Traders policy
We are Fixing House Ltd,
Company House Number: 14637238
Fixing House App Privacy Policy
We are Fixing House Ltd, Company House Number: 14637238
39 Parkview Way, Epsom, United Kingdom, KT19 8FA
FIxing House ltd manages the information that we collect from you in accordance with applicable privacy legislation. In this Policy, “FIxing House”, “we”, “our” and/or “us” means
(i) where you reside in Great Britain, FIxing House ltd and
This Privacy Policy describes how Fixing House collects, uses, shares, and handles your personal data, and sets out the rights and obligations that both you and Fixing House have in relation to your personal data. Country-specific terms in Appendix A shall also apply to this Privacy Policy.
By accessing our mobile application (together, the “Services”) you accept and agree to the Terms and Conditions of Fixing House’s user agreement (“User Agreement”), and acknowledge that your personal data may be collected, used, and disclosed in accordance with this Privacy Policy. Except for any terms that are defined in this Privacy Policy then all other defined terms shall have the same meaning as that defined in the User Agreement. Note that under FIxing House’s Terms and Conditions, you must not use the Services if you are under 18 years old.
Fixing House may, from time to time, modify this Privacy Policy (and update the web page on which it is displayed). If we materially change the ways in which Fixing House uses or shares your personal data previously collected from you through the Services, Fixing House will notify you through your Fixing House account, your registered email address, or other communication. You should check that account regularly.
1. Collection of Your Personal Data
Information we collect directly from you
Fixing House collects personal data when you pre-register with Fixing House. This includes your full name, email address, and location. In circumstances where the below information is not provided to us, we may be unable to provide the Services to you and carry out our contractual obligations with you.
Fixing House collects personal data when you register with Fixing House. This includes:
your name, address, email address, phone number, and other contact details;
your location and the location where you are interested in performing tasks; and
your occupation, work experience, resume, qualifications, education, post tasks, earn money preferences, skillset, interests, and other information relevant to your fitness for tasks.
To enable us to improve our existing services, create new service features, and serve you and others with targeted marketing communications, Fixing House collects information about the way you use the Services, including the transactions you enter into on the Services, your feedback rating (including any references requested using our ‘Reference’ feature), the bids you make, the comments you post, and the transactions you enter into with our valued affiliate service providers.
Information we collect automatically when you use the Services
If you use a location-enabled Fixing House service, if you allow us, we receive and process information about your precise location (for example, through GPS signals sent by your mobile device). We may also collect the precise location of your device when the app is running in the foreground or background or when the app is closed. We may also use a range of different technologies to confirm your location. When you use the Services, we also infer the general location of your device and the geographic regions our users come from. For example, your IP address may indicate your general geographic region.
Information we obtain from other sources
We work with third-party verification providers to perform police history checks or background checks on Tradespeoples and receive publicly available information such as court decisions.
We may also receive additional information about you from third parties such as data or marketing partners and combine it with other information we have about you.
What other information users can see about you
You are not anonymous to us when you log into the Services or post any content (including tasks, items to be supplied, bids, comments or feedback) on the Services or any associated forum.
When you:
use the Services to post a task or item to be supplied, or make a bid, or comment on a bid, or provide feedback on other users; or
otherwise communicate in a public forum on the Services,
your user ID and all the material that you post is visible and searchable to us, other Fixing House users and is also publicly available to other internet users. We strongly encourage you to use caution and discretion when posting and carefully consider whether and what to post or how you identify yourself on the Services.
Fixing House does not in any way control, and does not accept any responsibility or liability whatsoever for, the disclosure or use of personal data which is voluntarily posted by you in a publicly accessible area of the Services.
2. How We Use Your Personal Data
Fixing House may use the information we collect for the following purposes:
Identification and authentication
Legal ground(s) for use: We need to perform this function in order to allow you to access the Services.
To protect Fixing House and the users of the Services
Legal ground(s) for use: It is in our (and users’) legitimate interests to ensure that the Services are secure.
To customize the content and any advertising displayed on the Services and permit content on the Services (such as postings, marketing or third-party advertisements) to be targeted, on an aggregate basis, to the users for whom it is most likely to be relevant
Legal ground(s) for use: It is in our legitimate interest to provide you with content and advertisements that are tailored to your interests.
To improve the Services and develop new service features
Legal ground(s) for use: We need some of your personal data in order to provide the services to you; it is in our legitimate interests to provide you with the best possible services.
To provide, maintain and protect the Services and to verify the identity of authorized users of the Services
Legal ground(s) for use: We need to perform this function in order to provide a safe and secure environment for our users and we have legitimate interests in protecting the integrity of the Services we offer.
Providing your information to a user with whom you have or had a contract facilitated by Fixing House
Legal ground(s) for use: We need to use your personal data in this way to provide the Services you request.
As required by law, order of a court, tribunal, or regulator or if Fixing House reasonably believes that the use or disclosure of the information is reasonably necessary for enforcement-related activities
Legal ground(s) for use: On such occasions, we are required by law to process your personal data.
To ensure that Fixing House receives payment of the fees due to it
Legal ground(s) for use: We need to use your personal data in this way to fulfill a contract between you and us.
To contact you to inform you about promotions or upcoming changes or improvements to the Services
Legal ground(s) for use: We only contact you for marketing purposes with your consent; we may contact you regarding changes in the Services because it is in our legitimate interests to keep you informed about service changes that may affect you. See the section below for further detail about marketing.
To contact you to administer our User Agreement
Legal ground(s) for use: For example, we may notify you of a breach, or action a request for a take down notice in response to a claim of copyright infringement.
To conduct research
Legal ground(s) for use: It is in our legitimate interests to improve the Services through user questionnaires and feedback requests via the Services.
To expand our user base, including marketing communications to be targeted to potential users
Legal ground(s) for use: It is in our legitimate interest to inform potential users about the Services we offer.
To develop our relationships with affiliate service providers and provide or arrange internal or external verification services obtained by you via the Services
Legal ground(s) for use: It is in our legitimate interests to engage service providers and verification services.
To generate data reports on an aggregated, non-personally identifiable basis, for both internal and third-party use, but subject to any applicable laws (for example, we may show advertisers or investors trends relating to the general use of the Services); and
Legal ground(s) for use: It is in our legitimate interests (and the interests of our partners and affiliates) to understand how you and other users engage with the Services.
Your contact information may also be used for accounting, invoicing and billing purposes, marketing purposes, by third party service providers to Fixing House, and to respond to any enquiry you make
Legal ground(s) for use: It is in our legitimate interests to engage service providers to assist us in delivering the Services you request.
When you contact Fixing House, we may keep a record of the communication(s) between you and Fixing House to help resolve any issues you might have
Legal ground(s) for use: We retain information when we are required to do so by law and because it is in our legitimate interests to protect our legal rights.
If other user(s) of the Services already have your userID (or other information identifying you), and you have chosen to upload a photo or other personal data to your Fixing House account, we may show those user(s) that personal data
Legal ground(s) for use: We display your photo to other users who have your userID only with your consent, which you supply by uploading your photo.
The Services allow you to review your experience dealing with others on the Services, who may in turn leave reviews about you. We compile these reviews to provide an aggregate rating for each user, which will publicly appear along with your profile. Please be aware that other users may rely on this rating when deciding whether to engage with you.
Profiling and data analytics
We (or our service providers on our behalf) may collate information about you and your preferences, to identify market segments and use that information for data analytics and direct marketing.
We (or our service providers on our behalf) may use your name, street address, email address, phone number, and data collected from cookies and similar technologies about how you use the Services (including tasks created and certain actions taken on the site) to conduct data analytics, including the creation of look-alike audiences. We use the results of data analytics for marketing, product and service development, and policy development.
We do not use sensitive information for data analytics.
3. How We Share Your Personal Data
Fixing House may disclose the information We collect from you as follows:
Analytics Partners. We use analytics services such as Google Analytics to collect and process certain analytics data. These services may also collect information about your use of other websites, apps, and online resources. You can learn about Google’s practices by going to https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/partners/, and opt-out of them by downloading the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on, available at https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.
Sharing Between Users. We may share information, such as ratings and reviews about you, with other users who are looking for taskers on the Services.
Legal Matters & Safety. We may share your personal data to respond to judicial process or provide information to law enforcement or regulatory agencies or in connection with an investigation on matters related to public safety, as permitted or required by law. We may also share your personal data if we believe there has been a violation of our Terms and Conditions, our rights, or the rights of any third party.
Sale or Transfer of Business or Assets. In the event that we, or any of our businesses, are sold or disposed of, whether by merger, sale of assets or otherwise, or in the event of insolvency, bankruptcy or receivership, your personal data may be one of the assets sold or merged in connection with the transaction.
4. Security
Your account is protected by a password for your privacy and security. We take reasonable steps to protect your personal data from unauthorized access, use and disclosure, however we cannot guarantee the absolute security of that information, or that our systems will be completely free from third party interception or are incorruptible from viruses. We cannot and do not guarantee that information you send from your computer to us over the Internet will be protected by any form of encryption (encoding software). In light of this, we cannot and do not ensure or warrant the security or privacy of your personal data, including payment and account details. You transmit your personal data to us at your own risk. You are entirely responsible for maintaining the security of your passwords and/or account information.
5. Marketing
When you register on the Services you may be given the opportunity to elect (“opt-in”) or decline (“opt-out”) to receive updates on our latest services, news and special offers, and those of our valued affiliate service providers (“Marketing Material”), via your Fixing House account, personal e-mail address, post or telephone. If you conclude a transaction on the Services, you may also be given the opportunity to opt- in to receive Marketing Material from Fixing House and our valued affiliate service providers.
Once you opt-in to receive Marketing Material, you may, at any time, opt-out of receiving Marketing Material. To opt-out go to the ‘Manage Account’ link on the Services, choose ‘Settings’, then ‘Notification Settings’ and update your preferences. You can also click on the “unsubscribe” link in any email containing Marketing Material that we send you, or you can request an opt-out by emailing Fixing House using the contact information provided on the Services. If you no longer consent to receiving Marketing Material then you must opt-out in one of these ways.
Fixing House may contact you as the result of a referral by another user of the Services who has provided us with contact information, such as your name and email address. The use of contact information received in connection with a referral will be governed by this Privacy Policy. You may, at any time, opt out of Fixing House’s referral system by emailing Fixing House using the contact information provided on the Services.
Fixing House reserves the right to send you administrative and account-related messages even if you opt out of receiving Marketing Material.
5. Your Rights and Choices
Rights in Certain Countries. In the European Economic Area and certain countries, users have the right to access, edit, update, restrict processing, and/ or delete the personal data that we hold about you or to receive a copy of it in a portable format by contacting us here. Where we process your personal data with your consent, you may withdraw it at any time. You also have a right to object to processing based on legitimate interests. These rights may be limited in some circumstances, for example, if:
We are legally permitted or required to deny you access to, and/ or to retain, the information because we are subject to a legal requirement or have a compelling legitimate interest; or
You make a request that is unreasonably repetitive, requires Fixing House to make a disproportionate effort, risks the privacy of others, or there are other valid reasons why we cannot comply.
We need to prevent information in our systems from being accidentally or maliciously destroyed. This means that, where you delete information from the Services, residual copies of that information on our active servers, as well as any corresponding information on our backup systems, may not be immediately deleted.
If you have concerns about how we handle your personal data or require further information, please email Fixing House using the contact form provided on the Services. If you have unresolved complaints, you have the right to complain to a data protection authority.
Location Information. You can prevent your device from sharing precise location information at any time through your device’s operating system settings.
Do Not Track. There is no accepted standard on how to respond to Do Not Track signals, and we do not respond to such signals.
6. Retention
We retain your personal data for as long as is necessary with regard to the purposes for which it was collected or lawfully further processed, or for as long as may be necessary in light of our legal obligations or in order to allow us to pursue, defend or exercise legal claims.
7. Children’s Privacy
We do not knowingly collect, maintain, or use personal data from children under 18 years of age, and no part of the Services are directed to children. If you learn that a child has provided us with personal data in violation of this Privacy Policy, please alert us using our contact information below.
8. Contact us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or about the manner in which we process your personal data, please contact us:
support@FixingHouse.co.uk