Last Updated: July 15, 2023
At Uniform Sector, we respect your privacy and are committed to protecting your personal data. This privacy policy will inform you about how we look after your personal data when you visit our website and tell you about your privacy rights and how the law protects you.
Please read this privacy policy carefully before using our services.
1. Information We Collect
We collect several types of information from and about users of our website, including:
Personal Data
We may collect the following personal information:
- Contact Information: Name, email address, phone number, and postal address when you contact us, create an account, or make a purchase.
- Payment Information: Credit card details, billing address, and other payment details when you make a purchase (this information is processed through secure payment processors).
- Communications: Records of your correspondence with us if you contact us.
- Account Information: Username, password, and preferences if you create an account.
- Marketing Preferences: Your preferences regarding receiving marketing communications from us.
Automatically Collected Information
As you navigate through our website, we may use automatic data collection technologies to collect:
- Usage Data: Information about your interaction with our website, including pages visited, time spent on pages, navigation paths, and products viewed or searched for.
- Device Information: Information about your device, including IP address, browser type, operating system, device type, and language preferences.
- Location Data: General location information derived from your IP address.
2. How We Use Your Data
We use the information we collect for various purposes, including:
- Providing, maintaining, and improving our website and services
- Processing and fulfilling your orders, including shipping and delivery
- Responding to your inquiries, comments, or questions
- Sending administrative information, such as order confirmations, updates to our terms or privacy policy, and security alerts
- With your consent, sending marketing communications about our products, services, events, and promotions
- Personalizing your experience on our website and delivering content relevant to your interests
- Analyzing usage patterns and trends to improve our website and services
- Protecting the security and integrity of our website and business
- Complying with legal obligations and enforcing our terms and conditions
Legal Basis for Processing
We process your personal data on the following legal grounds:
- Contract: Processing necessary for the performance of a contract with you (e.g., processing your order)
- Legitimate Interests: Processing necessary for our legitimate interests, provided these interests do not override your fundamental rights and freedoms
- Consent: Processing based on your consent, which you can withdraw at any time
- Legal Obligation: Processing necessary to comply with our legal obligations
3. Data Sharing and Disclosure
We may share your personal information with:
- Service Providers: Third-party vendors who perform services on our behalf, such as payment processing, order fulfillment, data analysis, email delivery, and customer service.
- Business Partners: With your consent, we may share your information with our business partners to offer you certain products, services, or promotions.
- Legal Authorities: We may disclose your information if required to do so by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities.
- Business Transfers: In connection with any merger, sale of company assets, financing, or acquisition of all or a portion of our business.
- With Your Consent: We may share your information for any other purpose disclosed to you with your consent.
We do not sell, rent, or trade your personal information to third parties for their marketing purposes without your explicit consent.
4. Cookie Policy
Our website uses cookies and similar tracking technologies to collect and track information about your browsing activities.
What Are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files that are placed on your device when you visit a website. They are widely used to make websites work more efficiently and provide information to the website owners.
Types of Cookies We Use
- Essential Cookies: Necessary for the operation of our website. They enable basic functions like page navigation and access to secure areas of the website.
- Analytical/Performance Cookies: Allow us to recognize and count the number of visitors and see how visitors move around our website. This helps us improve the way our website works.
- Functionality Cookies: These recognize you when you return to our website, enabling us to personalize content and remember your preferences.
- Targeting Cookies: Record your visit to our website, the pages you have visited, and the links you have followed. We may use this information to make our website and advertising more relevant to your interests.
Managing Cookies
You can set your browser to refuse all or some browser cookies or to alert you when websites set or access cookies. If you disable or refuse cookies, please note that some parts of this website may become inaccessible or not function properly.
5. Data Security
We have implemented appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect the security of your personal information. However, please understand that no method of transmission over the Internet or method of electronic storage is 100% secure.
We take steps to ensure that your information is treated securely and in accordance with this privacy policy. These measures include:
- Using encryption when collecting or transferring sensitive information
- Limiting access to personal information to authorized employees, contractors, and service providers
- Maintaining physical, electronic, and procedural safeguards to protect your personal information
- Regularly reviewing and updating our security practices to enhance protection
6. Your Rights
Depending on your location, you may have certain rights regarding your personal information:
- Right to Access: You can request a copy of the personal information we hold about you.
- Right to Rectification: You can request that we correct any inaccurate or incomplete information about you.
- Right to Erasure: You can request that we delete your personal information in certain circumstances.
- Right to Restrict Processing: You can request that we restrict the processing of your personal information in certain circumstances.
- Right to Data Portability: You can request to receive your personal information in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format.
- Right to Object: You can object to our processing of your personal information in certain circumstances.
- Right to Withdraw Consent: If we process your personal information based on your consent, you can withdraw that consent at any time.
To exercise any of these rights, please contact us using the information provided in the "Contact Us" section below.
7. Data Retention
We will retain your personal information only for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes for which we collected it, including satisfying any legal, accounting, or reporting requirements.
To determine the appropriate retention period, we consider the amount, nature, and sensitivity of the personal information, the potential risk of harm from unauthorized use or disclosure, the purposes for which we process the information, whether we can achieve those purposes through other means, and applicable legal requirements.
8. Children's Privacy
Our website is not intended for children under the age of 16, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 16. If you are a parent or guardian and you believe your child has provided us with personal information, please contact us, and we will take steps to delete that information.
9. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this privacy policy from time to time. The updated version will be indicated by an updated "Last Updated" date, and the updated version will be effective as soon as it is accessible.
We encourage you to review this privacy policy periodically to stay informed about how we are protecting your information.
