Privacy Policy

1. Introduction

This privacy policy sets out how Stormsure Ltd uses and protects any information that you provide to Stormsure Ltd (including information provided through the websitewww.stormsure.com. Stormsure Ltd is based in the UK and sells adhesives tapes and repair products (the Services). As such Stormsure Ltd may process personal data of its customers, contacts and visitors to its websites.

2. Personal data and Basis for Collection

For the purpose of Data Protection Legislation, where personal data is provided directly to Stormsure Ltd through use of the website, email, phone, face to face contact or other means Stormsure Ltd will be a data controller (as defined in the Data Protection Legislation) of such information. Where Stormsure Ltd is provided with information only for the purpose of performing a contract or where Stormsure Ltd cannot determine the use of such information, Stormsure Ltd will be data processor (as defined in the Data Protection Legislation) of such information.

Stormsure Ltd may collect, use, store and transfer different kinds of personal data about you which Stormsure Ltd have grouped together as follows:

  • Identity Data including names, username or similar identifier, title, job title, directorships.

  • Contact Data including billing address, delivery address, email address and telephone numbers.

  • Financial Data including bank account and payment card details.

  • Transaction Data including details about payments to and from you and other details of products and services you have purchased from Stormsure Ltd.

  • Usage Data including information about how you use Stormsure Ltd’s Services or submit an enquiry or query through the websites.

  • Marketing and Communications including your preferences in receiving marketing or surveys from us and our third parties and your communication preferences.

  • Additional Information including additional information you chose to provide to us.

Unless you provide such information to us to customise the service we may provide to you, Stormsure Ltd does not process any Special Categories of Personal Data about you (this includes details about your race or ethnicity, religious or philosophical beliefs, sex life, sexual orientation, political opinions, trade union membership, information about your health and genetic and biometric data). Nor does Stormsure Ltd collect any information about criminal convictions and offences.

3. If you fail to provide personal data

Where you fail to provide personal data when requested, Stormsure Ltd may not be able to perform the contract it has or is trying to enter into. In this case, Stormsure Ltd may have to cancel the Services but we will attempt to notify you if this is the case at the time.

4. How is your personal data collected?

Stormsure Ltd use different methods to collect personal data from and about you including through:

  • Direct interactions. You may give us your Identity, Contact and Financial Data by filling in forms or by corresponding with us by post, phone, e-mail or otherwise. This includes personal data you provide when you:

    • apply for the Services;

    • give us some feedback or complete a survey;

    • request marketing to be sent to you; or

    • create an account on our Websites.

  • Third parties. We may receive personal data about you from various third parties, including your employer.

5. Purposes for which Stormsure Ltd will use your personal data

Set out below is a description of all the ways we plan to use your personal data, and which of the legal bases we rely on to do so. We have also identified what our legitimate interests are, where appropriate.

Note that we may process your personal data for more than one lawful ground depending on the specific purpose for which we are using your data. Please contactadmin@stormsure.comif you need

details about the specific legal basis we are relying on to process your personal data.


Purpose/ActivityType of dataLawful basis for processing including basis of legitimate interest
To register you as a new customer or member and verify your identity when using log-ins(a) Identity
(b) Contact
Performance of a contract
To process and deliver the Services including:
(a) Managing payments and charges
(b) Collecting and recovering money owed to us
(c) Contacting you and corresponding about the Services
(d) to provide support to the services
(a) Identity
(b) Contact
(c) Financial
(d) Transaction
Performance of a contract Necessary for our legitimate interests (to recover debts due to us)
To respond to queries and enquiries(a) Identity
(b) Contact
Legitimate interests (to offer similar services or offers)
To undertake any marketing to you(a) Identity
(b) Contact
Legitimate interests (to offer similar services or offers)
Business Performance – To manage our business performance and assess client satisfaction and improvement to our Services(a) Identity
(b) Contact
Legitimate interests (to offer similar services or offers)
Events – To enable us to provide events to you which take into consideration your preferences(a) Identity
(b) Contact
Legitimate interests (to offer similar services or offers)


6. Change of purpose

Stormsure Ltd will only use your personal data for the purposes for which it was collected for, unless we reasonably consider that we need to use it for another reason and that reason is compatible with the original purpose. If you wish to get an explanation as to how the processing for the new purpose is compatible with the original purpose, please contactadmin@stormsure.com.

If we need to use your personal data for an unrelated purpose, we will notify you and we will explain the legal basis which allows us to do so. Please note that we may process your personal data without your knowledge or consent, in compliance with the above rules, where this is required or permitted by law.

7. How your personal data may be shared

Personal data that Stormsure Ltd collects in accordance with this

Privacy Policy, may be shared as follows:

  • with other international Stormsure Ltd member organisations;

  • where information is shared through public platforms in accordance with the provision of the services such as GEPIR or Stormsure Ltd’s Coupon Issuer services;

  • with marketplaces such as Amazon or eBay;

  • where Stormsure Ltd is under a duty to disclose your personal data to comply with any legal obligation, or to enforce or apply Stormsure Ltd’s terms and conditions and other agreements;

  • with third party debt recovery agencies;

  • to protect the rights, property, or safety of Stormsure Ltd and its customers, or others. This includes exchanging information with other companies and organisations for the purposes of fraud protection and for compliance with laws; and

  • with third parties to whom we may choose to sell, transfer, or merge parts of our business or our assets. Alternatively, we may seek to acquire other businesses or merge with them. If a change happens to our business, then the new owners may use your personal data in the same way as set out in this privacy notice.

8. How Stormsure Ltd stores personal data

For secure storage, Stormsure Ltd ensures that it stores your personal data is encrypted and stored within the UK or in Cloud storage facilities which may not be in the UK.

Stormsure Ltd may share your personal data with some third parties who are based outside the EEA. In this case, Stormsure Ltd will ensure that the appropriate security measures and processing provisions are in place to protect your personal data. Data security We have put in place appropriate security measures to prevent your personal data from being accidentally lost, used or accessed in an unauthorised way, altered or disclosed. In addition, we limit access to your personal data to those employees, agents, contractors and other third parties who have a business need to know. They will only process your personal data on our instructions and they are subject to a duty of confidentiality.

9. Personal Data Retention

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, business, accounting, or reporting requirements. Generally, we keep personal data in accordance with our internal retention procedures, which are determined in accordance with our regulatory obligations and good practice. These retention periods depend on the nature of the information,

and are subject to change. If you have any questions in this regard, please contact us using the details below.

10. Your Rights

Under certain circumstances, you have rights under Data Protection Legislation in relation to your personal data. These include the right to:

  • request access to your personal data;

  • request correction of your personal data;

  • request erasure of your personal data;

  • object to processing of your personal data;

  • request restriction of processing your personal data;

  • request transfer of your personal data; and

  • right to withdraw consent.

To exercise any of the above rights please email your request to:

admin@stormsure.com.

Where you exercise your right to erasure or where information is deleted in accordance with Stormsure Ltd’s retention policy, please note that after the deletion of your personal data, it cannot be recovered, so if you require a copy of this personal data, please request this during the period Stormsure Ltd retains the data.

11. Children

The Website is not intended for children. Stormsure Ltd will not knowingly collect any personal data from persons under the age of 18 and will immediately delete any such data subsequently so determined.

12. Complaints

If you would like to make a complaint in relation to how Stormsure Ltd may have stored, used or processed your personal data, you have the right to make a complaint at any time to the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO), the UK supervisory authority for data protection issues (www.ico.org.uk). Stormsure Ltd would, however, appreciate the chance to deal with your concerns before you approach the ICO so please contact us in the first instance. Changes to this Privacy policy and your duty to inform us of changes

As and when necessary, changes to this privacy policy we will posted here. Where changes are significant, we may also email all our registered users with the new details, and where required by law, will we obtain your consent to these changes. This Privacy Policy was last updated on 27 April 2018.

It is important that the personal data we hold about you is accurate and current. Please keep us informed if your personal data changes during your relationship with us.

13. Questions and Contact information

For any questions or for further information, please contact:

admin@stormsure.com