GENERAL BUSINESS ACTIVITIES
When you buy goods or services from us, you are entering into a contract with us. We will need to set up an account for you in order to fulfil our obligations as a supplier. To set this up, we will ask you to provide some personal information such as;
- Full name
- Company Name
- Position within the company
- Address (for delivery)
- Address (for invoicing)
- Work phone number(s)
- Mobile phone number
- Work e-mail address(es)
All payments over our website are processed by PayPal Pro and we do not store credit card details. If you have a pre-payment account with us, we may require some further details to enable payment.
If you have a credit account with us or are setting up a credit account with us, we get information about you from credit reference agencies. This is covered in more detail in the section, Who we share your information with and why.
SUPPORT
To enable us to fulfil our support obligations, we may need to obtain the following pieces of information, but this will be discussed with you should the need arise:
- Name of a designated contact at the detailed site
- Phone number of the designated contact at the detailed site
- E-mail address of the designated contact the detailed site
WEBSITE
In order to undertake website personalisation, we will also gather information about the devices you use to access our sites (desktop and mobile), and this may include IP address. For further information on our use of cookies and tracking please see our “Cookie Notice”.
VISITS AND MEETINGS AT ESCAPE TECHNOLOGY LTD
If you should visit our premises, Escape Technology Ltd uses CCTV for security purposes so images; video footage of you and/or your vehicle may be stored.
For fire safety reasons, we will also insist that a visitor pass be completed which will request the following information
- Name
- Company Name
- Vehicle registration number (if applicable)
Information on your visitor pass will be destroyed when you leave our premises.
All personal data is processed and stored securely, for no longer than is necessary in light of the reason(s) for which it was first collected, see section titled How long we keep your information. We will comply with our obligations and safeguard your rights under the Data Protection Act 2018 (DPA 2018) at all times.
Data Protection says that we are permitted to use and share your personal data only where we have a proper reason to do so. The law says we must have one or more of these reasons and these are:
- Contract - your personal information is processed in order to fulfil a contractual arrangement e.g. to fulfil orders and provide the support and services we are obliged to.
- Consent – where you agree to us using your information in this way e.g. for storing your payment information, providing marketing and product information, etc.
- Legitimate Interests - this means the interests of Escape Technology Ltd in managing our business to allow us to provide you with the best service in the most secure and appropriate way e.g. to transfer your data to certain Third Parties such as delivery partners.
- Legal Obligation – where there is statutory or other legal requirement to share the information e.g. when we have to share your information for law enforcement purposes.
Here is a list of some of the ways that we may use your personal information, and which of the reasons described above we rely on to do so. Where we list legitimate interests as a reason, we also describe below what we believe these legitimate interests are.
| WHAT WE USE YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION FOR | OUR REASONS (LEGAL BASIS) | OUR EXPLANATION OF ESCAPE TECHNOLOGY LTD’S LEGITIMATE INTERESTS |
|---|
| Creation and maintenance of your Escape Technology Ltd account |
Legitimate Interest |
To enable efficient and professional business activities |
| Storing payment information (where applicable) |
Consent |
N/A |
| Replying to your e-mails |
Legitimate Interest / Consent |
To enable functional communication for business activities |
| Processing of orders |
Contractual |
N/A |
| Notifying you of your order status |
Legitimate Interest |
To keep you informed and to enable us to maximise our service to you |
| Provide technical support |
Consent / Contractual |
N/A |
| Provide warranty services |
Consent / Contractual |
N/A |
| To detect, investigate and, where necessary, report suspected illegal activities |
Legal Obligation |
We have a duty to comply with any regulations that apply to us and that potentially involves reporting suspected illicit and/or illegal activities |
| Undertake website personalisation and administration |
Legitimate Interest |
Enabling our website to work for you and provide the best viewing experience |
| Marketing Communications |
Legitimate Interest |
To keep you informed and enable functional communication for business activities |
| Notifying you of critical product updates (e.g. security updates) |
Legitimate Interest |
To keep you informed should we identify a critical update or piece of information relating you are a product or service you have purchased from us |
| To contact you regarding customer satisfaction surveys |
Legitimate Interest |
To ensure you are satisfied with our levels of service and support |
| To contact you in the event that you submit a complaint about our products and services |
Legitimate Interest |
Should you have cause to complain about our products and services, we have a duty to investigate and follow up on this complaint |
| Logistics planning and stock forecasting |
Legitimate Interest |
We observe procurement trends to help us better forecast with our suppliers which, in turn, reduces future lead time and an improved service. |
With your permission and/or where permitted by law, we may also use your data for marketing purposes which may include contacting you by e-mail, telephone, text message, and/or post with information, news, and offers on our products and services. If you wish to withdraw your consent at any time, simply click the ‘unsubscribe’[HW16] [U17] [U18] link at the bottom of the communication in question or alert us by any of the methods described in the Keeping in touch with you section. We will not, however, send you any unsolicited marketing or spam and will take all reasonable steps to ensure that we fully protect your rights and comply with our obligations under the GDPR and the Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations 2003.
SUPPLIER PARTNERS
Escape Technology Ltd works with a number of trusted partners who provide some of the products and services we offer. Our partners are contractually obliged to maintain the highest levels of personal data security and will only hold the minimum amount of personal information needed to fulfil the orders/services you require
DELIVERY PARTNERS
Escape Technology Ltd works with a number of trusted partners who provide some of the products and services we offer. Our partners are contractually obliged to maintain the highest levels of personal data security and will only hold the minimum amount of personal information needed to fulfil the orders/services you require (such as courier services, etc.)
MARKETING COMPANIES
If you have opted into our marketing communications, some of these communications are delivered from third party services and it will be necessary to provide some details to enable this function. The minimal amount of data provided will be used only for this purpose. Our primary third-party marketing provider for electronic communications is Mailchimp and their privacy policy can be found here: https://mailchimp.com/legal/privacy/
CREDIT REFERENCE AGENCIES
When you apply for credit with us, we will make searches with credit reference agencies. We do this to make sure customers who apply for credit accounts are able to manage the level of credit offered and not committing fraud by providing false or inaccurate information.
In order to process an application, we will supply your personal information to credit reference agencies (CRA’s) and they will give us information about you, such as your financial history. We do this to assess your creditworthiness and product suitability, check your identity, manage your account, trace, recover debts and prevent criminal activity.
We will also continue to exchange information about you with the CRAs on an ongoing basis, including about your settled accounts and any debts not fully repaid on time. CRAs will share your information with other organisations. Your data may be linked to any joint applicants or other financial associates.
SUPPLIER PARTNERS
We want to keep you up to date with information about new products, services, and special offers that we feel would be of benefit to you. When you set your account up with Escape Technology Ltd, we will ask you if you want to receive this type of marketing information; our default position is to not provide this service unless you consent.
Escape Technology Ltd will not share your information with companies outside of our Group without your explicit consent.
If you decide you no longer want to receive marketing information you can request that we stop by speaking with your account manager, by clicking the "unsubscribe" link at the bottom of any of our marketing correspondence, or by e-mailing This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. You may continue to receive mailings for a short period while your request is dealt with.
If we collect your personal information, the length of time we retain it is determined by a number of factors including the purpose for which we use that information and our obligations under other laws. We may need your personal information to establish, bring, or defend legal claims. For this purpose, we will, in general, retain your personal information for up to 7 years after the date it is no longer needed by us for any of the purposes listed under How we use your information above. Exceptions to this are where:
- the law requires us to hold your personal information for a longer period, or delete it sooner;
- you exercise your right to have the information erased (where it applies) and we do not need to hold it in connection with any of the reasons permitted or required under the law;
- we bring or defend a legal claim or other proceedings during the period we retain your personal information, in which case we will retain your personal information until those proceedings have concluded and no further appeals are possible; or
- in limited cases, existing or future law or a court or regulator requires us to keep your personal information for a longer or shorter period.
We may, from time to time, expand or reduce our business and this may involve the sale and/or the transfer of control of all or part of our business. Any personal data that you have provided will, where it is relevant to any part of our business that is being transferred, be transferred along with that part and the new owner or newly controlling party will, under the terms of this Privacy Policy, be permitted to use that data only for the same purposes for which it was originally collected by Escape Technology Ltd.
In the event that any of your data is to be transferred in such a manner, you will be contacted in advance and informed of the changes. When contacted you will be given the choice to have your data deleted or withheld from the new owner or controller.
You are entitled to request the following from Escape Technology Ltd, these are called your Data Subject Rights and there is more information on these on the Information Commissioners website (www.ico.org.uk).
- Right to transparency – to be informed about our collection of your personal information and how we use it
- Right of access – to request access to your personal information and information about how we process it
- Right to rectification – to have your personal information corrected if it is inaccurate and to have incomplete personal information completed
- Right to erasure (also known as the Right to be Forgotten) – to have your personal information erased.
- Right to restriction of processing – to restrict processing of your personal information to only certain activities
- Right to data portability – to electronically move, copy or transfer your personal information in a standard form
- Right to object – to object to processing of your personal information
- Rights with respect to automated decision making and profiling
You have the right to lodge a complaint with a data protection regulator in the UK, in particular in a country you work or live or where your legal rights have been infringed. The contact details for the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), the data protection regulator in the UK, are available on the ICO website (www.ico.org.uk) where your personal information has or is being used in a way that you believe does not comply with the GDPR, however, we encourage you to contact us before making any complaint and we will seek to resolve any issues or concerns you may have.
This notice is designed to help you understand what cookies are, how Escape Technology Ltd uses them and the choices you have regarding their use.
By continuing to use https://www.escape-technology.com the “Site”, you are agreeing to our use of cookies in the manner described in this notice.
WHAT ARE COOKIES?
Cookies are small text files that are stored in your browser or the hard drive of your computer or other device when you visit the Site. This allows the Site to recognise you as a user either for the duration of your visit (using a ‘session cookie’) or for repeat visits (a ‘persistent cookie’). They are not harmful and do not contain any information such as your home address, date of birth or credit card details.
The cookies we may use fall into three broad types:
STRICTLY NECESSARY COOKIES
These cookies are essential in helping you to move around our Site and use its features, such as accessing secure areas of the website. Without these cookies, services you have asked for, such as setting up an account, viewing product information, etc cannot be provided. These cookies do not gather information about you that could be used for marketing or remembering where you have been on the internet.
ANALYTICAL/PERFORMANCE COOKIES
In order to keep the Site, its services and products relevant, easy to use and up to date, we use web analytics services to help us understand how people use our Site. For example, we can see which parts of the Site and products are most popular, identify when errors occur, and test different versions of a page or feature to see which one works best.
FUNCTIONALITY COOKIES
These cookies allow websites and applications to remember choices you make (such as your username, language or the region you are in) and provide enhanced, more personal features. The information these cookies collect is usually anonymised which means we cannot identify you personally. They do not gather any information about you that could be used for selling advertising or remembering where you've been on the internet, but do help us to serve you with site content that is more relevant to you.
If you would like more information on any of these types of Cookies, including how to opt-out, please visit http://www.youronlinechoices.com
WHAT DO WE USE COOKIES FOR?
They enable you to transact, whilst other non-essential cookies enable us to give you an enhanced, personalised web experience and determine relevant products to show you.
- To personalise and improve your customer experience.
- To allow you to securely sign into your Escape Technology Ltd Portal account, so that you can use the services we offer such as Technical Support, Returns Authorisation, Managing orders, account maintenance, etc.
- To recognise the device that you are using.
- To store the content of your online shopping bag whilst you browse the site and to complete an order.
- To distribute visitors to our Site evenly across platforms to ensure the content is served at the fastest possible speed.
- We also offer you the facility to share your experience on our Site through social media sites such as Facebook and Twitter. By using these features, you are consenting to allow cookies from these providers. More information about how these providers use cookies can be found at their websites.
Cookies are an essential part of how our Site works, as they remember certain information about a visitor. Escape Technology Ltd uses First Party cookies (these are placed there and used solely by Escape Technology Ltd) and Third-Party cookies (these are placed there by third parties we work with).
ARE COOKIES SAFE?
Yes. The information stored in cookies is safe and anonymous to any external third-party and your account security is never compromised. You can find more information about cookies at http://www.allaboutcookies.org and http://www.youronlinechoices.com.
For a video about cookies visit https://www.google.com/intl/en-GB/policies/technologies/cookies/
CAN I TURN OFF COOKIES?
Yes – but if you choose not to allow the use of cookies, your experience of our Site will be limited and many integral aspects of the Site, including (but not limited to) adding items to your shopping bag and accessing your account, will not work at all.
To change your cookie settings, or if you want to be notified each time a cookie is about to be used, you should amend the settings provided in your web browser to prevent us from storing cookies on your computer hard drive.
For information on how to disable cookies, please consult the "Help" tab of your browser via the menu bar. For further information on non-essential cookies used for targeting and banner advertising please see below.
DETAILS OF THE COOKIES WE USE
EMBEDDED CONTENT
From time to time we may embed photos or video content from websites such as Flickr or YouTube. As a result, when you visit a page containing these items you may be presented with cookies from these websites.
We do not control these cookies and you should check the relevant third party's website for more information on their cookies usage or privacy policies.
SHARING TOOLS
On a lot of our pages you will see sharing buttons which enable you to easily share content with your friends through the most common social networks. When you click on any of these links, a cookie may be set by the social network you have chosen to use. As with embedded content, we do not control these cookies, so always check with your chosen social network for more information.
We may change this Privacy Policy from time to time (for example, if the law changes). Any changes will be immediately posted on Our Site and you will be deemed to have accepted the terms of the Privacy Policy on your first use of our Site or your continued business practices following the alterations. We recommend that you check this page regularly to keep up to date.
Should you need to contact us for any information security or privacy matters please contact us using one of the following options:
Write to us at: Data Protection Team, Boston Limited, Unit 5 Curo Park, Frogmore, St Albans, Hertfordshire, AL2 2DD, UK
E-mail us at: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Alternatively, please phone us on +44 (0) 1727 876100 and ask to speak to your account manager or the Data Protection Team.