Privacy Policy for Car Compass
Last Updated: 01/10/2025
Car Compass Ltd ("We", "Us", "Our") is committed to protecting and respecting your privacy. This policy explains what personal data we collect from you, how we use it, and your rights in relation to that data.
1. Who We Are
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The data controller is Car Compass Ltd, a company registered in England and Wales with Company Number {tbc}.
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Our contact for data protection queries is Morgan Loughton, reachable at morgan@carcompass.uk.
2. What Information We Collect We may collect and process the following data about you:
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Information you give us: This includes your name, phone number, email address, budget, and vehicle requirements when you fill out the contact form on our website.
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Information we collect automatically: When you visit our website, we may automatically collect technical information, including your IP address and browsing data, through the use of cookies. Please see our Cookie Policy for more details.
3. How We Use Your Information We use the information we collect for the following purposes:
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To respond to your enquiries and provide you with the information and services that you request from us.
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To carry out our obligations arising from any contracts entered into between you and us (i.e., the Vehicle Sourcing Agreement).
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To improve our website and ensure that content is presented in the most effective manner for you.
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For internal record keeping.
4. Legal Basis for Processing Our legal basis for processing your personal data is:
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Consent: Where you have given clear consent for us to process your personal data for a specific purpose (e.g., by submitting an enquiry form).
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Contract: The processing is necessary for a contract we have with you, or because you have asked us to take specific steps before entering into a contract.
5. Data Storage and Security
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We are committed to ensuring that your information is secure. We have put in place suitable physical, electronic, and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect online.
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We will only retain your personal data for as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes we collected it for, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal, accounting, or reporting requirements.
6. Your Data Protection Rights Under data protection law, you have rights including:
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Your right of access: You have the right to ask us for copies of your personal information.
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Your right to rectification: You have the right to ask us to rectify information you think is inaccurate.
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Your right to erasure: You have the right to ask us to erase your personal information in certain circumstances.
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Your right to restriction of processing: You have the right to ask us to restrict the processing of your information in certain circumstances.
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Your right to object to processing: You have the right to object to the processing of your personal data in certain circumstances.
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Your right to data portability: You have the right to ask that we transfer the information you gave us to another organisation, or to you, in certain circumstances.
To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at morgan@carcompass.uk.
7. Cookies Our website uses cookies. For more detailed information on the cookies we use and the purposes for which we use them, see our Cookie Policy.
8. Changes to Our Privacy Policy Any changes we may make to our privacy policy in the future will be posted on this page. Please check back frequently to see any updates or changes.
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