Privacy policy

Fendie is a social enterprise registered in Scotland. We are the data controller responsible for any personal data you provide to us.

Our contact information

Fendie can be reached:

  • By mail at <<>>
  • By email at <<>>
  • By phone at <<>>
  • Via the contact form on our website at fendie.scot

We collect several types of personal data in order to fulfill our contract with you. This data includes:

Your household income bracket, in order to determine the correct fee for our services according to our sliding fee scale.

Your name, email address, and a physical address for item pickup and return.

Payment information you provide to charge you for our services.

The legal basis for processing your data

The collection of all of the data listed above is necessary to perform our repair services contract with you, since without this data, we cannot:

  • Accurately determine the fee for your service on our sliding scale.
  • Communicate with you about your item’s status.
  • Arrange for the safe pickup and return of your item.
  • Process your payment for the services.

Therefore, the provision of this data is a contractual requirement, and we are unable to enter into a contract to provide services if you do not provide it.

We share your data with the following categories of third parties to provide our services:

  • Courier Services: We share your name, address, and contact information with third-party courier services to arrange pickup and return of your items.
  • Payment Processors: We share only the necessary payment information with third-party payment processing services to charge you for our services.

How long we keep your data

We will retain your personal data for 6 years after your last service to comply with our legal obligations for accounting and tax purposes. After this period, your data will be securely deleted.

Under the UK GDPR, you have the following rights regarding your personal data:

  • Right to be informed: You have the right to be informed about how we use your data, which is the purpose of this notice.
  • Right of access: You can request a copy of the personal data we hold about you.
  • Right to rectification: You can ask us to correct any inaccurate or incomplete data we hold about you.
  • Right to erasure: You can ask us to delete your personal data.
  • Right to restrict processing: You can ask us to limit how we use your personal data.
  • Right to data portability: You can request to receive your data in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format.
  • Right to object: You can object to the processing of your data in certain circumstances.

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at <<>>.

Complaints

If you are not satisfied with how we have handled your personal data, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO). You can find their contact details on the ICO website: www.ico.org.uk.