PRIVACY NOTICE
BACKGROUND:
You are probably aware of the General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) which regulates use of personal data and which comes into effect on 25 May 2018. This Privacy Notice provides important information about Brecker Grossmith’s use of personal data
Brecker Grossmith understands that privacy is important and that our clients and contacts care about how personal data is used. We respect and value the privacy of all of our contacts and clients and will only collect and use personal data in ways that are described here, and in a way that is consistent with our obligations and your rights under the law.
What Does This Notice Cover?
This Privacy Information explains how we use personal data: how it is collected, how it is held, and how it is processed. It also explains your rights under the law relating to your personal data.
What is Personal Data?
Personal data is defined by the General Data Protection Regulation (EU Regulation 2016/679) (the “GDPR”) and is, in simple terms, any information about you that enables an individual to be identified. Personal data covers obvious information such as your name and contact details, but it also covers less obvious information such as identification numbers, electronic location data, and other online identifiers.
The personal data that we use is set out below.
What Are My Rights?
Under the GDPR, individuals have the following rights:
- The right to be informed about our collection and use of your personal data. This Privacy Notice should tell you everything you need to know, but you can always contact us to find out more or to ask any questions.
- The right to access the personal data we hold about you.
- The right to have your personal data rectified if any of your personal data held by us is inaccurate or incomplete.
- The right to be forgotten, i.e. the right to ask us to delete or otherwise dispose of any of your personal data that we have.
- The right to restrict (i.e. prevent) the processing of your personal data.
- The right to object to us using your personal data for a particular purpose or purposes.
Further information about your rights can be also be obtained from the Information Commissioner’s Office or your local Citizens Advice Bureau.
If you have any cause for complaint about our use of your personal data, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the Information Commissioner’s Office.
How Do You Use My Personal Data?
Under the GDPR, we must always have a lawful basis for using personal data. This may be because the data is necessary for our performance of a contract with you because you have consented to our use of your personal data, or because it is in our legitimate business interests to use it.
How Long Will You Keep My Personal Data?
We will not keep personal data for any longer than is necessary in light of the reason(s) for which it was first collected.
How and Where Do You Store or Transfer Personal Data?
As a general rule we will only store or transfer your personal data in the UK. This means that it will be fully protected under the GDPR.
Do You Share My Personal Data?
We will not share any of your personal data with any third parties for any purposes, other than in the highly unlikely circumstance where we may be legally required to share certain personal data, if we are involved in legal proceedings or complying with legal obligations, a court order, or the instructions of a government authority.
How Can I Access My Personal Data?
If you want to know what personal data we have about you, you can make a “subject access request” by email to Renu Sen – Renu@breckergrossmith.co.uk.
We will normally respond to a subject access request within one month of receiving it.
Changes to this Privacy Notice
We may change this Privacy Notice from time to time. This may be necessary, for example, if the law changes, or if we change our business in a way that affects personal data protection.
Brecker Grossmith Limited
May 2018