Stephen Briggs Consulting (“I”, “me”, “my” ) is committed to protecting and respecting your privacy. This policy sets out the basis on which any personal data that we collect from you, or that you or others provide to us, including when using this website (www.bpc.org.uk), will be processed.
Please read the following carefully to understand how we will treat your personal data.
1. ABOUT US
1.1 Stephen Briggs Consulting is a sole trader and Stephen Briggs is the data controller in respect of your personal data. This means that I am responsible for deciding how we hold and use personal data about you. If you have any questions about how your personal data is used by us, you should contact me using the details below:
Address – 97 The Ridge, Orpington, BR6 8AG
Email – stephenbriggs04@gmail.com
2. WHAT INFORMATION WE COLLECT AND HOW WE WILL USE IT
2.1 I collect personal data so that I can operate effectively and provide you with the best possible service. The information I collect depends on the context of your interactions with me and with my website. It also depends on the choices you make, for example the functions you use and your privacy settings. You may choose not to provide certain information but if you do, and that information is necessary to provide a particular feature, then you may not be able to use that feature. We will only use your personal data where I have a valid lawful basis to do so.
2.2 All who access the website are classified as “Visitors”. The table below summarises what information I collect about you, explains how I intend to use it and what my legal basis is for using it
| Visitors | |||
| What information will Ie collect about you? | How will I collect information about you? | Why are we processing information about you? | What is our legal basis for processing information about you? |
| Device and usage data including IP addresses and device identifiers
Device event information including crash logs, hardware settings, browser type and browser language |
Automatically collected and stored in our server logs when you interact with our website | To improve the user experience of our website, including to offer you tailored content, and to protect the security of our website. | To pursue our legitimate interests, in particular to understand how our website is used, to improve the user experience of our website, and to maintain the security of our website. |
| Information derived from cookies and similar technologies | Google Analytics | To analyse the traffic to our website | As applicable, your consent or to pursue our legitimate business interests as described above. |
3. CHANGE OF PURPOSE
3.1 I may only use your personal data for the purposes for which I collected it, or for another reason that is compatible with the original purpose. Please note that I may process your personal data without your knowledge or consent, in compliance with the above rules, where this is required or permitted by law.
4. SHARING YOUR INFORMATION
4.1. I may share your personal data with your consent or as necessary with selected third party service providers that support us in the performance of the activities set out in the table above.
4.2 I may also share your personal data with other third parties, for example in the context of the possible restructuring of my activities to another organisation. I may also need to share your personal data with a regulator or otherwise to comply with the law.
4.3 I require all our third party service providers and all other companies within our group to take appropriate security measures to protect your personal data in line with our policies I do not allow any third party service providers to use your personal data for their own purposes and only permit them to process your personal data for specified purposes in accordance with my instructions.
5. STORING YOUR INFORMATION
5.1 The personal data that I hold about you will only be processed and stored within the United Kingdom.
5.2 I will only retain your personal data for as long as is necessary to fulfil the purposes I collected it for, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal, accounting or reporting obligations. For example, we may need to retain for legal reasons some of your personal data for 6 years after you have any services from us
6. KEEPING YOUR INFORMATION SECURE
6.1 All information that you provide is stored on secure servers. I have put in place appropriate measures to protect the security of your information.
6.2 The transmission of information via the internet is not completely secure. Although I will do my best to protect your personal data, I cannot guarantee the security of the information transmitted to my site and you acknowledge that any transmission is at your own risk. Once I have received your information, I will use strict procedures and security features to try to prevent unauthorised access or inadvertent disclosure.
7. YOUR RIGHTS
7.1 You have the right under data protection laws to:
a) request access to your personal data (commonly known as a “data subject access request”). This enables you to receive a copy of the personal data I hold about you and to check that we are lawfully processing it. This right is subject to a number of exemptions which allow information to be withheld in certain circumstances. For example, subject access rights are excluded where compliance would involve disclosing: information relating: to another individual; data which consists of information which is subject to legal professional privilege; negotiations or confidential references.
b) request correction or erasure of your personal data (unless I have the legal right to retain it. You also have the right to ask me to delete or remove your personal data where you have exercised your right to object to processing (see below);
c) object to processing of your personal data where we are relying on a legitimate interest (or those of a third party) and there is something about your particular situation which makes you want to object to processing on this ground.
d) request the restriction of processing of your personal data. This enables you to ask me to suspend the processing of personal data about you, for example if you want us to establish its accuracy or the reason for processing it;
e) request (in limited circumstances) the transfer of your personal data to another data controller;
f) change your data processing preferences at any time.
7.2. I may need to request specific information from you to help me confirm your identity and ensure your right to access the information (or to exercise any of your other rights).
7.3 You should be aware that if you ask me to stop processing your personal data in a certain way or erase your personal data, and this type of processing or data is needed to facilitate your use of the website you may not be able to use the website as you did before. Similarly, if you decline to provide personal data which is necessary in order for me to provide services to you, then I will be unable to provide those services. This does not include your right to object to direct marketing, or your right to withdraw consent for any data processing which is based solely upon your consent. These rights may be exercised at any time without restriction.
8. Marketing
8.1 If i would like to send you information by email about products and services which may be of interest to you (including, for example promotional materials and newsletters) I will only do this with your consent.
8.2 You have the right at any time to stop me from contacting you for marketing purposes. If you no longer wish to be contacted for marketing purposes, you can unsubscribe by using the “unsubscribe” link at the bottom of marketing messages.
9. OTHER WEBSITES
9.1 My website may contain links to other website. This privacy policy only applies to this website so when you link to other websites you should read their own privacy policies.
10. CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY
I keep our privacy policy under regular review and will post any updates on this webpage. This privacy policy was last updated in June 2018.
11. HOW TO CONTACT ME AND COMPLAINTS
Stephen Briggs Consulting is the data controller in respect of your personal data
If for any reason you are not happy with the way that I have handled your personal data, please contact me at stephenbriggs04@gmail.com If you are still not happy, you have the right to make a make a complaint to the Information Commissioner’s Office see: https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us.
