Privacy statement

Last updated: 20 December 2019

This privacy statement applies to the personal data that Heras (hereinafter referred to as ‘Heras’ or ‘we’/‘us’/‘our’) collects and processes as the data controller in the course of your interactions with Heras, including when you visit our websites, use or purchase products or services provided by Heras, subscribe to newsletters and contact our customer service.

This privacy statement may be updated, so please check back regularly for any changes. By providing us with your personal data and by using this website, you agree to our privacy statement and our use of cookies, as specified in the cookie statement.

Contact us

If you have any questions about this privacy statement or the processing of your personal data, please contact:

Heras
Herons Way
Doncaster
South Yorkshire
DN4 8WA

By post: Brand & Communications, Postbus 30, 5688 ZG Oirschot, Netherlands
By email: dataprivacy@heras.com

Personal data

We may process the following personal data:

Purposes

The reasons we ask you to share your personal data with us include, but are not limited to:

Our websites and third-party websites

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This privacy statement does not apply to third-party websites which are linked from our websites. Please read the privacy statement of third-party websites for more information about how your data is handled.

Sharing your personal data

Heras is a PERIMETER PROTECTION GROUP company. We may share your data with other companies within PERIMETER PROTECTION GROUP in order to provide you with information and services that you have requested from us, and to improve our services.

Furthermore, we share your data with third parties – including but not limited to service providers, suppliers and couriers – if it is necessary for the performance of a contract, such as to deliver products and/or services that you have ordered.

We conclude a processing agreement with third parties that process your data on behalf of Heras, ensuring that your data is processed with the same level of security and confidentiality.

We will not pass your details on to third parties, unless required or permitted by law.

Security

We endeavour to keep your data secure. We have appropriate technical and organisational security measures in place to prevent the abuse and loss of your data or unauthorised access to your data.

Retention period

We will retain your data for as long as is necessary for the purposes described above, unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law.

Access to your data

You can contact us at any time via the methods above to find out what personal data we hold about you and to receive a copy of such data. You can also have your personal data rectified or erased, unless there is a legal obligation to retain the data.

Access, rectification, and erasure

You have the right to view, rectify or erase your personal data. Please send a detailed request to Heras via the methods above, providing your name and address. Heras may ask you to prove your identity in order to prevent abuse of this right. Heras will typically respond to any request for access or rectification within four weeks. In the case of a request for erasure, Heras will delete your personal data as soon as possible, unless and in so far as the legislation on personal data requires the data to be retained or there are other compelling reasons against erasure.

We will be happy to help you with any request you have. Should you be unsatisfied with our response, then you have right to file a complaint with the ICO, UK’s independent body set up to uphold information rights. For more information, click here.