Privacy Policy

This privacy policy sets out how Goldstar Metal Traders Ltd uses and protects any information that you give www.gsmt.co.uk when you use this website.

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Goldstar Metal Traders Ltd is committed to ensuring that your privacy is protected. Should we ask you to provide certain information by which you can be identified when using this website, then you can be assured that it will only be used in accordance with this privacy statement.

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Goldstar Metal Traders Ltd may change this policy from time to time by updating this page. You should check this page from time to time to ensure that you are happy with any changes.

 

This policy is effective from 11th November 2021.

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What we collect

We may collect the following information:

• name

• contact information including email address

• demographic information such as postcode, preferences and interests

• other information relevant to customer surveys and/or offers

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What we do with the information we gather

We require this information to understand your needs and provide you with a better service, and in particular for the following reasons:

• Internal record keeping.

• We may use the information to improve our products and services.

• We may periodically send promotional emails about new products, special offers or
other information which we think you may find interesting using the email address
which you have provided.

• From time to time, we may also use your information to contact you for market
research purposes. We may contact you by email, phone, fax or mail. We may use the information to customise the website according to your interests.

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Security

We are committed to ensuring that your information is secure. In order to prevent unauthorised access or disclosure, we have put in place suitable physical, electronic and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect online.

 

How we use cookies

A cookie is a small file which asks permission to be placed on your computer’s hard drive. Once you agree, the file is added, and the cookie helps analyse web traffic or lets you know when you visit a particular site. Cookies allow web applications to respond to you as an individual. The web application can tailor its operations to your needs, likes and dislikes by gathering and remembering information about your preferences.

We use traffic log cookies to identify which pages are being used. This helps us analyse data about web page traffic and improve our website in order to tailor it to customer needs. We only use this information for statistical analysis purposes and then the data is removed from the system.

Overall, cookies help us provide you with a better website, by enabling us to monitor which pages you find useful and which you do not. A cookie in no way gives us access to your computer or any information about you, other than the data you choose to share with us.

You can choose to accept or decline cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. This may prevent you from taking full advantage of the website.

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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.

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Controlling your personal information

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 sales@gsmt.co.uk

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 Goldstar Metal Traders Ltd, Lodge Farm, Floods Ferry, March, PE15 0YN

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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.

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HEALTH AND SAFETY POLICY STATEMENT

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The Board of Directors of Goldstar Metal Traders Ltd are firmly committed to doing all that is practicable to make proper provision for the health, safety and wellbeing of its employees, contractors, visitors and others who may be affected by its business.  This is in accordance with the Health & Safety at Work Act etc. 1974.

Through a structured and proportionate control of risk, the Company aims to prevent workplace accidents and work-related ill health which may arise from its work activities.

Goldstar Metal Traders Ltd.’s approach to Health and Safety is to:

• Comply with all legal and other requirements relevant to company operations.

• Demonstrate safety leadership at all levels of the organisation, to ensure that the appropriate priority is given to Health and Safety matters.

• Set effective and consistent standards and targets which will be adopted by everyone to drive continuous improvement and to embed Health and Safety within our culture.

• Prevent accidents and work-related ill health through suitable and sufficient risk assessments, ensuring the proportionate control of risks which may arise in work activities.

• Engage and consult with employees and others to provide competent advice and supervision regarding all matters relating to health, safety and wellbeing.

• Provide information, training and supervision for all employees.

• Ensure that employees, contractors and visitors to our sites are inducted, appropriately trained and supervised.

• Provide a safe healthy workplace environment and working conditions and to ensure that plant, machinery and equipment used is inherently safe and properly maintained.

• Make provision for the receipt, storage, handling and use of all substances that may be hazardous to health.

• Implement an effective auditing process to monitor and review Health and Safety Standards, Management System, Accident Prevention Strategies, practice and procedures.

• Put in place emergency procedures to minimise the risk of injury in the event of fire or other serious incidents.

• Thoroughly investigate all accidents and incidents to ensure that lessons are learned and applied to prevent recurrence.

• Report regularly on its Health and Safety performance to the directors and board.

• Review at regular intervals and to revise where necessary this policy.

The Board of Directors, led by the Managing Director, has overall responsibility for ensuring that high standards of health and safety are maintained. However, we rely on all of our employees and sub-contractors to play their part in implementing our health and safety policy and drawing to the company’s attention areas in which improvements can be made.

Senior management will give this policy equal priority with all other business operations and will through their line management be held responsible for its implementation.

Goldstar Metal Traders Ltd firmly believes that an excellent company is by definition a safe company.  With the active support of employees at all levels we can demonstrate that we are committed to safety and it therefore follows that minimising risks to employees, contractors, visitors and others who may be affected by our undertaking is inseparable from all other company objectives.