1. The MitsubishiAircon.co.uk Website (the "Website") is operated by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Europe Ltd, a limited liability company incorporated in England and Wales under company number 02282265, of Thavies Inn House, 3-4 Holborn Circus, London EC1N 2HA (david_lettis@mhie.com). Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Europe Ltd is referred to in this Privacy Policy as "we" "us" or "our". Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Europe Ltd and responsible for the processing of your personal data and are joint data controllers for all such information.

2. We are required by law (in particular by the Data Protection Act 1998) to comply with data protection requirements in the way in which we use any personal information collected from you in your use of this Website. We therefore take very seriously our obligations in relation to the way in which we use your personal information. Any personal information you provide us through the Website will be dealt with in accordance with this Privacy Policy and the Mitsubishi Website Terms of Use.

3. We will collect personal information about you when you respond to requests to submit personal information about yourself. This will include contact information, for example a name, postal address, e-mail address, telephone number and fax number, and may also include information about your company including your position, the company name and type of business. We will collect personal information when you submit a curriculum vitae via our job application facility, forward information via our Contact Us pages, our Brochure download service and our Where to Buy service.

4. By providing us with your personal data you consent to our processing your personal data, including your sensitive personal data, for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. You also consent to our transferring your information to countries or jurisdictions which do not provide the same level of data protection as the UK, if necessary for these purposes.

5. The personal data which we collect from you and information obtained from other sources will be held and used for the proper administration of our business including to ensure that the content, services and functionality that we offer are tailored to your needs and interests. Personal data collected via our job application facility will be used for the purposes of making recruitment decisions. We may also keep a record of those parts of the Website you use most often to enable us to monitor and improve our service and to know which parts are of most interest to you. We may from time to time use your information to provide you with an update about our services and products. You can at any time send an email to david_lettis@mhie.com if you decide you no longer wish to receive this information

6. We may keep your information for a reasonable period for the purposes set out in paragraph 5. We will retain copies of any communications that you send to us (including copies of any emails) in order to maintain accurate records of the information that we have received. We may need to share your information with our service providers and agents for the purposes set out in paragraph 5, for example to our postal service provider. We may disclose personal data in order to comply with a legal or regulatory obligation.

7. We or our business partners may contact you by mail, telephone, fax, email or other electronic messaging service with offers of goods and services or information that may be of interest to you. By providing us with your fax number, telephone numbers or email address you consent to being contacted by these methods for these purposes. If you do not wish to receive marketing information from us please indicate this when you submit your contact details to us on the relevant pages of the Website

8. We currently send our customers an email newsletter every month to keep them informed of new products and seasonal offers. We will only send this electronic information to you if you specifically state that you wish your details to be used for that purpose by ticking the appropriate box.

9. You may at any time change your marketing preferences by emailing us at david_lettis@mhie.com

10. You are entitled to ask for a copy of the information we hold about you (for which we may charge a small fee) and to have any inaccuracies in your information corrected. If you would like to see a copy of the information we hold about you, your personal details change or you have any queries about how we use your information please contact us.

11. This Privacy Policy only extends to this Website and does not, therefore, extend to your use of, provision of data to and collection of data on any website not connected to Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Europe Ltd to which you may link by using the hypertext links within this Website. We are not responsible for the content or privacy policy of any of these sites nor for the way in which information about their users is treated. In particular, unless expressly stated, we are not agents for these sites nor are we authorised to make representations on their behalf.

12. We may edit or amend this Privacy Policy from time to time and therefore you should review it regularly. We will of course notify you of any changes where we are required to do so.