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Privacy Policy

How we collect, use and protect personal data submitted through this website.

Last updated: 4 July 2026

Who we are

MKV International Limited ("we", "us", "our") is the data controller for personal data collected through this website. We are registered in England & Wales, company number 14529274, with registered office at 71–75 Shelton Street, Covent Garden, London WC2H 9JQ, United Kingdom. For any question about this policy or your data, contact us at info@mkvinternational.co.uk.

What we collect

We only collect personal data you choose to submit to us, through two forms on this site:

  • Contact form — name, email, company (optional), phone (optional), enquiry type and message.
  • Supplier registration form — company name, contact person, designation, email, phone, city & state, product category, year established, IEC and GST numbers, certifications held, export markets, typical MOQ, a catalogue/website link, and a free-text description of your products and capabilities.

When a form is submitted, our server also automatically records the submitting IP address and a timestamp, for security and record-keeping.

How we use it and our lawful basis

We use this data to respond to your enquiry, assess supplier applications against current and upcoming sourcing programmes, and maintain a record of business correspondence. We process this data under UK GDPR Article 6(1)(f) (legitimate interests — running our sourcing business and responding to enquiries) and, where your enquiry relates to a possible supply arrangement, Article 6(1)(b) (steps taken at your request prior to entering a contract). We do not use your data for automated decision-making or profiling, and we do not sell it.

How it's stored and who sees it

Form submissions are emailed to our internal buying/sourcing team and kept in a secure log on our hosting server as a backup record. Data is not shared with third parties except: (a) our email and hosting providers, who process it solely to deliver this service to us; (b) where relevant to progressing a genuine sourcing enquiry (for example, introducing a qualified supplier profile to a client operating under NDA); or (c) where we are required to by law.

How long we keep it

We keep enquiry and supplier registration data for as long as reasonably necessary to evaluate it and for our business records afterwards — typically no longer than 24 months from your last contact with us, unless an active business relationship continues beyond that or we are required to keep it longer by law.

Cookies

This website does not use analytics, advertising or tracking cookies, and does not use browser sessions. Pages load typefaces directly from Google Fonts (fonts.googleapis.com / fonts.gstatic.com); loading a font file exposes your IP address to Google as the request is made, in line with Google's privacy policy. We do not set any cookies of our own.

International transfers

We are a UK company and our hosting and email infrastructure sit within the UK/EEA. We do not transfer personal data outside the UK or EEA other than the limited exposure to Google described above.

Your rights

Under UK GDPR you have the right to request access to, correction of, or erasure of your personal data, to restrict or object to our processing, and to receive a copy of your data in a portable format. To exercise any of these rights, email info@mkvinternational.co.uk. You also have the right to complain to the UK's data protection regulator, the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO), though we would welcome the chance to resolve any concern directly first.

Security

We use reasonable technical and organisational measures to protect the data you submit, including restricting access to authorised staff and securing our hosting environment. No method of transmission or storage is completely secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.

Changes to this policy

We may update this policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices or the law. The "last updated" date above shows when it was last revised.