Privacy Policy

1 INTRODUCTION 

This Privacy Policy is provided by Salvue Ltd (trading as Salvue), a company registered in England and Wales under company number: 15536174 with registered office at 128 City Road, London, England, EC1V 2NX (‘we’, ‘our’ or ‘us’) for use of our website situated at http://www.salvue.com (Services). 

We take your privacy very seriously. Please read this privacy policy carefully as it contains important information on how and why we collect, store, use and share any information relating to you (your personal data). 

It also explains your rights in relation to your personal data and how to contact us or the relevant regulator in the event you have a complaint. Our collection, storage, use and sharing of your personal data is regulated by law, including under the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR). 

We are the controller of personal data obtained via the Services, meaning we are the organisation legally responsible for deciding how and for what purposes it is used. 

2. WHAT THIS POLICY APPLIES TO 

This privacy policy relates to your use of the Services only. 

The Services may link to or rely on other apps, websites, APIs or services owned and operated by us or by certain trusted third parties to enable us to provide you with Services. These other apps, websites, APIs or services may also gather information about you in accordance with their own separate privacy policies. For privacy information relating to these other apps, websites or services, please consult their privacy policies as appropriate. 

3 PERSONAL DATA WE COLLECT ABOUT YOU 

The personal data we collect about you depends on the particular activities carried out through the Services. We will collect and use the following personal data about you: 

Category of data 

In more detail 

Identity and account data you input into the Services 

Your full name, postal address, phone number, email address, payment details and any other personal data you may give while giving delivery instructions. Since registration is mandatory in order to use the Services, your account details, such as username and verification code for logging into the customer portal of our website. 

Data collected when you use specific functions in the Services 

Data you store online with us using the Services including your usage history, preferences, previous purchases of the products, bidding history, bidding preferences, number of bids etc. (while such data may not always be personal data as defined at law in all cases we will assume it is and treat it in accordance with this policy as if it were) 

Data collected when you permit the collection of location data 

Details of your location with a degree of precision, see the section ‘Location services/data’ below data concerning location is utilised for postcode lookup purposes which is invoked by you. 

Other data the Services collects automatically when you use it 

The only other data collection is via Google Analytics, Google Consent Manager is in place which gives users the choice to reject all cookies. 

Data collected when making payments 

Your bank details or any other payment method details which you use while making the payments on our website. 

Data collected when you make an enquiry with us 

Your name, phone number, location, company name and email address. 

If you do not provide personal data we ask for where it is required, including the location services, it may prevent us from providing the Services to you.

4 SENSITIVE DATA 

Sensitive personal data (also known as special category data) means information related to personal data revealing racial or ethnic origin; political opinions; religious or philosophical beliefs; trade union membership; genetic data; biometric data (where used for identification purposes); data concerning health; data concerning a person’s sex life; and data concerning a person’s sexual orientation. 

Please note that we do not knowingly or intentionally collect sensitive personal data or information about criminal convictions from individuals and that you should not submit sensitive data to us. 

If, however you do submit sensitive data to us, such as if you make this sensitive data available to other users of the Services (such as by publishing it through any forum feature we may make available from time to time) we will assume that you have purposefully made any such sensitive data manifestly public. 

5 LOCATION SERVICES/DATA 

The Services will request your input to use an application for postcode look up purposes when you register. 

If you do not provide your consent, you may use the Services but that will mean the automatic detection feature will not be available and you will have to input your postcode manually. To withdraw your consent at any time you can turn off the location permissions for our browser on your device. 

The automatic location detection feature will not operate unless location services/data are generally enabled on your device and your browser. You may disable such functionality at any time by turning your device’s location on “off” using the device’s settings. When you allow your device to use location services/data, data will also be collected by Google in accordance with their Privacy Policy. 

We exert no control over Google’s Privacy Policy and we therefore recommend that you consult their privacy policy for further information on how Google protect personal data please visit their site - https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en-US 

6 HOW YOUR PERSONAL DATA IS COLLECTED 

We collect personal data from you directly when you sign up to the Services, contact us directly or, make submissions via the Services when a forum element is available, or indirectly, such as your activity while using the Services. 

We do collect personal data about you using cookies or similar technologies. The detailed information regarding our use of cookies and similar technologies is made available in the relevant cookies policy. 

7 HOW AND WHY WE USE YOUR PERSONAL DATA 

Under data protection law, we can only use your personal data if we have a proper reason, e.g.: 

(i) where you have given consent 

(ii) to comply with our legal and regulatory obligations 

(iii) for the performance of a contract with you or to take steps at your request before entering into a contract, or 

(iv) for our legitimate interests or those of a third party 

A legitimate interest is when we have a business or commercial reason to use your information, so long as this is not overridden by your own rights and interests. 

The table below explains what we use your personal data for and why. 

What we use your personal data for 

Our reasons 

Create and manage your account with us 

To perform our contract with you by way of enabling the platform so you can buy and sell the products to different users of the platform in a timely manner. 

Providing services and/or the functionalities of the Services to you 

Depending on the circumstances: 

• to perform our contract in enabling the platform so you can buy and sell the products to different users of the platform (in this case, the contract means the Platform Terms and Conditions). 

To share your personal data with our third-party service providers (such as payment partners, courier partners) who are integrated in our website and Services 

Depending on the circumstances: 

• to perform our contract with you by ensuring that the payment is charged correctly as per the listing on the platform and recorded in our systems. 

• to perform our contract with you by ensuring the pick up of the products from seller to customer at the correct and accurate address. 

To enforce legal rights or defend or undertake legal proceedings 

Depending on the circumstances: 

• to comply with our legal and regulatory obligations. 

• in other cases, for our legitimate interests or those of a third party, i.e. to protect our business, interests and rights or those of others. 

Communications with you not related to marketing, including about changes to our terms or policies or changes to the Services or service or other important notices 

Depending on the circumstances: 

• to comply with our legal and regulatory obligations. 

• in other cases, for our legitimate interests or those of a third party, i.e., to provide the best service to you. 

Operational reasons, such as improving efficiency, training, and quality control or to provide support to you 

For our legitimate interests or those of a third party, i.e., to be as efficient as we can so we can deliver the best service and experience to you. 

Statistical analysis to help us manage our business, e.g., in relation to our performance, customer base, website and functionalities and offerings or other efficiency measures 

For our legitimate interests or those of a third party, i.e. to be as efficient as we can so we can deliver the best service to you and improve and develop our website to enhance your experience. 

Updating and enhancing user records

Depending on the circumstances:

  • to perform our contract with you or to take steps at your request before entering into a contract (in this case, the contract means the Platform Terms and Conditions of Use which apply to the Services)

  • to comply with our legal and regulatory obligations

  • where neither of the above apply, for our legitimate interests or those of a third party, e.g. making sure that we can keep in touch with our users about their accounts and new products or functionalities related to the Services and our services.

To comply with our legal and regulatory obligations

Depending on the circumstances:

  • to perform our contract with you or to take steps at your request before entering into a contract (in this case, the contract means the Platform Conditions of Use which apply to the Services).

  • to comply with our legal and regulatory obligations.

where neither of the above apply, for our legitimate interests or those of a third party, e.g. making sure that we can keep in touch with our customers about their accounts and new products or functionalities related to the Services and our services.

To share your personal data with third parties in connection with a significant corporate transaction or restructuring, including a merger, acquisition, asset sale, initial public offering or in the event of our insolvency.

In such cases, information will be anonymised where possible and only shared where necessary

Depending on the circumstances:

  • to comply with our legal and regulatory obligations; or

  • in other cases, for our legitimate interests or those of a third party, i.e., to protect, realise or grow the value in our business and assets.

8 MARKETING 

We intend to send you email marketing to inform you of our services, promotions and new features or listings on our platforms. 

We will always ask you for your consent before doing sending you such marketing communications, except where you have explicitly opted-in to receiving email marketing from us in the past or except where you were given the option to opt-out of email marketing when you initially signed up for your account with us and you did not do so. 

You will have the right to opt out of receiving marketing communications at any time by: 

• contacting us at info@salvue.com 

• using the ‘unsubscribe’ link included in all marketing emails you may receive from us. 

We will always treat your personal data with the utmost respect. 

9 WHO WE SHARE YOUR PERSONAL DATA WITH 

We routinely share personal data with service providers we use to help us run our business or provide the services or functionalities in the Services, including developers, cloud storage providers, bidding platform integration. We exert no control over third party platform’s privacy policy and we therefore recommend that you consult their respective privacy policy for further information. 

We only allow service providers to handle your personal data if we are satisfied they take appropriate measures to protect your personal data. We also impose contractual obligations on service providers to ensure they can only use your personal data to provide services to us and to you. 

We or the third parties mentioned above may occasionally also need to share your personal data with: 

• external auditors, e.g. in relation to the audit of our accounts and our company —the recipient of the information will be bound by confidentiality obligations. 

• professional advisors (such as lawyers and other advisors)—the recipient of the information will be bound by confidentiality obligations. 

• law enforcement agencies, courts or tribunals and regulatory bodies to comply with legal and regulatory obligations. 

• other parties in connection with a significant corporate transaction or restructuring, including a merger, acquisition, asset sale, initial public offering or in the event of our insolvency—usually, information will be anonymised but this may not always be possible, however, the recipient of the information will be bound by confidentiality obligations. 

We will not share your personal data with any other third party. 

10 HOW LONG YOUR PERSONAL DATA WILL BE KEPT 

We will keep your personal data for as long as you have an active account with us and for a period of up to 6 years thereafter to comply with any accounting or legal obligations including in the event of the pursuit or defence of legal claims. Once you have closed your account with us, we will move your personal data to a separate database so that only key stakeholders in our business on a ‘need to know basis’ have access to such data. 

Following the end of the of the aforementioned retention period, we will delete or anonymise your personal data. 

11 TRANSFERRING YOUR PERSONAL DATA OUT OF THE UK 

At this point in time, we do not transfer your personal data outside of the UK. If this changes, we would comply with applicable UK laws designed to ensure the continued protection and privacy of your personal data. Any updated destinations to which we send your personal data, would be indicated in the present section and notified to you in accordance with the section on ‘Change to this privacy policy’ below. 

Furthermore, under UK data protection laws, we can only transfer your personal data to a country outside the UK where: the UK government has decided the particular country ensures an adequate level of protection of personal data (known as an ‘adequacy regulation’) further to Article 45 of the UK GDPR; there are appropriate safeguards in place, together with enforceable rights and effective legal remedies for you; or a specific exception applies under relevant data protection law. Accordingly, if we were to start transferring your personal data from the UK to: 

 The EEA: we would rely on the adequacy finding granted by the UK to the EU under the Withdrawal Agreement to do; for any transfers from the EU to the UK, we would rely on the adequacy regulation granted to the UK under the Adequacy Decision. 

 Any country located outside the UK/EEA: we would rely on appropriate safeguards under the UK GDPR, such as by including the relevant Standard Contractual Clauses in our data processing agreements 

In the event we could not or choose not to continue to rely on either of those mechanisms at any time we would not transfer your personal data outside the UK unless we could do so on the basis of an alternative mechanism or exception provided by UK data protection law. 

12 YOUR RIGHTS 

You generally have the following rights, which you can usually exercise free of charge. For more information regarding these rights, please visit the ICO website at https://ico.org.uk/for-organisations/uk-gdpr-guidance-and-resources/individual-rights/individual-rights/ 

Access to a copy of your personal data 

The right to be provided with a copy of your personal data. 

Correction (also known as rectification) 

The right to require us to correct any mistakes in your personal data. 

Erasure (also known as the right to be forgotten) 

The right to require us to delete your personal data—in certain situations. 

Restriction of use 

The right to require us to restrict use of your personal data in certain circumstances, e.g. if you contest the accuracy of the data. 

Data portability 

The right to receive the personal data you provided to us, in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format and/or transmit that data to a third party—in certain situations. 

To object to use 

The right to object: 

• at any time to your personal data being used for direct marketing (including profiling); 

• in certain other situations to our continued use of your personal data, e.g. where we use you personal data for our legitimate interests. 

Not to be subject to decisions without human involvement 

The right not to be subject to a decision based solely on automated processing (including profiling) that produces legal effects concerning you or similarly significantly affects you. 

We do not make any such decisions based on data collected by the Services. 

You may also find it helpful to refer to the guidance from the UK’s Information Commissioner on your rights under the UK GDPR. 

If you would like to exercise any of those rights, please email, call or write to us on the contact details below. When contacting us please: 

• provide enough information to identify yourself (e.g., your full name and username) and any additional identity information we may reasonably request from you, and 

• let us know which right(s) you want to exercise and the information to which your request relates. 

13 KEEPING YOUR PERSONAL DATA SECURE 

We have appropriate security measures to prevent personal data from being accidentally lost, or used or accessed unlawfully. We limit access to your personal data to those who have a genuine business need to access it. 

We also have procedures in place to deal with any suspected data security breach. We will notify you and any applicable regulator of a suspected data security breach where we are legally required to do so. 

If you want detailed information from Get Safe Online on how to protect your information and your computers and devices against fraud, identity theft, viruses and many other online problems, please visit www.getsafeonline.org. Get Safe Online is supported by HM Government and leading businesses. 

14 HOW TO COMPLAIN 

Please contact us if you have any queries or concerns about our use of your information (see below ‘contact details’). We hope we will be able to resolve any issues you may have. 

You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the Information Commissioner. 

The Information Commissioner can be contacted at https://ico.org.uk/make-a-complaint or telephone: 0303 123 1113. 

15 CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY 

We may change this privacy policy from time to time. When we make significant changes we will take steps to inform you, for example via the Services or by other means, such as email. 

16 CONTACT DETAILS 

You can contact us by post, email or telephone if you have any questions about this privacy policy or the information we hold about you, to exercise a right under data protection law or to make a complaint. 

Our contact details are shown below: 

Salvue Ltd 
128 City Road, London, 
England, EC1V 2NX 
customercare@salvue.com 
Phone: +44 (0) 20 8050 0535 - our telephone lines are open from Monday to Friday: (9 am to 5pm)