Introduction
This notice provides you with information concerning our collection and use of personal data. If you have any queries regarding this statement, please do not hesitate to contact us.
Legal basis
We collect, control and process your personal information because this is necessary to provide you with information, answer any queries you may have and for the provision of our services to you. Contractual necessity is therefore the lawful basis for collecting, controlling and processing your personal details and those of your employees and service providers other than sensitive personal data for which we require individual consent. We do not normally request or process any sensitive personal data.
Sensitive personal data:
- Racial or ethnic origin
- Political opinions
- Religious or philosophical beliefs
- Trade union membership
- Genetic data
- Biometric data
- Data concerning health
- Data concerning sex life or sexual orientation
We would discuss with you the need for the provision of sensitive data before you provide this information. The subsequent provision of sensitive personal data will be taken as consent to this processing.
Where you have disclosed sensitive personal data about a client, we will assume that you have obtained informed consent to such sharing.
It is entirely up to you as to whether or not you choose to provide us with any personal information. If you choose not to, we simply may not be able to assist you.
We do not use your personal data for marketing purposes nor will we share your data with any other organisation for marketing purposes.
What data we collect & what do we do with it
Completing our initial enquiry form.
If you contact us via the web form on our website your data will be protected by a secure socket layer. This site is hosted at WordPress.com, which is run by Automattic Inc. We use a standard WordPress service to collect anonymous information about users’ activity on the site, for example the number of users viewing pages on the site, to monitor and report on the effectiveness of the site and help to improve it. For more information about how WordPress processes data, please see Automattic’s privacy notice. If you enter details into our webform these will be transmitted to us via email and temporarily stored on a G Suite Account. The site is secured by UKFast.
Calling our business line 0113 210 0742
If we are unable to answer your call, you will be directed to our personal answering service.
What we will do with your enquiry
Once we have responded to your enquiry your data will be transferred to our local encrypted server located in the UK. Where communications are ongoing we will store your details within our G Suite account.
Doing business with us
In order to provide compliance support services we will require your contact details including personal email addresses. Your name and email and information relating to the work we undertake for you will be stored on our encrypted devices.
Esupport updates
We will store your name and email address with a data processor to enable us to communicate regulatory and service updates to you. Mailchimp.
All support services
We collect and use information about your firm, which may include personal data to keep you informed about our services/products.
Most of the information we hold about you is publicly available information and most of our processing involves electronic communications with you at your request.
Sharing your data
We use external data processors that will hold information for the following purposes:
- Secure file sharing
- Data backup
- Dissemination of information
All external processors are only permitted to process your data in line with our instructions.
Data processors
Otherwise we will not share your personal information with other companies without your express authority except if the firm is sold or where we are required to do so by law.
Marketing
The information we collect about you is used solely for the purposes for which it was provided. We will never use your data or share it for marketing purposes.
Your rights
Under data protection law you have the right to ask us for a copy of the information we hold about you, and to have any inaccuracies corrected or removed. You may also ask us to delete all personal data held by us or any controller or processor with which we have shared your data.
To do this, please either contact us in writing, by telephone or email.
Contact
For any queries about data protection please contact:
Contact name | Paul Burtle |
Address | 81 New Road Side, Horsforth, Leeds, LS18 4QD |
Telephone | 0113 210 0742 |
Web | psb-branding.co.uk |
Where we store your Personal Data
All the data that we collect is stored on our encrypted server or back up drives in the UK or with our listed processors under contract.
IP Addresses and Cookies
Our website uses cookies purely to enhance your experience.
(A cookie is a piece of information that is stored on your computer’s hard drive which records how you have used a website. This means that when you go back to that website, it can give you tailored options based on the information it has stored about your last visit.)
Vital cookies!
Ones that are essential to the operation of the website. These cookies enable a site to remember text entered in a page within the same session or to remember whether a user is logged in or not, the site cannot function without them.
Performance cookies
Performance cookies, which collect information about website usage to enhance the web experience. Examples of these include website analytics (i.e. Google Analytics) and ad-response rates (where data is collected exclusively for calculating click-through rates). They don’t collect information that can identify a particular visitor. These cookies are usually persistent and have fairly long expiry rates.
Functionality cookies
These remember the choices that users make within a web page, such as usernames, language or region to provide an enhanced, more personalised web experience. They cannot track your activity on other websites and are anonymous.
Advertising cookies
Targeting or advertising cookies collect information about your browsing habits to tailor third-party advertising to meet your interests. They are usually placed by advertisers with website operators’ permission. We do not use this type of cookie.
Any changes we may make to our privacy policy in the future will be posted on our websites where appropriate or may be notified to you by post or e-mail.