Privacy Policy
At M. R. King & Sons Ltd and M, R. King & Sons (Lowestoft) Ltd we are committed to protecting and respecting your privacy.
This Policy explains when and why we collect personal information about people who visit our website, how we use it, the conditions under which we may disclose it to others and how we keep it secure. We will never sell your details to others.
We may change this Policy from time to time so please check this page occasionally to ensure that you're happy with any changes. By using our website, you're agreeing to be bound by this Policy.
Any questions regarding this Policy and our privacy practices should be sent by email to alastair@mrking.co.uk or by writing to Alastair King, M. R. King & Sons Ltd, 46 Quay Street, Halesworth, Suffolk IP19 8EY (*The Company)
We are M.R.King & Sons, established in 1972, and became a limited company in 1981.; we also trade as 'M. R. King & Sons (Saxmundham), M. R. King & Sons (Woodbridge) and The Tyre King'. M. R. King & Sons Ltd is a registered company in England & Wales No. 1573082, VAT Reg no. 324 3299 64, FCA No. 310614 and M. R. King & Sons (Lowestoft) Ltd is a registered company in England and Wales No. 1522837 VAT Reg No. 353 3101 96, FCA No. 312897. Our registered office is at, The Wherry, Quay Street, Halesworth, Suffolk, IP19 8ET.
GDPR 2018
You have a choice about whether or not you wish to receive information from us. If you do not want to receive direct marketing communications from us about our exciting products and services, then you can select your choices by ticking the relevant boxes situated on the form on which we collect your information.
We will not contact you for marketing purposes by email, phone or text message unless you have given your prior consent. We will not contact you for marketing purposes by post if you have indicated that you do not wish to be contacted. You can change your marketing preferences at any time by contacting us by email via: alastair@mrking.co.uk or by writing to The Company.
What information is collected & how it's used
The personal information we collect might include your name, address, email address, IP address, and information regarding what pages are accessed and when.
We may use your information you have given us to:
- process an enquiry that you have made;
- process orders that you have submitted;
- to carry out our obligations arising from any contracts entered into by you and us;
- Seek your views or comments on the services we provide.
- Notify you of changes to our services.
- Send you communications which you have requested and that may be of interest to you. These may include information about promotions of our associated company's goods and services or reminders for vehicle maintenance.
We review our retention periods for personal information on a regular basis. We are legally required to hold some types of information to fulfil our statutory obligations. We will hold your personal information on our systems for as long as is necessary for the relevant activity, or as long as is set out in any relevant contract you hold with us.
Who has access to your information?
We will not sell, rent or share your information with third parties for marketing purposes.
Third Party Service Providers working on our behalf: We may pass your information to our third-party service providers, agents subcontractors and other associated organisations for the purposes of completing tasks and providing services to you on our behalf (for example, if requested by you; to process finance applications). However, when we use third party service providers, we disclose only the personal information that is necessary to deliver the service and we have a contract in place that requires them to keep your information secure and not to use it for their own direct marketing purposes. Please be reassured that we will not release your information to third parties beyond our network for them to use for their own direct marketing purposes, unless you have requested us to do so, or we are required to do so by law, for example, by a court order or for the purposes of prevention of fraud or other crime.
Third Party Product Providers we work in association with: We work closely with various third party product providers to bring you a range of quality and reliable products and services designed to meet the needs of Motoring. When you enquire about or purchase one or more of these products, the relevant third party product provider will use your details to provide you with information and carry out their obligations arising from any contracts you have entered into with them. In some cases, they will be acting as a data controller of your information and therefore we advise you to read their Privacy Policy. These third-party product providers will share your information with us which we will use in accordance with this Privacy Policy. We may transfer your personal information to a third party as part of a sale of some or all of our business and assets to any third party or as part of any business restructuring or reorganisation, or if we're under a duty to disclose or share your personal data in order to comply with any legal obligation or to enforce or apply our terms of use or to protect the rights, property or safety of our supporters and customers. However, we will take steps with the aim of ensuring that your privacy rights continue to be protected.
We keep it simple, it's always your choice
You have a choice about whether or not you wish to receive information from us. If you do not want to receive direct marketing communications from us about our exciting products and services, then you can select your choices by ticking the relevant boxes situated on the form on which we collect your information.
We will not contact you for marketing purposes by email, phone or text message unless you have given your prior consent. We will not contact you for marketing purposes by post if you have indicated that you do not wish to be contacted. You can change your marketing preferences at any time by contacting us by email via: alastair@mrking.co.uk or by writing to The Company.
I have given you my details in the past, can an I opt out?
Yes, at any time. Simply email alastair@mrking.co.uk or write to Alastair King, at The Company and ask to be removed. But please bear in mind that once you opt out we will no longer be able to contact you with:
- Safety recalls, improvements or updates from manufacturers which are FREE.
- Service reminders; not receiving this reminder could leave your vehicles reliability vulnerable and it can also affect it's 'trade in' value.
- MOT reminders; not receiving this reminder could leave you at risk as not only is the safety of your vehicle in question but also the risk of prosecution. Furthermore, without a valid MOT your vehicle insurance is void and you become personally responsible in law for your own & other third party’s damages, personal financial losses injuries etc.
How you can access and update your information
The accuracy of your information is important to us. We're working on ways to make it easier for you to review and correct the information that we hold about you. In the meantime, if you change email address, or any of the other information we hold is inaccurate or out of date, please email us at: alastair@mrking.co.uk or by writing to Alastair King at The Company. Alternatively, you can telephone 01986 874464 and ask for ‘Alastair King'. You have the right to ask for a copy of the information The Company holds about you (we may charge £10 for information requests) to cover our costs in providing you with details of the information we hold about you.
Security precautions in place to protect the loss, misuse or alteration of your information
on our systems. Where we have given (or where you have chosen) a password which enables you to access certain parts of our websites, you are responsible for keeping this password confidential. We ask you not to share your password with anyone.
Profiling
We may analyse your personal information to create a profile of your interests and preferences so that we can contact you with information relevant to you. We may make use of additional information about you when it is available from external sources to help us do this effectively. We may also use your personal information to detect and reduce fraud and credit risk.
Use of 'Cookies'
Like many other websites, The Company’s websites uses cookies. 'Cookies' are small pieces of information sent by an organisation to your computer and stored on your hard drive to allow that website to recognise you when you visit. They collect statistical data about your browsing actions and patterns and do not identify you as an individual. For example, we use cookies to store your country preference. This helps us to improve our website and deliver a better more personalised service. It is possible to switch off cookies by setting your browser preferences. For more information on how to switch off cookies on your computer, please see the setting sections on your browser of use. Turning cookies of may result in a loss of functionality when using our website.
Links to other websites
Our website may contain links to other websites run by other organisations. This privacy policy applies only to our website' so we encourage you to read the privacy statements on the other websites you visit. We cannot be responsible for the privacy policies and practices of other sites even if you access them using links from our website. In addition, if you linked to our website from a third-party site, we cannot be responsible for the privacy policies and practices of the owners and operators of that third-party site and recommend that you check the policy of that third-party site.
16 or under
We are concerned to protect the privacy of children aged 16 or under. If you are aged 16 or under' please get your parent/guardian's permission beforehand whenever you provide us with personal information.
Transferring your information outside of Europe
As part of the services offered to you through this website, the information which you provide to us may be transferred to countries outside the European Union ('EU'). By way of example, this may happen if any of our servers are from time to time located in a country outside of the EU. These countries may not have similar data protection laws to the UK. By submitting your personal data, you're agreeing to this transfer, storing or processing. If we transfer your information outside of the EU in this way, we will take steps to ensure that appropriate security measures are taken with the aim of ensuring that your privacy rights continue to be protected as outlined in this Policy. If you use our services while you are outside the EU, your information may be transferred outside the EU in order to provide you with those services.
Review of this policy
We keep this Policy under regular review. This Policy was last updated in June 2019.