Privacy Policy

Cycle King – Privacy Policy

 Your privacy is very important to us.

Accordingly, we have developed this Policy in order for you to understand how we collect, use, communicate and disclose and make use of personal information. Cycle King and Hawk Cycles is a VAT registered company (213 4139 05).

How we treat the information we gather:
This policy applies to information collected on this website and in stores. We are the Data Controller of personal information that this policy applies to under the Data Protection Act 1998. We only collect information about you that:

• allows us to contact you about activities and promotions you have signed up for
• helps us make the site work better for you
• shows us how you are using the site, so we can keep improving it
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  Parts of the site may ask you for more information so that you can use services or complete transactions. You’ll always be told when this information is being collected. In many cases you’ll be asked to enter it – for example, an email address for correspondence. This information will only be used for the purposes stated.

The information we collect:
We collect the following information from people visiting the website and at our stores:

• At the store till point and via our online contact forms personal data is collected. This information is collected in order to process your order or to respond to your enquiry or purchase.
• We also may use your contact information to ask you for feedback once the purchase is completed.
• Signing up for our email alerts at the till point or online will mean you receive regularly emails from us about upcoming sales, discount codes and competitions as well as other marketing information.
• We use Google Analytics and other tools to analyse the visitors coming to our websites. Your IP address and which web browser (and version) you use will included in the statistics available to us.
• Information on how people use the website, using cookies and page tagging information will help us improve the website and our services. You can opt-out of being tracked by Google Analytics here.
• If you send us feedback, your message will be kept

What are cookies?
A "cookie" is a small data text file that is placed in your browser and allows Cycle King and Hawk Cycle’s to recognise you each time you visit this site (customisation etc.). Cookies themselves do not contain any personal information, and Cycle King and Hawk Cycle’s does not use cookies to collect personal information. Cookies may also be used by 3rd party content providers such as newsfeeds.
Cycle King and Hawk Cycle's use Google Analytics (just like virtually everybody else) which is a service provided by Google. They gather anonymous data of how people are using this site and then provide us with visitor statistics, details of page views etc. You can opt-out of being tracked by Google Analytics here.

How we store your personal data
All information you provide to us is stored on secure servers. We do not store any payment information. We use PayPal for all online transactions. PayPal has their own security measures in place and data protection procedures. 
The transmission of information over the internet is never completely secure. We’ll do our best to protect your personal data, but cannot guarantee the security of your data transmitted to our site; any transmission is at your own risk. We use strict procedures and security features to try to prevent unauthorised access.

How we use your information
Any information we collect is used to:

• Tell you about the products / service you have signed up to.
• Contact you, with your permission, to tell you about our services, events and promotions
• We never share your information with other organisations for marketing, market research or commercial purposes, and we don’t pass on your personal information to any other website.

Use of postal addresses and phone numbers
If you enter your postal address or phone number into any of our online forms, we may occasionally use these details to contact you, unless you ask us not to. However, we are more likely to contact you by email.

Disclosure of your information
We will never disclose your personal information unless:

• we are under a duty to disclose or share personal data to comply with a legal obligation
• for law enforcement purposes

Your rights
Under the Data Protection Act you have the right to:

• ask us not to process your personal data
• see information we hold about you
• ask for inaccurate personal data to be corrected
• Ask for a copy of the personal information we hold about you, write to Retail Managing Director, PCM Group, Professional Place, Hodgson Way, Wickford, SS11 8YX. When we are satisfied of your identity, we will send you a copy of your personal information that we are legally required to disclose. We will ask you to bring proof of identity into the office before providing you with the information required. There will be a small administration fee of £10 for this service. 
  Please contact us at the same address if you believe that the information we hold about you is inaccurate and want it to be corrected.

Links to and from our website
This site contains links to and from other organisations’ websites. This privacy policy, the one you’re reading, only applies to Cycle King and Hawk Cycle's website. If you go to another website from this one, read their privacy policy to find out what it does with your information.

Information on Klarna - Financing Options

In order to be able to offer you Klarna’s payment options, we will pass to Klarna certain aspects of your personal information, such as contact and order details, in order for Klarna to assess whether you qualify for their payment options and to tailor the payment options for you.

General information on Klarna can be found here. Your personal data is handled in accordance with applicable data protection law and in accordance with the information in Klarna’s privacy policy.

Changes to our privacy policy
As we continue improving our website and services, we may update this policy.

Policy revised on 19th August 2019