Here at SkilledBuild we are fully committed to ensuring that your privacy is protected. This policy, together with our Terms and Conditions, defines how we use your personal data and the systems we have in place to keep it safe.

We reserve the right to change this Privacy Policy as we consider necessary from time to time or as may be required by law. Any changes will be posted on the website and if we make alterations which may significantly affect the way we deal with your information, we will also notify you by email. This is so that you have the opportunity to have your details removed from our records if you do not agree with the amendments.  Otherwise you are deemed to have accepted the terms of the Policy on your first use of the website following the alterations.

It should be noted that it is possible to access certain parts of the website without providing any data at all. However, the SkilledBuild site has been specially made to provide customers a high level of customisation and other beneficial features such as a reward schemes. Therefore, to effectively use all the systems and services available on this website you will be required to submit account information or other data to create your ‘member account’.

PLEASE NOTE SKILLEDBUILD WILL NOT SELL ANY INFORMATION TO UNCONNECTED THIRD PARTIES.

How We Maintain Your Privacy

Data security is of great importance to SKILLEDBUILD and to protect your data we have put in place suitable physical, electronic and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure data collected online. We store the information provided to use on our secure servers where it can only be read by authorised personnel. Any payment transactions are encrypted using Secure Socket layer technology. This protects your data while being sent over the internet from being intercepted and misused by third parties. When you pay for a SKILLEDBUILD product via our website the process is controlled and carried out by SagePay and HSBC GlobalPayments. SKILLEDBUILD will not come into contact  or hold your card or banking details.

We strictly adhere to the Data Protection Act 1998 and all personal data is stored securely in accordance with this act. We also ensure that we are compliant with the Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations 2003.

Where we have given you (or where you have chosen) a password which enables you to access certain parts of our site, you are responsible for keeping this password confidential. We ask you not to share a password with anyone.

What Happens With Your Data

Any personal data you provide will be kept safe by SkilledBuild for as long as you use the services and systems provided on our website. If you submit data through any communications system that we may provide it can be retained for a longer period.

Any information you supply SkilledBuild with may be used by us from time to time in order to provide you with the best possible service and experience when using our website.  When you place an order, or use any online form on our website, respond to a survey, or enter a competition or promotion, we need to know your name and other information such as your postal address, email address, telephone number and your credit card number and expiry date or bank account details etc. (which are your personal data).However, please note again that SkilledBuild will not come into contact or hold your card or banking details as this will be handled by SagePay and HSBC GlobalPayments. By submitting this information you consent to our use of the information in accordance with this Privacy Policy. We gather this information to allow us to process your request.

The relevant information can also be used by us, specifically for any of the following reasons:

• Internal record keeping.
• Improvement of our products/services.
• Contact for market research purposes which may be done using email, telephone, fax or mail. Such information may be used to customise or update the web site.
• Protecting Your Security.
• We may also wish to provide you with information about special features of our website or any special service or products which we think may be of interest to you. If you would rather not receive this information, please send an email entitled ‘No Mail’ to us on enquiries@skilledbuild.co.uk.
• At times SkilledBuild might also use aggregate information and statistics for the purposes of monitoring website usage in order to help us develop the website and our service and may provide such aggregate information to third parties. These statistics will not include information that can be used to identify any individual.
• SkilledBuild will never give or sell your details or information about you to unconnected third party organisations.

Links to Other Websites

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

Disclosure Of Your Information.

We might need to disclose your personal data where we are under a legal duty to comply with any statutory obligation or in order to enforce or apply our Terms and Conditions and other agreements. We may also need to disclose information to protect our rights, property or safety of our customers or others which includes exchanging information with other companies and organisations for the purposes of fraud protection and credit risk reduction. Other than this, however, your personal data will not be disclosed to third parties.

SkilledBuild may expand or reduce its business and this may involve the sale of certain divisions, or the transfer of control of certain divisions to other parties. Data provided by users will, where it is relevant to any division so transferred, be transferred along with that decision and the new owner or newly controlling party will, under the terms of this Policy, be permitted to use the Data for the purposes for which it was supplied by you. In the event that any data submitted by users will be transferred in such a manner, you will be contacted in advance and informed of the changed. When contacted you will be given the choice to have your data deleted or withheld from the new owner or controller.

Cookies

A cookie is a small file which asks permission to be placed on your computer's hard drive. Once you agree, the file is added and the cookie helps analyse web traffic or lets you know when you visit a particular site. Cookies allow web applications to respond to you as an individual. The web application can tailor its operations to your needs, likes and dislikes by gathering and remembering information about your preferences.

We use traffic log cookies to identify which pages are being used. This helps us analyse data about web page traffic and improve our website in order to tailor it to customer needs. We only use this information for statistical analysis purposes and then the data is removed from the system.

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. You can choose to accept or decline cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer, however, this may prevent you from taking full advantage of the website.

You can choose not to accept our cookies by activating the setting on your browser which allows you to refuse cookies. However, if you select this setting you may be unable to access a large amount of the SkilledBuild website. Unless you have adjusted your browser setting so that it will refuse cookies, our system will issue cookies when you log on to our site, like all other websites. Modern  browsers provide the ability to navigate the web privately by using ‘private browsing mode’ or you can use a proxy server, which allows web users to see pages via a third party web server. Conversely, you can set your browser to delete cookies after each session of web browser use.

List Of Cookies We Collect

The table below lists the cookies we collect and what information they store.

Accessing Your Information

If any of the information you have provided to us has changed (i.e. your email address, home address, name, contact number for payment enquiries) please update your details in your ‘My Account’ area.

Should you wish to view  the personal information that we hold about you please write to us at our company headquarters. You will need to include a brief description about the information you require to enable it to be located, proof of identification and payment of our £10 administration fee (cheque to Progressive Enterprises Ltd) We will then respond to you within 40 days of the date of your request.