PRIVACY POLICY

Cookies & Privacy Policy

  1. INTRODUCTION

This Privacy Policy describes how we collect, use, disclose and otherwise process personal information in connection with our Services. The policy also explains the rights and choices available to individuals with respect to their personal information.

 In this Privacy Policy, we refer to “Personal Information” as information that directly or indirectly identifies individuals who may be customers, staff, agents, delegates, job applicants or others inside or outside the organisation.

 MEPON respects the privacy of individuals and is committed to protecting the personal information we hold about you.

This policy applies if you interact with us face to face, in writing, over the phone, online or otherwise through our website “Site” or Social Media.

  1. WHO WE ARE

MEPON whose registered office is at 28 Bruton Street, Mayfair, London, United Kingdom, W1J 6QW, provides an online platform for the Monetization of Equipment, Machinery, Plants and Facilities, via sales, rentals, or leasing. This Site and our Services are operated by MEPON Limited (“we”, “us” or “our”). We are the Data Controller responsible for your personal information processed via this Site or in relation to the Services that we provide.

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us by sending an e-mail to privacy@meponequipment.com; info@mepon.com.

  1. DATA PROCESSING PRINCIPLES

MEPON complies with the governing data protection principles, which states that personal data shall be:

  • Used lawfully, fairly and in a transparent way.
  • Collected only for valid purposes and not used in any way that is incompatible with those purposes.
  • Relevant to the purposes we have told you about and limited only to those purposes.
  • Accurate and kept up to date.
  • Kept only as long as necessary for the purposes we have told you about.
  • Kept securely.
  1. THE INFORMATION WE COLLECT AND WHEN

MEPON LTD provides an online platform which allows for users to search, review purchase, or book all varieties of (but not limited to) equipment listed by approved businesses.

For the purpose of providing these services, MEPON LTD collects personal information and business information from users and subscribers to the MEPON LTD website and its various forms. We collect this information through the use of the MEPON LTD website. The type of information that we may collect on you or that you may voluntarily provide to us includes:

  • Background information provided by you or collected by us as part of our equipment business processes.
  • Personal or business information: names, email addresses, physical addresses, contact telephone numbers, business entity types, trading names, purchasing, or booking information, location information and any other form of information not mentioned above required to use the MEPON Equipment website.
  • Confidential information provided to us by or on behalf of our clients or generated by us in the course of providing our services.
  • Any other information relating to you which you may provide to us or disclosed in the course of users providing reviews, feedback and communicating via the website.
  • Our servers automatically log information created by your use of our site. Such information may include your IP address, browser type, the referring domain, pages visited and search items.

 We may, in further dealings with you, extend this information to services used, records of events, agreements and payment transactions.

  1. HOW WE USE YOUR INFORMATION
  • To contact you; following your enquiry, reply to any questions, suggestions, issues and/or complaints you have contacted us about.
  • To contact you about services from us.
  • To make available our services to you and improve the services.
  • To provide businesses the information on the users who have booked an equipment or are requesting a quote. Also providing business information to the users who have booked or requested quotes.
  • To provide all users with information about special offers, leads, developments, events or other products and services that may interest them.
  • To facilitate our internal business operations, including to fulfil our legal and accounting requirements.
  • To take payment from you or give you a refund.
  • To create, improve, or edit content on the MEPON LTD site.
  • To power our security measures and services so you can safely access our website.
  • Help answer your questions and solve any issues you have.
  • To provide customer support.
  • To investigate complaints or reviews.
  • To monitor use of the MEPON LTD site.
  • On a confidential basis, to external service providers so that they can provide financial, administrative, IT or other services in connection with the operation of our business.

 We may use your Personal Information in our dealings with other organisations in the course of providing you with additional services related to the MEPON Equipment service.

 

  1. OUR USE OF COOKIES

In order to provide you with the best, tailored experience our site will need to place small text files, or ‘cookies’ on your computer.

Most cookies that we use are ‘session’ cookies and only exist for the time that you are using our site. They perform functional tasks – such as remembering that you are logged in as you move from page to page or to pre-load your personal details into forms to save you time.

We also track cookies anonymously to fuel our site analytics and learn how to improve your experience and hone the relevance of our products and services.

MEPON uses third-party services to help maintain the security and performance of the MEPON website. To deliver this service it processes the IP addresses of visitors to the MEPON website, blocking potentially harmful traffic.

You can set your browser to reject all cookies. Please note that if you do this then certain areas of this website will not be able to function for you. Choose a browser setting that rejects third-party cookies but allows the benign, functional ones that make the good stuff work. We’ve worked hard to make our website intuitive to your needs – why would you want to miss out?

You can learn more about cookies here: www.allaboutcookies.org.

  1. WHO WE MIGHT SHARE YOUR INFORMATION WITH.

We may share your personal data with other organisations in the following circumstances:

  • If the law or a public authority requires us to share the personal data; or
  • If we need to share personal data in order to establish, exercise or defend our legal rights (this includes providing personal data to others for the purposes of preventing fraud and reducing credit risk).
  • When we need to provide information to third-parties for the pickup, delivery and return of orders, which you have made via the website.
  • If we believe it is necessary to:
  • investigate, prevent and/or act regarding suspected or actual illegal activities.
  • enforce the Terms and Conditions.
  • investigate or resolve complaints involving MEPON LTD giving rise to any civil liabilities.
  • to protect the security or integrity of our site.
  • to aid any other Government agency in the investigation of matters or for the protection of the rights, property, or personal safety of MEPON LTD, our users or others.
  1. HOW WE KEEP YOU UPDATED ON OUR SERVICES

We may send you relevant information about our services in a number of ways including by email, but only if you are a client, or have previously consented to receiving our newsletters. When you register with us, we will ask if you would like to receive newsletters, and you can change your marketing choices online, over the phone or in writing at any time.

If you wish to amend your preferences, you can do so by sending an email to privacy@meponequipment.com

  1. YOUR RIGHTS OVER YOUR INFORMATION

9.1.1 Right to Access Your Personal Information

You have the right to access the personal information that we hold about you in any circumstance, by making a request. This is sometimes termed ‘Subject Access Request’. We would ask for proof of identity and sufficient information about your interactions with us in order to locate your personal information and for verification purposes.

If we agree that we are obliged to provide personal information to you (or someone else on your behalf), we will provide it to you or them without delay or at the latest within one month from when your identity has been confirmed.

If you would like to exercise this right, please contact us as set out below.

9.1.2 Right to Correct Your Personal Information

If any of the personal information we hold about you is inaccurate or out of date, you may ask us to correct it.

If you would like to exercise this right, please contact us as set out below.

9.1.3 Right to Stop or Limit Our Processing of Your Data

You have the right to object to us processing your personal information, if we are not entitled to use it anymore, to have your information deleted if we are keeping it too long or have its processing restricted in certain circumstances.

If you would like to exercise this right, please contact us as set out below.

9.1.4 For more information about your privacy rights

Please visit the website of the Information Commissioner’s Office – www.ico.org.uk.

  1. HOW LONG WE KEEP YOUR INFORMATION FOR

We retain a record of your personal information to provide you with a high quality and consistent service. We will always retain your personal information in accordance with the Data Protection Act 2018, the GDPR and other applicable legislations and never retain your information for longer than is necessary.

Following termination, removal, or deactivation of your equipment listings, MEPON Equipment may retain your information and User Content for a reasonable time for backup, archival, or audit purposes, or to maintain and improve the MEPON Equipment service. Furthermore, MEPON Equipment may retain and use all information (including User Content) contained in your communications to other Users or posted to public areas of the MEPON Equipment site or social media sites.

  1. TRANSFER OF PERSONAL INFORMATION

By the nature of the Internet, the personal data you supply through this website may be sent electronically to servers anywhere in the world. It may be used, stored, and processed anywhere in the world, including countries outside the European Economic Area. If MEPON transfers the data outside the EEA, it will ensure that all reasonable security measures are taken and that any third-party processors will be required to process the data in accordance with MEPON’s instructions.

 

Links to other websites

This privacy notice does not cover the links within this site to other websites or the services they provide. We encourage you to read the privacy statements on the other websites you visit.

  1. SECURITY

Data security is of great importance to us and to protect your data, we have put in place suitable physical, electronic, and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure your collected data.

We take security measures to protect your information including by implementing access controls to our information technology.

We use appropriate procedures and technical security measures (including strict encryption, anonymization and archiving techniques) to safeguard your information across all our computer systems, networks, websites and offices.

  1. HOW TO CONTACT US

If you want to request furthermore detailed information about our privacy policy, you can email privacy@meponequipment.com

 

Supervisory Authority (ICO)

If you remain dissatisfied with our actions, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the Supervisory Authority. The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) can be contacted at www.ico.org.uk.

CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY NOTICE

We keep our privacy notice under regular review. This privacy notice was last updated on 3rd January, 2023.