Privacy Policy

Last updated: 02 December 2025 · MPB Europe Ltd trading as mpb.com

Introduction

This is our data protection and privacy policy. It explains who we are, how we process personal data and, if you are the subject of any of the personal data concerned, what rights you have and how to get in touch with us if you need to.

By using our services and website you acknowledge you have read and understood this privacy policy.

Who We Are

We are MPB Europe Ltd trading as mpb.com. We are the data controller in relation to the personal data processed in accordance with this policy (except where this policy explains otherwise). We operate a website at www.mpb.com/en-uk/ via which we buy and sell used digital camera equipment and related accessories. Our contact details are set out at the end of this policy.

The Purposes for Which We Collect Personal Data

We collect and process personal data in the following circumstances:

If you sell (or offer to sell) equipment to us

We may collect your individual contact information, details of the equipment you have to sell, and financial details to enable us to communicate and deal with you in relation to the purchase or potential purchase of the camera equipment — for example, to send you a quote, arrange a collection, send you the purchase price, or return the equipment to you if you decide not to sell.

We process this data in order to conclude a contract with you and to perform this contract.

If you buy (or offer to buy) equipment from us

We may collect your individual contact information, details of the equipment you are interested in purchasing, and financial details to enable us to communicate and deal with you — for example, to send you a quote, collect the purchase price, or deliver the equipment to you.

We process this data in order to conclude a contract with you and to perform this contract.

If you browse our website

We may collect information on your visits to our website and how you move around different sections for analytics purposes. If you create an account, we will collect your first and last name, email address and a password of your choice. We may also collect technical information including your IP address, browser type and version, browser plug-in types and versions, operating system and platform.

We may keep a record of the content you have clicked on and use that information to target relevant advertising to you — for example, if you have offered to sell us Nikon camera equipment, we may use this information to determine what products to reference in marketing emails or targeted advertising. This may involve the use of cookies, explained in our cookie policy.

We process this data as it is in our legitimate interests to study how people use our website, to develop it, to grow our business and to inform our strategy.

If you contact us

If you contact us by email or via the contact form on our website, we may collect your name, email address and the content of your request. We do this in order to process enquiries in connection with the contracts concluded between us, and we have a legitimate interest in being able to offer efficient customer service.

If we wish to send you marketing material

We may collect your individual contact details to send you direct marketing material advertising our goods and services (subject to your prior consent where appropriate). We may combine this with other information about your interests to help ensure that marketing material is relevant to you. You may change your marketing preferences at any time within your user account.

We process this data in our legitimate interest of developing our products and services and growing our business, and where appropriate, with your consent.

If you provide goods or services to us

We may collect your individual contact information and other personal information relating to you in the course of provision of the goods or services concerned — including, for example, bank account or other financial details, and information included in communications between us. We process this data in performance of a contract with you and in our legitimate interests of ensuring the efficient operation of our business.

If we are undertaking credit assessments & ID verifications

For the conclusion of individual contracts, it may be necessary to check your creditworthiness or to verify your ID for fraud prevention purposes. Should this be necessary, we will inform you when we collect your personal data and may transmit it to credit agencies for that purpose. We have a legitimate economic interest in checking solvency and verifying the identity of customers and business partners to reduce the risk of default.

If we are assessing your suitability to provide goods or services to us

We may collect relevant personal information to the extent necessary to enable that assessment — for example, to assess or confirm your age, right to work in the UK, skills, qualifications or previous experience. This will be explained to you in more detail at the time we collect the personal data and, where appropriate, will be subject to your prior consent.

We process this data in our legitimate interest of assessing appropriate business partners and service providers and, where appropriate, as necessary to comply with legal obligations.

If you apply for a position with us

We may collect personal information in relation to any application by you for a position with us. In that case, we will explain in more detail at the time how and for what purposes we intend to process the relevant personal information.

Where We Process Your Personal Data

We normally process personal data only in the UK, or otherwise in the European Economic Area. Where necessary to manage our business, we may share relevant personal data with our group companies outside the EU, but only to the extent necessary to provide the services concerned.

Where you purchase products from us that are being offered for sale by our associated company in the US, we will share information relating to you (your name, address and products ordered) to the extent necessary to enable our service partner who operates our US warehouse to deliver the relevant products to you.

Where personal data is transferred in relation to providing our services, we will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that it is subject to appropriate safeguards, such as relying on a recognised legal adequacy mechanism which may include entering into EC approved standard contractual clauses. See: https://ec.europa.eu/info/policies/justice-and-fundamental-rights_en

Security of Your Personal Data

All personal data processed by us is stored securely (the level of security being appropriate to the nature of the data and other relevant circumstances). We will do our best to protect your personal data, including encryption of data in transit and encryption at rest for non-live systems including backups.

Unfortunately, the transmission of information via the internet is not completely secure. Although we will do our best to protect your personal data, we cannot guarantee the security of data transmitted to our website and any transmission is at your own risk. Once we have received your information, we will use appropriate procedures and security features to try to prevent unauthorised access.

Where you have chosen a password which enables you to access certain parts of the website, you are responsible for keeping this password confidential. Please do not share your password with anyone.

We do not process personal data for the purpose of automated decision making that has any legal effect or significantly affects you.

We may where appropriate share your personal data with the following:

Appropriate third parties including:

Our business partners, customers, suppliers and sub-contractors for the performance of any contract we enter into or other dealings in the normal course of business, including shipping service providers and payment service providers.
Our auditors, legal advisors and other professional advisors or service providers.
Credit or other similar reference agencies for the purpose of assessing your suitability or ability where this is in the context of entering into a contract with you.
Appropriate legal authorities or other authorised agencies for the purposes of fraud and crime prevention in relation to transactions that you enter into with us.

In relation to information obtained via our website:

Our advertisers and advertising networks that require the data to select and serve relevant adverts to you and others. We do not disclose information about identifiable individuals to our advertisers, but we may provide them with aggregate information about our users.
Analytics and search engine providers that assist us in the improvement and optimisation of our site, subject to the cookie section of this policy.

Other Disclosures We May Make

We may disclose your personal data to third parties in the following circumstances:

In the event that we sell or buy any business or assets, we may disclose your personal data to the prospective seller or buyer of such business or assets, subject to the terms of this privacy policy.
If we or substantially all of our assets are acquired by a third party, personal data held about customers will be one of the transferred assets.
If we are under a duty to disclose or share your personal data in order to comply with any legal obligation, or in order to enforce or apply our terms of supply and other agreements; or to protect the rights, property or safety of our business or others. This includes exchanging information with other companies and organisations for the purposes of fraud protection or credit risk reduction.

The Legal Basis for Our Processing of Personal Data

Where it is necessary to obtain your prior consent to processing, we will obtain and rely on your consent in relation to the processing concerned. You may withdraw your consent at any time — see the Your Rights section below for how to do this.

Where we process your personal data for the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by us or another person, this will only be in circumstances where those legitimate interests are not overridden by your interests or fundamental rights and freedoms which require protection of personal data.

How Long We Keep Your Personal Data

We process personal data only for so long as is necessary for the purpose(s) for which it was originally collected, after which it will be deleted or archived — except to the extent that it is necessary for us to continue to process it for the purpose of compliance with legal obligations to which we are subject, or for another legitimate and lawful purpose.

Your Rights

You have the following rights in relation to personal data relating to you that we process:

Access: You may request access to the personal data concerned.
Rectification: You may request that incorrect personal data that we are processing be corrected.
Erasure: In certain circumstances (normally where it is no longer necessary for us to continue to process it), you may be entitled to request that we erase the personal data concerned.
Objection: Where we are processing your personal data for marketing purposes or otherwise based on our legitimate interests, you may in certain circumstances have a right to object to that processing.
Withdrawal of consent: Where we are processing personal data on the basis of your prior consent (such as in relation to marketing by email), you may withdraw your consent, after which we shall stop the processing concerned.

To exercise any of your rights, please contact us at [email protected] with the subject line "Data Privacy", including the details of your request in the body of your email. We will action your request within the timeframes set out in applicable law.

Contacting the Regulator

The Information Commissioner is the supervisory authority in the UK and can provide further information about your rights and our obligations in relation to your personal data, as well as deal with any complaints you have about our processing of your personal data. Should you be unhappy with how we process your personal data, you have a right to complain to the Information Commissioner.

Contacting Us

Please email [email protected] with the subject line "Data Privacy". In the body of your email, please include the details of your request.

Updates to This Policy

Any changes we make to our privacy policy in the future will be posted on this page. Please check back frequently to see any updates or changes.

This policy was last updated on 02 December 2025.