Privacy Practices Statement
Snap-on U.K. Holdings Limited Online Privacy
Policy
Our Commitment to Privacy
1. The privacy of your personal data is important
to us. As part of our commitment to the privacy
of your personal data, we provide this notice
explaining our online information practices and
the choices you can make about the way your personal
data is collected and used at this Web site.
To make this notice easy to find, we make it
available on our homepage and at every point
where personal data is requested.
2. The privacy practices set forth in this Privacy
Policy are for this site only. Other Snap-on
affiliate Web sites may have different practices
(see appendix of sites below). If you link to
or otherwise visit these or any other Web sites,
please review the privacy policies posted at
those sites.
The Personal Data We Collect
3. In general, when you visit our site you remain
anonymous, but on some pages, you need to provide
personal data to register, order products and
contact Snap-on U.K. Holdings Limited ("Snap-on").
The types of personal data collected at these
pages may include: Name, Company, Snap-on Customer
Number (if applicable), Address, E-mail Address,
Phone Number, Fax Number, and Credit/Debit Card/Procurement
Card Information
4. We also enable you to submit information
about other people. For example, we may request
that you provide us with information about your
franchisee or representative.
The Way We Use Personal Data
5. We use the personal data you provide when
accessing this Web site in connection with our
franchise programme, including but not limited
to contacting you to provide you with more details
about the franchise programme.
6. We also use your information to communicate
with you, for example, to answer the e-mail and
correspondence we receive and to notify you of
important changes in the functionality of the
Web site.
7. We may use your information to make recommendations
for additional products or special offers, and
to provide you with updates on new products that
we believe may be of interest to you. If you
do not want to receive this information in the
future, please contact us at ukwebmaster@snapon.com
8. From time to time, we may share certain information
with select third parties including other Snap-on
affiliates and independent Snap-on franchisees
in your area to enable them to offer products
or services that may be of interest to you. If
you do not want us to share your information,
please contact us at ukwebmaster@snapon.com
9. We may disclose personal data in response
to legal process or when we believe in good faith
that the law requires it, for example, in response
to a court order, subpoena or a law enforcement
agency's request.
10. We will not use or share the personal data
provided to us online in ways unrelated to the
ones described above without first providing
you an opportunity to opt out or otherwise prohibit
such unrelated uses.
Customisation and Aggregate data
11. We use non-identifying and aggregate information
to better design our Web site and gather information
for product management and development at Snap-on.
For example, we may tell our sales and marketing
staff that X number of individuals visited a
certain area on our Web site, or that Y number
of software licenses were ordered during a particular
time period, but we would not disclose anything
that could be used to identify those individuals.
This aggregate information may also be shared
with Snap-on's affiliates and independent franchisees.
Our Commitment to Security of Personal Data
12. We have put in place physical, electronic,
and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure
the information we collect online.
Cookies
13. Snap-on uses cookies on this Website to
identify who you are after logging in or registering.
These cookies can also be used for creating a
more personalised visit each time you visit our
Web site, for instance, by making you aware of
what's new on our Web site since your last visit.
"Cookies" are small pieces of information that
are stored by your browser on your computer's
hard drive.
Children's Privacy
14. Snap-on has no intention of collecting personal
data from children at this site.
Removal of Personal Data
15. You may contact us using the information
below to ask us to remove your personal data
from our records, electronic or otherwise.
Notification under the Data Protection Act
1998
16. Snap-on has made a notification as a data
controller under the Data Protection Act 1998.
Transfers outside the EEA
17. This Web site is based on servers based
outside of the EEA. In using this Web site, you
consent to Snap-on transferring your personal
data outside the EEA.
Changes to the Policy
18. Our privacy practices, like the online medium
itself, are subject to change. If we make any
changes, we will notify you by posting a prominent
announcement at our site.
How to Contact Us
19. Should you have other questions or concerns
about these privacy policies or wish to have
your personally identifiable information deleted
from our records, please send an email to ukwebmaster@snapon.com
or write to Snap-On U.K. Holdings Limited, Distribution
Centre, Telford Way Industrial Estate, Kettering,
Northants, NN16 8SN.