Lynx UK Privacy and Cookies Policy

At Lynx UK Ltd, we take privacy seriously. This privacy statement explains what personal data or information we collect from you and how we use it. 

 

Who are we? 

Lynx UK Ltd is a registered company (05065985) our office address is: 

Thornson House
Mitchell Close
West Portway Industrial Estate
Andover
Hampshire
SP10 3TJ 

For the purposes of Data Protection, Lynx UK Ltd is a data controller and is registered with the ICO. 

 

What personal data or information do we collect? 

The personal information we collect may include your name, address, email address, IP address and information regarding what pages you access on our website and when.

 

How do we collect data or information from you? 

  • Make an enquiry via our website or via the telephone 
  • Enquire about a job opportunity 
  • Work for or with the business 
  • Exchange business cards with a member of the business 

 

 How is your information used? 

We collect your personal data or information to operate our business effectively and provide you with the best information on our products and services. 

We may use your information to: 

  • To provide new and used surplus telecom and data equipment to you. 
  • To answer enquiries that you make prior to any agreement or contract. 
  • To keep you informed about our services. 
  • To process a job application 
  • To fulfil our obligations as an employer 
  • To maintain the security of our office and IT infrastructure 
  • To invoice you, and to track payments you make or payments made to you 

We believe that all these purposes are justified on the basis of our legitimate interests in running and promoting the business, our contractual requirements to deliver the agreed services to you, and our legal obligations, both as a business and responsible employer. If you would like to know more, please read below: 

  • Customers 
  • Prospective Customers 
  • Job Applicants, Our Current and Former Employees 
  • Suppliers/Vendors 

 

Details of our Data processing 

 Info table

 

 Who has access to your information? 

We do not sell or rent your personal data or information to any third party or share your information with third parties for their marketing purposes. 

We will disclose your data or information if required by law, for example by a court order or for the prevention of fraud or other crime. 

We may pass your information on to our third-party service providers, agents or subcontractors for the purposes of completing a task or providing services to you on our behalf (for example to manage your subscriptions). However, we disclose only the personal information necessary to deliver that service and have a contract in place that requires them to keep your information secure and not to use it for their own marketing purposes. 

 

Your rights 

You have certain rights over the processing of your personal information by Lynx UK Ltd. These are: 

  • The right to be informed, which is what this privacy policy is for 
  • The right to access the data we hold about you 
  • The right to object to direct marketing 
  • The right to object to processing carried out on the basis of legitimate interests 
  • The right to erasure (in some circumstances) 
  • The right to data portability 
  • The right to have your data rectified if it is inaccurate 
  • The right to have your data restricted or blocked from processing 

 

How you can update your information 

The accuracy of your information is important to us. If you change your contact details or if you want to update any of the information we hold on you, please contact us 

  1. By email Finance@lynx-uk.com 
  2. By post at Lynx UK with the Address above 
  3. Or alternatively, you can telephone us on 01264 337444. 

 

How you can access your personal information 

You have the right to ask for a copy of the personal information Lynx UK hold relating to you. Please contact us by email at GDPR@lynx-uk.com. 

This message has been sent to you because we currently hold your data. Should you wish for us to remove your data please email GDPR@lynx-uk.com 

You also have the right to lodge a complaint about our processing of your personal data with the UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office 

 

Keeping your data secure 

When you give us personal information we take steps to ensure that it’s treated securely and strive to protect it on our internal systems. 

 

Emailing us 

We use Transport Layer Security (TLS) to encrypt and protect email traffic in line with government standards. If your email service does not support TLS, you should be aware that any emails we send or receive may not be protected in transit. 

We will also monitor any emails sent to us, including file attachments, for viruses or malicious software. Please be aware that you have a responsibility to ensure that any email you send is within the bounds of the law.

 

Cookies

Most web browsers allow some control of most cookies through the browser settings. To find out more about cookies, including how to see what cookies have been set and how to manage and delete them, visit www.aboutcookies.org or www.allaboutcookies.org.

Cookie Name Purpose
Google Analytics

__utma 

 

__utmb 

__utmz 

Utmt 

utmc 

Google Analytics gathers information allowing us to understand interactions with our websites and ultimately refine that experience to better serve you. 

PHPSESSID PHPSESSID
  • Internal cookie used by PHP language which supports the fact you are logged into a system as a certain user. 
  • This cookie is typically written to the browser upon the first visit to our site. If the cookie has been deleted by the browser / operator, and the browser subsequently visits your site, a new __utma cookie is written. 
  • This cookie is used to establish and continue a user session with your site. 
  • This cookie stores the referral used by you to reach our site. 
  • Used to throttle request rate 
  • Historically, this cookie operated in conjunction with the __utmb cookie to determine whether the user was in a new session/visit.  

Google Analytics 

Our website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc. ("Google"). Google Analytics uses "cookies", which are text files placed on your computer, to help us analyse 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 our 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. 

 

Changes to this privacy notice 

We keep our privacy notice under regular review. This privacy notice was last updated on 22nd May 2018.