This is our data protection and privacy policy that 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.
We are MPB Europe Ltd trading as mpb.com. Our contact and other details are set out at the end of this policy. 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.
By using our services and using the website you acknowledge you have read and understood this privacy policy.
We collect and process personal data as follows:
If you sell (or offer to sell) camera or related 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 by us (for example, in order to send you a quote, to arrange for the collection of the equipment, to send you the purchase price or to return the equipment to you if you decide not to sell it to us).
We process this data in order to conclude a contract with you and to perform this contract.
If you buy (or offer to buy) camera or related 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 in relation to the sale or potential sale to you of the camera equipment by us (for example, in order to send you a quote, to collect the purchase price from you or to deliver the equipment to you if you buy it from us).
We process this data in order to conclude a contract with you and to perform this contract.
If you browse any of our websites
We may collect information on your visits to our website and how you move around different sections of our website for analytics purposes to understand how people use our website so that we can make it more intuitive. If you create an account with us, we will collect your first and last name, your e-mail address and a password of your choice. We may 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 on our website that you have clicked on and use that information to target advertising on the website or via email to you that is relevant to the kind of products that you are interested in and which we have identified based on content you have looked at. For example, if you have offered to sell us Nikon camera equipment, then we may use this information in deciding what sort of camera equipment we may refer to in marketing emails or targeted advertising communicated to you. This may involve the use of cookies, which is 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 e-mail or via the contact form on our website, we may collect your name, e-mail address and the content of your request.
We do this in order to be able to process enquiries in connection with the contracts concluded between you and us. Furthermore, we have a legitimate interest in being able to offer efficient customer service.
If we wish to send you advertising, marketing or promotional material
We may collect your individual contact details in order to send you direct marketing material in order to advertise, market or promote our goods and services (this will be subject to your prior consent where appropriate). We may combine this with other information we obtain about the things you are interested in and that are relevant to the services provided by us (for example, when you sell or buy something to or from us or browse our website and view particular content) in order to help us ensure that marketing material that we send you is relevant to what you are interested in. 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/services, growing our business and informing our marketing strategy, and where appropriate, with your consent.
If you provide goods or services (or you work for someone who supplies goods or services) to us
We may collect your individual contact information to enable us or other suppliers of ours to communicate with you in relation to the provision of goods or services by you or the person that you work for (for example, in relation to the management and administration of the provision of the relevant goods or services) and other personal information relating to you in the course of provision of the goods or services concerned. This may include, for example, bank account or other financial details, and other information relating to you that is included in any communications between us and you or anyone you work with in the course of provision of the goods or services.
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 fraud prevention purposes
For the conclusion of individual contracts, it may be necessary to check your creditworthiness or to check ID for the purpose of fraud prevention. Should this be necessary, we will inform you about this when we collect your personal data and provide you with further information. If necessary, we will transmit your personal data to credit agencies for the aforementioned purpose, in order to assess your solvency or creditworthiness, if this is necessary in connection with (potential) entering into an agreement with you. We have a legitimate economic interest in checking the solvency and the verifying identity of customers and our business partners in order to reduce the economic risk of default.
If we are assessing your suitability or ability to provide goods or services to us or to any of our group companies
We may collect relevant personal information relating to you to the extent necessary to enable that assessment to take place – for example, if we need to assess or confirm your age, your right to work in the UK, your skills and previous experience, your qualifications or whether there is anything that would adversely affect your suitability or ability to provide the goods or services concerned. 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 you in connection with 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.
We normally process personal data only in the UK, or otherwise in the European Economic Area.
Where necessary in order to manage our business, we may share relevant personal data with our group companies outside the EU, but only to the extent necessary in order to provide the services concerned.
Where you purchase products from us that are being offered for sale by our associated company in the US, will share information relating to you (your name and address together with the products you have 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 by entering into EC approved standard contractual clauses relevant to transfers of personal information – see:
https://ec.europa.eu/info/policies/justice-and-fundamental-rights_en
and that it is treated securely and in accordance with this privacy policy.
All personal data processed by us is stored securely (the level of security being appropriate to the nature of the data concerned and the 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 your 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. We ask you not to share a 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:
Appropriate third parties including:
our business partners, customers, suppliers and sub-contractors for the performance of any contract we enter into or other dealings we have in the normal course of business with you or the person that you work for, including but not limited to 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 us entering (or proposing to enter) into a contract with you or the person that you work for;
appropriate legal authorities or other authorised agencies for the purposes of fraud and crime prevention in relation to transactions or proposed 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 will provide them with aggregate information about our users. We may also use such aggregate information to help advertisers reach the kind of audience they want to target. We may make use of the personal data we have collected from you to enable us to comply with our advertisers' wishes by displaying their advertisement to that target audience and subject to the cookie section of this policy;
analytics and search engine providers that assist us in the improvement and optimisation of our site and subject to the cookie section of this policy.
We may disclose your personal data to third parties:
In the event that we sell or buy any business or assets, in which case 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, in which case personal data held by it about its 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 with you or the person that you work for; 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.
Where it is necessary to obtain your prior consent to processing in order for us to be allowed to do it, we will obtain and rely on your consent in relation to the processing concerned (in relation to any processing we are carrying out with your consent, see below for how to withdraw your consent).
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 in which those legitimate interests are not overridden by your interests or fundamental rights and freedoms which require protection of 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.
You have the following rights in relation to personal data relating to you that we process:
You may request access to the personal data concerned.
You may request that incorrect personal data that we are processing be rectified.
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.
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.
Where we are processing personal data relating to you on the basis of your prior consent to that processing (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 (including withdrawing relevant consents or obtaining access to your personal data), you should contact us as set out below.
You also have the right to complain directly to us about any processing of your personal data being conducted by us. We will:
Acknowledge receipt of your complaint within 30 calendar days;
Investigate the matter without undue delay;
Keep you informed of progress; and
Provide you with a written outcome of your complaint.
If you have a complaint about any processing of your personal data being conducted by us, you can contact us or lodge a formal complaint with the Information Commissioner.
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 that you have about our processing of your personal data.
Our contact details are:
MPB Europe Ltd
64 Ship Street
Brighton
East Sussex
BN1 1AE
Or contact us here.
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 to our privacy policy.
This policy was last updated on Wednesday 16th July 2025.