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Privacy Policy
This Privacy Policy explains how Used Machinery Marketplace ("we", "us" or "our") collects, uses, stores and protects your personal information when you visit our website, contact us, make an enquiry or otherwise interact with our business.
We are committed to protecting your privacy and handling your personal information responsibly and in accordance with applicable UK data protection legislation.
1. Who We Are
Used Machinery Marketplace
Registered Office:
37 Seagoe Industrial Estate
Portadown
Craigavon
County Armagh
BT63 5QE
Telephone:
+44 7926 902002
Email:
sales@usedmachinerymarketplace.co.uk
2. Information We May Collect
We may collect and process personal information that you provide to us directly or that is collected when you use our website.
This may include:
- Your name.
- Your business or company name.
- Your postal or business address.
- Your email address.
- Your telephone number.
- Details contained within enquiries or messages you send to us.
- Information relating to machinery you wish to buy, sell or enquire about.
- Transaction, quotation, invoice or payment-related information.
- Records of correspondence between you and Used Machinery Marketplace.
- Your IP address.
- Browser type, device type and operating system.
- Pages visited and other information relating to your use of our website.
- Cookie and analytics information where applicable.
3. How We Collect Your Information
We may collect personal information when you:
- Complete a contact or enquiry form on our website.
- Contact us by telephone, email or another communication method.
- Enquire about machinery advertised on our website.
- Ask us to assist with selling or sourcing machinery.
- Purchase machinery, products or services from us.
- Subscribe to marketing communications where available.
- Interact with our website.
Certain technical information may also be collected automatically through cookies, analytics tools, server logs and similar technologies.
4. How We Use Your Personal Information
We may use your personal information to:
- Respond to enquiries and requests for information.
- Provide information about machinery available for sale.
- Assist customers wishing to purchase or sell machinery.
- Prepare quotations, invoices and other business documentation.
- Process and administer transactions.
- Provide customer service and ongoing support.
- Communicate with customers, suppliers and business contacts.
- Maintain accurate business and accounting records.
- Improve our website, products and services.
- Monitor website performance and usage.
- Protect our website and business against fraud, misuse or security threats.
- Comply with our legal, regulatory, tax and accounting obligations.
- Send marketing communications where permitted by law.
5. Our Lawful Bases for Processing
Under UK data protection law, we must have a lawful basis for processing your personal information. Depending on the circumstances, we may rely on one or more of the following lawful bases:
Contract
Where processing is necessary to enter into or perform a contract with you, for example when you purchase machinery or engage our services.
Legitimate Interests
Where processing is necessary for the legitimate interests of Used Machinery Marketplace or a third party, provided those interests do not override your fundamental rights and freedoms.
These legitimate interests may include:
- Operating and developing our business.
- Responding to business enquiries.
- Providing customer support.
- Improving our website and services.
- Preventing fraud and maintaining website security.
- Managing relationships with customers and suppliers.
Legal Obligation
Where we are required to process personal information in order to comply with a legal or regulatory obligation.
Consent
Where you have given us your consent to process personal information for a particular purpose, such as certain forms of marketing or the use of non-essential cookies.
Where processing is based on consent, you may withdraw your consent at any time.
6. Enquiries About Machinery
When you contact Used Machinery Marketplace regarding a machine listed on our website, we may use the information you provide to respond to your enquiry, provide additional details, arrange inspections or discussions, prepare quotations and progress a potential transaction.
Where reasonably necessary to deal with an enquiry or transaction, information may be shared with relevant sellers, buyers, suppliers, transport providers or other parties involved in the transaction.
7. Marketing Communications
We may occasionally contact existing customers or business contacts with information about machinery, services or opportunities that we believe may be relevant to them, where permitted by applicable law.
Where consent is required, we will obtain your consent before sending marketing communications.
You can ask us to stop sending marketing communications at any time by contacting us at sales@usedmachinerymarketplace.co.uk .
8. Cookies
Our website may use cookies and similar technologies to provide essential website functionality, remember preferences, understand how visitors use our website and improve website performance.
Cookies are small files placed on your device when you visit a website. Some cookies are essential for the website to function correctly, while others may be used for analytics, functionality or marketing purposes.
Where required by law, non-essential cookies will only be used after you have provided your consent through our cookie consent system.
You can change or withdraw your cookie preferences at any time through the cookie settings available on our website.
9. Website Analytics
We may use website analytics services to understand how visitors interact with our website. These services may collect information including your IP address, device information, approximate location, browser type, pages visited and the time spent on particular pages.
Where analytics cookies are not strictly necessary, they will only be activated where the appropriate consent has been obtained.
10. Sharing Your Personal Information
We do not sell your personal information.
We may share personal information with trusted third parties where this is necessary to operate our business, provide our services or comply with our legal obligations.
These third parties may include:
- Website hosting and IT service providers.
- Email and communication service providers.
- Payment processing providers.
- Accountants, auditors and professional advisers.
- Delivery, haulage, freight or logistics providers.
- Machinery sellers, buyers or suppliers where necessary to progress an enquiry or transaction.
- Website analytics and security providers.
- Government bodies, regulators, law enforcement agencies or other authorities where legally required.
Where third parties process personal information on our behalf, we expect them to process that information securely and only for the purposes for which it has been provided.
11. International Data Transfers
Some of the service providers we use may process or store personal information outside the United Kingdom.
Where personal information is transferred internationally, we will take appropriate steps to ensure that a lawful transfer mechanism and appropriate safeguards are in place where required by data protection law.
12. How Long We Keep Your Information
We retain personal information only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes for which it was collected, including satisfying legal, accounting, tax, contractual and reporting requirements.
Different types of information may be retained for different periods depending on the nature of our relationship with you and the reason the information was collected.
When personal information is no longer required, we will take reasonable steps to securely delete, destroy or anonymise it.
13. How We Protect Your Information
We take reasonable technical and organisational measures to protect personal information against accidental loss, unauthorised access, alteration, disclosure or misuse.
These measures may include appropriate website security, access controls, password protection, secure hosting, software updates and restrictions on access to personal information.
While we take reasonable steps to protect your information, no method of transmission over the internet or electronic storage system can be guaranteed to be completely secure.
14. Your Data Protection Rights
Depending on the circumstances, UK data protection law may provide you with a number of rights regarding your personal information.
These may include the right to:
- Request access to the personal information we hold about you.
- Request correction of inaccurate or incomplete information.
- Request deletion of your personal information in certain circumstances.
- Request restriction of the processing of your information.
- Object to certain types of processing.
- Request the transfer of your information where applicable.
- Withdraw consent where we rely on consent as our lawful basis.
- Object to direct marketing at any time.
- Raise a complaint with the relevant data protection supervisory authority.
Not all rights apply in every circumstance, and we may be entitled or required to retain certain information despite a request for deletion.
15. Exercising Your Rights
If you wish to exercise any of your data protection rights or have a question about how we use your personal information, please contact:
Used Machinery Marketplace
37 Seagoe Industrial Estate
Portadown
Craigavon
County Armagh
BT63 5QE
Telephone:
+44 7926 902002
Email:
sales@usedmachinerymarketplace.co.uk
We may need to request additional information from you in order to verify your identity before responding to certain data protection requests.
16. Complaints
If you have concerns about how we handle your personal information, we encourage you to contact us first so that we have an opportunity to investigate and resolve your concerns.
You also have the right to raise a complaint with the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO), the UK's independent authority responsible for data protection matters.
Further information is available from the Information Commissioner's Office at ico.org.uk.
17. Third-Party Websites
Our website may contain links to third-party websites. Used Machinery Marketplace is not responsible for the privacy practices, security or content of external websites.
We recommend reviewing the privacy policy of any third-party website before providing personal information to it.
18. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes to our business, website, services, technology or legal obligations.
Any updated version will be published on this page. We recommend checking this Privacy Policy periodically to remain informed about how we handle personal information.
19. Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or how Used Machinery Marketplace handles your personal information, please contact us:
Used Machinery Marketplace
37 Seagoe Industrial Estate
Portadown
Craigavon
County Armagh
BT63 5QE
Telephone:
+44 7926 902002
Email:
sales@usedmachinerymarketplace.co.uk
Last updated: 17 August 2026