PRIVACY NOTICE
WE TAKE YOUR PRIVACY AND PERSONAL DATA SERIOUSLY
This notice applies to you if we process your personal information and you are not an employee or worker of ours, a prospective candidate employee or worker or an individual to whom we have provided a specific privacy notice. You may be, for example, be an individual that works at a supplier or customer or another organisation that we deal with, an attendee at one of our marketing events, a user of our website or someone who is affected by our activities.
We are committed to respecting your privacy. This notice is to explain how we may use personal information we collect before, during and after your relationship with us. This notice explains how we comply with the law on data protection and what your rights are and for the purposes of data protection the company Watch Systems Ltd which is processing your personal information will be the controller of your personal information.
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PERSONAL INFORMATION WE COLLECT
We may collect the following types of personal information about you:
– Contact details: information that allows us to identify and contact you directly such as your name, address email address, telephone numbers and addresses.
– Business information: including property owned by you, transactions, amounts paid or owed
– Responses to surveys, competitions and promotions: we keep records of any surveys you respond to or your entry into any competition or promotion we run.
– Creditworthiness: We may undertake investigations into your creditworthiness in order to establish whether to enter into or continue a business relationship with you
– Details of your performance: when working with or for us or in relation to any project or work we are engaged in.
– How you use our website: we collect information about the pages you look at and how you use them (via cookies), usernames and passwords.
– Details of the correspondence (including e-mail correspondence) you send and receive from us: this includes faxes, letters and emails, SMS, MMS and other electronic communication/
– Subscription information: for example when you subscribe to one of our blogs or other materials such as newsletters.
IP address information: your computer’s IP address allows us to track your usage of our website.
2. SPECIAL CATEGORIES OF PERSONAL INFORMATION
We do not generally collect, store and use the following “special categories” of more sensitive personal information regarding you:
– information about your race or ethnicity, religious beliefs, sexual orientation and political opinions;
– information about your trade union memberships;
– information about your health, including any medical condition, health and sickness records, medical records and health professional information; and
– biometric information about you, for example fingerprints, retina scans.
3. SOURCES WE COLLECT YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION FROM
We will collect personal information from a number of sources. These may include the following:
– Directly from you: when you, complete forms we provide to you, use our website, enter our competitions and promotions, make a complaint, contact us by phone, email or communicate with us directly in some other way.
– From referrals and recommendations: usually given by other people who know you or have a working relationship with you.
– Our website: provides us with information about how you use it and the devices that you use to connect to our website.
– Providers of information: which may include professional bodies or trade associations, credit reference agencies, Companies House, LinkedIn Facebook and other web platforms.
– Journalists or other investigators: they may provide us with details or make enquires about you or matters concerning you or ourselves.
– Your employer or the organisation you work for: they may provide us with your name, position contact details and background information about you.
4. WHAT WE USE YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION FOR
The list below describes the main purposes for which we process your personal information, the categories of your information involved and our lawful basis for being able to do this. Which will apply will depend upon the nature of your relationship and interactions with us.
4.1 Enter into and perform contracts, where we may be supplying products/services to you and/or you may be supplying products/services to us or we may be involved in similar arrangements with third parties
Personal information used: All the personal information we collect
Lawful basis: To enter into and perform contracts with either yourself or the organisation that you represent. We have a legitimate to properly perform contracts with third parties. We process any special category personal data on the basis of the “special category reasons for processing of your personal data” referred to in section 2 above.
4.2 Deal with your queries or complaints or raise queries or complaints with you or the organisation you represent
Personal information used: All the personal information we collect
Lawful basis: This may be necessary to perform a contract with you or the organisation that you represent. We have a legitimate interest to improve the premises, services and/or products we provide. We process any special category personal data on the basis of the “special category reasons for processing of your personal data” referred to in section 2 above
4.3 Maintain and improve our premises, services and/or products
Personal information used: All the personal information we collect
Lawful basis: We have a legitimate interest to improve the services and/or products we provide. We process any special category personal data on the basis of the “special category reasons for processing of your personal data” referred to in section 2 above
4.4 Data analytics and statistical analysis to help us improve our online services
Personal information used: How you use our website or email campaign
Lawful basis: We have a legitimate interest to improve the online services we provide and user experience
4.5 Determine services and/or products that may be of interest to you
Personal information used: All personal information we collect
Lawful basis: We have a legitimate interest to improve the services and/or products we provide and to determine which products and/or services you may be interested in. We process any special category personal data on the basis of the “special category reasons for processing of your personal data” referred to in section 2 above
4.6 To provide you with requested information
Personal information used: Contact details and services and products or other information that you have requested we provide to you or your organisation
Lawful basis: To comply with any request made by you or the organisation that you represent. We process special category personal data on the basis of the “special category reasons for processing of your personal data” referred to in section 2 above.
4.7 Direct marketing
Personal information used: Contact details and services and products that we have determined may be of interest to you or your organisation and/or which you or your organisation has enquired about and/or purchased in the past.
Lawful basis: We may ask for your consent to process your data for this purpose, you may revoke your consent at any point. Alternatively if you or your organisation has enquired about or purchased similar services or products from us previously we may market similar, products or services as a legitimate interest in developing our business. You have the right to opt out from such marketing at any time.
4.8 To comply with our legal and regulatory obligations
Personal information used: All the personal information we collect
Lawful basis: To comply with any legal and regulatory obligation or requirement. We process any special category personal data on the basis of the “special category reasons for processing of your personal data” referred to in section 2 above.
4.9 Fraud, crime prevention and debt collection
Personal information used: All the personal information we collect
Lawful basis: We have a legitimate interest to detect and prevent crime and to collect debts.
4.10 To manage our relationship with you and/or the organisation you represent and to operate our business
Personal information used: All the personal information we collect
Lawful basis: We have a legitimate interest to operate our business in an efficient way and to expand our business. To enter into and perform contracts with either yourself or the organisation that you represent. We process any special category personal data on the basis of the “special category reasons for processing of your personal data” referred to in section 2 above.
4.11 Storage of records relating to you or the organisation you represent and also records relating to our business
Personal information used: All the personal information we collect
Lawful basis: To be able to manage and fulfil any contract with you or the organisation you represent, we may have a legal obligation to do so and we also have a legitimate interest to keep proper records. We process any special category personal data on the basis of the “special category reasons for processing of your personal data” referred to in section 2 above.
For some of your personal information you may have a legal, contractual or other requirement or obligation for you to provide us with your personal information. If you do not provide us with the requested personal information we may not be able to properly perform our contract with you or the organisation you represent or comply with legal obligations and we may have to terminate our relationship. For other personal information you may not be under an obligation to provide it to us, but if you do not provide it then we may not be able to properly perform our arrangements with you or the organisation you represent.
Where you have given us your consent to use your personal information in a particular manner, you have the right to withdraw this consent at any time, which you may do by contacting us as described in the “Contacting us” section below. We will generally only ask for your consent for direct marketing.
Please note however that the withdrawal of your consent will not affect any use of the data made before you withdrew your consent and we may still be entitled to hold and process the relevant personal information to the extent that we are entitled to do so on bases other than your consent. Withdrawing consent may also have the same effects as not providing the information in the first place, for example we may no longer be able to provide marketing information to you.
We may anonymise and aggregate any of the personal information we hold (so that it does not directly identify you). We may use anonymised and aggregated information for purposes that include testing our IT systems, research, data analysis, improving our site and developing new products and services.
5. WHO WE SHARE YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION WITH
We may share personal information with the following parties:
– Other companies in our supply chain: so that they can contact you about any issues in the supply chain or where your personal information is relevant to a subcontractor or party above us in the supply chain.
– Credit reference and other identification agencies: so that we can assess the creditworthiness of the organisation you represent and to verify your identity. These agencies may retain a footprint that a search has been undertaken.
– Third parties who ask for or want referrals: we may provide your details to a third party who is seeking services/products which are the same or similar to those that you provide.
– Marketing and public relations companies: to help us to develop, carry out and assess marketing, PR and digital campaigns
– Other service providers and advisors to us: such as companies that support our IT, help us analyse the data we hold, process payments, send communications to our customers, provide us with legal or financial advice and generally help us deliver our products and services to you or the organisation that you represent or for us to purchase them from you or the organisation you represent.
– Purchasers of our business: buyers or perspective buyers to whom we sell or negotiate to sell our business in part or whole.
– Police, law enforcement agencies and security services: to assist with the investigation and prevention of crime and the protection of national security.
We also use analytics which sets cookies to collect information about how visitors use our website and other digital platforms such as email. We use the information to compile reports and to help us improve the website services and products.
The website cookies collect information in an anonymous form, including the number of visitors to the website and blog, where visitors have come to the website from and the pages they visited. To opt out of being tracked by Google Analytics across all websites visit http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout or to opt out of emailings and digital marketing click the unsubscribe button on the email or marketing message. To adjust email tracking and analytics you will need to adjust the settings on your email application.
We do not disclose personal information to anyone else except as set out above unless we have your consent or we are legally obliged to do so. We do not sell your data.
6. DIRECT MARKETING
Email, post and SMS marketing: from time to time, we may contact you by email, post or SMS with information about products or services or events we believe you may be interested in.
You can then let us know at any time that you do not wish to receive marketing messages by sending an email to us at info@watchsystems.co.ukor by using the details set out in the “Contacting us” section below. You can also unsubscribe from our marketing by clicking on the unsubscribe link in any marketing messages we send to you.
7. TRANSFERRING YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION INTERNATIONALLY
The personal information we collect is not transferred to and stored in countries outside of the UK and the European Union.
Our directors and other individuals working for us may in limited circumstances access personal information outside of the UK and European Union if they are on holiday abroad outside of the UK or European Union. If they do so they will be using our security measures and will be subject to their arrangements with us which are subject to English Law and the same legal protections that would apply to accessing personal data within the UK.
In limited circumstances the people to whom we may disclose personal information as mentioned in section 5 above may be located outside of the UK and European Union. In these cases we will impose any legally required protections to the personal information as required by law before it is disclosed.
If you require more details on the arrangements for any of the above then please contact us using the details in the “Contacting us” section below.
8. HOW LONG DO WE KEEP PERSONAL INFORMATION FOR
We will keep your personal information for as long as is necessary for the purpose for which it has been obtained and then for as long as there is any risk of a potential claim, which will be dependent upon the limitation period for the particular type of claim. We have set out below the main retention periods which will apply: For individual contacts at customers and suppliers this will be for as long as we continue to have a relationship with that customer or supplier and then for a period of 6 years afterwards.
– For marketing contacts it will generally be a period of 6 years after we were last in contact with you.
– For website users it will generally be a period of 6 years after you used our website.
– For individuals seeking information, making complaints or otherwise corresponding with us it will generally be 6 years.
It is important to ensure that the personal information we hold about you or the organisation you represent is accurate and up-to-date, and you should let us know if anything changes, for example if you move position or work for a different organisation or change your phone number or email address, you can contact us by using the details set out in the “Contacting us” section below.
9. SECURITY
We have numerous security measures in place to protect the loss, misuse and alteration of information under our control, such as passwords and firewalls. We cannot, however, guarantee that these measures are, or will remain, adequate. We do, however, take data security very seriously and will use all reasonable endeavours to protect the integrity and security of the personal information we collect about you.
10. YOUR RIGHTS IN RELATION TO YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION
You have the following rights in relation to your personal information:
– the right to be informed about how your personal information is being used;
– the right to access the personal information we hold about you;
– the right to request the correction of inaccurate personal information we hold about you;
– the right to request the erasure of your personal information in certain limited circumstances;
– the right to restrict processing of your personal information where certain requirements are met;
– the right to object to the processing of your personal information;
– the right to request that we transfer elements of your data either to you or another service provider; and
– the right to object to certain automated decision making processes using your personal information.
You should note that some of these rights, for example the right to require us to transfer your data to another service provider or the right to object to automated decision making, may not apply as they have specific requirements and exemptions which apply to them and they may not apply to personal information recorded and stored by us. For example we do not use automated decision making in relation to your personal data. However some have no conditions attached, so your right to withdraw consent or object to processing for direct marketing are absolute rights.
Whilst this privacy notice sets out a general summary of your legal rights in respect of personal information, this is a very complex area of law. More information about your legal rights can be found on the Information Commissioner’s website at https://ico.org.uk/for-the-public/.
To exercise any of the above rights, or if you have any questions relating to your rights, please contact us by using the details set out in the “Contacting us” section below.
We are here to help and encourage you to contact us to resolve your complaint first. If you are unhappy with the way we are using your personal information you can also complain to the UK Information Commissioner’s Office or your local data protection regulator.
11. CHANGES TO THIS NOTICE
We may update this privacy notice from time to time. When we change this notice in a material way, we will update the version date at the bottom of this page. For significant changes to this notice we will try to give you reasonable notice unless we are prevented from doing so. Where required by law we will seek your consent to changes in the way we use your personal information.
12. CONTACTING US
Please contact us if you have any question s about our privacy policy or information we hold about you:
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- By email: info@watchsystems.co.uk
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- Or write to us at: Watch Systems Limited, 49 Frederick Road, Edgbaston,
Birmingham, B15 1HN
Version 1 Dated May 2018