Privacy Policy

January 2017

The Website is operated by The Sand & Gravel Co., a company incorporated in England (Company Number 430620) with registered address at The Sand & Gravel Co. Enslow, Oxfordshire OX5 3AY

As user of the website (referred to as “you/your”) you acknowledge that any use of this website (including any transactions you make) is subject to this Privacy Policy together with our Terms and Conditions.

The purpose of this statement is to set out the purposes for which, and the manner in which we may collect and use personal information that we may obtain about you.

The Sand & Gravel Co. does not knowingly collect data from any unsupervised person under the age of 18. If you are under the age of 18, you must not use The Sand & Gravel Co. website or submit any personal data to us unless you have the consent of, and are supervised by, a parent or guardian.

1. When you register and/or use this site:

Some of our services will require further details, for example, to set up and maintain our services.

In addition, we may gather other information about your use of the website, including by the use of cookies (see our cookies policy page).

2. We may use information you give us or we obtain...

to register you with our Website and to manage any account you hold with us

to give to companies and organisations whose products we provide to you e.g. financial

to fulfil our agreement with you and to process your order and obtain payment

to analyse and profile your shopping preferences (e.g. market, customer and product analysis) to enable us (i) to provide you with a personalised browsing experience when using the website and (ii) to review, develop and improve the products and services which we offer and to enable us to provide you and other customers with relevant information through our marketing programme

to facilitate your transaction and browsing experience with us.

we may use your information to make decisions about you using computerised technology, for example automatically selecting products and/or services which we think will interest you from the information gained.

3. If you do not wish to receive information of products and services which may be of interest to you from us, you can select the opt-out option when you submit your details or you can unsubscribe at any time by sending us an email as described in the section "Want to be removed from the Sand & Gravel Co; email newsletter list" below

4. We may supplement the information that you provide to us with information that we receive from third parties. In particular, we will carry out searches with credit reference agencies.

5. We may engage third party payment providers to administer and process your payment card details to complete any purchase that you make through the website.

6. We may store and process your information on our own information technology systems or on systems owned by third parties that may store and process your information on our behalf.

In order to protect our customers and us from fraud and theft, we may pass on information that we obtain from making identity checks and other information in our customer records, including how you conduct your account, to other Group companies, other retailers and to financial and other organisations involved in fraud prevention and detection, to use in the same way.

Without limitation to the foregoing we may disclose any information and data relating to you to the police or any regulatory or government authority including but not limited to law enforcement agencies in response to a request in connection with the investigation of any suspected illegal activities.

This site uses cookies which are text files which contain small amounts of information that a website can send to, and store on, your computer or device through your browser. Cookies may be used by us to provide you with, for example, customised information from our website to make our website more user-friendly. This may include, for example, remembering your postcode for you so you don’t have to re-enter it every time you check the stock levels for an item you are interested in.

In addition, cookies allow us to understand who has seen which pages and advertisements, to determine how frequently particular pages are visited and to determine the most popular areas of our website.

We are required to provide you with clear and comprehensive information about the cookies which we use on the site and to obtain your consent to the use of the cookies. In order to comply with these requirements, we have prepared a cookies policy setting out information about cookies, detailing the cookies we use and providing information on how to manage cookies on your computer.

By using The Sand & Gravel Co. website, you are agreeing to our Privacy and cookie policies and consent to the use of cookies and similar technologies by us and our carefully selected third party partners as described in these policies. If you do not agree to such use, please see the 'Managing your cookies' section for details on how to adjust your settings.
For full details about our cookie policy, please see our cookie policy page.    

We will treat all your information in strict confidence and we will endeavour to take all reasonable steps to protect your personal information. However, we cannot guarantee the security of any data you disclose online. You accept the inherent security risks of providing information and dealing online over the Internet and will not hold us responsible for any breach of security unless this is due to our negligence or wilful default.

For further information about the steps we take to protect your information and make online shopping as secure as possible, please see information on secure online shopping.  

You have the right to see the personal data (as defined in the Data Protection Act) that we keep about you, upon receipt of a written request and payment of a fee the contact address below: The Sand & Gravel Co. Enslow, Oxfordshire OX5 3AY

If you are concerned that any of the information we hold on you is incorrect or you have a general enquiry in connection with our Privacy policy, please contact us. You can also write to The Sand & Gravel Co. Enslow, Oxfordshire OX5 3AY.

Please be aware that our website may link to other websites which may be accessed through our site. We are not responsible for the data policies or procedures or the content of these linked websites.

If you want to be removed from our mailing list, click here and put in the email address that you wish to be removed. Please note that it may take up to 28 days to action your request. In addition, each email we send you will contain details of how you can unsubscribe.

In addition, each electronic mailing we send you will contain details of how you can unsubscribe.

We may amend and update this policy from time to time.

Any changes in the future will be posted on this page.

The date of the latest update to this privacy policy is set out at the top of this policy.