Last updated: 24/09/2025
Northern Marking (“we”, “our”, “us”) is committed to protecting and respecting your privacy. This policy explains how we collect, use, and protect your personal data when you use our website or contact us.
1. Who We Are
Northern Marking Ltd
Email: admin@northernmarking.com
Phone: 0161 682 9671
We are the data controller for the personal information collected through this website.
2. What Information We Collect
We may collect and process the following types of personal data:
- Identity & Contact Data: name, email address, phone number, postal address (if provided).
- Usage Data: information about how you use our website, including IP address, browser type, and pages visited (collected via cookies and analytics tools).
- Communication Data: details of enquiries made through our contact forms, emails, or phone calls.
3. How We Use Your Information
We use your information to:
- Respond to your enquiries and provide services you request.
- Improve our website and services.
- Send marketing communications (only if you have consented).
- Comply with legal or regulatory obligations.
4. Legal Basis for Processing
We process your personal data under one or more of the following legal grounds:
- Consent – where you have given clear permission (e.g. for marketing emails).
- Contractual necessity – where processing is necessary to deliver our services or respond to your enquiry.
- Legitimate interests – for website analytics, business development, and improving services.
- Legal obligations – where processing is required by law.
5. How Long We Keep Your Data
We will only keep your personal data for as long as necessary for the purposes we collected it for, including to satisfy legal, accounting, or reporting requirements.
6. Sharing Your Information
We do not sell your data. We may share it with:
- Trusted third-party service providers (e.g. website hosting, analytics, marketing tools).
- Regulators, legal authorities, or professional advisers if required by law.
7. Your Rights
Under UK GDPR, you have the right to:
- Access the personal data we hold about you.
- Request correction of inaccurate data.
- Request erasure of your data (“right to be forgotten”).
- Object to processing or restrict how we use your data.
- Request transfer of your data to another service (“data portability”).
- Withdraw consent at any time (where consent is the legal basis).
To exercise your rights, please contact us at admin@northernmarking.com.
If you are unhappy with how we handle your data, you also have the right to lodge a complaint with the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO): www.ico.org.uk.
8. Security
We take appropriate technical and organisational measures to keep your personal data secure against loss, misuse, or unauthorised access.
9. Updates to This Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Any changes will be posted on this page with a new “last updated” date.