Privacy Policy

Auto Spares & Salvage Ltd is committed to protecting your privacy. We aim to provide an enjoyable and valuable service when using our website.

This statement outlines:

  • The types of information that is collected on this website
  • How it is used
  • How it is safeguarded
  • How cookies may be used
  • Your rights regarding Data Protection
  • How to contact us

We may change this policy from time to time by updating this page.

Information collected by our website

For the purpose of making an enquiry or placing a bid or an order on our website, we may collect the following information:

  • Your name and contact information
  • Email address
  • Preferences and interests

We require the information to understand your needs and to provide you with more information for the product(s) or service(s) that you have requested, and to enable us to complete the sales/purchase of a transaction or subscription to auction access. The data will not be used for marketing purposes. We may contact you by email, phone, text or mail for vehicle purchasing reasons only.

Controlling your personal information

We are committed to ensuring that your information is secure and have implemented suitable, physical, electronic and managerial procedure to safeguard your personal information from unauthorised access, use and disclosure.

Certain sensitive information such as credit/debit card details used as payment for mail orders will be processed using a 3D security system.

The data is stored securely by us in a management system for internal record keeping and to allow us to comply with our legal obligations as a business, including but not limited to HMRC, DVLA, SMDA 13 or where we believe it is necessary to disclose your personal information to comply with legal and enforcement processes.

We share your information where it is required to fulfil your transaction or request, for example:

  • Courier, transport or shipping companies
  • Business partners to fulfil our contractual obligations

The data will be destroyed when we are no longer legally obliged to retain it.

Website Security & Emails

We use a third-party service to help maintain and safeguard the performance of our website. Information is secured within the website by means of encrypted access and appropriate restrictions.

We use a third party to provide & protect our email service. All email traffic is monitored for virus and malicious software including file attachments.

External Links & Social Media

Our website may contain links to other websites of interest or social media platforms. However, once you have used these links to leave our site, you should note that we do not have any control over that website. Therefore, we cannot be responsible for the protection and privacy of information which you provide when 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.

If you send us a private or direct message via social media, the message will be stored with our password protected account and will not be shared with any other organisations.

CCTV

Auto Spares & Salvage Ltd uses CCTV throughout the site for security purposes and appropriate signage is displayed. The system is hosted on site, and recordings are deleted monthly unless required for legal reasons.

An introduction to cookies

A cookie is a small data file that is automatically placed onto your computer's hard drive. Cookie files are created by our website and placed onto your device in order to analyse and influence your preferences or behavior. Analytical cookies are designed to track your journey and experience on our website – so that we may tailor your experience and gather data. 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.

The majority of modern web browsers will automatically allow cookies to be placed onto your device. However you can usually modify your browser's settings in order to prevent any cookies from being placed onto your device. Setting your browser to block cookies may prevent you from taking full advantage of our website.

Cookies deployed by our website:

  • Ensure that functionality operates as intended
  • Remember your choices and preferences during and between visits
  • Allow you to share pages via popular social media networks
  • Allow you to interact with our website by leaving comments or opinions
  • Post enquiries via online forms
  • Track your visit for statistical analysis, allowing us to improve the usability, speed and security of our website

Cookies are not deployed to:

  • Collect any personal identifiable information (without your express permission)
  • Collect any sensitive information (without your express permission)
  • Pass data to advertising networks
  • Pass personally identifiable data to third parties
  • Pay sales commissions

Your consent for cookie deployment

Upon your first visit to our website, you may have noticed our banner alerting you to the use of cookies by our website. In compliance with the 2011 EU Cookie Law, our website operates on an 'Implied Consent' basis. This means that we have assumed that you have 'opted-in' for our website to deploy cookies until you choose to deactivate them within your browser settings.

How to disable cookies

Most modern browsers allow you to control your cookie settings for all websites that you browse. You can disable cookie deployment completely by editing your browser settings, however in doing this you may be limiting the functionality that is displayed on our website.

Access to Personal Information

If you wish to contact us regarding this Privacy Statement, the information we hold about you or you would like to amend the information we have or request we delete the information, please email: info@takemycaraway.co.uk or you can contact us at:

The Data Protection Officer
Auto Spares & Salvage Ltd
Station House
Station Road
Raunds
Wellingborough
Northamptonshire
NN9 6BX

We will respond to you within one month. Before we are able to provide you with or correct any information we will need to be confident that the request is genuine and we may seek verification of your identity.

If you are not satisfied

If you are not satisfied about the way in which we have handled your request, you have the right to complain to the Information Commissioner's Office in the UK. Details can be found at https://ico.org.uk