Privacy Policy

Last updated: 1 August 2026

This Privacy Policy explains how GGS Construction & Mini Digger Hire Ltd, operating this website as GGS Construction, collects, uses, stores, and protects personal information.

The company is registered in Scotland under company number SC876043, with its registered office at 29 Inishail Road, Glasgow, Scotland, G33 5QX. The company was incorporated on 21 January 2026, and its registered director is Graham Stewart.

This policy should be reviewed before publication to ensure that it accurately reflects the website’s hosting provider, analytics tools, cookie settings, contact forms, and any third-party services actually used.

1. Who Is Responsible for Your Information?

GGS Construction & Mini Digger Hire Ltd is the data controller responsible for determining how and why your personal information is processed.

Registered office:
29 Inishail Road
Glasgow, Scotland
G33 5QX
United Kingdom

Company number: SC876043
Email: contact@ggs-construction.com
Phone: +44 7418 603086
Alternative phone: +44 7462 226805

Data protection enquiries and requests should be sent to:

Email: contact@ggs-construction.com
Subject: Data Protection Request

2. Information We May Collect

Depending on how you use our website or services, we may collect the following information.

Contact information

This may include:

  • Your full name
  • Email address
  • Telephone number
  • Postal or delivery address
  • Company name and job title
  • Your preferred contact method

Enquiry and order information

This may include:

  • Equipment enquiries
  • Quote requests
  • Machinery preferences
  • Order and invoice references
  • Delivery instructions
  • Warranty and after-sales requests
  • Communications between you and our team

Identity and verification information

For certain transactions, we may request information required to verify your identity, business, payment, delivery details, or authority to place an order.

Payment information

GGS Construction accepts payment by bank transfer. We may process:

  • Account holder name
  • Payment amount
  • Bank transfer reference
  • Payment confirmation
  • Relevant transaction records

We do not request or store payment card details through this website while bank transfer remains our only accepted payment method.

Website and technical information

When you visit our website, we may collect:

  • IP address
  • Browser and device type
  • Operating system
  • Pages visited
  • Date and time of visits
  • Referring website
  • Website activity and interaction information
  • Cookie preferences

Marketing information

Where applicable, we may record:

  • Whether you have agreed to receive marketing
  • Your communication preferences
  • When you subscribed or unsubscribed
  • Which marketing messages were sent to you

3. How We Collect Your Information

We may collect personal information when you:

  • Complete a contact or quotation form
  • Contact us by telephone or email
  • Request information about equipment
  • Place or discuss an order
  • Make a bank transfer
  • Arrange collection or delivery
  • Request warranty or after-sales assistance
  • Subscribe to marketing communications
  • Use or browse our website

We may also receive information from:

  • Delivery and transport companies
  • Banks and payment institutions
  • Manufacturers and equipment suppliers
  • Marketplaces or advertising platforms
  • Professional advisers
  • Public business registers
  • Fraud prevention or identity-verification providers
  • A person or company making an enquiry on your behalf

4. How We Use Your Information

We use personal information only where we have a lawful reason to do so. A privacy notice should clearly explain the purposes, lawful bases, retention periods, and recipients involved in processing personal information.

To respond to enquiries and prepare quotations

We use your information to:

  • Respond to your questions
  • Recommend suitable equipment
  • Prepare quotations
  • Discuss delivery requirements
  • Take steps requested before entering into a contract

The lawful basis is normally taking steps at your request before entering into a contract or our legitimate interest in responding to business enquiries.

To process and fulfil orders

We use your information to:

  • Confirm orders
  • Issue invoices
  • Identify payments
  • Arrange collection or delivery
  • Communicate order updates
  • Provide equipment documentation

The lawful basis is normally performance of a contract.

To provide warranty and after-sales support

We may use information about you, your order, and your equipment to:

  • Investigate faults
  • Process warranty claims
  • Identify spare parts
  • Arrange inspections or repairs
  • Maintain customer service records

The lawful basis is normally performance of a contract, compliance with a legal obligation, or our legitimate interest in managing after-sales support and resolving disputes.

To manage payments and financial records

We may use your information to:

  • Confirm bank transfers
  • Maintain accounting records
  • Process approved refunds
  • Prevent financial fraud
  • Meet tax and reporting obligations

The lawful basis is normally performance of a contract, compliance with a legal obligation, or our legitimate interests in protecting our business.

To operate and protect our website

We may process technical information to:

  • Keep the website secure
  • Detect suspicious activity
  • Diagnose technical problems
  • Measure website performance
  • Improve navigation and content
  • Prevent misuse or fraud

The lawful basis is normally our legitimate interest in operating a secure and effective website. Where consent is required for analytics or similar technologies, we will rely on your consent.

To send marketing communications

Where permitted, we may use your contact information to send information about:

  • Available machinery
  • New equipment listings
  • Company services
  • Special offers
  • Relevant business updates

Where consent is legally required, we will ask for it before sending marketing. Where another lawful basis applies, we will still provide a clear way to object or unsubscribe.

You have an absolute right to object to the use of your personal information for direct marketing.

To comply with legal requirements

We may process or disclose information where necessary to:

  • Comply with tax and accounting obligations
  • Respond to lawful requests from public authorities
  • Establish, exercise, or defend legal claims
  • Enforce our contracts
  • Prevent or investigate fraud
  • Protect the rights, property, or safety of our business and customers

5. Who We May Share Information With

We may share personal information where reasonably necessary with:

  • Delivery and transport companies
  • Equipment manufacturers and suppliers
  • Repairers and service providers
  • Banks and payment institutions
  • Accountants, auditors, solicitors, and insurers
  • Website hosting and IT support providers
  • Email and communication providers
  • Analytics and cookie service providers
  • Fraud prevention and identity-verification providers
  • Government bodies, regulators, courts, and law-enforcement authorities
  • Professional advisers involved in a business sale, restructuring, or legal claim

We require service providers to use personal information only for authorised purposes and to protect it appropriately.

We do not sell personal information to advertisers or unrelated third parties.

6. International Data Transfers

Some service providers may store or process information outside the United Kingdom.

Where personal information is transferred internationally, we will take appropriate steps to protect it. These may include:

  • Transferring information to a country covered by a UK adequacy decision
  • Using approved contractual safeguards
  • Carrying out appropriate transfer-risk assessments
  • Applying additional technical or organisational protections where necessary

7. How Long We Keep Your Information

We do not keep personal information for longer than reasonably necessary. UK data protection law does not prescribe one retention period for every type of information; organisations must select and justify periods based on the purpose for which the information is processed.

Our usual retention approach is:

  • General enquiries: normally up to 24 months after the last meaningful communication
  • Unsuccessful quotations: normally up to 24 months, unless needed for an ongoing enquiry or dispute
  • Order and contract records: for the duration of the customer relationship and the period needed to address contractual or legal claims
  • Invoices, payments, and accounting records: normally at least six years where required for tax or accounting purposes
  • Warranty and after-sales records: for the applicable warranty period and any additional period required to resolve claims
  • Marketing records: until you unsubscribe, object, withdraw consent, or the information is no longer needed
  • Marketing suppression records: limited information may be retained to ensure that we respect an unsubscribe request
  • Website and cookie data: according to the periods stated in our Cookie Policy or cookie settings

Information may be retained longer where required by law, regulatory enquiries, fraud prevention, insurance requirements, or legal proceedings.

8. Cookies and Similar Technologies

Our website may use cookies or similar technologies to:

  • Provide essential website functions
  • Remember privacy preferences
  • Maintain website security
  • Understand website performance
  • Measure visitor activity
  • Support optional marketing features

Where consent is legally required, non-essential cookies and similar technologies will not be activated until you have made a choice. PECR applies to technologies that store information on or access information from a user’s device, and most non-essential uses require clear information and valid consent.

Further information should be provided in our separate Cookie Policy and through the website’s cookie-preference tool.

9. Marketing Preferences

You may stop receiving marketing communications at any time by:

Withdrawing consent or objecting to marketing will not affect essential communications about existing enquiries, orders, payments, deliveries, warranties, or legal matters.

10. Data Security

We use reasonable technical and organisational measures designed to protect personal information against:

  • Unauthorised access
  • Accidental loss
  • Misuse
  • Alteration
  • Unlawful disclosure
  • Destruction

These measures may include access controls, password protection, secure hosting, staff procedures, backups, software updates, and restrictions on who may access customer information.

No online transmission or storage system can be guaranteed to be completely secure. Customers should avoid sending unnecessary sensitive information through unsecured email.

11. Your Data Protection Rights

Depending on the circumstances, you may have the right to:

  • Request access to your personal information
  • Request correction of inaccurate or incomplete information
  • Request deletion of your information
  • Request restriction of processing
  • Object to processing based on legitimate interests
  • Object to direct marketing
  • Request the transfer of eligible information
  • Withdraw consent at any time
  • Complain about how your information is processed
  • Request human intervention where a significant decision is made solely through automated processing

Some rights do not apply in every situation, and legal exemptions may allow or require us to retain certain information.

We will normally respond to a valid rights request within one calendar month. More time may be permitted where a request is particularly complex or where several requests are made.

We may ask for reasonable information to confirm your identity before providing personal information or completing a request.

To exercise your rights, contact:

Email: contact@ggs-construction.com
Subject: Data Protection Request

12. Automated Decision-Making

We do not intend to make decisions that produce legal or similarly significant effects solely through automated processing.

If this changes, we will update this Privacy Policy and provide the information required by applicable data protection law.

13. Children’s Information

Our website, machinery sales, and professional services are not directed at children.

We do not knowingly collect personal information from children. Anyone under 18 should not submit an equipment order or financial information without the involvement of a parent, guardian, or authorised adult.

14. Third-Party Websites

Our website may contain links to websites operated by manufacturers, suppliers, transport providers, social-media platforms, or other organisations.

We are not responsible for the privacy practices of external websites. You should review the privacy policy of each external website before providing personal information.

15. Data Protection Complaints

Please contact us first if you have concerns about how we have handled your personal information.

Email: contact@ggs-construction.com
Phone: +44 7418 603086
Alternative phone: +44 7462 226805

You also have the right to make a complaint to the Information Commissioner’s Office, the United Kingdom’s data-protection regulator.

16. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy to reflect:

  • Changes to our services
  • New website features
  • Changes in our service providers
  • Changes in the law
  • Changes in the way we process personal information

The updated version will be published on this page with a revised “Last updated” date.

17. Contact Us

For questions, complaints, or requests concerning personal information, contact:

GGS Construction & Mini Digger Hire Ltd
Trading as GGS Construction

29 Inishail Road
Glasgow, Scotland
G33 5QX
United Kingdom

Company number: SC876043
Director: Graham Stewart
Email: contact@ggs-construction.com
Phone: +44 7418 603086
Alternative phone: +44 7462 226805