Privacy Policy

At Online Metal Store Ltd, we are committed to protecting your privacy and personal information. This Privacy Policy explains what personal data we collect, why we collect it, and how we handle and protect it.

What Personal Data We Collect and Why We Collect It

Comments

When visitors leave comments on the site, we collect the data shown in the comments form, along with the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help with spam detection.

An anonymised string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service Privacy Policy is available here. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.

Media

If you upload images to the website, we advise avoiding images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS). Visitors to the website can download and extract location data from images on the site.

Cookies

When you leave a comment on our site, you may opt-in to saving your name, email address, and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.

If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.

When you log in, we will set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select "Remember Me", your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.

If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.

Embedded Content from Other Websites

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g., videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.

These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

Who We Share Your Data With

We do not store credit card details nor do we share financial details with any third parties.

We may share your personal information with any member of our group, which means our subsidiaries, our ultimate holding company, and its subsidiaries, as defined in section 1159 of the UK Companies Act 2006.

We may share your information with selected third parties including business partners, suppliers, and subcontractors for the performance of any contract we enter into with them or you.

We may also share your data with advertisers and advertising networks to select and serve relevant adverts to you. However, we do not disclose information about identifiable individuals to our advertisers. We may provide aggregate information about our users to help advertisers reach their target audience.

We may disclose your personal information to third parties in the event that we sell or buy any business or assets. If Online Metal Store Ltd or substantially all of its assets are acquired by a third party, in which case personal data held about customers may be transferred.

How Long We Retain Your Data

If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This allows us to automatically recognise and approve follow-up comments instead of holding them in a moderation queue.

For users that register on our website (if any), we store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.

What Rights You Have Over Your Data

If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us.

You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you, subject to our obligations to retain data for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

Where We Send Your Data

Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.

Your Contact Information

Online Metal Store Ltd

Highlands Farm, Southend Road, Chelmsford, CM3 8EB,
United Kingdom

Email: sales@onlinemetalstore.co.uk

Phone: +44 7907 239290

How We Protect Your Data

We take your data security seriously. The data you provide will remain in databases established in a network protected by firewalls. We restrict physical access to our servers through security systems. Access is limited to authorised personnel only.

We use industry-standard security technology and server certification.

To prevent fraud, we carry out routine checks, but no system is entirely foolproof. We cannot guarantee the total security of data, except where a breach results from our proven negligence.

What Third Parties We Receive Data From

We may receive information about you if you use any of the other websites we operate or services we provide. We will have informed you when we collected that data and will share it internally.

We may also work with third parties such as business partners, subcontractors, and payment services and receive data from them.

This Privacy Policy is designed to ensure transparency about how we collect, store, and use your personal data. By using our website, you agree to this policy and consent to the collection and processing of your information as described above.

If you have any questions regarding our Privacy Policy or need further clarification, please feel free to contact us.