Privacy Policy
VINmotor understands that your privacy is important to you and that you care about how your personal data is used. We respect and value the privacy of everyone who visits this website. www.vinmotor.com will only collect and use personal data in ways that are described here, and in a way that is consistent with our obligations and your rights under the law.
Please read this Privacy Policy carefully and ensure that you understand it—your acceptance of this Privacy Policy.
1. Information About Us
Our site is owned and operated by
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2. What Does This Policy Cover?
This Privacy Policy applies only to your use of our site. The site may contain links to other websites. Please note that we have no control over how your data is collected, stored, or used by other websites and we advise you to check the privacy policies of any such websites before providing any data to them.
3. What Is Personal Data?
Personal data is defined by the General Data Protection Regulation (EU Regulation 2016/679) (the “GDPR”). And the Data Protection Act 2018 (collectively, “the Data Protection Legislation”) as ‘any information relating to an identifiable person who can be directly or indirectly identified in particular by reference to an identifier’.
Personal data is, in simpler terms, any information about you that enables you to be identified. Personal data covers obvious information such as your name and contact details, but it also covers less obvious information such as identification numbers, electronic location data, and other online identifiers.
4. What Are My Rights?
Under the Data Protection Legislation, you have the following rights, which we will always work to uphold:
a) You have the right to be informed about our collection and use of your personal data. This Privacy Policy should tell you everything you need to know, but you can always contact us to find out more or to ask any questions.
b) The right to access the personal data we hold about you. Part 11 will tell you how to do this.
c) You have the right to have your personal data rectified, if any of your data held by us in inaccurate or incomplete, please contact us.
d) The right to restrict (i.e., prevent) the processing of your personal data.
e) You have the right to object to us using your personal data for a particular purpose or purposes.
f) The right to withdraw consent. This means that, if we are relying on your consent as the legal basis for using your personal data, you are free to withdraw that consent at any time.
g) The right to data portability. This means that, if you have provided personal data to us directly, we are using it with your consent. Or for the performance of a contract and that data is processed using automated means, you can ask us for a copy of that personal data.
h) Rights relating to automated decision-making and profiling. We do not use your personal data in this way.
For more information about our use of your personal data or exercising your rights as outlined above, please contact us to find out more.
Your personal data must be kept accurate and up to date. If any of the personal data we hold about you changes, please keep us informed as long as we have that data.
Further information about your rights can also be obtained from the Information Commissioner’s Office or your local Citizens Advice Bureau.
If you have any cause for complaint about our use of your personal data, you have the right to complain about the information to the Commissioner’s Office. We would welcome the opportunity to resolve your concerns ourselves, however, so please contact us first.
5. What Data Do You Collect and How?
Depending upon your use of our Site, we may collect and hold some or all of the personal and non-personal data. We do not collect any ‘special category’ or ‘sensitive’ personal data.
6. How Do You Use My Personal Data?
Under the Data Protection Legislation, we must always have a lawful basis for using personal data.
With your permission and/or where permitted by law, we may also use your personal data for marketing purposes, which may include contacting you by email and/or telephone with information, news, and offers on our and services.
You will not be sent any unlawful marketing or spam. We will always work to fully protect your rights and comply with our obligations under the Data Protection Legislation and the Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations 2003, and you will always have the opportunity to opt-out. We will always obtain your express opt-in consent before sharing your personal data with third parties for marketing purposes, and you will be able to opt-out at any time.
We will only use your personal data for the purpose(s) for which it was originally collected unless we reasonably believe that another purpose is compatible with that or those original purpose(s) and need to use your personal data for that purpose. If we use your personal data in this way and wish us to explain how the new purpose is compatible with the original, please contact us.
Suppose we need to use your personal data for a purpose that is unrelated to, or incompatible with, the purpose(s) for which it was initially collected. In that case, we will inform you and explain the legal basis, which allows us to do so.
In some circumstances, where permitted or required by law, we may process your personal data without your knowledge or consent. This will only be done within the bounds of the Data Protection Legislation and your legal rights.
7. How Long Will You Keep My Personal Data?
We will not keep your personal data for any longer than is necessary for light of the reason(s) for which it was first collected. Your personal data will therefore be kept for the following periods 5 years (or, where there is no fixed period, the following factors will be used to determine how long it is kept):
8. How and Where Do You Store or Transfer My Personal Data?
We will only store or transfer your personal data or store or transfer some of your personal data within the UK. This means that it will be fully protected under the Data Protection Legislation.
We will only store or transfer your personal data or store or transfer some of your personal data within the European Economic Area (the “EEA”). The EEA consists of all EU member states, plus Norway, Iceland, and Liechtenstein. This means that your personal data will be fully protected under the Data Protection Legislation, GDPR, and/or to equivalent standards by law.
We may store or transfer some or all of your personal data in countries that are not part of the European Economic Area (the “EEA” consists of all EU member states, plus Norway, Iceland, and Liechtenstein), EEA. These are known as “third countries” and may not have data protection laws that are as strong as those in the UK and/or the EEA. This means that we will take additional steps to ensure that your personal data is treated just as safely and securely as it would be within the UK and under the Data Protection Legislation as follows:
We share your data within the group of companies of which we are am a part. This involves the transfer of personal data outside the EEA. Our group ensures that personal data is protected by requiring all companies within the group to follow the same rules for personal data usage. These are known as “binding corporate rules”. More information on binding corporate rules is available from the European Commission.
We will only transfer your personal data to third countries whose levels of data protection are deemed ‘adequate’ by the European Commission. More information is available from the European Commission.
We use specific contracts with external third parties approved by the European Commission to transfer personal data to third countries. These contracts require the same levels of personal data protection that would apply under the Data Protection Legislation. More information is available from the European Commission.
The security of your personal data is essential to us, and to protect your data; we take several necessary measures, including the following:
limiting access to your personal data to those employees, agents, contractors, and other third parties with a legitimate need to know and ensure that they are subject to confidentiality duties.
9. Do You Share My Personal Data?
We will not share any of your personal data with any third parties for any purposes, subject to the following exception.
We sell, transfer, or merge parts of our business or assets; your personal data may be transferred to a third party. Any new owner of our business may continue to use your personal data in the same way(s) that we have used it, as specified in this Privacy Policy.
In some limited circumstances, we may be legally required to share certain personal data, which might include yours, if we are involved in legal proceedings or complying with legal obligations, a court order, or the instructions of a government authority.
We may sometimes contract with the following third parties to supply certain products or services.
Suppose any of your personal data is shared with a third party, as described above. In that case, we will take steps to ensure that your personal data is handled safely, securely, and in accordance with your rights, our obligations, and the third party’s obligations under the law.
If any personal data is transferred outside of the EEA, we will take suitable steps in order to ensure that your personal data is treated just as safely and securely as it would be within the UK and under the Data Protection Legislation, as explained above in part
If we sell, transfer, or merge parts of our business or assets, your personal data may be transferred to a third party. Any new owner of our business may continue to use your personal data in the same way(s) that we have used it, as specified in this Privacy Policy.
In some limited circumstances, we may be legally required to share certain personal data, which might include yours, if we are involved in legal proceedings or complying with legal obligations, a court order, or the instructions of a government authority.
When requesting a referral to one of our partners, you agree that we can provide them with personal data to process your request, this data will consist of (Company name, Personal name, Telephone number, e-mail address, personal or business address) This information is only passed over for the process of the referral and no other purposes.. If you do not authorise this data to be issued, do not request for a referral to be sent
10. Can I Withhold Information?
You may access certain areas of our Site without providing any personal data at all. However, to use all features and functions available on our site, you may be required to submit or allow for collecting certain data.
11. How Can I Access My Personal Data?
If you want to know what personal data we have about you, you can ask us for details of that personal data. This is known as a “subject access request”.
12. How Do I Contact You?
To contact us about anything to do with your personal data and data protection, including to make a subject access request, please use the following details:
Email address: [email protected]
13. Changes to this Privacy Policy
We may change this Privacy Notice from time to time. This may be necessary, for example, if the law changes, or if we change our business in a way that affects personal data protection.
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 following the alterations. We recommend that you check this page regularly to keep up to date.
This Privacy Policy was last updated on 04/10/2022.