Privacy Policy
MAKRO is responsible for the processing of any personal information you provide through this site and in any subsequent dealings with us, and its processing is registered in the United Kingdom under the Data Protection Act 1998.
We take the privacy of all our customers and website users seriously. This Privacy Policy outlines how your personal information will be treated.
Our Privacy Policy will be reviewed and enhanced from time to time and you should check this page to see our most up to date policy.
MAKRO will collect, process, and/or use the information provided by you (”Personal Data”) for the purposes of administering and performing the customer contract with MAKRO, general and long-term customer care and personalised customer service, as well as sales promotion, market and opinion research activities (by mail and electronic communications).
As MAKRO is part of the METRO-Group, a large group of companies operating internationally, Personal Data may be transferred to and back from one of the International Data Centres of the METRO-Group (operated by the METRO-Group Information Technology GmbH (MGI), “Data Centres”) and may be processed in the Data Centres to achieve the purposes identified above. MAKRO and the Data Centres operate in compliance with European data protection rules to provide for a coherent level of adequate data protection even in those cases where data are transferred to countries with a different level of data protection.
Access to Personal Data will be limited to authorised employees as required for the purposes identified above as well as IT security and maintenance. MAKRO uses reasonable technical and organisational measures to protect the security and confidentiality of Personal Data and regularly reviews and improves these measures as necessary to reflect legal developments and/or improvements in available technology.
You have the right to access and review your Personal Data and to request that your Personal Data be corrected, amended, deleted, or blocked.
You may withdraw your consent at any time by notice to MAKRO.
Links with other MAKRO websites
This privacy policy only covers MAKRO's website at www.makro.co.uk. We are not responsible for the data policies or procedures or content of other linked websites. We recommend that you check the privacy and security policies of each website you visit.
Cookies
Cookies and similar devises such as web bugs may be used by us to provide you with customised information from our website. A cookie is an element of data that a web site can send to your browsers, which may then store it on your system. Cookies allow us to understand who has seen which pages and advertisements, to determine how frequently pages are visited and to determine which are the most popular areas of our website. We may use cookies so that we can give you a more personalised experience when returning to our website.
Third parties
We may supplement the information that you provide to us with information that we receive from other parties.
Sale of Business
In the event that the business is sold or integrated with another business, your details may be disclosed to our advisors and any prospective purchaser's advisers and will be passed on to any new owners of the business to use in the same way as set out in this Policy.
Any further questions and/or a wish to (i) access or review Personal Data, (ii) make a request related to Personal Data or (iii) withdraw consent provided hereunder, should be directed to the MAKRO Data Protection Compliance Officer at Liverpool Road, Barton Moss, Eccles, M30 7RT.
