Lock Alarm is committed to safeguarding your privacy. Although we are legally obligated to do this we also have a genuine concern to to ensure your personal information is treated with same care and respect that we would want our own data to be treated.
Please read the following to understand how your personal information will be treated when you use our website, communicate with a member of our sales team or customer/technical support team, or otherwise interact with Lock Alarm.
What personal information do we collect?
We collect personal information from visitors to our website through the use of online forms. We also collect your details when you directly email us with an enquiry or we meet you at an event such as an exhibition, tradeshow or conference.
Typically the sort of personal information we collect is your name, your company name and your relevant contact details. We may also record certain details such as your IP address and any downloads you make from our website. If you are a customer we will have your data stored for the purposes of fulfilling orders, billing, shipping and offering customer/technical support in compliance with product warranties.
When you submit your information to us, either through the website, by email or in person, this is used by us in a variety of ways:
• Providing details about future products and services
• Providing services such as Key Registration, Replacement Keys etc.
• Facilitating orders placed by you
• Handling of enquiries to our sales team
• Manage and respond to queries to our customer/technical support team
We do not pass on your personal information to any third party. If you have attended an event we have exhibited at then we collect your name and email address and use this to send out news and information about Lock Alarm, most commonly in the form of a monthly or quarterly e-newsletter. You can unsubscribe from the mailing list at any time, either by using the unsubscribe feature at the bottom of the e-newsletter or by emailing privacy@lockalarm.com stating ‘UNSUBSCRIBE’ in the subject line of your email. Please note that when you unsubscribe we will retain a record of your email address to ensure we do not send you communications in future.
Disclosure, opt out and deletion of your data
Disclosures
We will not share your personal information with third parties unless (1) we are obliged to do so by law for purposes of national security, taxation or criminal investigation, or (2) it is necessary to protect the rights, interests, property, personal safety or employees of Lock Alarm.
Want to access or update your personal information?
You have the right to see the data we have collected about you. You also have the right to correct or update any personal data which is not accurate. If you have any requests concerning your personal information please email privacy@lockalarm.com outlining the information you require and/or any concerns you may have.
Opting out
If you’d like to opt-out of receiving email or newsletter communications from us, please email privacy@lockalarm.com. Our newsletters will always include an unsubscribe link at the bottom.
Data retention and deletion
We keep your personal information for as long as we need it for the purposes set out in the section ‘What personal information do we collect?’. The exact retention period will vary depending on your interactions with us. For example, where you have made a purchase with us, we will keep a record of your purchase for the period of time necessary for accounting, taxation and warranty purposes. We may also keep a record of correspondence with you for as long as is necessary to protect us from a legal claim.
When we no longer have a need to keep your information we will delete it.
Security of your personal information
We take the security of your data very seriously. We have implemented various strategies, controls and measures to keep your data secure once received.
Despite our best efforts to protect your personal information, we cannot ensure the security of any data during transmission to us, via, to, or from our website. We also cannot be held liable for any breaches of confidentiality that may occur as a result of the use of unencrypted email. If you have any sensitive or confidential data which you do not wish to communicate via our website or by email we recommend you contact us to arrange an alternative method of communication. Otherwise you transmit all such personal information at your own risk.
Third party websites
Our website may contain links to other websites that are outside our control and are not covered by this privacy policy. If you access other websites using the links provided, the operators of these sites may collect information from you that will be used by them in accordance with their privacy policy, which may differ from ours. We recommend you check the privacy policy of any other website first before submitting any personal information to it.
Cookies
From time to time we may use cookies and other similar technologies on our website to help us to provide you with a better experience when you browse our website and also to improve it. Cookies are small text files on your computer or mobile device created by a website to store information about your visit. Cookies do not contain any information that personally identifies you, but personal information may be linked to the information stored in and obtained from cookies.
When cookies are implemented they may be either session cookies and/or persistent cookies. Session cookies are strictly to allow the services that you request to be provided. Once you close your browser, session cookies will terminate. This is in contrast to persistent cookies which are stored on your device and will help to identify your device the next time you visit our website. There is a simple procedure in most browsers that allows you to disable the use of cookies should you so wish, although doing so may adversely affect the functionality of our website.
By using our website you accept the use of cookies as and when they are implemented.
Contact us
If you have any questions regarding this privacy policy or the way in which we process your personal information you can us at privacy@lockalarm.com. You are also entitled to contact the Information Commissioner’s Office if you have any concerns regarding your personal information.
Changes to our privacy policy
We may change this privacy policy from time to time to reflect changes in the law and/or regulatory compliance. The last update was in May 2018.
Any changes we may make to our privacy policy in the future will be available to view on our website. We recommend you check regularly to see any updates to our privacy policy.