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Privacy Policy

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1.      Introduction

  1.1    We are committed to safeguarding the privacy of our website visitors, service users, individual customers and customer personnel.

  1.2    This policy applies where we are acting as a data controller with respect to the personal data of such persons; in other words, where we determine the

            purposes and means of the processing of that personal data.

  1.3    Our website incorporates privacy controls which affect how we will process your personal data. By using the privacy controls, you can specify whether you

            would like to receive direct marketing.

  1.4    We use cookies on our website. Insofar as those cookies are not strictly necessary for the provision of our website and services, we will ask you to consent to

            our use of cookies when you first visit our website.

  1.5    In this policy, "we", "us" and "our" refer to For more information about us, see Section 13.

2.      The personal data that we collect

  2.1    In this Section 2 we have set out the general categories of personal data that we process and, in the case of personal data that we did not obtain directly from

           you, information about the source and specific categories of that data.

  2.2    We may process data enabling us to get in touch with you ("contact data"). The contact data may include your name, email address, telephone number, postal

           address and/or social media account identifiers. The source of the contact data is you and/or your employer. If you log into our website using a social media

           account, we will obtain elements of the contact data from the relevant social media account provider.

  2.3    We may process your website user registration and/or account data ("registration / account data"). The account data may include your account identifier,

           name, email address, business name, account creation and modification dates, website settings and marketing preferences. The primary source of the

           registration or account data is you and/or your employer, although some elements of the account data may be generated by our website. If you log into our

           website using a social media account, we will obtain elements of the account data from the relevant social media account provider.

  2.4    We may process [information relating to transactions, including purchases of goods and/or services, that you enter into with us and/or through our website]

           ("transaction data").[ The transaction data may include [your name, your contact details, your payment card details (or other payment details) and the

           transaction details].][ The source of the transaction data is [you and/or our payment services provider].]

  2.5   We may process information contained in or relating to any communication that you send to us or that we send to you ("communication data"). The

          communication data may include the communication content and metadata associated with the communication. Our website will generate the metadata

          associated with communications made using the website contact forms.

  2.6   We may process data about your use of our website and services ("usage data"). The usage data may include your IP address, geographical location, browser

          type and version, operating system, referral source, length of visit, page views and website navigation paths, as well as information about the timing, frequency

          and pattern of your service use. The source of the usage data is our analytics tracking system.

  2.7   We may process, identify general category of data. This data may include login; e-mail address; password; computer and connection information and   

          purchase and/or order history. We may use software tools to measure and collect session information, including response times, length or visits to certain

          pages, page interaction information, and methods used to browse away from the page. We also collect personally identifiable information (including name,

          email, password, communications); payment details (including credit card information), comments, feedback, product reviews, recommendations, and

          personal profile. The data is identified and collected via cookies as you navigate and use our site.

3.      Purposes of processing and legal bases

  3.1    In this Section 3, we have set out the purposes for which we may process personal data and the legal bases of the processing.

  3.2    Operations - We may process your personal data for the purposes of operating our website, the processing and fulfilment of orders, providing our services,

           generating invoices, and other payment-related documentation and credit control. The legal basis for this processing is our legitimate interests, namely the

            proper administration of our website, services and business OR the performance of a contract between you and us and/or taking steps, at your request, to

            enter into such a contract.

  3.3    Publications - We may process registration and/or account data for the purposes of publishing such data on our website and elsewhere through our services

            in accordance with your express instructions. The legal basis for this our legitimate interests, namely the publication of content in the ordinary course of our

            operations and/or the performance of a contract between you and us and/or taking steps, at your request, to enter into such a contract.

  3.4    Relationships and communications - We may process contact data, account data, transaction data and/or communication data for the purposes of

            managing our relationships, communicating with you (excluding communicating for the purposes of direct marketing) by email, SMS, post, fax and/or 

            telephone, providing support services and compliant handling. The legal basis for this processing is our legitimate interests, namely communications with our

            website visitors, service users, individual customers and customer personnel, the maintenance of relationships, and the proper administration of our website,

            services and business.

  3.5    Direct marketing - We may process contact data, account data and/or transaction data for the purposes of creating, targeting and sending direct marketing

            communications by email, SMS, post and/or fax and making contact by telephone for marketing-related purposes. The legal basis for this processing is our

            legitimate interests, namely promoting our business and communicating marketing messages and offers to our website visitors and service users.

  3.6    Research and analysis - We may process usage data and/or transaction data for the purposes of researching and analysing the use of our website and

            services, as well as researching and analysing other interactions with our business. The legal basis for this processing is our legitimate interests, namely

            monitoring, supporting, improving and securing our website, services and business generally.

  3.7    Record keeping - We may process your personal data for the purposes of creating and maintaining our databases, back-up copies of our databases and our

            business records generally. The legal basis for this processing is our legitimate interests, namely ensuring that we have access to all the information we need

            to properly and efficiently run our business in accordance with this policy.

  3.8    Security - We may process your personal data for the purposes of security and the prevention of fraud and other criminal activity. The legal basis of this

            processing is our legitimate interests, namely the protection of our website, services and business, and the protection of others.

  3.9    Insurance and risk management - We may process your personal data where necessary for the purposes of obtaining or maintaining insurance coverage,

            managing risks and/or obtaining professional advice. The legal basis for this processing is our legitimate interests, namely the proper protection of our

            business against risks.

  3.10  Legal claims - We may process your personal data where necessary for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims, whether in court proceedings

            or in an administrative or out-of-court procedure. The legal basis for this processing is our legitimate interests, namely the protection and assertion of our

            legal rights, your legal rights and the legal rights of others.

  3.11  Legal compliance and vital interests - We may also process your personal data where such processing is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to

            which we are subject or in order to protect your vital interests or the vital interests of another natural person.

4.      Providing your personal data to others

  4.1    We may disclose your personal data to our insurers and/or professional advisers insofar as reasonably necessary for the purposes of obtaining or

            maintaining insurance coverage, managing risks, obtaining professional advice.

  4.2    Your personal data held in our website database will be stored on the servers of our hosting services providers at www.wix.com.

  4.3     We may disclose specify personal data category or categories to our suppliers or subcontractors insofar as reasonably necessary for the specify purposes of

            fulling your service requirements.

  4.4    In addition to the specific disclosures of personal data set out in this Section 4, we may disclose your personal data where such disclosure is necessary for

            compliance with a legal obligation to which we are subject, or in order to protect your vital interests or the vital interests of another natural person. We may

            also disclose your personal data where such disclosure is necessary for the establishment, exercise, or defence of legal claims, whether in court proceedings

            or in an administrative or out-of-court procedure.

  4.5    In addition to the specific disclosures of personal data set out in this Section 4, we may disclose your personal data where such disclosure is necessary for

           compliance with a legal obligation to which we are subject, or in order to protect your vital interests or the vital interests of another natural person. We may

           also disclose your personal data where such disclosure is necessary for the establishment, exercise, or defence of legal claims, whether in court proceedings

           or in an administrative or out-of-court procedure.

5.      International transfers of your personal data

  5.1    In this Section 5, we provide information about the circumstances in which your personal data may be transferred to countries outside the United Kingdom

            and the European Economic Area (EEA).

  5.2    The hosting facilities for our website are situated in the United Kingdom, United States of America, and/or other countries. The competent data protection

            authorities have made an "adequacy decision" with respect to [the data protection laws of each of these countries. Transfers to each of these countries will be

            protected by appropriate safeguards, namely the use of standard data protection clauses adopted or approved by the competent data protection authorities.

  5.3    The competent data protection authorities have made an "adequacy decision" with respect to the data protection laws of each of these countries. Transfers to

             each of these countries will be protected by appropriate safeguards, namely the use of standard data protection clauses adopted or approved by the

            competent data protection authorities.

  5.4    You acknowledge that personal data that you submit for publication through our website or services may be available, via the internet, around the world. We

            cannot prevent the use (or misuse) of such personal data by others.

6.      Retaining and deleting personal data

  6.1    This Section 6 sets out our data retention policies and procedures, which are designed to help ensure that we comply with our legal obligations in relation to

            the retention and deletion of personal data.

  6.2    Personal data that we process for any purpose or purposes shall not be kept for longer than is necessary for that purpose or those purposes.

  6.3    We will retain your personal data as follows:

(a)    contact data will be retained for a minimum period of 2 weeks following the date of the most recent contact between you and us, and for a maximum

         period of 3 years following that date;

(b)    account data will be retained for a minimum period of 2 weeks following the date of closure of the relevant account, and for a maximum period of 1

         year following that date;

(c)    transaction data will be retained for a minimum period of 3 years following the date of the transaction, and for a maximum period of 7 years following

         that date;

(d)    communication data will be retained for a minimum period of 2 weeks following the date of the communication in question, and for a maximum period

         of 5 years following that date; and

(e)    usage data will be retained for 3 years following the date of collection.

  6.4    Notwithstanding the other provisions of this Section 6, we may retain your personal data where such retention is necessary for compliance with a legal

           obligation to which we are subject, or in order to protect your vital interests or the vital interests of another natural person.

7.      Your rights

  7.1    In this Section 7, we have listed the rights that you have under data protection law.

  7.2    Your principal rights under data protection law are:

(a)    the right to access - you can ask for copies of your personal data;

(b)    the right to rectification - you can ask us to rectify inaccurate personal data and to complete incomplete personal data;

(c)    the right to erasure - you can ask us to erase your personal data;

(d)    the right to restrict processing - you can ask us to restrict the processing of your personal data;

(e)    the right to object to processing - you can object to the processing of your personal data;

(f)     the right to data portability - you can ask that we transfer your personal data to another organisation or to you;

(g)    the right to complain to a supervisory authority - you can complain about our processing of your personal data; and

(h)    the right to withdraw consent - to the extent that the legal basis of our processing of your personal data is consent, you can withdraw that consent.

  7.3    These rights are subject to certain limitations and exceptions. You can learn more about the rights of data subjects by visiting https://ico.org.uk/for-

            organisations/guide-to-data-protection/guide-to-the-general-data-protection-regulation-gdpr/individual-rights/.

  7.4    You may exercise any of your rights in relation to your personal data [by written notice to us, using the contact details set out below.

8.      About cookies

  8.1    A cookie is a file containing an identifier (a string of letters and numbers) that is sent by a web server to a web browser and is stored by the browser. The

           identifier is then sent back to the server each time the browser requests a page from the server.

  8.2    Cookies may be either "persistent" cookies or "session" cookies: a persistent cookie will be stored by a web browser and will remain valid until its set expiry

           date, unless deleted by the user before the expiry date; a session cookie, on the other hand, will expire at the end of the user session, when the web browser is

           closed.

8.3    Cookies may not contain any information that personally identifies a user, but personal data that we store about you may be linked to the information stored in

          and obtained from cookies.

9.      Cookies that we use

9.1    We use cookies for the following purposes:

(a)    authentication and status - we use cookies to identify you when you visit our website and as you navigate our website, and to help us determine if you

         are logged into our website (cookies used for this purpose are: svSession, SSRcaching and smSession);

(b)    personalisation - we use cookies to store information about your preferences and to personalise our website for you.

(c)    security - we use cookies as an element of the security measures used to protect user accounts, including preventing fraudulent use of login

         credentials, and to protect our website and services generally (cookies used for this purpose are: hs, XSRF-TOKEN, TS*, TS01*******, TSxxxxxxxx and

         TSxxxxxxxx_d); and

(d)    Analysis - we use cookies to help us to analyse the use and performance of our website and services;

10.    Cookies used by our service providers

  10.1  Our service providers use cookies and those cookies may be stored on your computer when you visit our website.

  10.2  We use Google Analytics. Google Analytics gathers information about the use of our website by means of cookies. The information gathered is used to create

            reports about the use of our website. You can find out more about Google's use of information by visiting https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/partners/

            and you can review Google's privacy policy at https://policies.google.com/privacy.

  10.3  We use Wix.com to website hosting and to track visitor analytics. This service uses cookies for tracking user behavior. You can view the privacy policy of this

            service provider at https://www.wix.com/about/privacy.

11.    Managing cookies

  11.1  Most browsers allow you to refuse to accept cookies and to delete cookies. The methods for doing so vary from browser to browser, and from version to 

            version. You can however obtain up-to-date information about blocking and deleting cookies via these links:

(a) https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647 (Chrome);

(b) https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/enable-and-disable-cookies-website-preferences (Firefox);

(c) https://help.opera.com/en/latest/security-and-privacy/ (Opera);

(d) https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/help/17442/windows-internet-explorer-delete-manage-cookies (Internet Explorer);

(e) https://support.apple.com/en-gb/guide/safari/manage-cookies-and-website-data-sfri11471/mac (Safari); and

(f) https://privacy.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-10-microsoft-edge-and-privacy (Edge).

  11.2  Blocking all cookies will have a negative impact upon the usability of many websites.

  11.3  If you block cookies, you may not be able to use all the features on our website.

  12.    Amendments

  12.1  We may update this policy from time to time by publishing a new version on our website.

  12.2  You should check this page occasionally to ensure you are happy with any changes to this policy.

  12.3  We may notify you of significant changes to this policy by email

13.    Our details

  13.1  This website is owned and operated by General Aviation Services Ltd.

  13.2  We are registered in England and Wales under registration number 09237635, and our registered office is at Office No. 728, 19-21 Crawford Street, London,

            England, W1H 1PJ.

  13.3  Our principal place of business is at Office 505,Cannon Wharf, Pell St, Surrey Quays, London SE8 5EN.

  13.4  You can contact us:

(a)    by post, to the postal address given above;

(b)    using our website contact form;

(c)    by telephone, on the contact number published on our website; or

(d)    by email, using sales@gasaviation.com.

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