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Customer Privacy Policy

Allied Vehicles Limited (‘Allied’), also referred to as Allied Vehicles Group, is a data controller.

Allied trades as Allied Mobility, Cab Direct, The Minibus Centre, Allied Autocare, Mobility Solutions, Allied Parts, Wildcat Campervans and Allied Vehicles and collects and processes personal data relating to its customers and enquirers. Allied is committed to being transparent about how it collects and uses this data and to meeting its data protection obligations. Reference is also made to our Data Protection Policy within our privacy policy.

  1. What Information Does Allied Collect?

Allied collects and processes a range of information containing personal data about you. This includes the following:

  • Your name, address and contact details, including email address and telephone number;
    • Financial information (where you are purchasing goods or services from us);
    • Your driving licence (where we or our partners provide you with a lease, hire or courtesy car);
    • In some cases, we process special category data (more sensitive personal information) about you, in particular, health data, particularly relating to any mobility issues you may have; and
    • CCTV footage.

Allied collects this information in a variety of ways including directly from you; from representatives you have asked to act on your behalf, and from third party marketing agencies where you have provided consent for your data to be passed to us.
All personal data processed by Allied, whether in hard copy or on our IT systems and servers, is stored securely and is accessed only by those who require access for a lawful purpose.

  1. Why Does Allied Process Your Personal Data?

Where you have entered into a contract with Allied for the provision of goods or services by us to you, or to provide services to us, Allied needs to process your personal data to meet its obligations and exercise its rights in terms of that contract.

In other cases, Allied has a legitimate interest in processing personal data obtained from its customers, enquirers, suppliers and, in some cases, third-party marketing agencies which allows Allied to:

  • Respond to enquiries received from you;
    • Effectively manage and operate our business;
    • Provide you with better customer service;
    • Prevention and detection of crime and safety on-site;
    • Send news updates and relevant product offers by post and via social media, marketing emails and SMS messages to you where you have not opted out from receiving these messages.

Where you have provided consent to us for any reason (for example, to receive news updates from us), you can withdraw that consent at any time by contacting us at yourdata@alliedvehicles.co.uk.

We will also process the health information which you have provided to us where the processing is carried out for social protection purposes. For example, where you purchase a product from us and wish to claim an exemption from VAT, or where your data is used for a Motability application.

  1. Who Has Access to Data?

Your information will be shared internally with appropriate members of Allied staff, only as required in pursuance of their job function. We will also share your data as required by law.

Allied may also share your data with third parties in the context of a sale of some or all of its business. In those circumstances, the data will be subject to confidentiality arrangements.

Allied also shares your data with third parties to allow it to carry out its business. For example, third parties acting on our instruction provide IT and computing services, payment service providers, postal services and email and text message software and social media providers which we use to communicate with our customers and other people interested in our products and services and to deliver direct marketing. We have in place appropriate contracts to ensure that they do not use the data for their own or any other purposes. Please see below for further information.

Should you request us to obtain finance on your behalf to purchase a vehicle, the financial information we gather will be passed to our trusted finance companies and credit reference agencies.

If you lease a car or minibus through Allied, we will provide your data to our leasing partners to provide you with a vehicle. When you purchase a vehicle from Allied, we will share your personal data with the manufacturer of the vehicle to enable the manufacturer to activate the warranty for your vehicle.

We also share data with Motability, where your vehicle is supplied through the Motability Scheme, to confirm your eligibility.

We use social media providers such as Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and Instagram to provide advertising to you about those of our products and services which we think may be of interest to you. We do this by creating a custom audience. To do this, we will share your email address and/or telephone number with Facebook and our other providers who cross-check that information with the data they hold from you. For these limited purposes, social media platforms are data processors and only process this personal data per our instructions. Please see, for further information Workplace GDPR Addendum.

We also use some Google products which enable us to analyse use of our website and facilitate the sending of personalised advertising to you. For further information on this use of your data and the options available to you, please see our Cookies Policy.

Allied does not share your data with other companies or organisations to enable them to send their marketing communications to you.

  1. How Does Allied Protect Data?

Allied has internal policies and controls in place to try to ensure that your data is not lost, accidentally destroyed, misused or disclosed, and is not accessed except by its employees in the performance of their duties.

Where we engage third parties to process personal data on its behalf, they do so based on written instructions, ensuring that all of their staff are under a duty of confidentiality and are obliged to implement appropriate technical and organisational measures to ensure the security of data. They are also not allowed to use your personal data for their own purposes.

If your data is transferred outside the UK, we will ensure that adequate safeguards are in place to protect your data, such as an adequacy finding or contractual arrangements as appropriate.

  1. How Long Does Allied Keep Your Data?

Allied will hold your personal data for the duration of any contract with you and for a fixed period thereafter. The periods for which your data is held after the end of the contract and in all other situations are set out in our Data Retention Policy (please see section 7 on how to request a copy of our policies).

  1. Additional Information About Our Websites

Allied wants you to feel secure when visiting our websites and to know that we respect the privacy of all our customers. We have designed the website so that, in most cases, you can visit our website without the need to reveal personal information. Exceptions to this principle are noted below.

  1. Indirectly, through computer protocols

One example where personal data may be collected is through the use of ‘cookies’. Used by many sites cookies are small automated files sent between computers, which help relate information shown on our site to areas of the sites that you have previously visited. If you are uncomfortable regarding the use of our cookies or of cookies in general you can disable this function on your computer by changing settings in the preferences or options menu on your browser. Some information about how to disable cookies on different browsers can be found at www.aboutcookies.org. Your IP address will also be used to provide us with non-personalised information about users of our site.

When you visit our website, we also use third-party services provided by Google, including Google Analytics, to collect information relating to your use of our website and visitor behaviour patterns. We do this to monitor traffic to our website and to better understand what is of most interest to our customers. We may also use these products for the purposes of sending personalised adverts. For further information please see our Cookies Policy

Analytics collects Internet Protocol (IP) addresses of visitors to our website. These are masked such that we do not have access to your personal data via Analytics. For further information, please see https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en.

We also use third party software which allows us to connect any telephone call made to us with any visit you make to our website. When you visit our website, we will collect your IP address and a unique phone number will be generated on the site through which you can contact us. We are then able to link your browsing activity related to our website to your telephone call and provide you with more personalised customer service.

  1. Directly, through online forms

We also collect information that you choose to submit to us voluntarily, through online forms provided on this site. It is completely up to you whether you wish to provide such information and it will be clear where you are asked to do so.

How do we use this information?

Electronic information, including your IP address, helps us to analyse usage trends on our site, such as showing us what sections are most popular, so that we can continually improve the information we provide. Information provided by you will also be used for our internal business records so that we can communicate with you and respond to any specific query you have submitted. We would also like to keep you up to date about our products and services and so we may use your contact information to send promotional materials via the post, by email, by SMS and we may contact you by telephone. However, you will always be able to decide whether or not you want to hear from us and tell us via the contact methods below.

What about special category data?

To tailor specific product offers to you we sometimes ask for information such as any disability that you have. You do not need to provide us with this information if you don’t want to, but it may limit the scope of services offered to you.

Other websites

Our website contains links to other third-party sites. These sites are not controlled or processed by us and as such should have their own privacy policy in place. Allied has no responsibility for those sites or their content and we would encourage you to review the privacy policies of those sites.

Opting out

When you become a customer of Allied or where you have discussed becoming a customer with us, we may use your email address or other contact details to provide you with updates about the products and services we offer. You have a choice about whether you receive marketing communications from us and you will have a choice to opt-out from receiving future communications from us on any online form first used to collect your data.

If you DO NOT wish to receive future communications, please indicate your preference using the option provided in the form.

You will also be given the option to unsubscribe from receiving future emails by clicking the unsubscribe link at the bottom of the email or by emailing us at yourdata@alliedvehicles.co.uk.

Children

If you are aged 13 or under, we require the consent of your parent or guardian before you submit any personal information through this website.

  1. Your Rights

As a data subject, you have a number of rights. These include the right to request:

  • Access to information about, and to obtain a copy of, your personal data;
    • That Allied changes incorrect or incomplete data;
    • That Allied deletes or restricts the processing of your data, in certain circumstances;
    • That Allied stops certain processing activities where Allied is relying on its legitimate interests as the legal ground for processing; and
    • That Allied provides you with an easy to transmit copy of the personal data you supplied to Allied.

You have the right to opt-out of receiving marketing information from us at any time.

Please refer to Allied’s Data Protection Policy/Data Subject Rights Policies for further details of these rights.

If you would like to exercise any of these rights, if you have any concerns about how your personal data is being processed, or to request a copy of our Data Protection Policy, Retention Policy or Data Subject Rights Policy please contact Allied via one of the following options:

Email: yourdata@alliedvehicles.co.uk

Call: 0800 916 0049

Write to: Your Data, Allied Vehicles Group, 230 Balmore Road, Glasgow, G22 6LJ

If you believe that Allied has not complied with your data protection rights, you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office:-

Information Commissioner’s Office
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF
0303 123 111

Further information is also available at www.ico.org.uk.

  1. What If You Do Not Provide Personal Data?

Where you have entered into a contract with Allied for the provision of goods or services, failing to provide the data may mean that Allied is unable to properly implement the contract and that you are unable to exercise certain contractual rights.

  1. Monitoring and Review

This policy was last updated in March 2022 and shall be regularly monitored and reviewed.Allied Vehicles Limited (‘Allied’), also referred to as Allied Vehicles Group, is a data controller.

Allied trades as Allied Mobility, Cab Direct, The Minibus Centre, Allied Autocare, Mobility Solutions, Allied Parts, Wildcat Campervans and Allied Vehicles and collects and processes personal data relating to its customers and enquirers. Allied is committed to being transparent about how it collects and uses this data and to meeting its data protection obligations. Reference is also made to our Data Protection Policy.

  1. What Information Does Allied Collect?

Allied collects and processes a range of information containing personal data about you. This includes the following:

  • Your name, address and contact details, including email address and telephone number;
    • Financial information (where you are purchasing goods or services from us);
    • Your driving licence (where we or our partners provide you with a lease, hire or courtesy car);
    • In some cases, we process special category data (more sensitive personal information) about you, in particular, health data, particularly relating to any mobility issues you may have; and
    • CCTV footage.

Allied collects this information in a variety of ways including directly from you; from representatives you have asked to act on your behalf, and from third party marketing agencies where you have provided consent for your data to be passed to us.
All personal data processed by Allied, whether in hard copy or on our IT systems and servers, is stored securely and is accessed only by those who require access for a lawful purpose.

  1. Why Does Allied Process Your Personal Data?

Where you have entered into a contract with Allied for the provision of goods or services by us to you, or to provide services to us, Allied needs to process your personal data to meet its obligations and exercise its rights in terms of that contract.

In other cases, Allied has a legitimate interest in processing personal data obtained from its customers, enquirers, suppliers and, in some cases, third-party marketing agencies which allows Allied to:

  • Respond to enquiries received from you;
    • Effectively manage and operate our business;
    • Provide you with better customer service;
    • Prevention and detection of crime and safety on-site;
    • Send news updates and relevant product offers by post and via social media, marketing emails and SMS messages to you where you have not opted out from receiving these messages.

Where you have provided consent to us for any reason (for example, to receive news updates from us), you can withdraw that consent at any time by contacting us at yourdata@alliedvehicles.co.uk.

We will also process the health information which you have provided to us where the processing is carried out for social protection purposes. For example, where you purchase a product from us and wish to claim an exemption from VAT, or where your data is used for a Motability application.

  1. Who Has Access to Data?

Your information will be shared internally with appropriate members of Allied staff, only as required in pursuance of their job function. We will also share your data as required by law.

Allied may also share your data with third parties in the context of a sale of some or all of its business. In those circumstances, the data will be subject to confidentiality arrangements.

Allied also shares your data with third parties to allow it to carry out its business. For example, third parties acting on our instruction provide IT and computing services, payment service providers, postal services and email and text message software and social media providers which we use to communicate with our customers and other people interested in our products and services and to deliver direct marketing. We have in place appropriate contracts to ensure that they do not use the data for their own or any other purposes. Please see below for further information.

Should you request us to obtain finance on your behalf to purchase a vehicle, the financial information we gather will be passed to our trusted finance companies and credit reference agencies.

If you lease a car or minibus through Allied, we will provide your data to our leasing partners to provide you with a vehicle. When you purchase a vehicle from Allied, we will share your personal data with the manufacturer of the vehicle to enable the manufacturer to activate the warranty for your vehicle.

We also share data with Motability, where your vehicle is supplied through the Motability Scheme, to confirm your eligibility.

We use social media providers such as Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and Instagram to provide advertising to you about those of our products and services which we think may be of interest to you. We do this by creating a custom audience. To do this, we will share your email address and/or telephone number with Facebook and our other providers who cross-check that information with the data they hold from you. For these limited purposes, social media platforms are data processors and only process this personal data per our instructions. Please see, for further information https://www.facebook.com/legal/Workplace_GDPR_Addendum.

We also use some Google products which enable us to analyse use of our website and facilitate the sending of personalised advertising to you. For further information on this use of your data and the options available to you, please see our Cookies Policy.

Allied does not share your data with other companies or organisations to enable them to send their marketing communications to you.

  1. How Does Allied Protect Data?

Allied has internal policies and controls in place to try to ensure that your data is not lost, accidentally destroyed, misused or disclosed, and is not accessed except by its employees in the performance of their duties.

Where we engage third parties to process personal data on its behalf, they do so based on written instructions, ensuring that all of their staff are under a duty of confidentiality and are obliged to implement appropriate technical and organisational measures to ensure the security of data. They are also not allowed to use your personal data for their own purposes.

If your data is transferred outside the UK, we will ensure that adequate safeguards are in place to protect your data, such as an adequacy finding or contractual arrangements as appropriate.

  1. How Long Does Allied Keep Your Data?

Allied will hold your personal data for the duration of any contract with you and for a fixed period thereafter. The periods for which your data is held after the end of the contract and in all other situations are set out in our Data Retention Policy (please see section 7 on how to request a copy of our policies).

  1. Additional Information About Our Websites

Allied wants you to feel secure when visiting our websites and to know that we respect the privacy of all our customers. We have designed the website so that, in most cases, you can visit our website without the need to reveal personal information. Exceptions to this principle are noted below.

  1. Indirectly, through computer protocols

One example where personal data may be collected is through the use of ‘cookies’. Used by many sites cookies are small automated files sent between computers, which help relate information shown on our site to areas of the sites that you have previously visited. If you are uncomfortable regarding the use of our cookies or of cookies in general you can disable this function on your computer by changing settings in the preferences or options menu on your browser. Some information about how to disable cookies on different browsers can be found at www.aboutcookies.org. Your IP address will also be used to provide us with non-personalised information about users of our site.

When you visit our website, we also use third-party services provided by Google, including Google Analytics, to collect information relating to your use of our website and visitor behaviour patterns. We do this to monitor traffic to our website and to better understand what is of most interest to our customers. We may also use these products for the purposes of sending personalised adverts. For further information please see our Cookies Policy

Analytics collects Internet Protocol (IP) addresses of visitors to our website. These are masked such that we do not have access to your personal data via Analytics. For further information, please see https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en.

We also use third party software which allows us to connect any telephone call made to us with any visit you make to our website. When you visit our website, we will collect your IP address and a unique phone number will be generated on the site through which you can contact us. We are then able to link your browsing activity related to our website to your telephone call and provide you with more personalised customer service.

  1. Directly, through online forms

We also collect information that you choose to submit to us voluntarily, through online forms provided on this site. It is completely up to you whether you wish to provide such information and it will be clear where you are asked to do so.

How do we use this information?

Electronic information, including your IP address, helps us to analyse usage trends on our site, such as showing us what sections are most popular, so that we can continually improve the information we provide. Information provided by you will also be used for our internal business records so that we can communicate with you and respond to any specific query you have submitted. We would also like to keep you up to date about our products and services and so we may use your contact information to send promotional materials via the post, by email, by SMS and we may contact you by telephone. However, you will always be able to decide whether or not you want to hear from us and tell us via the contact methods below.

What about special category data?

To tailor specific product offers to you we sometimes ask for information such as any disability that you have. You do not need to provide us with this information if you don’t want to, but it may limit the scope of services offered to you.

Other websites

Our website contains links to other third-party sites. These sites are not controlled or processed by us and as such should have their own privacy policy in place. Allied has no responsibility for those sites or their content and we would encourage you to review the privacy policies of those sites.

Opting out

When you become a customer of Allied or where you have discussed becoming a customer with us, we may use your email address or other contact details to provide you with updates about the products and services we offer. You have a choice about whether you receive marketing communications from us and you will have a choice to opt-out from receiving future communications from us on any online form first used to collect your data.

If you DO NOT wish to receive future communications, please indicate your preference using the option provided in the form.

You will also be given the option to unsubscribe from receiving future emails by clicking the unsubscribe link at the bottom of the email or by emailing us at yourdata@alliedvehicles.co.uk.

Children

If you are aged 13 or under, we require the consent of your parent or guardian before you submit any personal information through this website.

  1. Your Rights

As a data subject, you have a number of rights. These include the right to request:

  • Access to information about, and to obtain a copy of, your personal data;
    • That Allied changes incorrect or incomplete data;
    • That Allied deletes or restricts the processing of your data, in certain circumstances;
    • That Allied stops certain processing activities where Allied is relying on its legitimate interests as the legal ground for processing; and
    • That Allied provides you with an easy to transmit copy of the personal data you supplied to Allied.

You have the right to opt-out of receiving marketing information from us at any time.

Please refer to Allied’s Data Protection Policy/Data Subject Rights Policies for further details of these rights.

If you would like to exercise any of these rights, if you have any concerns about how your personal data is being processed, or to request a copy of our Data Protection Policy, Retention Policy or Data Subject Rights Policy please contact Allied via one of the following options:

Email: yourdata@alliedvehicles.co.uk

Call: 0800 916 0049

Write to: Your Data, Allied Vehicles Group, 230 Balmore Road, Glasgow, G22 6LJ

If you believe that Allied has not complied with your data protection rights, you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office:-

Information Commissioner’s Office
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF
0303 123 111

Further information is also available at www.ico.org.uk.

  1. What If You Do Not Provide Personal Data?

Where you have entered into a contract with Allied for the provision of goods or services, failing to provide the data may mean that Allied is unable to properly implement the contract and that you are unable to exercise certain contractual rights.

  1. Monitoring and Review

This privacy policy was last updated in February 2024 and shall be regularly monitored and reviewed.