PRIVACY POLICY

At Vortech Food Machinery Ltd we’re committed to protecting and respecting your privacy in compliance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

​Our privacy policy explains when and why we collect personal information about people who visit our website, how we use that information, the conditions under which we may disclose information to others with your consent and how we keep information secure.

​We may change our privacy policy from time to time so please check this page periodically to ensure that you’re happy with any changes. By using our website, you’re agreeing to be bound by this policy.

​Any questions regarding this Policy and our privacy practices should be sent by email to sales@vortechfm.com or by writing to Vortech Food Machinery Ltd, Vortech Food Machinery Ltd, Blenheim Court, Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire AL7 1AD. Alternatively, you can telephone +44 (0) 845 258 3003.

​WHO ARE WE?
Our company is Vortech Food Machinery Ltd. We provide services relating to the design and manufacture of all equipment related to Dry and Fresh Pasta: Pasta Making, Filling & Forming of Filled Pasta, Pasteurising, Drying, Chilling & Freezing, Complete lines for Lasagne and Cannelloni, and The Vortex. Our registered address is Vortech Food Machinery Ltd, Blenheim Court, Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire AL7 1AD.

​HOW DO WE COLLECT INFORMATION ABOUT YOU?
We obtain information about you when you use our website contact form, send us an email, call us on the telephone or send us information through the post.

​WHAT TYPE OF INFORMATION IS COLLECTED FROM YOU?
The personal information we collect might include your name, address, email address, telephone number and other information that you consent to provide us on our website contact form.

​HOW IS YOUR INFORMATION USED?
We may use your information to:

  • carry out our obligations arising from any contracts or agreements entered into by you and Vortech Food Machinery Ltd.
  • seek your feedback on the services we provide
  • notify you of relevant changes to our services
  • send you communications which you have requested and that may be of interest to you for legitimate business purposes
  • process an employment application

We review our retention periods for personal information on a regular basis. We are legally required to hold some types of information to fulfil our statutory obligations. Vortech Food Machinery Ltd will hold your personal information on our systems for as long as is necessary for the relevant activity, or as long as is set out in any relevant contract you hold with Vortech Food Machinery Ltd.

​WHO HAS ACCESS TO YOUR INFORMATION?
We will not sell or rent your information to third parties.

We will not share your information with third parties for marketing purposes.

Third Party Service Providers working on our behalf: We may pass your information to our third party service providers, agents, subcontractors and other associated organisations for the purposes of completing tasks and providing services to you on our behalf. However, when we use third party service providers, we disclose only the personal information that is necessary to deliver the service and we have a contract in place that requires them to keep your information secure and not to use it for their own direct marketing purposes. Please be reassured that we will not release your information to third parties beyond the Vortech Food Machinery Ltd Network for them to use for their own direct marketing purposes, unless you have requested us to do so, or we are required to do so by law, for example, by a court order or for the purposes of prevention of fraud or other crime.

YOUR CHOICES:
You have a choice about whether or not you wish to receive information from us. If you do not want to receive direct marketing communications from us about Vortech Food Machinery Ltd products and services, then you can select your choices by ticking the relevant boxes on our website contact form on which we collect your information.

We will not contact you for marketing purposes by email, phone or text message unless you have given your prior consent. We will not contact you for marketing purposes by post if you have indicated that you do not wish to be contacted. You can change your marketing preferences at any time by contacting us by email: sales@vortechfm.com or telephone on +44 (0) 845 258 3003.

HOW YOU CAN ACCESS AND UPDATE YOUR INFORMATION?
The accuracy of your information is important to us. We’re working on ways to make it easier for you to review and correct the information that we hold about you. In the meantime, if you change email address, or any of the other information we hold is inaccurate or out of date, please email us at: sales@vortechfm.com or write to us at: Vortech Food Machinery Ltd, Blenheim Court, Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire AL7 1AD.

Alternatively, you can telephone us on +44 (0) 845 258 3003.

You have the right to ask for a copy of the information Vortech Food Machinery Ltd holds about you. Please submit your request in writing via email at sales@vortechfm.com, or write to us at: Vortech Food Machinery Ltd, Blenheim Court, Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire AL7 1AD.

​SECURITY PRECAUTIONS IN PLACE TO PROTECT THE LOSS, MISUSE OR ALTERATION OF YOUR INFORMATION
When you give us personal information, we take steps to ensure that it’s treated securely. Non-sensitive details (your email address etc.) are transmitted normally over the Internet, and this can never be guaranteed to be 100% secure. As a result, while we take great care to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee the security of any information you transmit to us, and you do so at your own risk. Once we receive your information, we make our best effort to ensure its security on our systems.

USE OF COOKIES
Like many other websites, the Vortech Food Machinery Ltd website may use cookies. ‘Cookies’ are small pieces of information sent by an organisation to your computer and stored on your hard drive to allow that website to recognise you when you visit. While cookies collect statistical data about your browsing actions and patterns, they do not identify you as an individual. This helps us to improve our website and deliver a better more personalised web user experience.

It is possible to switch off cookies by setting your browser preferences. For more information on how to switch off cookies on your computer, visit our full cookies policy. Turning cookies off may result in a loss of functionality when using our website.

For more information about how we use Cookies, click here.

LINKS TO OTHER WEBSITES
Our website may contain links to other websites run by other organisations. This privacy policy applies only to the Vortech Food Machinery Ltd website‚ so we encourage you to read the privacy statements on the other websites you visit. Vortech Food Machinery Ltd cannot be responsible for the privacy policies and practices of other sites even if you access them using links from our website.

In addition, if you linked to our website from a third party website, Vortech Food Machinery Ltd cannot be held responsible for the privacy policies and practices of the owners and operators of that third party site and recommend that you check the privacy policy of that third party site.

16 OR UNDER?
Vortech Food Machinery Ltd is dedicated to protecting the privacy of children aged 16 or under. If you are aged 16 or under‚ please get your parent/guardian’s permission beforehand whenever you provide us with personal information.

TRANSFERRING YOUR INFORMATION OUTSIDE OF EUROPE
As part of the services offered to you through this website, the information which you provide to us may be transferred to countries outside the European Union (“EU”). By way of example, this may happen if any of our servers are from time to time located in a country outside of the EU. These countries may not have similar data protection laws to the UK. By submitting your personal data, you’re agreeing to this transfer, storing or processing. If we transfer your information outside of the EU in this way, we will take steps to ensure that appropriate security measures are taken with the aim of ensuring that your privacy rights continue to be protected as outlined in this Policy.

If you use our services while you are outside the EU, your information may be transferred outside the EU in order to provide you with those services.

ANY QUESTIONS?
If you have a question, of any type, about the Vortech Food Machinery Ltd website or privacy policy or the use to which we put information we gather, please e-mail sales@vortechfm.com. We welcome your views about the website and our Privacy Policy. You can contact us with any queries, complaints or comments.

HOW TO CONTACT Vortech Food Machinery Ltd:
Our registered address:
Vortech Food Machinery Ltd, Blenheim Court, Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire AL7 1AD.
Telephone: +44 (0) 845 258 3003

Review of these policies: Vortech Food Machinery Ltd keep this Policy under regular review. This Policy was last updated in May 2018.