Privacy Policy

General terms

W. A Thompson Limited is committed to protecting you and your business information when you are using our services. This privacy policy relates to our use of any information you provide to us through the W. A Thompson website. In order to provide you with the full range of services, we may be required to collect information about you.

This privacy policy explains:

What information W. A Thompson Limited may collect about you.

How W. A Thompson Limited will use the information we collect.

When W. A Thompson Limited may use your details to contact you.

Whether W. A Thompson Limited will disclose your details to anyone else.

Your choices regarding the personal information you have provided to us.

Whenever you provide such information, W. A Thompson Limited is legally obliged to use your information in line with all laws concerning the protection of personal information, including the data protection act 1998.

The website contains hyperlinks to websites owned and operated by third parties. These third party websites have their own privacy policies, including cookies, and we urge you to review them. They will govern the use of personal information submitted or collected by cookies whilst visiting these websites. W. A Thompson Limited does not accept any responsibility or liability for the privacy practices of such third party websites. Your use of such websites is at your own risk.

The information W. A Thompson will collect about you

When you sign up to participate in or receive services from W. A Thompson (eg newsletters, general enquiries or to offer feedback), we may ask for personal information. This might be your name, email or postal address, telephone or mobile number. Different web pages may ask for different personal information. By providing us with these details, you enable W. A Thompson to provide you with the services you select. How will W. A Thompson use information collected about me?

W. A Thompson will use personal information for a number of purposes, including the following:

For “service administration purposes”, which means that W. A Thompson may contact you for reasons related to a service you have signed up for. To contact you about any feedback you have made to the website, including any content you provide. To personalise the way W. A Thompson content is presented Ip addresses are used to identify the location of users, the number of visits from different countries and also to block disruptive use; and to analyse and improve the services offered on www.wa-thompson.co.uk, eg to provide you with the most user-friendly navigation experience.

W. A Thompson may contact you:

In relation to the functioning of any service for which you have registered

Where you have opted to receive further correspondence following an inition

In relation to any contribution you have made, eg via contact forms

To invite you to participate in voluntary surveys about W. A Thompson

For marketing purposes where you have specifically agreed.

Will I be contacted for marketing purposes?

W. A Thompson will only contact you for marketing purposes or to promote new services, if you specifically agree to be contacted for these purposes or if you have used our online contact forms.

Will W. A Thompson share my personal information?

W. A Thompson will keep your information confidential except where disclosure is required or permitted by law (for example to government bodies and law enforcement agencies) or as described below. Generally, we will only use your information within W. A Thompson.

Offensive or inappropriate content

If you post or send offensive, inappropriate or objectionable content to W. A Thompson, or otherwise engage in disruptive behaviour on www.wa-thompson.co.uk, W. A Thompson may use your personal information to stop such behaviour.

Where W. A Thompson reasonably believes that you are or may be in breach of any of the laws of England or Wales (eg because content you have posted may be defamatory), W. A Thompson may use your personal information to inform relevant third parties such as your employer, email/internet provider or law enforcement agencies about the content.

Can I find out what information W. A Thompson has about me?

Under the data protection act you have the right to request a copy of the personal information W. A Thompson holds about you, and to have inaccuracies corrected. (you will be required to prove your identity with two pieces of approved photographic identification.) we will use reasonable efforts to supply, correct or delete personal information about you on our files.

Changes to W. A Thompson privacy policy

This privacy policy may be updated from time to time. You may wish to check it each time you submit personal information to www.wa-thompson.co.uk. The date of the most recent revisions will appear on this page.

If you have any questions in relation to this policy, please email info@wa-thompson.co.uk