Privacy Notice
We are Permaconn Limited (we, us, our). We area private limited company registered with company number 16511379 and our registered office is C/O Mitchell Charlesworth, 3rd Floor, 44 Peter Street, Manchester, United Kingdom, M2 5GP. We are committed to protecting the privacy and security of your personal data. This Privacy Notice describes how we collect, use and look after your personal data when you order our products and services, make use of the Permaconn System or visit our website [permaconn.com](our Website) (regardless of where you visit it from). It also tells you about your rights and how the law protects you.
1 Important information
1.1 This Privacy Notice supplements the other notices and terms published on our Website (including our website terms of use (Terms)) and is not intended to override them.
1.2 We are the controller of, and are responsible for, your personal data.
1.3 To assist you further in understanding this Privacy Notice, we have set out in the Schedule a glossary of terms used in this Privacy Notice, examples of types of personal data we collect, how we use it, the lawful basis for processing such data and further details of your rights.
1.4 Our Website may include links to third-party websites, plug-ins and applications. By clicking on these links or enabling connections you may be allowing third parties to collect or share your personal data. We have no control over these third-party websites, plug-ins or applications and are not responsible for their privacy notices, therefore you should read their privacy notices to understand what personal data they collect about you and how they use it.
2 Contact Us
2.1 If you have any questions about this Privacy Notice, including any requests to exercise your legal rights, please contact us in writing, either by:
Email: privacy@permaconn.com
Post: C/O Mitchell Charlesworth, 3rd Floor, 44 Peter Street, Manchester, United Kingdom, M2 5GP
2.2 You have the right to make a complaint at any time to the ICO at www.ico.org.uk. We would, however, appreciate the chance to deal with your concerns before you approach the ICO, so please contact us in the firstinstance.
2.3 It is important that the data we hold about you is accurate and current, therefore please keep us informed of any changes to your personal data.
3 The data we collect about you
3.1 We may collect, use, store and transfer the types of personal data about you listed in Part 1 of theSchedule.
3.2 We also collect, use and share aggregated data. However, if we combine aggregated data with your personal data so that it can directly or indirectly identify you, we treat this as your personal data.
3.3 Our Website is not intended for children and we do not knowingly collect data relating to children.
3.4 We do not collect any special categories of personal data or any information about criminal convictions and offences.
3.5 If we are required by law, or under the terms of a contract we have with you, to collect your personal data and you fail to provide it:
3.5.1 we may not be able to enter into or perform the contract with you; and/or
3.5.2 we may have to cancel the supply of our products and services to you and/or the contract (as applicable).
We will notify you of this at the relevant time.
4 How personal data is collected
We collect personal data in the following ways:
Direct interactions
You may provide personal data when you register for an account with us, order products and/or services from our Website or otherwise, correspond with us (by post, phone or email) or where we contact you to ask you to leave a review of our products and/or services.
Automated technology
We automatically collect personal data (technical and usage) when you browse or interact with our Website, by using cookies, server logs and other similar technologies. We may also receive technical data about you if you visit other websites which use our cookies. Please see our Cookies Policy [LINK] for further details.
Publicly available sources
We may collect personal data from publicly availably sources such the Electoral Register and credit reference agencies, based inside the UK.
Third parties
We may receive personal data from: (a) analytics providers based outside the UK, such as Google; (b) advertising networks; (c) search information providers; and (d) our suppliers such as website support and maintenance providers.
5 How we use your personal data
5.1 We will only use your personal data when the law allows us to. Most commonly, we will use your personal data:
5.1.1 to perform the contract we are to enter into or have entered into with you for the sale and supply of products and/or services;
5.1.2 to comply with a legal obligation; or
5.1.3 where it is necessary to carryout our legitimate interests (or those of a third party) and your interests and fundamental rights do not override those interests.
5.2 Part 2 of the Schedule sets out the lawful basis we will rely on to process your personal data.
5.3 Please note that we may process your personal data for more than one lawful ground depending on the specific purpose for which we are using your information.
6 Change of purpose
6.1 We will only use your personal data for the purpose that we originally collected it for, unless we reasonably consider that we need to use it for another reason and that reason is compatible with the original purpose or we have a lawful basis to change the purpose.
6.2 If we need to use your personal data for an unrelated purpose, we will notify you and we will explain the legal basis which allows us to use your personal data in this manner.
6.3 We may process your personal data (without your knowledge or consent) where this is required or permitted bylaw.
7 Marketing
7.1 You will only receive marketing communications from us, if you have:
7.1.1 purchased products and/or services from us; or
7.1.2 you have provided your consent to receive marketing communications and have not opted out of receiving marketing communications, unsubscribed from our mailing list or withdrawn your consent.
7.2 We may ask you as part of our follow-up process to leave a review of our products and/or services.
7.3 We will not share your personal data with third parties for their marketing purposes.
7.4 How to opt out - You can opt out of email marketing by clicking the unsubscribe button within the particular marketing email. You can also withdraw your consent to receive marketing communications and asked to be removed from our mailing list at any time by contacting us.
7.5 Even if you opt out of receiving marketing communications, we may still use your personal data for other purposes provided we have a lawful basis to do so.
8 Disclosure of your personal data
8.1 We will only share your personal data with the Third Parties set out in Part 4 of the Schedule. We require all Third Parties to respect the security of your personal data and to treat it in accordance with the law. Such Third Parties can only process your personal data for specified purposes and in accordance with our instructions.
8.2 We do not transfer your personal data outside of the UK.
9 Data security
9.1 We operate appropriate security measures to prevent personal data from being accidentally lost, used or accessed in an unauthorised way, altered or disclosed. Access to personal data is restricted to individuals who have a business need to know it, are under confidentiality obligations and can only process it on our instructions.
9.2 We have procedures in place to deal with any suspected personal data breach and will notify you and any applicable regulator of a breach where we are legally required to do so.
10 Data retention
10.1 We will only retain your personal data for as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes we collected it for, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal, accounting, or reporting requirements.
10.2 We may update our data retention practices from to time and you can request details by contacting us. However, we are legally required to keep basic information about our customers (including contact, identity, financial and transaction data) for six years after the end of the tax year in which they cease being customers, for tax purposes.
10.3 We may also anonymise your personal data (so that it can no longer be associated with you) for research or statistical purposes. We can use anonymised information indefinitely without further notice to you.
11 Your legal rights
11.1 Your legal rights in relation to your personal data are set out in full in Part 3 of the Schedule. If you wish to exercise any of your rights, please contact our us.
11.2 You will not have to pay a fee to exercise any of your rights unless your request is clearly unfounded, repetitive or excessive. In which case, we may charge a reasonable fee for this information or refuse to comply with your request.
11.3 We may ask you to provide further information to help us confirm your identity. This is a security measure to ensure that personal data is not disclosed to any person who does not have the right to receive it.
11.4 We aim to respond to all legitimate requests within one month. If your request is particularly complex or you have made a number of requests it may take us longer to respond. In this case, we will notify you and keep you updated.
12 Updates
12.1 We may change this PrivacyNotice from time to time by updating this page. Please check it regularly to ensure that you are aware of any changes.
12.2 This Privacy Notice was last updated in June 2025.
Contact data
Billing address, delivery address, email address and telephone number.
Identity data
Company name, first name, last name.
Marketing and communication data
Your preferences in receiving marketing from us and your communication preferences.
Profile data
Purchases or orders made by you and your preferences.
Technical data
Internet protocol (IP) address, your login data, browser type and version, time zone setting and location, browser plug-in types and versions, operating system and platform and other technology on the devices you use to access our Website.
Transaction data
Details about payments to and from you and other details of products you have purchased from us.
Usage data
Information about how you use our website, products and services.
The lawful basis upon which we may rely on to process your personal data are:
Consent
You have given your express consent for us to process your personal data for a specific purpose.
Contract
The processing is necessary for us to perform our contractual obligations with you under our contract, or because you have asked us to take specific steps before entering into a contract with you.
Legal obligation
The processing is necessary for us to comply with a legal or regulatory obligation.
Legitimate interests
The processing is necessary for our or a third party’s legitimate interest e.g. in order for us to provide the best service to you via our Website. Before we process your personal data on this basis we make sure we consider and balance any potential impact on you, and we will not use your personal data on this basis where such impact outweighs our interest.
Set out below are specific details of the processing activities we undertake with your personal data and the lawful basis for doing this:
Purpose/Activity
Type of data
Lawful basis for processing
To register you as a new customer.
Contact and identity
To perform our contract with you.
To process and deliver your order, manage payments, fees and charges and debt recovery.
Contact, financial, identity, marketing and communications and transaction
(i) to perform our contract with you;
(ii) as necessary for our legitimate interest in recovering debts due to us.
To manage our relationship with you and notify you of changes to our Terms or Privacy Notice.
Contact, identity, profile, and marketing and communications
(i) to perform our contract with you;
(ii) as necessary to comply with a legal obligation;
(iii) as necessary for our legitimate interests in keeping our records updated and analysing how customers use our products/services.
To administer and protect our business and this Website (including troubleshooting, data analysis, testing, system maintenance, support, reporting and hosting of data).
Contact, identity and technical
(i) as necessary for our legitimate interests in running our business, provision of administration and IT services, network security, to prevent fraud and in the context of a business reorganisation or group restructuring exercise;
(ii) as necessary to comply with any legal obligations.
To deliver relevant website content/advertisements to you and measure or understand the effectiveness of our advertising.
Contact, identity, profile, marketing, communications, technical and usage
As necessary for our legitimate interests in studying how customers use our products/services, to develop them, to grow our business and to inform our marketing strategy.
To use data analytics to improve our Website, products/services, marketing, customer relationships and experiences.
Technical and usage
As necessary for our legitimate interests to define types of customers for our products and services, to keep our Website updated and relevant, to develop our business and to inform our marketing strategy.
You have the following legal rights in relation toyour personal data:
Access your data
You can ask for access to and a copy of your personal data and check we are lawfully processing it.
Correction
You can ask us to correct any incomplete or inaccurate personal data we hold about you.
Erasure
You can ask us to delete or remove your personal data where:
(a) there is no good reason for us continuing to process it;
(b) you have successfully exercised your right to object (see below);
(c) we may have processed your information unlawfully; or
(d) we are required to erase your personal data to comply with local law.
We may not always be able to comply with your request for specific legal reasons, which will be notified to you at the time of your request.
Object
You can object to the processing of your personal data where:
(a) we are relying on our legitimate interest (or those of a third party) as the basis for processing your personal data, if you feel it impacts on your fundamental rights and freedoms;
(b) we are processing your personal data for direct marketing purposes.
In some cases, we may demonstrate that we have compelling legitimate grounds to process your information which override your rights and freedoms and in such circumstances we can continue to process your personal data for such purposes.
Restrict processing
You can ask us to suspend or restrict the processing of your personal data, if:
(a) you want us to establish the accuracy of your personal data;
(b) our use of your personal data is unlawful, but you do not want us to erase it;
(c) you need us to hold your personal data (where we no longer require it) as you need it to establish, exercise or defend legal claims; or
(d) you have objected to our use of your personal data, but we need to verify whether we have overriding legitimate grounds to use it.
Request a transfer
You can request a transfer of your personal data which is held in an automated manner and in relation to which you provided your consent for us to process such personal data or which we need to process to perform our contract with you, to you or a third party. We will provide your personal data in a structured, commonly used, machine-readable format.
Withdraw your consent
You can withdraw your consent at any time (where we are relying on consent to process your personal data). This does not affect the lawfulness of any processing carried out before you withdraw your consent.
Service providers
Our IT and system administration service providers, acting as processors.
Resellers
Our reseller partners, acting as controllers, through whom you may have purchased our products and services. Where this applies to you, please check the privacy notice of the relevant reseller partner for more information on how your personal data may be processed.
Professional advisors
Acting as processors or controllers including lawyers, bankers, auditors and insurers who provide consultancy, banking, legal, insurance and accounting services.
HM Revenue & Customs, regulators and other authorities
Acting as processors or controllers who require reporting of processing activities in certain circumstances.
Other third parties
Such third parties whom we may choose to sell, transfer, or merge parts of our business or our assets. Alternatively, we may seek to acquire other businesses or merge with them. If a change happens to our business, then the new owners may use your personal data in the same way as set out in this Privacy Notice.
Aggregated data
Information such as statistical or demographic data which may be derived from personal data but which cannot by itself identify a data subject.
Controller
A body that determines the purposes and means of processing personal data.
Data subject
An individual living person identified by personal data (which will generally be you).
ICO
Information Commissioner’s Office, the UK supervisory authority for data protection issues.
Personal data
Information identifying a data subject from that data alone or with other data we may hold but it does not include anonymised or aggregated data.
Processor
A body that is responsible for processing personal data on behalf of a controller.
Special categories of personal data
Information about race, ethnicity, political opinions, religious or philosophical beliefs, trade union membership, health, genetic, biometric data, sex life and sexual orientation.