Megaohm Electrical Services
Assuming you didn’t arrive here in error, you are voluntarily choosing to read a privacy policy which suggests you are either weird, an alien lifeform or a lawyer. Should you wish to continue reading, this privacy policy will explain how our organization uses the personal data we collect from you when you use our website.
Topics:
- What data do we collect?
- How do we collect your data?
- How will we use your data?
- How do we store your data?
- Marketing
- What are your data protection rights?
- What are cookies?
- How do we use cookies?
- What types of cookies do we use?
- How to manage your cookies
- Privacy policies of other websites
- Changes to our privacy policy
- How to contact us
- How to contact the appropriate authorities
What data do we collect?
Megaohm Electrical Services collects the following data:
- Personal identification information (name, address, email address, phone number).
- Other address information such as address for works.
- Payment details such as debit or credit card details for use with our mobile card payment terminal.
- Details of your electrical installation which may include sketches, diagrams & photographs.
- Details of the locations where work is to be performed which may sketches, diagrams and photographs.
How do we collect your data?
You directly provide Megaohm Electrical Services with most of the data we collect. We collect data and process data when you:
- Contact us by telephone or email
- Contact us via the ‘Contact Us’ form on our website.
- Voluntarily complete a customer survey or provide feedback of any sort on our website.
- Use or view our website via your browser’s cookies.
Megaohm Electrical Services may also receive your data indirectly from the following sources:
- None
How will we use your data?
Megaohm Electrical Services collects your data so that we can:
- Respond to requests for quotations and provide you with our services.
- Respond to any other queries.
If you agree, Megaohm Electrical Services will share your data with our partner companies so that they may offer you their products and services.
- None
When Megaohm Electrical Services processes your request, it may send your data to, and also use the resulting information from, credit reference agencies to prevent fraudulent purchases. In the event of non payment, we may also share your data with debt collection agencies.
How do we store your data?
Megaohm Electrical Services securely stores your data at Megaohm Electrical Services address (see contact information below), data is stored on a computer with an encrypted hard drive. All backups are also encrypted.
Megaohm Electrical Services will keep your personal information for one year. Once this time period has expired, we will delete your data from our systems.
Marketing
We do not use your information for marketing purposes.
What are your data protection rights?
Megaohm Electrical Services would like to make sure you are fully aware of all of your data protection rights. Every user is entitled to the following:
The right to access – You have the right to request Megaohm Electrical Services for copies of your personal data. We may charge you a small fee for this service.
The right to rectification – You have the right to request that Megaohm Electrical Services correct any information you believe is inaccurate. You also have the right to request Megaohm Electrical Services to complete the information you believe is incomplete.
The right to erasure – You have the right to request that Megaohm Electrical Services erase your personal data, under certain conditions.
The right to restrict processing – You have the right to request that Megaohm Electrical Services restrict the processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
The right to object to processing – You have the right to object to Megaohm Electrical Services’s processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
The right to data portability – You have the right to request that Megaohm Electrical Services transfer the data that we have collected to another organization, or directly to you, under certain conditions.
If you make a request, we have one month to respond to you. If you would like to exercise any of these rights, please contact us using the details below in ‘How To Contact Us’.
Cookies
Cookies are text files placed on your computer to collect standard Internet log information and visitor behaviour information. When you visit our websites, we may collect information from you automatically through cookies or similar technology
For further information, visit allaboutcookies.org.
How do we use cookies?
Megaohm Electrical Services uses cookies in a range of ways to improve your experience on our website, including:
- Understanding how you use our website
- Analytics
What types of cookies do we use?
There are a number of different types of cookies, however, our website uses:
- Functionality – Megaohm Electrical Services uses these cookies so that we recognize you on our website and remember your previously selected preferences. These could include what language you prefer and location you are in. A mix of first-party and third-party cookies are used.
- Advertising – Megaohm Electrical Services uses these cookies to collect information about your visit to our website, the content you viewed, the links you followed and information about your browser, device, and your IP address. Megaohm Electrical Services sometimes shares some limited aspects of this data with third parties for advertising purposes. We may also share online data collected through cookies with our advertising partners. This means that when you visit another website, you may be shown advertising based on your browsing patterns on our website.
How to manage cookies
You can set your browser not to accept cookies, and the above website tells you how to remove cookies from your browser. However, in a few cases, some of our website features may not function as a result.
Privacy policies of other websites
The Megaohm Electrical Services website contains links to other websites. Our privacy policy applies only to our website, so if you click on a link to another website, you should read their privacy policy.
Changes to our privacy policy
Megaohm Electrical Services keeps its privacy policy under regular review and places any updates on this web page. This privacy policy was last updated on 2nd February 2023.
How to contact us
If you have any questions about Megaohm Electrical Services’s privacy policy, the data we hold on you, or you would like to exercise one of your data protection rights, please do not hesitate to contact us.
Email us at: contact@megaohm.co.uk
Call us: 07500 985690
How to contact the appropriate authority
Should you wish to report a complaint or if you feel that Megaohm Electrical Services has not addressed your concern in a satisfactory manner, you may contact the Information Commissioner’s Office, but don’t be surprised if they don’t do anything whatsoever as they as useless as the rest of our government.
Website: ico.org.uk