Privacy Policy GDPR

Privacy Policy for www.pkautomotive.co.uk

At Pk Autos we are committed to safeguarding and preserving the privacy of our visitors.

This Privacy Policy explains what happens to any personal data that you provide to us, or that we collect from you whilst you visit our site.
We do update this Policy from time to time so please do review this Policy regularly.
Who We are.
We are a Wigan Based vehicle repair centre, specialising in MG ROVER and many other brands, we are also a certified MOT Centre.
Information We Collect
In running and maintaining our website we may collect and process the following data about you:
i. Information about your use of our site including details of your visits such as pages viewed and the resources that you access. Such information includes traffic data, location data and other communication data.
ii. Information provided voluntarily by you. For example, when you register for information or make a purchase.
iii. Information that you provide when you communicate with us by any means.
Use of Cookies
Cookies provide information regarding the computer used by a visitor. We may use cookies where appropriate to gather information about your computer in order to assist us in improving our website.
We may gather information about your general internet use by using the cookie. Where used, these cookies are downloaded to your computer and stored on the computer’s hard drive. Such information will not identify you personally. It is statistical data. This statistical data does not identify any personal details whatsoever
You can adjust the settings on your computer to decline any cookies if you wish. This can easily be done by activating the reject cookies setting on your computer.
Our advertisers may also use cookies, over which we have no control. Such cookies (if used) would be downloaded once you click on advertisements on our website.
Use of Your Information
We use the information that we collect from you to provide our services to you. In addition to this we may use the information for one or more of the following purposes:
i. To provide information to you that you request from us relating to our products or services.
ii. To provide information to you relating to other products that may be of interest to you. Such additional information will only be provided where you have consented to receive such information.
iii. To inform you of any changes to our website, services or goods and products.
If you have previously purchased goods or services from us we may provide to you details of similar goods or services, or other goods and services, that you may be interested in.
Where your consent has been provided in advance we may allow selected third parties to use your data to enable them to provide you with information regarding unrelated goods and services which we believe may interest you. Where such consent has been provided it can be withdrawn by you at any time.
Storing Your Personal Data
In operating our website it may become necessary to transfer data that we collect from you to locations outside of the European Union for processing and storing. By providing your personal data to us, you agree to this transfer, storing or processing. We do our upmost to ensure that all reasonable steps are taken to make sure that your data is treated stored securely.
Unfortunately the sending of information via the internet is not totally secure and on occasion such information can be intercepted. We cannot guarantee the security of data that you choose to send us electronically, Sending such information is entirely at your own risk.
Disclosing Your Information
We will not disclose your personal information to any other party other than in accordance with this Privacy Policy and in the circumstances detailed below:
i. In the event that we sell any or all of our business to the buyer.
ii. Where we are legally required by law to disclose your personal information.
iii. To further fraud protection and reduce the risk of fraud.
Third Party Links
On occasion we include links to third parties on this website. Where we provide a link it does not mean that we endorse or approve that site’s policy towards visitor privacy. You should review their privacy policy before sending them any personal data.
Access to Information
In accordance with the Data Protection Act 1998 you have the right to access any information that we hold relating to you. Please note that we reserve the right to charge a fee of £10 to cover costs incurred by us in providing you with the information.
Contacting Us
Please do not hesitate to contact us regarding any matter relating to this Privacy Policy.
GDPR Compliance
As part of GDPR We offer the following.
Access to all data held by us, please email/ring us to request details.
We also give you the ability to unsubscribe from our service again by dropping us and email or by phone.
Once your inquiry has be dealt with all information stored by us will be permanently deleted unless we continue to deal with your vehicle in which case the data is stored on site encrypted and password protected.
We do not store or hold any financial information either by ourselves on by our internet host,
The data we may collect via an online form is:
 Name, email address, contact telephone number, IP address you signed up with along with the date, the last IP you signed in with along with the date.
This information is needed in order to validate who you are and to contact you.
We host our website outside of the UK with a company in the USA called hostgator, please see their data/privacy policies here https://www.hostgator.com/privacy


You can also contact them directly here:
Name: Andy Hutchison
Title: Chief Security and Privacy Officer
Email: privacy@endurance.com
www.hostgator.com or www.endurance.com
On site we hold your Name, address, contact telephone number, vehicle details, this is stored via encrypted password protected, software. This information is held for the lifetime that we look after the maintenance of your vehicle and/or up to 5 years for tax purposes.