Website Privacy Policy
Last Updated: 3rd Dec 2025
This website is operated by CNET Cabling Systems. We take your privacy very seriously therefore we urge you to read this policy carefully because it contains important information on: - Who we are - How and why we collect, store and use personal information - Your rights in relation to your personal information, and - How to contact us in the event that you have a complaint
1. Who We Are
CNET Cabling Systems collect, use and are responsible for certain personal information about you. When we do so we are regulated under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which applies across the European Union, and we are responsible as ‘controller’ of that personal information for the purposes of those laws.
The personal information we collect and use Personal information you provide to
us includes contact details including names and email addresses. Examples of when
we collect this information include subscription to our marketing material.
2. Monitoring and Recording Communications
We may monitor communications such as emails and telephone calls for the following purposes:
- Quality Assurance in line with ISO 9001:2015
- Compliance
- Fraud Protection
3. Cookies and Similar Technologies
Our website uses cookies to improve performance, enhance your browsing experience, and understand how visitors use our site. A cookie is a small text file stored on your device when you visit a website. Cookies help ensure the site works properly, remember your preferences, analyse traffic, and support marketing activities.
Types of Cookies We Use:
- Strictly Necessary Cookies: Required for the website to function. These do not require consent.
- Analytics Cookies: Help us understand website usage and improve performance.
- Preference Cookies: Store your preferences (e.g., language or region).
- Marketing Cookies: Used to deliver relevant advertising if enabled.
4. How We Use Cookies
We may use cookies to:
- Identify which pages are being used
- Improve website functionality and user experience
- Tailor content to your interests
- Carry out statistical analysis on website traffic
We use this information only for analytical purposes, after which the data is removed from the system.
A cookie does not give us access to your computer or reveal any personal information other than what you choose to share.
Your Cookie Choices
When you first visit our website, you will see a cookie banner allowing you to:
- Accept all cookies
- Reject non-essential cookies
- Manage your cookie preferences
You can also block or delete cookies using your browser settings.
Please note that disabling certain cookies may prevent the website from working fully as intended.
For more information about cookies, visit: www.aboutcookies.org
5. How We Use Your Personal Information
We may share your information with:
- Law enforcement agencies in connection with any investigation to help prevent unlawful activity.
- Credit reference agents in accordance with our credit checking policy.
- Trusted third-party service providers (Data Processors) who assist us in operating our website and conducting our business (e.g., website hosting, analytics providers, email marketing platforms), provided that these parties agree to keep this information confidential and comply with GDPR.
6. Credit Checking
We will conduct credit checks so that we can make credit decisions about your business and prevent and detect fraud and money laundering.
Any such search will be recorded on the files of the credit reference agency.
If you provide false or inaccurate information to us and we suspect fraud, we will record this.
If you want to see your credit file, please contact the credit reference agency we use. (Please contact us for specific agency details).
7. Marketing
We would like to send you information about products, services and offers which may be of interest to you.
Such information could be sent by email from us.
We will ask you whether you would like us to send you marketing information on the first occasion that you provide any relevant contact information (i.e. on signing up to a newsletter). If you do not wish to receive such marketing information from us you can opt out at any time (see ‘what rights do I have’ below for further information). If you have any queries about how to opt out, or if you are receiving messages you do not want you can contact us at any time using the details provided below.
8. Storing Your Information
We will only retain your personal data for as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes we collected it for, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal, accounting, or reporting requirements.
We will hold your personal information for the following periods:
- Basic information about our customers (including Contact, Identity, and Transaction Data) for six years after they cease being customers.
- Marketing Data: Retained until you opt-out or unsubscribe.
- General Enquiries: Retained for as long as necessary to resolve your query, plus a reasonable period for record-keeping (typically 2 years).
Reasons We Collect and Use Your Personal Information.
We rely on the following as the lawful basis on which we collect and use your personal information:
- Consent
- Contract
- Legal obligations
- Legitimate Interests
We will only use your personal data for the purposes for which we collected it. For example, on this website we may feature recommended products which we feel have generated interest by analysing usage data.
Keep Your Information Secure
We have appropriate security measures in place to prevent personal information from being accidentally lost, used or accessed in an unauthorised way. We limit access to your personal information to those who have a genuine business need to know it. Those processing your information will do so only in an authorised manner and are subject to a duty of confidentiality. We will also use technological and organisational measures to keep your information secure.
We also have procedures in place to deal with any suspected data security breach. We will notify you and any applicable regulator of a suspected data security breach where we are legally obliged to do so. While we use all reasonable efforts to secure your personal data, in using the site you acknowledge that the use of the internet is not entirely secure and for this reason we cannot guarantee the security or integrity of any personal data that is transferred from you or to you via the internet. If you have any concerns about your information, please contact us using the details below.
9. Your Rights
Your Data Protection Rights (Ireland – GDPR & Data Protection Act 2018) Under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the Data Protection Act 2018, you have a number of important rights free of charge.
These include the right to:
- Fair and transparent processing of information and clear explanation of how we use your personal data.
- Access your personal data and receive a copy of the information we hold about you.
- Correct inaccurate or incomplete personal data that we hold about you.
- Request the erasure of your personal data in certain circumstances (the “right to be forgotten”).
- Restrict the processing of your personal data in certain situations.
- Object at any time to the processing of your personal data for direct marketing purposes.
- Object to certain types of processing carried out on the basis of legitimate
interests or public interest. - Not be subject to a decision based solely on automated processing, including profiling, which produces legal or similarly significant effects on you.
- Receive your personal data in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format, and to request that we transmit that data to another organisation, where technically feasible (the “right to data portability”).
- Claim compensation if you suffer damage due to a breach of data protection laws.
10. Further Information
For further information on your rights, including when they apply, you can visit the website of the Data Protection Commission (DPC) Ireland: www.dataprotection.ie/en/individuals/know-your-rights
Opting Out of Marketing from time to time, we may offer various ways to opt out of marketing communications, including unsubscribe links in emails. If you choose to unsubscribe, please note that you may still receive marketing messages for a short period while your request is being processed.
Changes to This Privacy Policy
This privacy policy from time to time. You should check this policy occasionally to ensure you are aware of the most recent version that will apply each time you visit the website. We will also attempt to notify users of any changes by:
- Email – if you have opted in to receive emails
- By a notice of a website header
- By a notification in the news section of the website
Contact Us
If you have any questions about this policy or the information we hold about you, please contact us by email, post or telephone on:
Email: info@cnet-cablingsystems.com
Post: CNET Cabling Systems, L7 Ballymount Industrial Estate, Ballymount Drive, Dublin 12, D12 FV07, Ireland
Telephone: +353 (0)1 426 4000