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Privacy Policy

Last updated: 24 August 2026 

Drainsco Ltd respects your privacy and is committed to protecting your personal information.

This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, store and protect your personal data when you visit drainsco.uk, contact us, request a quote, book a service or otherwise interact with Drainsco.

It also explains how we use website analytics, advertising technologies, cookies and call tracking.

1. Who We Are

Drainsco Ltd is the data controller responsible for the personal information described in this Privacy Policy.

Company: Drainsco Ltd Company number: 16921788

Registered office: 121 Parkwood Road, Bournemouth, Dorset, England, BH5 2BT

Website: drainsco.uk

Email: enquiries@drainsco.uk

Telephone: 0808 303 0777

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or how we handle your personal information, please contact us using the details above.

2. What Personal Information

We Collect The information we collect depends on how you interact with Drainsco.

Information you provide directly

When you contact us, submit an enquiry or request a drainage service, we may collect:

  • Your name
  • Telephone number
  • Email address
  • Address or postcode
  • Details of the service you require Information you include in an enquiry or message
  • Appointment and booking information
  • Property or site information relevant to the work
  • Payment and transaction information
  • Records of correspondence with us
  • Feedback or reviews you provide

Please avoid including unnecessary sensitive personal information when submitting an enquiry.

Information collected automatically

When you use our website, certain technical information may be collected automatically, including:

  • IP address
  • Device type
  • Browser type
  • Operating system
  • Approximate geographic location
  • Pages visited
  • Time spent on pages
  • Website navigation and interactions
  • Referral source
  • Advertising campaign information
  • Cookie and consent preferences
  • Conversion and enquiry information

We may collect this information through cookies, pixels, tags and similar technologies.

3. How We Use Your Personal Information

We may use your information to:

  • Respond to enquiries
  • Provide quotes and estimates
  • Arrange appointments and services
  • Deliver drainage and related services
  • Contact you regarding an existing enquiry, booking or job
  • Process payments
  • Manage our customer relationships
  • Maintain records of work completed
  • Deal with complaints, queries or warranty matters Improve our website and services
  • Measure the effectiveness of our marketing
  • Understand how visitors use our website
  • Measure telephone calls, form submissions and other enquiries
  • Prevent fraud, misuse or security incidents
  • Meet our legal, tax and regulatory obligations
  • We will only use personal information where we have a lawful reason to do so.

4. Our Lawful Bases for Processing

Under UK data protection law, we rely on one or more of the following lawful bases.

Contract

We may process your information where it is necessary to provide a quote, arrange a service, carry out work or fulfil our contractual obligations to you.

Legitimate interests

We may process information where it is reasonably necessary for our legitimate business interests, provided those interests do not override your rights.

This may include:

  • Responding to customer enquiries
  • Managing our business
  • Improving our services
  • Preventing fraud
  • Maintaining appropriate business records
  • Understanding the performance of our website

Consent

Where required, particularly for certain advertising, analytics and marketing cookies, we rely on your consent.

You can withdraw your consent or change your cookie choices at any time through the cookie settings available on our website.

Legal obligation

We may process information where necessary to comply with accounting, tax, regulatory or other legal requirements.

5. Cookies and Tracking Technologies

Our website may use cookies and similar technologies to operate correctly, understand website usage, measure marketing activity and improve the experience of visitors.

Some cookies are necessary for the website to function. Others, including analytics and advertising cookies, will only be placed where appropriate consent has been provided.

Cookies may be grouped into categories such as:

Strictly Necessary Cookies

These cookies are required for core website functionality and cannot normally be switched off.

Analytics Cookies

These help us understand how visitors use our website, such as which pages are viewed, how visitors navigate the site and which marketing sources generate visits or enquiries.

Advertising Cookies

These cookies and similar technologies help us understand the effectiveness of advertising campaigns and, where applicable, deliver more relevant advertising.

Functionality Cookies

These may help remember visitor preferences and improve website functionality. You can manage non-essential cookies through our website's cookie consent tool.

You can also control or delete cookies through your browser settings, although blocking certain cookies may affect how the website operates.

6. Google Analytics 4

Where enabled and where appropriate consent has been provided, we use Google Analytics 4 (GA4) to understand how visitors interact with our website.

Google Analytics may collect information such as:

  • Pages viewed
  • Sessions and website interactions
  • Device and browser information
  • Approximate location
  • Traffic source
  • Engagement with website features
  • Conversion activity

We use this information to analyse website performance, understand how visitors find and use our site and identify areas for improvement.

Google may process information collected through Google Analytics in accordance with its own privacy policies and contractual arrangements with website operators.

7. Google Ads Conversion Tracking

Where enabled, we may use Google Ads conversion tracking to understand whether our advertising results in actions such as:

  • Telephone calls
  • Contact form submissions
  • Quote requests
  • Bookings
  • Visits to important pages
  • Other relevant customer enquiries

Google Ads may use cookies or similar identifiers to attribute a website action to an advertisement.

This information helps us understand which campaigns are effective and improve how our advertising budget is used. Advertising cookies will only be used where the appropriate consent has been obtained.

8. Meta Pixel

Where enabled, our website may use the Meta Pixel, provided by Meta Platforms.

The Meta Pixel can help us understand actions visitors take after viewing or interacting with advertising on platforms such as Facebook and Instagram.

Depending on your consent choices, information collected may include:

  • Website visits
  • Pages viewed
  • Form or enquiry interactions
  • Advertising campaign information
  • Browser and device information
  • Other conversion events configured on the website

Meta may use this information in accordance with its own privacy policies. Where required, the Meta Pixel will only operate after you have provided consent for advertising or marketing cookies.

9. Microsoft Advertising

Where enabled, we may use Microsoft Advertising, including Microsoft Advertising's Universal Event Tracking technology, to measure the effectiveness of advertising shown through Microsoft services such as Bing.

This may allow us to measure:

  • Website visits following an advertisement
  • Enquiries or conversions
  • Pages viewed
  • Campaign performance
  • Actions taken on our website

Microsoft may use cookies or similar technologies when providing these services.

These technologies will be subject to your cookie consent choices where required.

10. Call Tracking

We may use call tracking technology to understand which marketing campaigns, advertisements or website visits generate telephone enquiries.

Call tracking can involve displaying different telephone numbers depending on how a visitor reached our website.

When you telephone us, we may collect:

  • Your telephone number
  • Date and time of the call
  • Call duration
  • The marketing source that generated the call
  • Information relating to the enquiry

Where calls are recorded, we will provide appropriate notification and process recordings in accordance with applicable data protection requirements.

Call tracking information helps us measure marketing performance and improve the way we handle customer enquiries.

11. Marketing

We may occasionally contact existing or prospective customers about relevant services where we have a lawful basis to do so.

Where consent is required, we will obtain it before sending marketing communications.

You can ask us to stop sending marketing communications at any time by contacting us or using any unsubscribe option included within the communication.

Stopping marketing communications will not prevent us from contacting you where necessary about an existing booking, enquiry, service or contractual matter.

12. Who We Share Your Information With

We may share personal information with trusted organisations that help us operate our business.

These may include:

  • Website hosting providers
  • Website developers and IT providers Customer relationship management systems
  • Marketing and advertising providers
  • Analytics providers
  • Call tracking providers
  • Telephone and communication providers
  • Payment processors
  • Accountants and professional advisers
  • Engineers, contractors or service partners where necessary to fulfil your request
  • Government bodies, regulators or law enforcement organisations where legally required

Where third parties process personal information on our behalf, we require appropriate data protection arrangements to be in place.

We do not sell your personal information.

13. International Data Transfers

Some of the technology providers we use may process information outside the United Kingdom.

Where personal information is transferred internationally, we take appropriate steps to ensure the information receives a level of protection consistent with UK data protection requirements.

This may include using recognised adequacy arrangements, contractual safeguards or other lawful international transfer mechanisms.

14. How Long We Keep Your Information

We keep personal information only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purpose for which it was collected.

Retention periods may depend on:

  • Whether you become a customer
  • The type of service provided
  • Contractual requirements
  • Warranty or guarantee periods
  • Accounting and tax requirements
  • Potential legal claims
  • Marketing consent
  • Regulatory requirements

Where information is no longer required, we will delete, anonymise or securely dispose of it where appropriate.

15. How We Protect Your Information

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

  • Unauthorised access
  • Accidental loss
  • Disclosure
  • Alteration
  • Misuse
  • Destruction

Access to personal information is restricted to people and organisations that have a legitimate reason to use it.

No internet-based system can be guaranteed to be completely secure, but we take proportionate measures to protect the information we hold.

16. Your Data Protection Rights

Depending on the circumstances, UK data protection law gives you rights regarding your personal information.

These can include the right to:

  • Access your information – request a copy of the personal data we hold about you.
  • Correct your information – ask us to correct inaccurate or incomplete information.
  • Delete your information – ask us to erase personal information in certain circumstances.
  • Restrict processing – ask us to limit how we use your information.
  • Object to processing – object to certain uses of your information, including some forms of direct marketing.
  • Data portability – request that certain information is provided in a portable format.
  • Withdraw consent – withdraw consent where we rely on consent as our lawful basis.

These rights are subject to certain legal conditions and exemptions.

To exercise your rights, contact us at enquiries@drainsco.uk.

We may need to verify your identity before responding to a request.

17. Complaints

If you are concerned about how we use your personal information, please contact us first so we can investigate the matter.

You also have the right to complain to the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO), the UK's independent regulator for data protection.

You can find further information about your rights and how to make a complaint through the ICO website at ico.org.uk.

18. Third-Party Websites

Our website may contain links to third-party websites, platforms or services.

We are not responsible for the privacy practices of external websites. We recommend reviewing the privacy policy of any third-party site you visit.

19. Children's Privacy

Our services are intended for adults seeking drainage and related property services. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children for marketing purposes.

20. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy periodically to reflect changes to our services, technology, legal obligations or the way we process personal information.

The latest version will be published on this page and the "Last updated" date will be amended accordingly.

21. Contact Drainsco

If you have questions about this Privacy Policy, your personal data or your data protection rights, please contact:

Drainsco Ltd 121 Parkwood Road Bournemouth Dorset BH5 2BT

Email: enquiries@drainsco.uk

Telephone: 0808 303 0777

Website: drainsco.uk

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