Introduction


Mayflower Engineering Ltd is committed to protecting your privacy. By using our website or by using or enquiring about our products or services, you are agreeing to the use of your data as described in this policy.


How we will use your data


By submitting any or all of your details you are agreeing to one or all of the following:
• Mayflower Engineering Ltd will keep a record of your details for a proportionate and appropriate period of time or until you submit a request for your data to be removed.
• A representative of Mayflower Engineering (or a contractor authorised to work on our behalf) may contact you for the purposes that you have requested, for sales and marketing purposes or to communicate information about ongoing contracts or tenders between the two companies.
• We may use your data to create profiles for marketing and sales purposes. For instance, an individual may be categorised as ‘frequent buyer’ or ‘large projects manager’. This helps us to provide tailored services and sales offers, as well as providing you with more relevant information.
• You may receive promotional collateral, such as leaflets, give-aways and newsletters
• You may receive appropriate digital communication such as promotional or informational emails, or messages via social media.
• You may receive requests for further information, such as customer feedback or market research surveys
You can update your communication preferences via our Preference Centre, which is located in the footer of sales, marketing and technical emails that you receive from us. Alternatively, you can contact us to discuss your rights as detailed below.


Legitimate Interest Assessment

We process information under GDPR consent rules based on “Legitimate Interest”. View our Legitimate Interest Assessment here


Sharing of data

Mayflower Engineering sometimes employs contractors to work on our behalf (for example: Design Engineers, Skilled Workers or Sales Agents). Where appropriate, we may share your data with these contractors, who will be required to sign Non-Disclosure Agreements and will not be permitted to process your data for their own use, share your data with other parties or process your data for any purpose not stated in this Privacy Policy.
We will not share your data with third parties (with the exception of contractors working on our behalf, as stated above),


Cookies

Our website uses cookies which enable us to gather analytical data about the visitors to our website. Using tools such as Google Analytics, Mayflower Engineering Ltd is able to analyse trends which help us to understand the performance of our website and the type of visitors that we receive.

Cookies are small files that are created when you visit certain websites using your web browser. When you re-visit that website, the browser retrieves the cookie and sends it to the websites server. Cookies are not viruses and cannot run programmes. Cookies can be used to provide analytical information the website owner, or to provide visitors with customised content. 

Generally, web browsers enable cookies by default. However, they can be disabled in your browser settings. Be aware that if you do disable cookies, you might find that certain websites have limited functionality or are no longer available to you.


Changes to this Policy

Changes to this policy will viewable at www.mayflower-engineering.co.uk/privacy_policy and will immediately supersede any previous versions of our policy. We suggest that you periodically read and review our privacy policy.


Contacting Us

If you have questions, issues or concerns regarding this privacy policy please email Joe Wright - jwright@mayflower-engineering.co.uk

Your rights

We are committed to protecting your rights, in line with GDPR. You are therefore able to request:
• To review the information that we keep about you
• That we correct any errors, omissions or outdated information we keep about you
• That we do not use your information to contact/solicit you
• To change your preferences or opt out of being contacted for sales or marketing purposes
• To have your data removed from our records

You also have the right to launch a formal complaint with a supervisory authority should you feel that your rights have been breached.