Privacy Policy

1. Introduction

PartYard respects your privacy and is committed to protecting your personal data. This Privacy Policy informs you as to how we look after your personal data when you visit our platform (regardless of where you visit it from) and tells you about your privacy rights and how the law protects you.

2. The Data We Collect About You

Personal data, or personal information, means any information about an individual from which that person can be identified. We may collect, use, store and transfer different kinds of personal data about you which we have grouped together as follows:

• Identity Data: Includes first name, last name, username or similar identifier, and business registration details (for professional breakers).
• Contact Data: Includes billing address, delivery address, email address, and telephone numbers.
• Financial Data: Includes bank account details and payment card details processed securely via our third-party payment provider (Stripe).
• Transaction Data: Includes details about payments to and from you and other details of products and services you have purchased or sold through PartYard.
• Technical Data: Includes internet protocol (IP) address, your login data, browser type and version, time zone setting and location, browser plug-in types and versions, operating system and platform, and other technology on the devices you use to access this platform.

3. How We Use Your Personal Data

We will only use your personal data when the law allows us to. Most commonly, we will use your personal data in the following circumstances:

• Where we need to perform the contract we are about to enter into or have entered into with you (e.g., providing the marketplace platform, processing subscriptions, and facilitating payouts).
• Where it is necessary for our legitimate interests (or those of a third party) and your interests and fundamental rights do not override those interests.
• Where we need to comply with a legal obligation (e.g., HMRC tax compliance and record-keeping).

4. Disclosures of Your Personal Data

To facilitate marketplace transactions between buyers and professional vehicle breakers, we may have to share your personal data with the parties set out below:

• Other Users: When a purchase or sale is made, necessary contact and shipping details are shared between the buyer and the seller to complete the delivery of vehicle parts.
• Service Providers: Trusted third parties who provide IT, system administration, and secure payment processing services (specifically Stripe, Inc. for fast payouts).
• Regulators and Law Enforcement: HMRC, law enforcement, or other governmental authorities if required by UK law or to protect the legal rights, safety, and property of PartYard.

5. Data Security

We have put in place appropriate security measures to prevent your personal data from being accidentally lost, used, or accessed in an unauthorized way, altered, or disclosed. In addition, we limit access to your personal data to those employees, agents, contractors, and other third parties who have a business need to know.

6. Limitation of Liability & Disclaimer

While we implement robust security protocols, no method of transmission over the Internet or electronic storage is 100% secure. PartYard provides the platform on an "as is" and "as available" basis. To the maximum extent permitted by UK law, PartYard disclaims all liability for unauthorized access, data breaches, or fraudulent activities originating from third-party services (such as Stripe or external user accounts) outside of our direct operational control.

7. Your Legal Rights

Under certain circumstances, you have rights under data protection laws in relation to your personal data, including the right to request access, correction, erasure, restriction, transfer, or to object to processing.

8. Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or our privacy practices, please contact us through your account dashboard or via our support portal.