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Learn MoreThis website is operated by AV Distribution Ltd, a company registered in England and Wales (05385699) with our registered office at Unit 5 The Sidings, New Line Industrial Estate, Bacup, Lancashire, OL13 9RW. We are the “data controller” for information you supply to us via this website. AV Distribution Ltd is registered with the UK’s Information Commissioner under the Data Protection Act 1998.
Comments, questions or complaints regarding this notice can be addressed to:
Data Protection Officer
AV Distribution Ltd
Unit 5 The Sidings
New Line Industrial Estate
Bacup
OL13 9RW
We are committed to safeguarding the information you provide to us via this website, or other means. This notice describes the ways in which we use this information.
Our website contains links to external third party sites. We do not control these websites and you are encouraged to review the privacy notices of these third parties.
When you open an account with us, or place any order, we collect certain information via forms, including your name, address and contact information and products ordered or returned. We do not store complete payment card or bank account information, but our payment processor, finance partner and merchant bank do so where required.
If you provide a review on our website, and choose not to remain anonymous, your name and location will be stored along with your review score and content.
If you express an interest in receiving marketing material from us, we will collect your email address for this purpose. You may opt-out at any time in the account section of this website.
If you contact us by phone or email, we may store information regarding your enquiry.
We collect information on each individual's usage of this website, including pages visited.
We also use Google Analytics to collect anonymised usage data. You can read more about your privacy options for Google Analytics here: https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/partners/
We may receive data from you, or about you, for reasons other than providing goods and services. For example if you apply for a job, or are recorded on our CCTV system.
Information you provide to us will be disclosed to third parties for the following reasons:
These third parties be may be our employees, subcontractors, suppliers, agents or other service providers.
Our finance partner may rely on automated decision making when processing a credit application started via this website. Please review their privacy notice for more details: https://www.closeretailfinance.co.uk/privacy-notice
This website may reject orders where you provide incomplete information, or where our systems, our payment processors or finance partner suspect fraud.
Additional post-order fraud checks will also be applied where appropriate, which may result in your order being cancelled after completion.
We will take all reasonable steps to secure your information against loss, unauthorised access or alteration.
The information we collect is not stored outside of the EU.
We will store data provided by you for as long as is necessary to provide you with service, to comply with any regulation or to defend any claim. Information no longer required will be deleted.
We will maintain a record of your account with us for six years since your last login, as well as any related orders. If you log into your account at least once every six years, your order history will be maintained.
You have rights under the Data Protection Act. These include the rights to:
This notice may be updated from time to time. The last date of revision was 1st June 2018.
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For example we use a cookie to uniquely identify your browser to our site, so that the items you add to basket are saved throughout your visit.
You may choose to disable cookies via your browser for some or all sites, though you should note by doing so you may find websites that you regularly visit become partially or completely unusable.
If you choose to access our site and have cookies enabled we will assume your implied consent to set cookies via your browser.
Name | Purpose |
uS | Our primary session cookie, which enables the core functions of our website, such as tracking the contents of your basket, or logging you into you account |
responsive | Allows us to detect if you have requested a desktop or mobile version of our site. |
ccseen | Allows us to detect if you have previously seen our cookie message on arrival to our website. |
_utma, _utmz... (etc), _ga, _gid | Set by Google as part of their Analytics tools, these cookies are used to gather anonymous statistics such as the number of visitors to a page or the keywords used to find our site. This information is then used to improve our service and site. |
awin | Set by us to let us know that you arrived via an advertiser to our site. |