Privacy Policy

At P.C. Werth, we take your privacy seriously. We understand that you may be concerned about how information about you is stored and used, and we appreciate your trust in us to do this carefully and sensibly. This notice explains our privacy policy. By visiting our web site, you are accepting and consenting to the practices described in this Privacy Notice.

Control of personal information

Any personal information gathered by P.C. Werth through this site is controlled solely by P.C. Werth Limited by of Audiology House, 45 Nightingale Lane, London SW12 8SP. At P.C. Werth, we adhere to the Data Protection Act of 1998 and EU Directive on Privacy and Electronic Communications (2002/58/EC)

Collection and use of personal information about customers

The information that we gather from customers helps us personalise and continually improve our web site and your experience of it. We use the information to communicate with you about our company, products, services and promotional offers, update our records and generally maintain your accounts with us. We also use this information to improve our web site, prevent or detect abuses of our website and enable third parties to carry out technical, logistical or other functions on our behalf.

Here are the types of information we gather.

Information you give us: we receive and store any information you enter on our website or give us in any other way. You can choose not to provide certain information that will mean that you might not be able to take advantage of certain site features.
Automatic information: we receive and store certain types of information whenever you interact with us. For example, like many websites, we use "cookies" and we obtain certain types of information when your Web browser accesses www.pcwerth.co.uk. A number of companies offer utilities designed to help you visit websites anonymously. Although we will not be able to provide you with a personalised experience at pcwerth.co.uk if we cannot recognise you, we want you to be aware that these tools exist.
E-mail communications: to help us make e-mails more useful and interesting, we may receive a confirmation when you open e-mail from pcwerth.co.uk if your computer supports such capabilities. We also compare our customer list to lists received from other companies in an effort to avoid sending unnecessary messages to our customers. Information from other sources: we might receive information about you from other sources and add it to our account information.

What about cookies?

Cookies are alphanumeric identifiers that we transfer to your computer's hard drive through your Web browser to enable our systems to recognise your browser.

The Help menu on the menu bar of most browsers will tell you how to prevent your browser from accepting new cookies, how to have the browser notify you when you receive a new cookie and how to disable cookies altogether. If you do leave cookies turned on, be sure to sign off when you finish using a shared computer.

Do P.C. Werth share the Information we receive?

Information about our customers is an important part of our business and we do not share it with any other organisation without your prior consent, subject to this Privacy Notice, to the UK Data Protection Act 1998 and EU Directive on Privacy and Electronic Communications.

Agents:

We occasionally employ other companies and individuals to perform functions on our behalf. Examples include delivering packages, sending postal mail and e-mail, removing repetitive information from customer lists, analysing data, providing marketing assistance, processing credit card payments and providing customer service. These third parties have access to personal information needed to perform their functions, but may not use it for other purposes. Further, they must process the personal information in accordance with this Privacy Notice and as permitted by the UK's Data Protection Act 1998.

Business transfers:

As we continue to develop our business, we might sell or buy stores, subsidiaries or business units. In such transactions, customer information generally is one of the transferred business assets but remains subject to the promises made in any pre-existing Privacy Notice (unless, of course, the customer consents otherwise). Also, in the unlikely event that P.C. Werth limited or substantially all of its assets are acquired, customer information will of course be one of the transferred assets.

Protection of P.C. Werth Limited and others:

We release account and other personal information when we believe release is appropriate to comply with law, to enforce or apply our Terms & Conditions and other agreements or to protect the rights, property or safety of P.C. Werth Limited, our users or others. This includes exchanging information with other companies and organisations for fraud protection and credit risk reduction. Obviously, however, this does not include selling, renting, sharing or otherwise disclosing personally identifiable information from customers for commercial purposes in a way that is contrary to the commitments made in this Privacy Notice. Other than as set out above, you will receive notice when information about you might go to third parties and you will have an opportunity to choose not to share the information. Whenever we transfer personal information to countries outside of the European Economic Area in the course of sharing information as set out above, we will ensure that the information is transferred in accordance with this Privacy Notice and as permitted by the UK's Data Protection Act.

How secure Is information about me?

We maintain physical, electronic and procedural safeguards in connection with the collection, storage and disclosure of personally identifiable customer information. Our security procedures mean that we may occasionally request proof of identity before we disclose personal information to you.

It is important for you to protect against unauthorised access to your password and to your computer. Be sure to sign off when you finish using a shared computer.

What choices do I have?

As discussed above, you can always choose not to provide information, even though it might be needed to make a purchase or to take advantage of pcwerth.co.uk features.

If you do not want to receive e-mail or other mail from us, please contact us by email at info@pcwerth.co.uk or by mail at our registered office address in London. If you do not want to receive Terms & Conditions and other legal notices from us, such as this Privacy Notice, those notices will still govern your use of pcwerth.co.uk and it is your responsibility to review them for changes.) The Help menu on the menu bar of most browsers will tell you how to prevent your browser from accepting new cookies, how to have the browser notify you when you receive a new cookie and how to disable cookies altogether.

Terms & Conditions, Notices and Revisions

If you choose to visit pcwerth.co.uk, your visit and any dispute over privacy is subject to this Privacy Notice and our Terms & Conditions, including limitations on damages and application of the laws of England and Wales. If you have any concern about privacy at pcwerth.co.uk, please send a thorough description to web@pcwerth.co.uk and we will try to resolve it.

Our business changes constantly and our Privacy Notice and the Terms & Conditions will change also. We may e-mail periodic reminders of our notices and conditions, unless you have instructed us not to, but you should check our website frequently to see recent changes. Unless stated otherwise, our current Privacy Notice applies to all information that we have about you. We will never materially change our policies and practices to make them less protective of customer information collected in the past without the consent of any affected customers.

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