Privacy Policy | LEC Contractors

Privacy Policy.

1. Privacy Policy.

By continuing to use this website, you are agreeing to the terms and conditions outlined in this privacy policy.

This applies to you, the user, and to us, LEC Contractors, the owner and operator of this website.

We encourage you to read this Privacy Policy in its entirety to ensure you are well-informed and comfortable with our use of your information.

2. Your Data and Information.

You are not obligated to provide personal information to LEC Contractors.

However, declining to supply such information may impact our ability to offer appropriate support and additional services.

LEC Contractors values your privacy and is committed to ensuring its protection.

We wish to inform you about our identity, the personal information we gather, and the manner in which we utilise it.

We want to emphasise that you maintain control over your data and privacy.

Should we collect personal information about you while you are using our website, it will solely be utilised in accordance with this privacy policy.

The data we gather will be appropriate, relevant, and not excessive concerning the purposes for which it is collected and/or further processed.

We guarantee that your data is stored in compliance with the necessary security requirements and is safeguarded against unlawful or unauthorised processing.

This also helps prevent your data from being lost, misused, or inadvertently destroyed.

We have established robust security measures; however, please be aware that any data transmission occurs at your own risk.

Be mindful that, despite our best efforts to protect your personal data, any information transaction over the internet cannot be entirely secure.

You are not obligated to provide personal information to LEC Contractors, however, declining to supply such information may impact our ability to offer appropriate support and further additional services.

3. What information do we collect?

The information we gather will be appropriate, relevant, and not excessive.

The use of your personal data at LEC Contractors is necessary for fulfilling our contractual obligations with you, is based on your consent, or serves our legitimate interests.

For individuals who access and interact with our website, we may collect information you voluntarily provide, or electronic data taken automatically, such as:

Your Name
Your Email Address
Information you have entered in the "Message" box, which is necessary to accomplish the desired task
Type of Enquiry
IP Address
Browser Type
Referring Site
Date and Time of the visitor's request
Demographic information such as postcode, language preferences and interests.
Type of Enquiry

4. Why we collect your information.

To handle and respond to your inquiries.
For internal record-keeping purposes.
For internal analytics, which allows us to enhance the LEC Contractors website and gain insights into the visitors attracted to our site.
To maintain our internal IT systems.

5. Third Parties.

LEC Contractors will only collect information from third parties with your permission, unless mandated by law to do so.

If you have granted us your consent, you can withdraw it at any time; however, any processing of your personal information that took place before the withdrawal of your consent, will not be affected in terms of its legality.

6. GDPR Compliance.

Any data you provide while accessing this site will be limited to what is necessary and relevant for the purposes for which we collect it.

Processing your data is required for our contractual commitments with customers and suppliers.

Below is our justification for the information we collect and our adherence to the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) of 2018.

According to Article 24 of the GDPR, appropriate measures must be implemented by the data controller to safeguard personal data during processing activities.

We commit to handling your personal data in accordance with rigorous data protection principles unless exceptions are applicable.

This means the data we collect will be:

Fair, lawful, and transparent in use
Collected for specific, legitimate purposes
Adequate, relevant, and limited to what is necessary
Accurate and kept up to date where required
Retained only as long as necessary
Secured against unauthorised access, loss, destruction, or damage

7. European Economic Area (EEA) Visitors.

The information that we automatically collect from your device when you visit our website may be processed in nations within the European Economic Area (EEA).

This information may be regarded as personal data, and it will be protected in accordance with sufficient data protection laws, while complying with European data protection standards.

Some of this information may be collected by cookies.

8. Cookies.

We automatically collect and use some of your information, through the use of your device and its use of cookies.

For additional details regarding the types of Cookies we use, the reasons for their use, and the methods by which you can manage Cookies, please refer to our Cookie Notice.

9. Your Data Retention Rights.

In accordance with the Data Protection Act 2018, you are entitled to the following rights, which include:

Your right of access
Your right to rectification
Your right to erasure
Your right to restriction of processing
Your right to data portability

We have put in safeguards where suitable to prevent the unauthorised disclosure or access of your information.

We will keep your data only for the duration that is necessary and once your data has fulfilled its intended purpose, we will either remove it or anonymise it so that it can no longer be traced back to you.

Please note that even if the information is anonymised, we maintain the right to continue using the data you provided, without your knowledge.

When this anonymous data is no longer beneficial to our business, it will be deleted in accordance with UK laws and regulations.

We have put in safeguards where suitable to prevent the unauthorised disclosure or access of your information.

10. Updates to this Privacy Policy.

Any identifying information collected during your use of our site will only be used as described in this policy.

We may update this policy by revising this page at any time, so we encourage you to check back periodically to stay informed about any changes.

11. Contact us.

If you have a question or query in regard of the information collected on you, please email:

enquiries@leccontractors.co.uk