Privacy Notice

Alan Butcher Components Limited Privacy Notice in Brief

Alan Butcher Components Ltd. is committed to protecting your privacy.
Alan Butcher Components Ltd. has created this privacy statement in order to demonstrate our firm commitment to privacy.
The following discloses our information gathering and dissemination practices for the company, Alan Butcher Components and the website at URL: www.abcomponents.co.uk
Alan Butcher Components Ltd. does not disclose visitors’ information to third parties.
Any information that you provide us with, whether it be business or personal information (such as your name or address), cannot be seen by third parties.
The information we keep is stored on our own computer systems and the MySQL server website database (database name: abcompon_wpnew).
This site may at times contain links to other, third party websites: Alan Butcher Components Ltd. is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such websites.
This privacy statement is not presented as a legally binding contract.

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What information do we collect or use?

Primarily the data we collect is used to complete and provide support for the services we supply. There are sections in our website where we may ask you to make contact with Alan Butcher Components Ltd. Any information you provide will remain the secured property of Alan Butcher Components Ltd. Under no circumstances will it be sold or rented to any third party. Alan Butcher Components Ltd. may, however, use your contact information to send you any information you have specifically requested or any other information or news about our company and services. Your details may be used in an aggregated form for marketing analysis of our website traffic.

In addition to any personal information you may provide, Alan Butcher Components Ltd. may, on occasion use software or other tools that enable the collection of relevant technical information, for example the IP address (Internet protocol) (IP), the operating system deployed on your computer, the browser used for access, various traffic patterns, as well as the address of any referring websites. Alan Butcher Components Ltd. always traces how a visitor arrives at the ABC website, however it is not possible to and we will not attempt to gather information about other sites that have been visited prior to landing at www.abcomponents.co.uk.

How we may use your personal information?

Alan Butcher Components Ltd. may use your personal information for the following purposes:

To complete and provide support for the services and products we supply.
To provide information or services that you have requested.
To help us manage our content to ensure it is relevant and appropriate to you.
To alert you to company news, product upgrades, other updated information and new products and services from Alan Butcher Components Ltd.

We request personal details from customers via the following forms on our website:

Product Enquiry – link on individual product pages ie. https://abcomponents.co.uk/rocker-switch-splash-proof-cap-b1prt1/
Catalogue Request – https://www.abcomponents.cu.uk/catalogue/
Contact Form – https://www.abcomponents.co.uk/contact/

There is an Opt-In button for marketing purposes on all contact forms.

Effective Date: 25-Feb-2025

Last Updated: 25-Feb-2025

What are cookies?

How do we use cookies?

Types of Cookies we use

Manage cookie preferences

Cookie Settings

You can change your cookie preferences any time by clicking the above button. This will let you revisit the cookie consent banner and change your preferences or withdraw your consent right away.

In addition to this, different browsers provide different methods to block and delete cookies used by websites. You can change the settings of your browser to block/delete the cookies. Listed below are the links to the support documents on how to manage and delete cookies from the major web browsers.

Chrome: https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/32050

Safari: https://support.apple.com/en-in/guide/safari/sfri11471/mac

Firefox: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/clear-cookies-and-site-data-firefox?redirectslug=delete-cookies-remove-info-websites-stored&redirectlocale=en-US

Internet Explorer: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/how-to-delete-cookie-files-in-internet-explorer-bca9446f-d873-78de-77ba-d42645fa52fc

If you are using any other web browser, please visit your browser’s official support documents.

What about links on your site?

Alan Butcher Components Ltd. provides links on our site that direct to external, third party websites.
We have no control over the content other sites, nor the usage of information they gather.
We recommend that you always review the privacy policies at any third party sites you visit; they may not follow the same policies as us.

Google Analytics

This website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc. (“Google”).
Google Analytics uses cookies, to help the website analyze how users use the site.
The information generated by the cookie about your use of the website (including your IP address) will be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States.
Google will use this information for the purpose of evaluating your use of the website, compiling reports on website activity for website operators and providing other services relating to website activity and internet usage.
Google may also transfer this information to third parties where required to do so by law, or where such third parties process the information on Google’s behalf.
Google will not associate your IP address with any other data held by Google.
You may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser, however please note that if you do this you may not be able to use the full functionality of this website.
By using this website, you consent to the processing of data about you by Google in the manner and for the purposes set out above.

Opting Out

Our site provides users the opportunity to opt-out of receiving communications from us and our partners at the point where we request information about the visitor.

You can contact us to discontinue receiving future communications by any of the following means:

Send an e-mail to sales@abcomponents.co.uk indicating your request to be unsubscribed from a specific list.
In writing to: Alan Butcher Components Ltd., Unit 1 Beechwood, Clump Farm Ind. Est., Tin Pot Lane, Blandford, Dorset, DT11 7TD
You can call us on this telephone number: 01258 456360

The above contact details may also be used should you wish to access the personal information we hold.

We aim to maintain accurate and up to date information. We will correct immediately if we are advised of inaccuracies. We may from time to time contact customers to verify the information that we hold is correct, or to advise of a change in our information.

How long we keep information

The data base on our website server will be cleared on an annual basis. Active customer information will be held on our systems for 7 years which is the HMRC statutory record keeping period.

We are registered with the IOC showing our commitment to data protection within our company.

https://www.ioc.org.uk