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Privacy Statement

Our Privacy Undertaking

We will:

  • Keep your personal data safe and private
  • Not sell your data to 3rd parties
  • Give you ways to manage and review how we interact with, and market to you at any
    time

Vink UK Limited (“us”, “we”, “our”) is committed to protecting and respecting your privacy.

Our privacy policy (together with our terms of use and any other documents referred to on it) sets out the basis on which any personal data we collect from you, or that you provide to us, will be processed by us. For the purposes of the General Data Protection Regulations, the data controller is Vink UK Limited, a company incorporated in the United Kingdom with company number 12207746 and a registered office of Melita House, 2nd Floor 124 Bridge Road, Chertsey, Surrey KT16 8LA.

Our privacy policy applies to all companies (not necessarily named Vink UK Limited) associated by way of ownership with the Vink UK Limited family of companies, websites in the Vink UK Limited family of companies, Vink online applications that run on smart phones, tablets, and other mobile devices (“apps”) as well as your use or access of any of our online services, content.

If you are an existing customer or supplier we already have limited personal information of yourself or of your staff, such as names and family names, contact details, birthdays, addresses, payment details, etc. Maintaining and processing this personal data is necessary for continued trade between the Vink UK Ltd family of companies and yourself.

By continuing to trade with Vink UK Limited and its associated companies or by submitting any personal data, you agree to this collection, transfer, storing, maintenance and / or processing in so far as the data is necessary for the purpose for which it has been collected.  We will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that your data is treated securely and in accordance with the GDPR.

We may from time to time change this privacy policy as the need arises from changes in European legislation or local country legislation. When such changes take place, you will be notified.

With the exception of personal data specified in this policy we may collect additional personal information from you, only if you have chosen to provide it to us.

Use made of the information

We may use information held about you for various reasons, for example:

  • To carry out our obligations arising from any contracts entered into between you and us
  • To comply with any legal and /or statutory obligation in terms of relevant municipal laws
  • To ensure that content from our site is presented in the most effective manner for you and for your computer
  • To provide you with information, products or services that you request from us or which we feel may interest you, where you have consented to be contacted for such purposes
  • To allow you to participate in interactive features of our service(s), when you choose to do so
  • To notify you about changes to our products and/or service(s)

If you are an existing customer, we may contact you by email, telephone, printed media or in other manners with information about goods and services similar to those which were the subject of a previous sale to you.

Vink UK Limited does not share the personal information of its customers or suppliers and/or their employees with any third parties for the purposes of further marketing by those third parties.

The information we collect from you depends on what activities you are carrying out on our site(s), whether you are logged in or not and whether you are placing an order. For example, we may collect, process, maintain and store some, all, or any combination of the following personally identifiable information about you:

  • Contact Name (First and family names)
  • Company Name, registration number and tax related numbers
  • Postal and / or physical address
  • Payment details (which may include credit card or banking account information)
  • Contact telephone number(s)
  • Contact email address(es)
  • Contact person(s) names

Examples of instances when such information may be collected, processed, maintained or stored are when you:

  • Provide the information by completing online forms on our site: This includes information provided at the time of registering to use our site, purchasing our products, completing the “Contact Us” form. We may also ask you for information when you report a problem with our site
  • Contact us: we may keep a record of that correspondence
  • Complete surveys that we use for research purposes or to enhance our services: There will however be no obligation on your part to respond to them
  • Complete transactions through our site and for the fulfilment of your orders
  • Visit our site(s) and access resources we may collect data with the use of cookies (see our cookie policy for more information).
  • Trade with us, including requests for offers, quotes, etc. In such cases the collection of personal data will also potentially be necessary to complete the trade contract

Vink UK Limited also relies on collecting data to further its legitimate interests as a basis of lawfulness of processing.

For Vink UK Limited a legitimate interest is when we have a business or commercial reason to use your information. Even in these circumstances the legitimate interest must not unfairly go against your rights in terms of the GDPR. Generally, we will rely on legitimate business interest when collecting the following, or any combination of the following, categories of personal information:

Categories of Personal Information

Identity

Description (Examples)

  • Name(s).
  • Family names.
  • Contact person's / representative's names.

Purpose of Processing

  • General communications with trading partners.
  • Being efficient about how we fulfil our legal duties.
  • Being efficient about how we fulfil our legal and contractual obligations.
  • Complying with regulations that apply to us.

Financial

Description (Examples)

  • Credit limits.
  • Payment history.
  • Banking details.

Purpose of Processing

  • Being efficient about how we fulfil our legal duties.
  • Being efficient about how we fulfil our legal and contractual obligations.
  • Complying with regulations that apply to us.

Contact

Description (Examples)

  • Physical address for delivery purposes.
  • Phone numbers and/or email addreses for contact purposes.

Purpose of Processing

  • General communications with trading partners.
  • Being efficient about how we fulfil our legal duties.
  • Being efficient about how we fulfil our legal and contractual obligations.
  • Complying with regulations that apply to us.

Transactional

Description (Examples)

  • Sales orders (customers).
  • Purchase orders (suppliers).
  • Related payments to the above.

Purpose of Processing

  • Being efficient about how we fulfil our legal duties.
  • Being efficient about how we fulfil our legal and contractual obligations.
  • Complying with regulations that apply to us.

Contractual

Description (Examples)

  • Details about the trading relationship that we have with you.

Purpose of Processing

  • General communications with trading partners.
  • Being efficient about how we fulfil our legal duties.
  • Being efficient about how we fulfil our legal and contractual obligations.
  • Complying with regulations that apply to us.

Locational

Description (Examples)

  • Data we get about where you are, the address where you connect a computer to the internet.

Purpose of Processing

  • General communications with trading partners.
  • Being efficient about how we fulfil our legal and contractual obligations.
  • Complying with regulations that apply to us.

Behavioural

Description (Examples)

  • Information on how you use our products and services

Purpose of Processing

  • Figuring which of our products and services may interest you and informing you about them.
  • Developing products and services, and marketing such products and services, and making trade offers.

Open Data and Public Records

Description (Examples)

  • Details about you that are in public records and information about you that is openly available on the internet, or that you may have made shared through social media.

Purpose of Processing

  • Being efficient about how we fulfil our legal duties.
  • Being efficient about how we fulfil our legal and contractual obligations.

Usage Data

Description (Examples)

  • General data about how you use our products and services.

Purpose of Processing

  • General communications with trading partners.

Documentary Data

Description (Examples)

  • Details about you that are stored in documents in different formats, or copies of them. This could include items such as credit references, general correspondence, etc.

Purpose of Processing

  • General communications with trading partners.
  • Being efficient about how we fulfil our legal duties.
  • Being efficient about how we fulfil our legal and contractual obligations.
  • Complying with regulations that apply to us.

Consents

Description (Examples)

  • Any permissions, consents, or preferences that you give us. This may include items such as how you want us to contact you, whether you prefer to receive paper invoices and statements, or prefer e-mail formats.

Purpose of Processing

  • General communications with trading partners
  • Being efficient about how we fulfil our legal duties
  • Being efficient about how we fulfil our legal and contractual obligations
  • Complying with regulations that apply to us

The section below lists examples of the ways that we may use your personal information, and the bases that we rely on to do so.

How we use your personal data and the legal basis for processing

1. Trading relationship, marketing & customer engagement

Purposes: managing the trading relationship; developing new ways to meet customer needs; marketing activities; studying product/service usage; providing advice or guidance; soliciting feedback.

How data is processed

  • Collected
  • Stored
  • Recorded
  • Consulted
  • Used
  • Disseminated or otherwise made available
  • Aligned or combined
  • Archived

Legal basis

  • Consent (new trading partners)
  • Fulfilling contracts
  • Legitimate interests
  • Legal obligations

Retention

  • Duration of contract
  • As prescribed by data retention laws
  • Duration of online session (where applicable)

Recipients

  • Vink UK Limited companies
  • Governmental and regulatory bodies
  • 3rd party contractors (where applicable)

International transfers

None.

2. Deliveries, payments & account management

Purposes: delivering products; making and managing customer and supplier payments; managing customer accounts; collecting and recovering money owed, or making supplier payments.

How data is processed

  • Collected
  • Stored
  • Recorded
  • Consulted
  • Used
  • Disseminated or otherwise made available
  • Aligned or combined
  • Archived

Legal basis

  • Fulfilling contracts
  • Legitimate interests

Retention

  • Duration of contract
  • As prescribed by data retention laws

Recipients

  • Vink UK companies

International transfers

None.

3. Legal compliance & complaints

Purposes: complying with applicable laws and regulations; responding to and resolving customer and supplier complaints.

How data is processed

  • Collected
  • Stored
  • Recorded
  • Consulted
  • Used
  • Disclosed
  • Disseminated or otherwise made available
  • Combined
  • Archived

Legal basis

  • Fulfilling contracts
  • Legitimate interests
  • Legal obligations

Retention

  • As prescribed by data retention laws

Recipients

  • Vink UK companies
  • Governmental and regulatory bodies

International transfers

None.

4. Business operations & governance

Purposes: running the business efficiently and effectively, including financial management, business capability, planning, communications, corporate governance, and audit.

How data is processed

  • Collected
  • Stored
  • Recorded
  • Consulted
  • Used
  • Disclosed
  • Combined
  • Archived

Legal basis

  • Legitimate interests
  • Legal obligations

Retention

  • Duration of contract
  • As prescribed by data retention laws

Recipients

  • Vink UK companies
  • Governmental and regulatory bodies

International transfers

None.

5. Exercising contractual rights

Purposes: exercising rights set out in agreements or contracts.

How data is processed

  • Collected
  • Stored
  • Recorded
  • Consulted
  • Used

Legal basis

  • Fulfilment of contracts

Retention

  • Duration of contract
  • As prescribed by data retention laws

Recipients

  • Vink UK companies

International transfers

None.

When you provide personal information on one of our websites you:

  • Are made aware that Vink UK Limited or its associated companies may collect, maintain and process your personal information.
  • Confirm that any information that you provide is true, accurate and complete, and that you will not deliberately provide any false information nor impersonate any other person or entity or misrepresent yourself or any other person or entity.

 Our websites and apps are not intended for children under 16 years of age. We will not knowingly solicit data online from, or market online to, children under 16 years of age.

Automated decision making and profiling, and special categories of personal data

In terms of the GDPR you have a right to object against automated decision making and profiling based on special categories of data.

Special categories of data refer to personal data regarding ethnic or racial origin, trade union membership, criminal records, etc. Vink UK Limited does not collect, store, maintain or process any of the special categories of data. If this status changes at any stage in the future, we will update this online privacy statement accordingly.

Automated decision making, and profiling refers to a process of allowing computer systems to generate outcomes that have legal effect. In general Vink UK Limited does not make use of automated decision making and profiling in its relationship with trading partners. If this status changes at any stage in the future, we will update this online privacy statement accordingly and you will be notified.

Links to other websites

Our website may contain links to other websites of interest. However, once you have used these links to leave our site, you should note that we do not have any control over that other website. Therefore, we cannot be responsible for the protection and privacy of any information which you provide whilst visiting such sites and such sites are not governed by this privacy statement. You should exercise caution and look at the privacy statement applicable to the website in question.

Controlling your personal data

You may choose to restrict the collection or use of your personal information in the following ways:

  • whenever you are asked to fill in a form on the website, look for the box that you can click to indicate that you do not want the information to be used by anybody for direct marketing purposes
  • if you have previously agreed to us using your personal information for direct marketing purposes, you may change your mind at any time by writing to or emailing us at dpo@vink.com

We will not sell, distribute or lease your personal information to third parties unless we have your permission or are required by law to do so. We may use your personal information to send you promotional information about third parties which we think you may find interesting if you tell us that you wish this to happen.

You may request details of personal information which we hold about you under the Data Protection Act 1998. A small fee will be payable. If you would like a copy of the information held on you please write to Melita House, 2nd Floor, 124 Bridge Road, Chertsey, Surrey, KT16 8LA.

If you believe that any information we are holding on you is incorrect or incomplete, please write to or email us as soon as possible, at the above address. We will promptly correct any information found to be incorrect.

Where we store your personal data

Any data that you provide to us is normally stored, processed and maintained in a country within the European Union (EU). While it is not normal practice for Vink UK Limited to do so, data may be transferred to, and stored at, a destination outside the EU. In such cases we shall ensure that only countries, and / or third-party processors that are compliant with the EU regulations are used by using means prescribed by the EU – GDPR.

Similarly, data may also be processed by staff operating outside the EU who work for us or our associated service provider(s).  Such staff may be engaged in, among other things, the fulfilment of your order, the processing of your payment details and the provision of support services.

Where we have given you (or where you have chosen) a password which enables you to access certain parts of our site, you are responsible for keeping this password confidential.  We request that you do not share a password with anyone.

Unfortunately, the transmission of information via the internet is not completely secure.  Although we will do our best to protect any personal data you give us, we cannot guarantee the security of your data transmitted from your terminal to our site.

Once we have received your information, we will use strict procedures and security features to try to prevent unauthorized access. These include:

  • Hashing
  • SSL-encryption
  • ISO 27001

We also take appropriate steps, such as encrypted passwords and recovering passwords via email without direct passwords details, to verify your identity before granting access to your personal profile.

Disclosure of your information

Regional companies in the Vink UK family may share your personal information for marketing purposes.

In order to further our legitimate interests, we may disclose your personal information to third parties:

  • In the event that we sell or buy any business or assets, in which case we may disclose your personal data to the prospective seller or buyer of such business or assets;
  • If Vink UK Limited is, or substantially all of its assets are, acquired by a third party, in which case personal data held by it about its customers and suppliers and /or their employees will be one of the transferred assets.
  • If we are under a duty to disclose or share your personal data in order to comply with any legal obligation, or in order to enforce or apply our terms of use and other agreements; or to protect the rights, property, or safety of us or our group, our customers and suppliers, or others.
  • When furthering the legitimate interests of Vink UK Limited and its associated family of companies by exchanging information with other companies and organizations for the purposes of fraud protection and credit risk reduction.

In all of the above cases we shall inform you that your personal information has been shared with a third party.

Your rights

In terms of the EU- GDPR you have the following rights:

  1. To be provided with details regarding the type of personal information being collected, processed and maintained
  2. Rectification of incorrect personal information that has been collected and stored by Vink UK Limited
  3. Subject to competing rights and legal obligations of Vink UK Limited, partial or complete erasure of your personal information because:
    • Vink UK Limited no longer needs the personal information for the purposes that it has collected
    • You wish to withdraw the consent that you gave for the personal information to be processes
    • If the processing is based on furthering our legitimate interest you may object to such processing. This objection will be weighed against our rights and legal obligations to further process the personal information.
    • The processing is unlawful
  4. Restrict the processing of personal information because:
    • Of inaccuracies in the personal information
    • The processing is unlawful
    • Vink UK Limited no longer needs the personal information for the purposes that it has been collected
    • If the processing is based on furthering our legitimate interest you may object to such processing. This objection will be weighed against our rights and legal obligations to further process the personal information.
  5. If the processing is based on furthering Vink UK Limited's legitimate interest you may request that such processing be ceased. This objection will be weighed against our rights and legal obligations to further process the personal information
  6. Where the processing of personal information is based on furthering Vink UK Limited's legitimate interest, to download such personal information in digital format
  7. Where the processing of personal information is based on consent, to withdraw such consent

You can exercise your right to prevent such processing by checking the relevant boxes on the online forms that we use to collect your personal data.  You can also exercise the right at any time by contacting us directly at dpo@vink.com.

Where we have shared your personal information in line with the provisions with this privacy policy, we shall take reasonable steps to inform all parties with whom we have shared the information of any request to have such personal information deleted.

Any of our websites may, from time to time, contain links to and from the websites of our partner networks, advertisers and affiliates.  If you follow a link to any of these websites, please note that these websites have their own privacy policies and that we do not accept any responsibility or liability for these policies.  Please check these policies before you submit any personal data to these websites.

The GDPR gives you the right to access information held about you.  Your right of access can be exercised in accordance with the Act.  Any access request will be dealt with free of charge. 

Credit Reference and Affordability Checks

To help us assess applications, prevent fraud, and meet our legal and regulatory obligations, we may obtain information about you from credit reference agencies (CRAs).

We obtain this information via Creditsafe, which uses its data partner TransUnion to supply consumer credit and identity data.

  • Creditsafe Business Solutions Limited is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority
    FCA Firm Reference Number: 537590
  • TransUnion International UK Limited is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority
    FCA Firm Reference Number: 805757

The information we receive may include data relating to your identity, credit commitments, payment history, and public record information. This data is used solely for legitimate business purposes, including creditworthiness assessment, identity verification, and fraud prevention, in accordance with applicable data protection laws.

Further information about how Creditsafe and TransUnion process your personal data can be found in their respective privacy notices:

How long we keep your data

We keep personal data only for as long as necessary for its purpose and to meet legal or regulatory obligations. Data used for credit reference or affordability checks is retained only for as long as required and then securely deleted.

Privacy complaints

To raise a data protection complaint or concern or otherwise to communicate with our Data Protection Officer, please contact us using the details below:

  • Phone: 01932 835000
  • Email: dpo@vink.com
  • Address: Melita House, 2nd Floor, 124 Bridge Road, Chertsey, Surrey, KT16 8LA

You have the right to complain to the UK Information Commissioner’s Office (https://ico.org.uk) or another relevant data protection authority if you are dissatisfied with how we manage your personal data.

Changes to this statement

This Privacy Notice was last updated in May 2026. Any changes we may make to our Privacy Notice in the future will be posted on this page.

Our Privacy Undertaking

We will:

Vink UK Limited (“us”, “we”, “our”) is committed to protecting and respecting your privacy.

Our privacy policy (together with our terms of use and any other documents referred to on it) sets out the basis on which any personal data we collect from you, or that you provide to us, will be processed by us. For the purposes of the General Data Protection Regulations, the data controller is Vink UK Limited, a company incorporated in the United Kingdom with company number 12207746 and a registered office of Melita House, 2nd Floor 124 Bridge Road, Chertsey, Surrey KT16 8LA.

Our privacy policy applies to all companies (not necessarily named Vink UK Limited) associated by way of ownership with the Vink UK Limited family of companies, websites in the Vink UK Limited family of companies, Vink online applications that run on smart phones, tablets, and other mobile devices (“apps”) as well as your use or access of any of our online services, content.

If you are an existing customer or supplier we already have limited personal information of yourself or of your staff, such as names and family names, contact details, birthdays, addresses, payment details, etc. Maintaining and processing this personal data is necessary for continued trade between the Vink UK Ltd family of companies and yourself.

By continuing to trade with Vink UK Limited and its associated companies or by submitting any personal data, you agree to this collection, transfer, storing, maintenance and / or processing in so far as the data is necessary for the purpose for which it has been collected.  We will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that your data is treated securely and in accordance with the GDPR.

We may from time to time change this privacy policy as the need arises from changes in European legislation or local country legislation. When such changes take place, you will be notified.

With the exception of personal data specified in this policy we may collect additional personal information from you, only if you have chosen to provide it to us.

Use made of the information

We may use information held about you for various reasons, for example:

If you are an existing customer, we may contact you by email, telephone, printed media or in other manners with information about goods and services similar to those which were the subject of a previous sale to you.

Vink UK Limited does not share the personal information of its customers or suppliers and/or their employees with any third parties for the purposes of further marketing by those third parties.

The information we collect from you depends on what activities you are carrying out on our site(s), whether you are logged in or not and whether you are placing an order. For example, we may collect, process, maintain and store some, all, or any combination of the following personally identifiable information about you:

Examples of instances when such information may be collected, processed, maintained or stored are when you:

Vink UK Limited also relies on collecting data to further its legitimate interests as a basis of lawfulness of processing.

For Vink UK Limited a legitimate interest is when we have a business or commercial reason to use your information. Even in these circumstances the legitimate interest must not unfairly go against your rights in terms of the GDPR. Generally, we will rely on legitimate business interest when collecting the following, or any combination of the following, categories of personal information:

Categories of Personal Information

Identity

Description (Examples)

Purpose of Processing

Financial

Description (Examples)

Purpose of Processing

Contact

Description (Examples)

Purpose of Processing

Transactional

Description (Examples)

Purpose of Processing

Contractual

Description (Examples)

Purpose of Processing

Locational

Description (Examples)

Purpose of Processing

Behavioural

Description (Examples)

Purpose of Processing

Open Data and Public Records

Description (Examples)

Purpose of Processing

Usage Data

Description (Examples)

Purpose of Processing

Documentary Data

Description (Examples)

Purpose of Processing

Consents

Description (Examples)

Purpose of Processing

The section below lists examples of the ways that we may use your personal information, and the bases that we rely on to do so.

How we use your personal data and the legal basis for processing

1. Trading relationship, marketing & customer engagement

Purposes: managing the trading relationship; developing new ways to meet customer needs; marketing activities; studying product/service usage; providing advice or guidance; soliciting feedback.

How data is processed

Legal basis

Retention

Recipients

International transfers

None.

2. Deliveries, payments & account management

Purposes: delivering products; making and managing customer and supplier payments; managing customer accounts; collecting and recovering money owed, or making supplier payments.

How data is processed

Legal basis

Retention

Recipients

International transfers

None.

3. Legal compliance & complaints

Purposes: complying with applicable laws and regulations; responding to and resolving customer and supplier complaints.

How data is processed

Legal basis

Retention

Recipients

International transfers

None.

4. Business operations & governance

Purposes: running the business efficiently and effectively, including financial management, business capability, planning, communications, corporate governance, and audit.

How data is processed

Legal basis

Retention

Recipients

International transfers

None.

5. Exercising contractual rights

Purposes: exercising rights set out in agreements or contracts.

How data is processed

Legal basis

Retention

Recipients

International transfers

None.

When you provide personal information on one of our websites you:

 Our websites and apps are not intended for children under 16 years of age. We will not knowingly solicit data online from, or market online to, children under 16 years of age.

Automated decision making and profiling, and special categories of personal data

In terms of the GDPR you have a right to object against automated decision making and profiling based on special categories of data.

Special categories of data refer to personal data regarding ethnic or racial origin, trade union membership, criminal records, etc. Vink UK Limited does not collect, store, maintain or process any of the special categories of data. If this status changes at any stage in the future, we will update this online privacy statement accordingly.

Automated decision making, and profiling refers to a process of allowing computer systems to generate outcomes that have legal effect. In general Vink UK Limited does not make use of automated decision making and profiling in its relationship with trading partners. If this status changes at any stage in the future, we will update this online privacy statement accordingly and you will be notified.

Links to other websites

Our website may contain links to other websites of interest. However, once you have used these links to leave our site, you should note that we do not have any control over that other website. Therefore, we cannot be responsible for the protection and privacy of any information which you provide whilst visiting such sites and such sites are not governed by this privacy statement. You should exercise caution and look at the privacy statement applicable to the website in question.

Controlling your personal data

You may choose to restrict the collection or use of your personal information in the following ways:

We will not sell, distribute or lease your personal information to third parties unless we have your permission or are required by law to do so. We may use your personal information to send you promotional information about third parties which we think you may find interesting if you tell us that you wish this to happen.

You may request details of personal information which we hold about you under the Data Protection Act 1998. A small fee will be payable. If you would like a copy of the information held on you please write to Melita House, 2nd Floor, 124 Bridge Road, Chertsey, Surrey, KT16 8LA.

If you believe that any information we are holding on you is incorrect or incomplete, please write to or email us as soon as possible, at the above address. We will promptly correct any information found to be incorrect.

Where we store your personal data

Any data that you provide to us is normally stored, processed and maintained in a country within the European Union (EU). While it is not normal practice for Vink UK Limited to do so, data may be transferred to, and stored at, a destination outside the EU. In such cases we shall ensure that only countries, and / or third-party processors that are compliant with the EU regulations are used by using means prescribed by the EU – GDPR.

Similarly, data may also be processed by staff operating outside the EU who work for us or our associated service provider(s).  Such staff may be engaged in, among other things, the fulfilment of your order, the processing of your payment details and the provision of support services.

Where we have given you (or where you have chosen) a password which enables you to access certain parts of our site, you are responsible for keeping this password confidential.  We request that you do not share a password with anyone.

Unfortunately, the transmission of information via the internet is not completely secure.  Although we will do our best to protect any personal data you give us, we cannot guarantee the security of your data transmitted from your terminal to our site.

Once we have received your information, we will use strict procedures and security features to try to prevent unauthorized access. These include:

We also take appropriate steps, such as encrypted passwords and recovering passwords via email without direct passwords details, to verify your identity before granting access to your personal profile.

Disclosure of your information

Regional companies in the Vink UK family may share your personal information for marketing purposes.

In order to further our legitimate interests, we may disclose your personal information to third parties:

In all of the above cases we shall inform you that your personal information has been shared with a third party.

Your rights

In terms of the EU- GDPR you have the following rights:

  1. To be provided with details regarding the type of personal information being collected, processed and maintained
  2. Rectification of incorrect personal information that has been collected and stored by Vink UK Limited
  3. Subject to competing rights and legal obligations of Vink UK Limited, partial or complete erasure of your personal information because:
    • Vink UK Limited no longer needs the personal information for the purposes that it has collected
    • You wish to withdraw the consent that you gave for the personal information to be processes
    • If the processing is based on furthering our legitimate interest you may object to such processing. This objection will be weighed against our rights and legal obligations to further process the personal information.
    • The processing is unlawful
  4. Restrict the processing of personal information because:
    • Of inaccuracies in the personal information
    • The processing is unlawful
    • Vink UK Limited no longer needs the personal information for the purposes that it has been collected
    • If the processing is based on furthering our legitimate interest you may object to such processing. This objection will be weighed against our rights and legal obligations to further process the personal information.
  5. If the processing is based on furthering Vink UK Limited's legitimate interest you may request that such processing be ceased. This objection will be weighed against our rights and legal obligations to further process the personal information
  6. Where the processing of personal information is based on furthering Vink UK Limited's legitimate interest, to download such personal information in digital format
  7. Where the processing of personal information is based on consent, to withdraw such consent

You can exercise your right to prevent such processing by checking the relevant boxes on the online forms that we use to collect your personal data.  You can also exercise the right at any time by contacting us directly at dpo@vink.com.

Where we have shared your personal information in line with the provisions with this privacy policy, we shall take reasonable steps to inform all parties with whom we have shared the information of any request to have such personal information deleted.

Any of our websites may, from time to time, contain links to and from the websites of our partner networks, advertisers and affiliates.  If you follow a link to any of these websites, please note that these websites have their own privacy policies and that we do not accept any responsibility or liability for these policies.  Please check these policies before you submit any personal data to these websites.

The GDPR gives you the right to access information held about you.  Your right of access can be exercised in accordance with the Act.  Any access request will be dealt with free of charge. 

Credit Reference and Affordability Checks

To help us assess applications, prevent fraud, and meet our legal and regulatory obligations, we may obtain information about you from credit reference agencies (CRAs).

We obtain this information via Creditsafe, which uses its data partner TransUnion to supply consumer credit and identity data.

The information we receive may include data relating to your identity, credit commitments, payment history, and public record information. This data is used solely for legitimate business purposes, including creditworthiness assessment, identity verification, and fraud prevention, in accordance with applicable data protection laws.

Further information about how Creditsafe and TransUnion process your personal data can be found in their respective privacy notices:

How long we keep your data

We keep personal data only for as long as necessary for its purpose and to meet legal or regulatory obligations. Data used for credit reference or affordability checks is retained only for as long as required and then securely deleted.

Privacy complaints

To raise a data protection complaint or concern or otherwise to communicate with our Data Protection Officer, please contact us using the details below:

You have the right to complain to the UK Information Commissioner’s Office (https://ico.org.uk) or another relevant data protection authority if you are dissatisfied with how we manage your personal data.

Changes to this statement

This Privacy Notice was last updated in May 2026. Any changes we may make to our Privacy Notice in the future will be posted on this page.

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Your privacy (see our Privacy Policy for full details)

Vink UK Ltd will process the personal data you provide together with any other information we receive from or about you for administration, market research, profiling, and relationship building on the basis of our legitimate interests to do so. We may retain it for 10 Years on secure servers in in the UK using a trusted service provider.

With your consent, we will send you information you request by the communication methods you have chosen.

You have the right to access your personal data and, in some cases, to require us to restrict, erase or rectify it or to object to our processing it and the right of data portability.

Concerns or complaints can be made to gordon@plastestrip.com or the Information Commissioner’s Office.