Privacy Policy
Cookies & Privacy Notice – Customers
Wescom is committed to complying with the General Data Protection Regulation and the Data Protection Act 2018. Looking after the personal information you share with us is very important, and we want you to be confident that your personal data is kept safely and securely and to understand how we use it to offer you a better and more personalised shopping experience. We have published this notice to help you understand how and why Wescom Ireland collect information from you, who we share your information with, why and on what basis and what your rights are.
– What information we collect when you register and why?
When you buy parts from us, you are entering into a contract with us. You will need to set up an account before ordering from us, so we can set this up we will ask you to provide some personal information such as full name, address, contact details, email address.
– How do we use your information?
Data Protection says that we are allowed to use and share your personal data only where we have a proper reason to do so. The law says we must have one or more of these reasons and these are: Contract – your personal information is processed in order to fulfil a contractual arrangement e.g. in order to send you your order Consent – where you agree to us using your information in this way e.g. for storing your payment card details. Legitimate Interests – this means the interests of Wescom Ireland in managing our business to allow us to provide you with the best products and service in the most secure and appropriate way e.g. to transfer your data to certain Third Party’s such as delivery partners. Legal Obligation – where there is statutory or other legal requirement to share the information e.g. when we have to share your information for law enforcement purposes. Here is a list of the ways that we may use your personal information, and which of the reasons described above we rely on to do so. Where we list legitimate interests as a reason, we also describe below what we believe these legitimate interests are.
– Who we share your information with and why
Delivery Partners
In order for you to receive your parts, Wescom Ireland works with a number of delivery partners. Again, we only pass limited information to them in order to ensure delivery of your items.
Payment processing
Wescom Ireland works with trusted third party payment processing providers in order to securely take and manage payments.
Your Rights
Your personal data is protected by legal rights, which include your rights to object to our processing of your personal data; request that your personal data is erased or corrected; request access to your personal data.
– Keeping in touch with you
We want to keep you up to date with information about new products, special offers and improvements to our website. When you set your account up, we will ask you if you want to receive this type of marketing information. Wescom Ireland will not share your information with other companies for their marketing purposes. If you decide you do not want to receive this marketing information you can request that we stop by contacting us. You may continue to receive mailings for a short period while your request is dealt with.
– How long we keep your information
If we collect your personal information, the length of time we retain it is determined by a number of factors including the purpose for which we use that information and our obligations under other laws.
– What are your rights
You are entitled to request the following from Wescom Ireland, these are called your Data Subject Rights
Right of access –to request access to your personal information and information about how we process it
Right to rectification –to have your personal information corrected if it is inaccurate and to have incomplete personal information completed
Right to erasure (also known as the Right to be Forgotten) – to have your personal information erased.
Right to restriction of processing – to restrict processing of your personal information
Right to data portability – to electronically move, copy or transfer your personal information in a standard form
Right to object – to object to processing of your personal information
Rights with regards to automated individual decision making, including profiling –rights relating to automated decision making, including profiling
You have the right to lodge a complaint with a data protection regulator in Europe, in particular in a country you work or live or where your legal rights have been infringed.
– Cookie Notice
This notice is designed to help you understand what cookies are, how Wescom Ireland uses them and the choices you have in regards to their use.
By continuing to use our website, you are agreeing to our use of cookies in the manner described in this notice.
Cookies are small text files that are stored on your browser or the hard drive of your computer or other device when you visit the Site. This allows the Site to recognise you as a user either for the duration of your visit (using a ‘session cookie’) or for repeat visits ( a ‘persistent cookie’). They are not harmful and do not contain any information such as your home address, date of birth or credit card details.
The cookies we use fall into four broad types:
Strictly Necessary Cookies
These cookies are essential in helping you to move around our Site and use its features, such as accessing secure areas of the website. Without these cookies, services you have asked for, such as setting up an account cannot be provided. These cookies do not gather information about you that could be used for marketing or remembering where youve been on the internet.
Analytical/Performance Cookies
In order to keep the Site, its services and products relevant, easy to use and up-to-date, we use web analytics services to help us understand how people use our Site. For example, we can see which parts of the Site and products are most popular, identify when errors occur, and test different versions of a page or feature to see which one works best.
Functionality Cookies
These cookies allow websites and applications to remember choices you make (such as your user name, language or the region you are in) and provide enhanced, more personal features. The information these cookies collect is usually anonymized which means we can t identify you personally. They do not gather any information about you that could be used for selling advertising or remembering where youve been on the internet, but do help us to serve you with advertising that is more relevant to you.
Targeted Marketing Cookies
We also use cookies to assist in targeted advertising. Without these cookies, online advertisements you encounter will be less relevant to you and your interests.
What do we use Cookies for?
They enable you to transact, whilst other non-essential cookies enable us to give you an enhanced, personalized web experience and determine relevant products to show you.
To personalize and improve your customer experience.
To allow you to securely sign in to your account so that you can use “My Account” features
To recognize the device that you are using.
To store the content of your online shopping bag whilst you browse the site and to complete an order.
To record the areas of the Site that you have visited, products you have viewed and time spent browsing, as well as the products you purchased. We use this information to help make the website more user-friendly, develop our Site design and to continuously improve the quality of the service we provide.
To distribute visitors to our Site evenly across platforms to ensure the content is served at the fastest possible speed.
We also offer you the facility to share your experience on our Site through social media sites such as Facebook and Twitter. By using these features, you are consenting to allow cookies from these providers. More information about how these providers use cookies can be found at their websites.
Are cookies safe?
Yes. The information stored in cookies is safe and anonymous to any external third party, and your account security is never compromised.
Can I turn off cookies?
Yes, but if you choose not to allow the use of cookies, your experience of our Site will be limited, and many integral aspects of the Site, including (but not limited to) adding items to your shopping bag and accessing your account, will not work at all. To change your cookie settings, or if you want to be notified each time a cookie is about to be used, you should amend the settings provided in your web browser to prevent us from storing cookies on your computer hard drive.
– Card Payments
If you pay by card and would like to understand the Merchant Services privacy policy relating to its handling of your personal data, please visit: The Relevant Merchants Website
The The Wescom Team.