Privacy Policy
Green Buying Limited (“we”, “us” or “our”) is committed to ensuring that your privacy is protected. This privacy policy explains how we use the information we collect about you, how you can instruct us if you prefer to limit the use of that information and procedures that we have in place to safeguard your privacy.
1. The information we collect and how we use it
When you request information, register as a new member or add waste materials wanted / available onto our website we need to know your name, company name, postal address, e-mail address and telephone number. We also request you provide further optional information such as your job title, turnover of company, number of staff.
We gather this information in good faith to allow us to provide services to you and the other trading members, and to ensure any trade is smoothly processed. We ask all prospective members to read our terms of use and to accept them prior to completing the membership registration form. Your joining the site as a member implies your acceptance that we will share your contact details with other members. We will never sell your personal information to a third party or share your personal information with any third party unless they are involved in the provision of our services.
With your consent we may wish to provide you with information about special features of our website or any other service or products we think may be of interest to you. If you would rather not receive this information, please send an e-mail message to info@scrapshop.co.uk with the words "Unsubscribe" in the subject heading field.
We may also use aggregate information and statistics for the purposes of monitoring website usage in order to help us develop the website and our services and may provide such aggregate information to third parties. An example of this is the tonnage of waste traded which we promise to report back periodically to our sponsors, Cheltenham Borough Council.
These statistics will not include information that can be used to identify any individual.
2. Your payment details
We do not involve ourselves in any financial transactions between trading members on this site. Any such agreements must remain the sole responsibility of the trading members and we shall not be deemed liable should disputes occur in relation to any transactions, for whatever reasons. We would always recommend that traders seek secure payment methods.
3. Our use of cookies and other information gathering technologies
“Cookies” are small pieces of information that are stored by your browser on your computer’s hard drive. You have choices with respect to cookies. By modifying your browser preferences, you have the choice to accept all cookies, to be notified when a cookie is sent, or to reject all cookies.
We use cookies on our website to remind us who you are and to access your account information (stored on our computers) in order to deliver an efficient and personalised service; record searches you have made whilst visiting our site; and to collect anonymous data for direct marketing and promotional purposes.
We also collect your IP address. An IP address is a data structure understood by the internet which uniquely identifies your computer so that information can be sent to your computer to enable you to view webpages. We use your computer’s IP address to help diagnose problems with our server and to administer our website.
4. How we protect your information
The internet is not a secure medium. However we have put in place various security procedures as set out in this policy. Your information is physically held in a secure hosting facility and internet access is protected by port filtering routers.
We also keep your information confidential. Our internal procedures cover the storage, access and disclosure of your information.
We have included a manual authorisation step into the membership application so as to reduce the risk of member contact details being shared with people who have no interest in trading. However we cannot guarantee that membership contact details won't be used by other members for reasons other than for waste trading purposes.
5. Sale of business
If this business or any part of it, is sold or integrated with another business your details may be disclosed to our advisers and any prospective purchasers and their advisers and will be passed on to the new owners of the business or any part thereof.
6. Updating your details
If any of the information that you have provided to us changes, for example if you change your e-mail address, job title, telephone number, etc. then this can be communicated to us (and other trader members) via the Member Dashboard on the Members page. If you wish to be removed completely from the database then please contact us either by phone (0845 2178995) or by email (info@scrapshop.co.uk).
7. Your consent
By submitting your information you consent to the use of that information as set out in this policy. If we change our privacy policy we will post the changes on this page, and may place notices on other pages of the website, so that you may be aware of the information we collect and how we use it at all times. We will also e-mail you should we make any changes so that you may consent to our use of your information in that way. Continued use of the service will signify that you agree to any such changes.
Owing to the global nature of the Internet infrastructure, the information you provide may be transferred in transit to countries outside the European Economic Area that do not have similar protections in place regarding your data and its use as set out in this policy. However, we have taken the steps outlined above to try to improve the security of your information. By submitting your information you consent to these transfers.
8. Links to other websites
This website contains links to other sites. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of these other sites and we encourage you to read the privacy statements of all the sites that you visit which may collect personal information. This privacy policy applies solely to information collected by this website.
9. How to contact us
We welcome your views about our website and our privacy policy. If you would like to contact us with any queries or comments please send an e-mail to info@scrapshop.co.uk or by sending a letter to Green Buying Limited, Montpellier House, 14 Granley Road, Cheltenham, United Kingdom, GL51 6LG.
