Privacy Policy

Data Protection Information Notice

Introduction and scope

The Spear & Jackson Group policy towards privacy is clear: we are committed to protecting the privacy and personal data of all those whose data we are handling and to working within the guidelines set out by data protection law. This privacy information notice aims to provide you with information about how and why Spear & Jackson Group may be using information about you. It also explains how you can execute the rights you have set out in the law and how you can contact us if you have any concerns or questions about data protection.

This policy relates to personal data collected and processed via websites (or collected via other means such as post, personal meetings, telephone calls or seminars/events) controlled by companies in the Spear & Jackson Group including: Baty International, Bowers Group, Eclipse Magnetics, Eclipse Tools North America, Robert Sorby, Spear & Jackson and Turners Retreat.

Data Controller

The legal data controller of personal data collected on this website is Spear & Jackson Group, Atlas Way, Sheffield, UK, S4 7QQ. We have appointed a Data Protection Officer to oversee our processing of personal information whose contact details are [email protected]

Information we may be holding about you

We collect and process the following types of personal data:

• Personal identifiers such as name, address, employer, job title which you provide to us through our enquiry or contact forms and which we use: a) to fulfil any request you make (e.g. registering a warranty service agreement, subscribing to a communications service, fulfilling requests for information etc.); and b) to create a data base of people who have expressed interest in our companies, products or services. We may also use this information to validate your identity via Facebook authentication services if you sign up to our services via social media.
• Feedback and opinions which you provide to us through our enquiry or contact forms is processed to allow us to answer queries and complaints you may have and to help us evaluate the quality and consistency of our services.
• Details of your visits to our website including your IP address, pages visited, dwell time, and the page you were referred from which we collect from your browser to enable us to monitor the performance and relevance of our website and our ad words campaigns. Please find details of cookie policy here.

We may also use the information we hold about you to create a profile of you to segment our database and for direct marketing purposes including sending you marketing and promotional materials.

If you join our communications program we collect information about each email we have sent to you and your interaction with them including the number of times opened, deliverability, which sections you clicked on etc. which we use to measure the effectiveness of our email campaigns, to plan marketing campaigns and to segment our database.

We may also undertake additional data processing activities but will ensure they are compatible with the purposes above. If we chose to process your personal data for any purpose incompatible with those described above we will provide you with appropriate information at the point where you come across those additional purposes and prior to commencing any such additional processing activities.

Legal basis for processing

The legal basis for processing personal data is the pursuit of our legitimate interests which are seeking to promote, develop and grow our group of businesses through the sale of products and services and to provide excellent customer services.

If you buy any products or services from our website the legal basis for processing personal data about you in those circumstances is the fulfilment of the contract with you brought about by the transaction.

If you subscribe to our marketing communications program we may send to you unsolicited direct email marketing materials but only where you have granted your consent or if they relate to products and services similar to those you have previously bought from us or expressed interest in.

Disclosing, sharing and transferring your personal data

The table below indicates categories of organisations to whom we may disclose information about you which includes suppliers processing data on our behalf to help us to provide services to you. We disclose personal data in this manner to procure high quality, cost effective services which we believe to be in our legitimate interests.

We may also share information about you with other companies within our group (see Introduction and Scope) where we think you may have an interest in their products and services. We undertake this on the basis of their legitimate interests in promoting their products and services and undertaking direct marketing.

We may also disclose your personal information to other third parties from time to time:

a. if we are under a duty to disclose or share your personal data in order to comply with any legal obligation;

b. to enforce or apply our terms of use and other agreements;

c. to protect the rights, property, or safety of Spear & Jackson Group Companies, our customers, or others including exchanging information with other companies and organisations for the purposes of fraud protection and credit risk reduction.

Other than the circumstances set out above information about you will not be passed to a third party for any other purposes.

Data retention

We will hold information about you in our data systems only for as long as we need to hold it which is generally as follows:

• As long as you continue to use our services and log into our website we will retain and process information about you.
• We will hold information about how you interact with our electronic communications while ever the data is relevant for as long as:

a. the individual remains in their job;

b. they have an interest in Spear & Jackson Group products;

c. Spear & Jackson Group products remain relevant for their organisation.

• When personal data is deleted from our database we retain secure records on for back up purposes which are only used in business-critical circumstances
• Any personal data linked to insurance claims is retained indefinitely.

We reserve the right to review our retention policy and to shorten our retention periods if we feel this is appropriate. We will not lengthen our retention periods without letting you know.

Your Rights

Data protection law grants you certain rights (‘information rights’) which provide you with:

If you would like to find out more about your rights please contact our Data Protection Officer.

Information Governance and our Data Protection Officer

We have appointed a data protection officer (DPO) who is responsible for helping us to comply with our legal obligations set out in the GDPR. The DPO monitors our data protection compliance and provides advice and guidance as to how we can improve our data handling practices. The contact details of our DPO are available on our website and may change from time to time. At the time of writing our DPO is:

Data Protection Officer,

Spear & Jackson Group Atlas Way,

Sheffield S4 7QQ.

We reserve the right to change our DPO without informing you directly and will publish our DPO’s contact details on our website.