This Privacy Policy explains how C H Containers Limited, trading as CH Containers ("we", "us", "our"), collects, uses and protects your personal data when you visit this website, request a quote, contact us, or place an order. It is written to comply with the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR) and the Data Protection Act 2018.
1. Who We Are (Data Controller)
C H Containers Limited (trading as CH Containers), company number 13163623, of Crays Hall Farm, Church Lane, Crays Hill, Billericay, Essex, England, CM11 2UN, is the data controller responsible for your personal data.
For any privacy question or request, contact us at info@chcontainers.com or +44 7882 755532.
2. Personal Data We Collect
We collect the following categories of personal data:
- Order and checkout data: name, billing and delivery address, email address, phone number, and details of the container(s) ordered.
- Quote and contact enquiries: name, email address, phone number, the product you are interested in, and any message or information you choose to provide.
- Website usage data: IP address, browser and device type, pages visited and similar technical information, collected automatically through cookies and similar technologies.
We do not collect or store your full card number, card expiry date or card security code. Payment card details are entered directly with our payment provider(s) and are processed on their secure systems.
3. How We Collect Your Data
We collect personal data directly from you when you place an order, submit our Request a Quote form, submit our Contact form, email or phone us, or otherwise interact with this website. We also collect limited technical data automatically when you browse the site, as described in Section 6 (Cookies).
4. How We Use Your Data and Our Legal Basis
| What we use it for | Legal basis |
|---|---|
| Processing and fulfilling your order, taking payment, and arranging delivery | Performance of a contract with you |
| Responding to a quote or contact enquiry | Performance of a contract / our legitimate interest in responding to enquiries |
| Customer service, including returns, refunds and complaint handling | Performance of a contract / legal obligation |
| Keeping order, invoicing and accounting records | Legal obligation (UK tax and accounting law) |
| Preventing fraud and keeping our website secure | Our legitimate interest in protecting our business and customers |
| Sending you marketing about our products, where you have opted in | Consent (you may withdraw this at any time) |
5. Who We Share Your Data With
We only share your personal data where necessary, and never sell it to third parties for their own marketing purposes. We may share limited personal data with:
- Haulage and delivery partners – your name, delivery address and contact number, so they can deliver your container as described in our Shipping Policy.
- Payment providers – to process your payment securely.
- IT, hosting, email and website service providers – who process data on our behalf to operate this website and our systems.
- Our accountants and professional advisers – where reasonably necessary for our business administration.
- HMRC, regulators or law enforcement – where we are legally required to disclose information.
6. Cookies
This website uses cookies and similar technologies, including:
- Essential cookies – required for core functions such as your shopping cart, checkout and website security. These cannot be switched off, as the website cannot function properly without them.
- Performance and caching cookies – used to help pages load quickly and reliably.
- Analytics cookies – where enabled, used to understand how visitors use the site so we can improve it.
You can control or delete cookies through your browser settings at any time. Restricting cookies may affect how parts of this website function, including the shopping cart and checkout.
7. How Long We Keep Your Data
We keep order, payment and invoicing records for as long as required under UK tax and accounting law, generally at least six years from the end of the relevant financial year.
We keep quote and contact enquiry records for as long as reasonably needed to respond to and follow up on your enquiry, after which they are deleted or anonymised unless you go on to place an order, in which case the order retention period above applies.
8. Keeping Your Data Secure
We use appropriate technical and organisational measures to protect your personal data, including a securely encrypted (SSL/TLS) website and restricted access to personal data within our business. No method of transmission or storage is completely secure, but we work to protect your information using industry-standard practices.
9. International Data Transfers
We primarily use service providers based in the UK and European Economic Area. Where a service provider we use is based outside the UK or EEA, we take reasonable steps to ensure appropriate safeguards are in place, such as relying on providers certified under recognised data protection frameworks or standard contractual clauses approved for use in the UK.
10. Your Rights
Under UK data protection law, you have the right to:
- Ask us for a copy of the personal data we hold about you.
- Ask us to correct inaccurate or incomplete data.
- Ask us to delete your data, where this does not conflict with a legal obligation we have (for example, to keep tax records).
- Ask us to restrict or object to certain processing of your data.
- Ask us to provide your data in a portable format, where technically feasible.
- Withdraw your consent at any time where we rely on consent, such as for marketing emails.
- Complain to the UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) at ico.org.uk if you believe we have not handled your data properly.
To exercise any of these rights, contact us using the details in Section 1 or Section 14.
11. Children’s Privacy
This website and our products are intended for business and adult consumer use. We do not knowingly collect personal data from children, and this website is not directed at children.
12. Marketing Communications
We will only send you marketing communications where you have opted in to receive them. You can unsubscribe at any time using the link in any marketing email, or by contacting us directly. Opting out of marketing does not affect essential communications about an order you have placed, such as order confirmations or delivery updates.
13. Changes to This Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices or in the law. The updated policy will be posted on this page.
14. Contact Us
C H Containers Limited (trading as CH Containers)
Company Registration Number: 13163623
Email: info@chcontainers.com
Phone: +44 7882 755532
Registered Address: Crays Hall Farm, Church Lane, Crays Hill, Billericay, Essex, England, CM11 2UN