Privacy Policy

CONTENTS

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CLAUSE

1.      Important information and who we are................................................................... 1

2.      The data we collect about you................................................................................ 2

3.      How is your personal data collected?.................................................................... 3

4.      How we use your personal data............................................................................. 4

5.      Disclosures of your personal data.......................................................................... 7

6.      International transfers............................................................................................. 8

7.      Data security........................................................................................................... 9

8.      Data retention......................................................................................................... 9

9.      Your legal rights...................................................................................................... 9

10.   Glossary................................................................................................................ 11

 

 

EMR GROUP PRIVACY NOTICE

Introduction

Welcome to EMR Group's privacy notice. The EMR Group is made up of different legal entities across the globe. This privacy notice is issued on behalf of the EMR Group so when we mention “EMR”, "we", "us" or "our" in this privacy notice, we are referring to the relevant company in the EMR Group responsible for processing your data.

EMR respects your privacy and is committed to protecting your personal data. This privacy notice explains how companies within the EMR Group use and protect any personal data that we may collect about you and informs you of your privacy rights and how the law protects you.

This privacy notice is provided in a layered format so you can click through to the specific areas set out below. Alternatively, you can download a pdf version of the policy here. Please also use the Glossary to understand the meanings of some of the terms used in this privacy notice.

1. IMPORTANT INFORMATION AND WHO WE ARE

2. THE DATA WE COLLECT ABOUT YOU

3. HOW IS YOUR PERSONAL DATA COLLECTED

4. HOW WE USE YOUR PERSONAL DATA

5. DISCLOSURES OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA

6. INTERNATIONAL TRANSFERS

7. DATA SECURITY

8. DATA RETENTION

9. YOUR LEGAL RIGHTS

10. GLOSSARY

  1. Important information and who we are

Purpose of this privacy notice

This privacy notice aims to give you information on how EMR collects and processes your personal data through your use of our online and offline services, including any data you may provide through this website when you sign up for a customer account, to our newsletter or take part in a competition.

This website is not intended for children. We do not knowingly collect data relating to children.

It is important that you read this privacy notice together with any other privacy notice or fair processing notice we may provide on specific occasions when we are collecting or processing personal data about you so that you are fully aware of how and why we are using your data. This privacy notice supplements the other notices and is not intended to override them.

Controller

The EMR Group is made up of different legal entities across the globe. This privacy notice is issued on behalf of the EMR Group so when we mention “EMR”, "we", "us" or "our" in this privacy notice, we are referring to the relevant company in the EMR Group responsible for processing your data. European Metal Recycling Limited is the controller and responsible for this website.

Contact details

Should you wish to contact us, our contact details are as follows:

In the United Kingdom

Company Secretary

European Metal Recycling Limited

Sirius House

Delta Crescent

Westbrook

Warrington

WA5 7NS

England

You have the right to make a complaint at any time to the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO), the UK supervisory authority for data protection issues (www.ico.org.uk). We would, however, appreciate the chance to deal with your concerns before you approach the ICO, so please contact us in the first instance.

In the United States

Legal Department
EMR (USA Holdings) Inc.
201 N. Front Street
Camden, NJ 08102
USA

Changes to your personal data

It is important that the personal data we hold about you is accurate and current. Please keep us informed if your personal data changes during your relationship with us.

Third-party links

This website may include links to third-party websites, plug-ins and applications. Clicking on those links or enabling those connections may allow third parties to collect or share data about you. We do not control these third-party websites and are not responsible for their privacy statements. When you leave our website, we encourage you to read the privacy notice of every website you visit.

  1. The data we collect about you

Personal data, or personal information, means any information about an individual from which that person can be identified. It does not include data where the identity has been removed (anonymous data).

We may collect, use, store and transfer different kinds of personal data about you which we have grouped together as follows:

  • Identity Data includes title, first name, maiden name, last name, and date of birth.
  • Contact Data includes billing address, delivery address, email address and telephone numbers.
  • Financial Data includes bank account and payment card details.
  • Transaction Data includes details about payments to and from you and other details of the products and services you have purchased from us.
  • Technical Data includes internet protocol (IP) address, your login data, browser type and version, time zone setting and location, browser plug-in types and versions, operating system and platform and other technology on the devices you use to access this website.
  • Profile Data includes your username and password, transactions made by you, your preferences, feedback and survey responses. 
  • Usage Data includes information about how you use our website and yard services.
  • Marketing and Communications Data includes your preferences in receiving marketing information from us and our third parties and your communication preferences.

We also collect, use and share Aggregated Data such as statistical or demographic data for any purpose. Aggregated Data may be derived from your personal data but is not considered personal data in law, as this data does not directly or indirectly reveal your identity. For example, we may analyse the number of times you visit a yard to calculate the percentage of customers visiting a specific yard at a given time. However, if we combine or connect Aggregated Data with your personal data so that it can directly or indirectly identify you, we treat the combined data as personal data which will be used in accordance with this privacy notice.

We do not collect any Special Categories of Personal Data about you (this includes details about your race or ethnicity, religious or philosophical beliefs, sex life, sexual orientation, political opinions, trade union membership, information about your health and genetic and biometric data). Nor do we collect any information about criminal convictions and offences.

If you fail to provide personal data

Where we need to collect personal data by law or under the terms of a contract we have with you, and you fail to provide that data when requested, we may not be able to perform the contract we have or are trying to enter into with you (for example, to provide you with goods or services). In this case, we may have to cancel the product or service you have purchased from us but we will notify you if this is the case at the time.

  1. How is your personal data collected?

We use different methods to collect data from and about you including through:

  • Direct interactions. You may give us your identity, contact and financial data by filling in forms or by corresponding with us by post, phone, e-mail or otherwise. This includes personal data you provide when you:
  • create an account, either at a yard or on our website;
  • subscribe to our services or publications;
  • request marketing information be sent to you;
  • enter a competition, promotion or survey;
  • interact with us via our social media accounts; or
  • give us feedback.
  • Automated technologies or interactions. As you interact with our website, we may automatically collect Technical Data about your browsing devices, browsing actions and patterns.
  • Third parties or publicly available sources. We may receive personal data about you from various third parties and public sources as set out below.
    • Technical Data from the following parties:
      1. analytics providers such as Google based outside the EU;
      2. advertising networks based inside or outside the EU; and
      3. search information providers such as Google based inside or outside the EU.
    • Contact, Financial and Transaction Data from providers of technical, payment and delivery services based inside or outside the EU.
    • Identity and Contact Data from data brokers or aggregators such as Experian and Oblong UK based inside or outside the EU.
    • Identity and Contact Data from publicly availably sources such as Companies House and the Electoral Register based inside the EU.
  1. How we use your personal data

We will only use your personal data where a lawful basis allows us to. Most commonly, we will use your personal data in the following circumstances:

  • Performance of a Contract. Where use of your information is necessary to provide you with EMR Group Services under a contract, for example the relevant Terms of Service.
  • Legitimate Interest. Where use of your information is necessary for our or others’ legitimate interests and where the use is not outweighed by your rights and interests. Below are some examples of such interests:
    • providing EMR Group services
    • improving our services and developing new ones
    • recognizing and better understanding our users, including across platforms
    • conducting security and fraud prevention activities
    • marketing and promoting our content and services
    • building and managing business relationships
    • conducting compliance and risk management activities
    • providing and managing access to our systems.

 

  • Legal Obligation. Where use of your information is necessary to comply with laws and regulations such as those relating to anti-bribery and corruption and anti-money-laundering, the Scrap Metal Dealers Act and complying with requests from government bodies or courts or responding to litigation.

 

  • With Consent. We may ask for your consent to process your information in a certain way. Where we rely on this basis, you have the right to withdraw your consent at any time.

Generally, we do not rely on consent as a lawful basis for processing your personal data other than in relation to sending direct marketing communications to you via post, email or text message. You have the right to withdraw consent from marketing at any time by contacting us at marketing@emrgroup.com.

Purposes for which we will use your personal data

We have set out below, in a table format, a description of all the ways we plan to use your personal data, and which of the legal bases we rely upon to do so. We have also identified what our legitimate interests are where appropriate.

Note that we may process your personal data for more than one lawful ground depending on the specific purpose for which we are using your data. Please contact us at dpo@emrgroup.com if you need details about the specific legal ground we are relying on to process your personal data where more than one ground has been set out in the table below.

Purpose/Activity

Type of data

Lawful basis for processing including basis of legitimate interest

To register you as a new customer

(a) Identity

(b) Contact

Performance of a contract with you

To process and deliver your transaction including:

(a) Manage payments, fees and charges

(b) Collect and recover money owed to us

(c) Fulfil payments owed to you

(a) Identity

(b) Contact

(c) Financial

(d) Transaction

(e) Marketing and Communications

(a) Performance of a contract with you

(b) Necessary for our legitimate interests (to recover debts due to us)

To manage our relationship with you which will include:

(a) Notifying you about changes to our terms or privacy notice

(b) Asking you to leave a review or take a survey

(a) Identity

(b) Contact

(c) Profile

(d) Marketing and Communications

(a) Performance of a contract with you

(b) Necessary to comply with a legal obligation

(c) Necessary for our legitimate interests (to keep our records updated and to study how customers use our products and services)

To enable you to partake in a prize draw, competition or complete a survey

(a) Identity

(b) Contact

(c) Profile

(d) Usage

(e) Marketing and Communications

(a) Performance of a contract with you

(b) Necessary for our legitimate interests (to study how customers use our products and services, to develop them and grow our business)

To administer and protect our business and this website (including troubleshooting, data analysis, testing, system maintenance, support, reporting and hosting of data) 

(a) Identity

(b) Contact

(c) Technical

(a) Necessary for our legitimate interests (for running our business, provision of administrative and IT services, network security, to prevent fraud and in the context of a business reorganisation or group restructuring exercise)

(b) Necessary to comply with a legal obligation

To deliver relevant website content and advertisements to you and measure or understand the effectiveness of the advertising we serve to you

(a) Identity

(b) Contact

(c) Profile

(d) Usage

(e) Marketing and Communications

(f) Technical

Necessary for our legitimate interests (to study how customers use our products and services, to develop them, to grow our business and to inform our marketing strategy)

To use data analytics to improve our website, services, marketing, customer relationships and experiences

(a) Technical

(b) Usage

Necessary for our legitimate interests (to define types of customers for our products and services, to keep our website updated and relevant, to develop our business and to inform our marketing strategy)

To make suggestions and recommendations to you about goods or services that may be of interest to you

(a) Identity

(b) Contact

(c) Technical

(d) Usage

(e) Profile

Necessary for our legitimate interests (to develop our services and grow our business)

Promotional offers from us

We may use your identity, contact, technical, usage and profile data to form a view on what we think you may want or need, or what may be of interest to you. This is how we decide which services and offers may be relevant to you (we call this marketing).

You will receive marketing communications from us if you have requested information from us, used our services or provided us with your details when you entered a competition or registered for a promotion and, in each case, you have not opted out of receiving that marketing.

Third-party marketing

We do not share your information with third parties for their marketing purposes. We will get your express opt-in consent before we share your personal data with any company outside the EMR Group of companies for their marketing purposes.