This policy explains how Skylark Skylights Derby ("we", "us") handles personal information when you use this website, send our survey form, email us or message us on WhatsApp. We are the controller of that information under the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR) and the Data Protection Act 2018.
Who we are
Contact details
Skylark Skylights Derby is a service-area business with no public premises. You can reach us about anything in this policy by email at info@skylarkskylightsderby.co.uk or by WhatsApp on 07880 284133.
What we collect
The information you give us
- Survey form: your name, phone number, email address, postcode and the details you choose to give about the room and the work.
- WhatsApp: the details you type into the message and your phone number, which WhatsApp shares with us when you send it.
- Email: your email address and whatever you include in the message.
- During a survey and job: your address, notes and measurements about your property, photographs of the roof and room, and the details needed for the quote, invoice, Building Control notification and guarantee.
Why we use it
Purposes and lawful bases
- To reply to your enquiry, arrange a survey and prepare a quote. Lawful basis: steps taken at your request before entering into a contract.
- To carry out the work, issue invoices and provide the guarantee. Lawful basis: performance of a contract.
- To notify Building Control where the work is notifiable and to keep business records. Lawful basis: legal obligation.
- To keep the website secure and working. Lawful basis: our legitimate interests in running a safe website.
We do not sell your information and we do not use it for marketing unless you have asked us to.
Who we share it with
Processors and other recipients
- Our enquiry form provider: the survey form on this site is provided by a customer relationship management service that stores enquiries on our behalf, under a contract that requires it to keep the data secure and use it only on our instructions.
- WhatsApp: if you message us on WhatsApp, the message is handled by WhatsApp under its own privacy terms.
- Building control: the local authority or a registered building control approver receives the details needed to notify and sign off notifiable work.
- Our website host and email provider, which store data on our behalf.
- Anyone we are required to share information with by law.
The map
OpenStreetMap on the contact page
The service area map on our contact page loads map tiles from OpenStreetMap servers. When the map loads, your browser requests those tiles directly, which shares your IP address with the tile servers in the same way as loading any web page. The map sets no tracking cookies. More is in our cookie policy.
How long
How long we keep information
- Enquiries that do not lead to work: [to be confirmed].
- Customer records, quotes, invoices and guarantee details: [to be confirmed], and for at least the length of the 10-year guarantee where needed to honour it.
- Building Control records: [to be confirmed].
Your rights
What you can ask us to do
Under UK GDPR you have the right to ask for a copy of your personal information, to have it corrected, to have it deleted, to restrict or object to how we use it, and to ask for it to be transferred to someone else. Some of these rights depend on the lawful basis we rely on. To use any of them, email info@skylarkskylightsderby.co.uk. We will reply within one month.
If you are unhappy with how we have handled your information, you can complain to the Information Commissioner's Office at ico.org.uk. We would appreciate the chance to put things right first, so please contact us before you do.
Security
Keeping information safe
We keep personal information only for the purposes above, limit access to those who need it, and use providers that protect data with appropriate technical and organisational measures.
Changes
Updates to this policy
We may update this policy from time to time. The current version is always on this page. Last updated: 25 October 2026.
