PROTECTING YOUR DATA

Privacy Notice

At Thames Valley Plumbing Supplies, we value your privacy and are committed to protecting your personal information. This privacy notice outlines how we collect, use and safeguard your data when you interact with us. Our goal is to be transparent about our data practices and ensure you feel confident about how your information is handled.

Last updated - 28 March 2025

1.  Contact Details

Post

Thames Valley Plumbing Supplies Limited
Unit 4 Kentwood Farm
Warren House Road
Wokingham
Berkshire
RG40 5RE

Telephone

01276 681188

Email

[email protected]

2.  What Information We Collect, Use, and Why

We collect or use the following information to provide services and goods, including delivery:

  • Names and contact details
  • Addresses
  • Date of birth
  • Purchase or account history
  • Payment details (including card or bank information for transfers and direct debits)
  • Credit reference information
  • Account information
  • Website user information (including user journeys and cookie tracking)

We collect or use the following information for the operation of customer accounts and guarantees:

  • Names and contact details
  • Addresses
  • Payment details (including card or bank information for transfers and direct debits)
  • Purchase history
  • Account information, including registration details

3.  Lawful Bases and Data Protection Rights

Under UK data protection law, we must have a "lawful basis" for collecting and using your personal information. There is a list of possible lawful bases in the UK GDPR. You can find out more about lawful bases on the ICO's website.

Which lawful basis we rely on may affect your data protection rights which are in brief set out below. You can find out more about your data protection rights and the exemptions which may apply on the ICO's website:

If you make a request, we must respond to you without undue delay and in any event within one month.

To make a data protection rights request, please contact us using the contact details at the top of this privacy notice.

Our Lawful Bases for the Collection and Use of Your Data

Our lawful bases for collecting or using personal information to provide services and goods are:

  • Consent - we have permission from you after we gave you all the relevant information. All of your data protection rights may apply, except the right to object. To be clear, you do have the right to withdraw your consent at any time.
  • Contract - we have to collect or use the information so we can enter into or carry out a contract with you. All of your data protection rights may apply except the right to object.
  • Legal obligation - we have to collect or use your information so we can comply with the law. All of your data protection rights may apply, except the right to erasure, the right to object and the right to data portability.

Our lawful bases for collecting or using personal information for the operation of customer accounts and guarantees are:

  • Consent - we have permission from you after we gave you all the relevant information. All of your data protection rights may apply, except the right to object. To be clear, you do have the right to withdraw your consent at any time.
  • Contract - we have to collect or use the information so we can enter into or carry out a contract with you. All of your data protection rights may apply except the right to object.
  • Legal obligation - we have to collect or use your information so we can comply with the law. All of your data protection rights may apply, except the right to erasure, the right to object and the right to data portability.

4.  Where We Get Personal Information From

We get personal information from the following sources:

  • Directly from you
  • Credit reference agencies
  • Suppliers and service providers

5.  How Long We Keep Information

We retain personal data only for as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes for which it was collected, including the provision of services and goods, account management, and compliance with legal obligations. Specific retention periods are determined based on the nature of the data and the reasons for processing it. Once the applicable retention period expires, we will securely delete or anonymise personal data in accordance with our data retention policy and applicable laws.

6.  Who We Share Information With

Others we share personal information with:

  • Debt collection agencies

7.  How to Complain

If you have any concerns about our use of your personal data, you can make a complaint to us using the contact details at the top of this privacy notice.

If you remain unhappy with how we've used your data after raising a complaint with us, you can also complain to the ICO.

Information Commissioner's Office
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF

Helpline number: 0303 123 1113

Website: https://www.ico.org.uk/make-a-complaint