PRIVACY POLICY

SCOPE

All data subjects whose personal data is collected, in line with the requirements of the GDPR and UK Data Protection Act 2018.

RESPONSIBILITIES

The GDPR Owner is responsible for ensuring that this notice is made available to data subjects prior to Grote collecting/processing their personal data.

All Employees/Staff of Grote who interact with data subjects are responsible for ensuring that this notice is drawn to the data subject’s attention and their consent to the processing of their data is secured.

PRIVACY NOTICE

Who are we?

Since being founded in 1972 by Jim Grote, Grote Company has been a family-owned and operated manufacturer of food processing equipment known for exceptional customer service, unparalleled craftsmanship, dependability and quality.

Grote Company is now the leading manufacturer of slicing and food assembly equipment for companies the world over, from small local businesses to global brands. Today, Grote Company is run by Bob and Jack Grote, CEO and COO respectively. They continue to live and promote Jim’s founding principles of creating a quality product, hiring passionate people, promoting goodwill in business and the community, and honouring an enduring commitment to every customer served.

Our GDPR Owner and data protection representatives can be contacted directly here:

Email: DataProtectionOfficer@grotecompany.com

Phone: (+44) 0 1978-362243 

The personal data we would like to collect from/process on you is:

Personal data type: Contact details

Source (where Grote obtained the personal data from if it has not been collected directly from you, the data subject. Note if the personal data has been accessed from publicly accessible sources): Web contact form/Telephone

The personal data we collect will be used for the following purposes:

Legitimate interests of the follow up to prospective customers via the website

Legitimate interests through the invitation of prospective customers to industry events

Our legal bases for processing for the personal data include:

Subject gives consent for one or more specific purposes

Processing for the purposes of legitimate interest pursued by controller

CONSENT

By consenting to this privacy notice you are giving us permission to process your personal data specifically for the purposes identified.

You may withdraw consent at any time by contacting the GDPR owner at Grote.

DISCLOSURE

Grote will not pass on your personal data to third parties without first obtaining your consent, other than those organizations materially involved in the daily operational processes of Grote, namely:

DP 1 – Syteline

DP 2 – Salesforce.com

RETENTION PERIOD

Grote will process personal data for no longer than ten years from the completion of the follow up, should a contract not come into effect and will store the personal data securely on within the organization.

YOUR RIGHTS AS A DATA SUBJECT

At any point while we are in possession of or processing your personal data, you, the data subject, have the following rights:

Right of access – you have the right to request a copy of the information that we hold about you.

Right of rectification – you have a right to correct data that we hold about you that is inaccurate or incomplete.

Right to be forgotten – in certain circumstances you can ask for the data we hold about you to be erased from our records.

Right to restriction of processing – where certain conditions apply to have a right to restrict the processing.

Right of portability – you have the right to have the data we hold about you transferred to another organisation.

Right to object – you have the right to object to certain types of processing such as direct marketing.

Right to object to automated processing, including profiling – you also have the right to be subject to the legal effects of automated processing or profiling.

Right to judicial review: in the event that Grote refuses your request under rights of access, we will provide you with a reason as to why. You have the right to complain as outlined in clause 3.6 below.

All of the above requests will be forwarded on should there be a third party involved (as stated in 3.3 above) in the processing of your personal data.

COMPLAINTS

In the event that you wish to make a complaint about how your personal data is being processed by Grote (or third parties as described in 3.3 above), or how your complaint has been handled, you have the right to lodge a complaint directly with the supervisory authority and Grote’s GDPR Owner.

The details for each of these contacts are:

Supervisory authority

Information Commissioner’s Office 
Wycliffe House, Water Lane 
Wilmslow, Cheshire SK9 5AF 
Phone: (+44) 0 303 123 1113

Data Protection Officer

E-mail: DataProtectionOfficer@grotecompany.com
Phone: (+44) 0 1978 362243

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