Privacy Policy
Who we are
PH Automotive (“PH Auto or “we”) are a Parts dealer/Motorfactor who provide a service by selling and distributing vehicle parts.
We are dedicated to ensuring that all of our customer privacy is protected, we abide by the General Data Protection Regulation 2016/679 (GDPR), Data Protection Act (2018) and the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations (2003).
This notice sets out how PH Automotive uses and protects information that we hold about you. For the purpose of GDPR, the Data Controller is Phil Mosscrop.
Comments and Reviews
When visitors leave comments and reviews on the site we collect the data shown in the relevant form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.
An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.
Media
If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.
Cookies
If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.
If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.
When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.
If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.
We also collect cookies to provide a tailored ad experiences for our customers. We collect third-party cookies via the following platforms:
– Meta
You can opt-in and out of this via the “cookie settings” link available on every page.
Embedded content from other websites
Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.
These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
Who we share your data with
If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.
Additionally, we will use provided shipping information in order to send purchases to your chosen address/recipient via our shipping provider.
How long we retain your data
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.
For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.
What rights you have over your data
If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
Your rights in more detail:
The right to access – You have the right to know and request that PH Automotive provide copies of your personal data.
The right to rectification – You have the right to request that TLC correct any information you believe is inaccurate.
The right to erasure – You have the right to request that TLC erase your personal data or where any applicable regulation or legislation requires TLC to retain.
The right to restrict processing – You have the right to request that TLC restrict the processing of your personal data or where any applicable regulation or legislation requires TLC to retain.
The right to object to processing – You have the right to object to TLC processing of your personal data, or where any applicable regulation or legislation requires TLC to retain.
The right to data portability – You have the right to request that TLC transfer the data that we have collected to another organisation, or directly to you or where any applicable regulation or legislation requires TLC to retain.
If you make a request of any of the above, under the rules of GDPR we have 30 days to respond to you. If you would like to exercise any of these rights, please contact us via the following:
Where we send your data
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.