PRIVACY POLICY

Effective: Nov 1, 2016

Your privacy is very important to us at EHC ('EHC', 'we', 'us' or 'our'). Accordingly, we have developed this Privacy Policy to explain our policy with respect to data identifying or allowing to identify, directly or indirectly, a person using one or several specific elements ('Personal Data') and other information and measurements (the 'Measurements'). Personal Data and Measurements are either generated or collected by EHC or given by you when using any of the EHC products (the 'Product'), our website located at www.electric-heatingcompany.com and more generally all URL and websites administered by EHC or within the www.electric-heatingcompany.com domain (the 'Site') and its services (the 'Site Services'), and our software (the 'Software', the 'Computer Software' and 'Mobile Software'). As used herein, the term 'Services' means the Site, Site Services, Computer Software and Mobile Software.

1. Protection of Personal Data according to law

The collection and processing of the Personal Data, done when you use the Services are carried out according to Data Protection Act 1988 (the “Act”). You have the right to access, amend, correct and eliminate data concerning you at any time. To exercise this right, you need only send your request by post to the address of EHC's registered office:

The Electric Heating Company Limited
Unit 40 Block 5 Third Road
Blantyre Industrial Estate
Glasgow
G72 0UP

2. Information We Collect:

When you interact with us through the Site, we may collect Personal Data and other information from you, as further described below:

By voluntarily providing us with Personal Data, you are consenting to our use of it in accordance with this Privacy Policy. If you provide Personal Data through the Services, you acknowledge and agree that such Personal Data may be transferred from your current location to the offices and servers of EHC and the authorized third parties referred to herein located in the European Union.

3. Other Information, cookies:

When you access the EHC Services through the Site, we receive and store certain personally non-identifiable information. Such information, which are collected passively using various technologies, cannot be used to specifically identify you. Therefore, such information shall not be regarded as Personal Data. EHC may store such information itself and/or such information may be included in databases owned and maintained by EHC's affiliates, agents or service providers. This Site may use such information and pool it with other information to track, for example, the total number of visitors to our Site, the number of visitors to each page of our Site, and the domain names of our visitors' Internet service providers. It is important to note that no Personal Data is available or used in this process. In operating this Site, we may use a technology called "cookies." A cookie is a piece of information that the computer that hosts our Site gives to your browser when you access the Site. Our cookies help provide additional functionality to the Site and help us analyze Site usage more accurately. For instance, our Site may set a cookie on your browser that allows you to access the Site without needing to remember and then enter a password more than once during a visit to the Site. In some cases, you will be asked to provide prior written consent before we use certain types of cookies. In all cases in which we use cookies, we will not collect Personal Data except with your permission. On most web browsers, you will find a 'help' section on the toolbar. Please refer to this section for information on how to turn cookies off. We recommend that you leave cookies turned on because they allow you to take advantage of some of the Site's features.

4. Our Use of Your Personal Data and Other Information.

In any case, EHC uses the Personal Data in a manner that is consistent with this Privacy Policy.

We use your Personal Data and Measurements for the purpose for which it was provided, including without limitation for the purposes described further below:

5. Our Disclosure of Your Personal Data and Other Information.

We consider your Personal Data and privacy to be a vital part of our relationship with you.

There are, however, certain circumstances in which your Personal Data and Measurements may be shared with and use by certain third parties without further notice to you, as set forth below:

6. Your Choices.

You can use the Site without providing any Personal Data. However, if you choose not to provide any Personal Data, you may not be able to use certain areas of the Site and/or certain EHC Services and Products. You will have the choice as to whether or not you wish to be contacted by us and/or by any third parties with offers for products, services and/or events that may be of interest to you. You can control these choices at the My Account section of the Site.

7. Exclusions.

This Privacy Policy does not apply to any personal data collected by EHC other than Personal Data and Measurements collected through the Site, Services and Products. This Privacy Policy shall not apply to any unsolicited information you provide to EHC through this Site or through any other means. This includes, but is not limited to, information posted to any public areas of the Site, such as bulletin boards (collectively, 'Public Areas'), any ideas for new products or modifications to existing products, and other unsolicited submissions (collectively, 'Unsolicited Information'). All Unsolicited Information shall be deemed to be non-confidential and EHC shall be free to reproduce, use, disclose, and distribute such Unsolicited Information to others without limitation or attribution.

8. Links to Other Web Sites.

This Privacy Policy applies only to the Site. This Site may contain links to other web sites not operated or controlled by EHC (the 'Third Party Sites'). The policies and procedures we described here do not apply to the Third Party Sites. The links from this Site do not imply that EHC endorses or has reviewed the Third Party Sites. We suggest contacting those sites directly for information on their privacy policies.

9. Security.

EHC takes reasonable steps to protect the Personal Data provided via the Site from loss, misuse, and unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, or destruction. However, no Internet or e-mail transmission is ever fully secure or error free. In particular, e-mail sent to or from this Site may not be secure. Therefore, you should take special care in deciding what information you send to us via e-mail and/or Internet transmission. Please keep this in mind when disclosing any Personal Data through the Site.

10. Other Terms and Conditions.

Your access to and use of the EHC Services through the Site is subject to the Terms of Use, available on http://www.electric-heatingcompany.co.uk

11. Changes to EHC's Privacy Policy.

The Site and our business may change from time to time. As a result, at times it may be necessary for EHC to make changes to this Privacy Policy. EHC reserves the right to update or modify this Privacy Policy at any time and from time to time without prior notice. Please review this policy periodically, and especially before you provide any Personal Data. Your continued use of the Site after any changes or revisions to this Privacy Policy shall indicate your agreement with the terms of such revised Privacy Policy.

12. Access to Information; Contacting EHC.

To keep your Personal Data accurate, current, and complete, please visit the My Account section of the Site. You may also contact us as specified below. We will take reasonable steps to update or correct Personal Data in our possession that you have previously submitted via this Site. Please also feel free to contact us if you have any questions about EHC's Privacy Policy or the information practices of this Site. You may contact us as follows : info@electric-heatingcompany.co.uk