted via their website – https://ico.org.uk.

This policy may be updated from time to time.

We reserve the right to change this Policy at any time, and any amended policy is effective upon posting to this website and will make every effort to communicate any significant changes to you via email. Your continued use of our services will be deemed acceptance of any amended policy.

Last updated: May 2018

Get in touch

Thames Medical Ltd
8 A’Becket Gardens
Worthing
West Sussex
BN13 2BW
Telephone:
01903 522911
Email: info@thamesmedical.com