Privacy Policy

Last modified: Jan. 22, 2024

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1. Introduction and General Terms

Sawas is an international company specialising in raw material trading. This Privacy Policy sets out how we obtain, use and protect any personal information you provide to us, whether online, via phone, text, email, in letters or in other correspondence.

This privacy policy explains the following:

  • What information SAWAS may collect about you;
  • How SAWAS will use information we collect about you;
  • When SAWAS may use your details to contact you;
  • Whether SAWAS will disclose your details to anyone else;
  • Your choices regarding the personal information you provide to us; the use of cookies on the SAWAS website and how you can exercise your choices in relation to those cookies.

SAWAS is committed to safeguarding your personal information. Whenever you provide such information, we are legally obliged to use your information in line with all laws concerning the protection of personal information, including the Data Protection Act 1998.

The SAWAS website contains hyperlinks to websites owned and operated by third parties. These third party websites have their own privacy policies, including policies on their use of cookies, and we urge you to review them. They will govern the use of personal information you submit or which is collected by cookies whilst visiting these websites. We cannot accept any responsibility or liability for the

2. Who we are

Sawas is an international company specialising in raw material trading based in London, United Kingdom.

3. What information will SAWAS collect about me?

When you contact SAWAS to sign up to any of SAWAS's activities or online content, such as newsletters, or you telephone, email, write to or text SAWAS, or engage with SAWAS via social media channels, we may receive and retain personal information about you. This can consist of information such as your name, email address, postal address, telephone or mobile number.

We do not usually collect “sensitive personal data” about our supporters, e.g. health status, unless there is a clear reason for doing so – such as participation in a ‘fundraising run' or similar fundraising event or where we need this to ensure that we provide appropriate facilities or support to enable you to participate in an event. Clear notices will be provided on applications for such events so that it is clear what information we need and why we need it.

If you are simply browsing our website as an anonymous visitor, SAWAS may still collect certain information from you, such as your IP addresses (an IP address is a number that can uniquely identify a specific computer or other network device on the internet).

SAWAS also uses cookies. Cookies are small text files on your device. They are made by your web browser when you visit a website. Every time you go back to that website, your browser will send the cookie file back to the website's server. They improve your experience of using a website, for example, by remembering your preference settings and by measuring your use of a website to ensure that it meets your needs. See Section 10 below for more detail on how we use cookies and how you can control your cookie preferences.

4. How will SAWAS use the information you collect about me?

SAWAS will use your personal information for a number of purposes including the following:

  • in relation to any correspondence you have entered into with us whether by letter, email, text, social media, message board or any other means;
  • for “service administration purposes”, which means that SAWAS may contact you for reasons related activity or online content you have signed up for;
  • for internal record keeping;
  • to fulfil sales/advertising contracts you have entered into with SAWAS;
  • to contact you about any content you provide;
  • to invite you to participate in surveys or research about SAWAS or our projects/services (participation is always voluntary);
  • for marketing purposes where you have specifically agreed to this (see below);
  • to provide you with information about our activities or online content you have agreed to receive;
  • to personalise the way SAWAS content is presented to you;
  • to use IP addresses to identify the location of users, to block disruptive use, to establish the number of visits from different countries;
  • to analyse and improve the activities and content offered by the SAWAS website to provide you with the most user-friendly navigation experience. We may also use and disclose information in aggregate (so that no individuals are identified) for marketing and strategic development purposes.

5. Will I be contacted for marketing purposes?

SAWAS will only contact you for marketing purposes by email or other electronic means if you have agreed to be contacted for these purposes. Where you have provided your postal address we may send you direct mail about our work unless you have told us that you do not wish to receive such information.

If you wish to contact us either to obtain information about our work or to stop us sending you such information please email us at info@sawas-cs.com. You may also opt out of marketing emails at any time by clicking the unsubscribe link in any marketing email from SAWAS.

6. Will SAWAS share my personal information with anyone else?

We will only use your information within SAWAS for the purposes for which it was obtained, unless you have explicitly agreed that we may share your information with another organisation.

We will keep your information confidential except where disclosure is required or permitted by law (for example to government bodies for tax purposes or law enforcement agencies for the prevention and detection of crime, subject to such bodies providing us with a relevant request in writing).

7. Offensive or inappropriate content placed on the SAWAS website

If you post or send offensive, inappropriate or objectionable content to or anywhere on the SAWAS website, or social networks, or otherwise engage in any disruptive behaviour on any SAWAS networks, we may use your personal information to stop such behaviour.

Where SAWAS reasonably believes that you are or may be in breach of any of the laws of England and Wales (or the law of Scotland if you live there) (e.g. because content you have posted may be defamatory), we may use your personal information to inform relevant third parties such as your employer, internet provider or law enforcement agencies about the content and your behaviour.

8. How long will SAWAS keep my personal information?

We will hold your personal information on our systems for as long as is necessary for the relevant activity. If you request us not to send you marketing information we will keep a record of your contact details and appropriate information to enable us to comply with your request not to be contacted by us.

9. What is SAWAS's policy on allowing me to update, correct, or delete my personal information?

The accuracy of your information is important to us. We are working on ways to make it easier for you to review and correct the information that SAWAS maintains about you. In the meantime, if you change email address or any of the other information we hold is inaccurate or out of date, you can let us know:

Under the Data Protection Act you have the right to request a copy of the personal information we hold about you and to have any inaccuracies corrected. (We charge £10 for information requests and require you to prove your identity with two pieces of approved identification). Please address requests and questions about this or any other question about this Privacy Policy to our email address.

10. Cookies Policy – Information SAWAS collects from your computer or mobile device

  1. What is a cookie?

Cookies are small text files on your device. They are made by your web-browser when you visit a website. Every time you go back to that website, your browser will send the cookie file back to the website's server. Cookies are useful because they allow a website to recognise a user's device. You can find more information about cookies at: www.allaboutcookies.org and www.youronlinechoices.eu. For a video about cookies visit http://www.google.co.uk/goodtoknow/data-on-the-web/cookies.

Cookies do lots of different jobs, like letting you navigate between pages efficiently, remembering your preferences, and generally improving the user experience.

They can also help to ensure that adverts you see online are more relevant to you and your interests.

  1. Why does SAWAS use cookies?

Like many websites, SAWAS uses cookies in order to provide you with a more personalised web service.

Cookies help us identify which bits of our website people are using, and help us do work on those sections of the website to improve the user experience. We also use cookies to help show content on our site which is relevant to you and your interests, for example if on a previous visit you went to our pages about services, events or events, we might find this out from your cookie and show you other information on our website related to services, or events on subsequent visits.

  1. Further information on SAWAS cookies and how to control your cookie preferences

A list of the main cookies that we use and what each is used for, together with ways to control your cookie preferences can be found in our cookie policy.

11. Changes to SAWAS's Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy may be updated from time to time so you may wish to check it each time you submit personal information to SAWAS. The date of the most recent revisions will appear on this page. If you do not agree to these changes, please do not continue to use the SAWAS website to submit personal information to SAWAS. If material changes are made to the Privacy Policy we will notify you by placing a prominent notice on the website.