GDPR Agreement

We are committed to protecting the privacy and security of your personal data. This notice explains how we use any personal data about you, in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR)

DATA PROTECTION PRINCIPLES

The GDPR sets out that personal data we hold about you must be: 

  • Used lawfully, fairly and in a transparent way. 
  • Collected only for valid purposes that we have clearly explained to you and not used in any 
    way that is incompatible with those purposes. 
  • Relevant to the purposes we have told you about and limited only to those purposes. 
  • Accurate and kept up to date. 
  • Kept only if is necessary for the purposes we have told you about. 
  • Kept securely. 


THE KIND OF DATA WE HOLD ABOUT YOU 

Personal data means any information about an individual from which that person can be 
identified. We collect, store, and use the following types of personal data about you: 

  • Personal contact details such as name, title, addresses, telephone numbers and email 
  • Your credit card details and/or bank account details. 
  • Your insurance claim details (if our work is part of an insurance claim) 
  • Your vehicle information (make, model, registration number, VIN number) 
  • Your proof of identity (driving license and/or passport) 
  • Your image on security CCTV around our site 
  • Your communications with us and any feedback you provide 


HOW YOUR PERSONAL DATA IS COLLECTED 

  • From you directly, either verbally or written, or 
  • From your insurance company, or 
  • From your fleet manager, or, 
  • From your accident management company

Some personal data may, where lawful to do so, or with your consent, be collected by us from third parties (e-9. DVLA to check your driving license when using our courtesy vehicles). 

 HOW WE USE THE INFORMATION ABOUT YOU 

We will only use your personal data when the law allows us to in the following circumstances: 

  • Where we need to perform our services to you. 
  • Where we need to comply with a legal obligation. 
  • Where necessary for legitimate interests pursued by us or a third party, and your interests and fundamental rights do not override those interests. For instance, your insurance company. 


CHANGE OF PURPOSE 

We will only use your personal data for the purposes for which we collect edit. If we need to use your personal data for an unrelated purpose, we will notify you and we will explain the legal basis which allows us to do so.  Please note that we may process your personal data without your knowledge or consent, where this is required or permitted by law. 

AUTOMATED DECISION-MAKING 

We do not use any automated decision-making processes using your personal data.  

DATA SHARING 

We will share your personal data with third parties and other service providers where it is necessary 
to perform our services to you, or where we have another legitimate interest in doing so, or where 
required by law. We require third parties to respect the security of your data and to treat it in accordance with the 
law. We may transfer your personal data outside the European Economic Area (EEA. if we do, you
can expect the same degree of protection in respect of your personal data as to that provided within 
the UK. 

“Third parties” includes third-party service providers (including contractors and designated agents). 
The following third parties process personal data about you for the purposes shown: 

Third Party                                         Data Processing Purpose
Fix Auto UK                                        Management of repairs
                                                            Customer feedback surveys
                                                            Fix Auto lifetime warranty
                                                            Complaint handling
                                                            Hire of vehicles not provided by ourselves directly

Vehicle Manufacturer’s                      Technical support
                                                            Supply of parts
                                                            Warranties
                                                            Customer feedback surveys

Vehicle Dealerships                            Technical support
                                                            Supply of parts
                                                            Vehicle system diagnostics. repair, and calibration Warranty.
                                                            Vehicle repairs beyond the scope of our own facilities.

Vehicle Specialists                              Technical support
                                                            Vehicle repairs beyond the scope of our own facilities.

Hire Vehicle providers                        Hire of vehicles not provided by ourselves directly.

Vehicle Recovery Agents                    Vehicle recovery, collection, and delivery services

Software & Systems Providers           Systems management of vehicle repair

We may also need to share your personal data with a regulator or to otherwise comply with the law.

DATA SECURITY

All third parties are required to take appropriate security measures to protect your personal data. 
We only permit third parties to process your personal data for specified purposes in accordance with 
our instructions, and not for their own purposes.

We have security measures to prevent your personal data from being accidentally lost, used, or accessed in an unauthorized way, altered, or disclosed. We limit access to your personal data to only those employees, agents, contractors and other third parties who have a business need to know. They will only process your personal data on our instructions, and they are subject to a duty of confidentiality. If we suspect-that a data breach has occurred, we will notify you and my applicable regulator of a suspected breach where we are legally required to do so.

DATA RETENTION – How long we will use your data for
We only retain your personal data for as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes we collected it including for the purposes of satisfying any Legal, accounting, or reporting this will usually be a maximum of 7 years. In some circumstances we may anonymity your personal data so that it can no longer be associated with you, in which case we may use such information without further notice to you.

YOUR RIGHTS OF ACCESS, CORRECTION. ERASURE AND RESTRICTION
Under certain circumstances, by law you have the right to:

  1. Request access to your personal data (data subject access request”). To receive a copy of
    the personal data we hold about you and to check that we are lawfully processing it.
  2. Request correction of the personal data that we hold about you. You can have any incomplete
    or inaccurate information we hold about you corrected.
  3. Request erasureof your personal data. You can ask us to delete or remove personal data
    where there is no good reason for us to continue to process it. You also have the right to ask us
    to delete or remove your personal data where you have exercised your right to “object to
    processing”(see below).
  4. Object to processingof your personal data where we are relying on a legitimate interest (or
    those of a third party) and there is something about your situation which makes you want to
    object to processing on this basis. You also have the right to object where we are processing
    your personal data for direct marketing purposes.
  5. Request the restrictionof processing of your personal data. You can ask us to suspend the
    processing of personal data about you, for example if you want us to establish its accuracy or
    the reason for processing it.
  6. Request the transfer of your personal data to another partyif you want to review, verify,
    correct or request erasure of your personal data, object to the processing of your personal data,
    or request that we transfer a copy of your personal data to another party, please contact us in
    writing. We may need to request specific information from you to help us confirm your identity
    and ensure your right to access the information (or to exercise any of your other rights). This is
    a method of security to ensure that personal data is not disclosed to any person who has no
    right to receive it.
  7. Right to withdraw consent. Where you may have provided your consent to the collection,
    processing and transfer of your personal data for a specific purpose, you have the right to
    withdraw your consent for that specific processing at any time. To withdraw your consent,
    please contact us directly. Once we have received notification that you have withdrawn your
    consent, we will no longer process your information for the purpose or purposes you originally
    agreed to, unless we have a legitimate basis for doing so in law.

 

WHAT IF YOU DO NOT PROVIDE PERSONAL DATA
Please note that you are under no obligation to provide us with your personal data, but not providing certain data could prevent us from providing our services to you, or we may be prevented from complying with our legal obligations.

If you have any questions about this privacy notice, please contact us directly.