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    Hunter Engineering & Welding Supplies Ltd – www.hunterltd.co.uk

    Website Privacy Policy

    This policy was last updated on 25/01/2011

    1. Data Protection Act 1998

    We comply with the principles of the Data Protection Act 1998 when dealing with all data received from visitors to the site.

    2. Our Services

    We only hold the data necessary to offer services provided on our website. 

    3. Data Protection Register

    Data is only used for the purposes described in our entry on the Data Protection Register.

     4. Required Period

    We only hold personal data for as long as necessary. Once data is no longer needed it is deleted from our files.

     5. Data Storage

    For administrative reasons data may be passed to and stored securely with third party service providers located outside the EEA (European Economic Area).

     6. Email Updates

    We regularly email website news and information updates to those customers who have specifically subscribed to our email service. All subscription emails sent by us contain clear information on how to unsubscribe from our email service.

    7. Our Promise

    We never sell, rent or exchange mailing lists. 

    8. Data Shared With Partners

    We may however share commercial and technical data with our partners where a customer has accessed and used our website via a site belonging to one of our partners. However, such information will also be subject to our partners’ privacy policies. 

    9. Email Options

    If you subscribe to our email service via a partner site, that partner may wish to send you details via email of other products and services, which may be of interest to you. However when you subscribe directly to our email service you will be asked whether or not you wish to receive such emails.

    10. Partner Privacy Policies

    Please note that we only share data with partners that operate their own privacy policy. 

    11. Spam

    In accordance with the Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations 2003, we never send bulk unsolicited emails, (popularly known as Spam) to email addresses. 

    12. Product Updates

    We may send emails to existing customers or prospective customers who have enquired or registered with us, regarding products or services directly provided by us.

    13. Email Content

    All emails sent by us will be clearly marked as originating from us. All such emails will also include clear instructions on how unsubscribe from our email service and any future emails. Such instructions will either include a link to a page to unsubscribe or a valid email address to which you should reply, with “unsubscribe” as the email subject heading. 

    14. Cookies

    Our website uses "cookies" to track use and allow customers to purchase from our website. Please note that these cookies do not contain or pass any personal, confidential or financial information or any other information that could be used to identify individual visitors or customers purchasing from our website. Please note that you are free to refuse cookies. However, for purely technical reasons this may prevent you from purchasing from our website. This is because anonymous cookies are commonly used to keep track of the contents of customers’ shopping baskets or trolleys during the checkout process. This facility ensures that the items added to (or removed from) your basket are accurately stated when you go to pay. 

    15. Contact Us

    If you have any questions relating to our Privacy Policy please email us at

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    Email Privacy Policy

    We have created this email privacy policy to demonstrate our firm commitment to your privacy and the protection of your information.

    Why did you receive an email from us?

    If you received a mailing from us, (a) your email address is either listed with us as someone who has expressly shared this address for the purpose of receiving information in the future ("opt-in"), or (b) you have registered or purchased or otherwise have an existing relationship with us. We respect your time and attention by controlling the frequency of our mailings.

    How we protect your privacy

    We use security measures to protect against the loss, misuse and alteration of data used by our system.

    Sharing and Usage

    We will never share, sell, or rent individual personal information with anyone without your advance permission or unless ordered by a court of law. Information submitted to us is only available to employees managing this information for purposes of contacting you or sending you emails based on your request for information and to contracted service providers for purposes of providing services relating to our communications with you.

    How can you stop receiving email from us?

    Each email sent contains an easy, automated way for you to cease receiving email from us, or to change your expressed interests. If you wish to do this, simply follow the instructions at the end of any email.

    If you have received unwanted, unsolicited email sent via this system or purporting to be sent via this system, please forward a copy of that email with your comments to  This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it for review.