Customer Privacy Notice

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This privacy notice tells you what to expect us to do with your personal information.

Contact details

Emailpeter@cresswell.co.uk

What information we collect, use, and why

To provide and improve products and services for clients

  • Names and contact details
  • Gender
  • Occupation
  • Information relating to compliments or complaints
  • Audio recordings (e.g. calls)
  • Records of meetings and decisions
  • Website user information

For the operation of client or customer accounts

  • Names and contact details
  • Purchase or service history
  • Account information, including registration details
  • Information used for security purposes
  • Marketing preferences

For information updates or marketing purposes

  • Names and contact details
  • Addresses
  • Profile information
  • Marketing preferences
  • Purchase or account history
  • Website and app user journey information

To comply with legal requirements

  • Name
  • Contact information
  • Client account information
  • Any other personal information required to comply with legal obligations

For dealing with queries, complaints or claims

  • Names and contact details
  • Account information
  • Customer or client accounts and records

Lawful bases and data protection rights

Under UK data protection law, we must have a "lawful basis" for collecting and using your personal information. There is a list of possible lawful bases in the UK GDPR. You can find out more about lawful bases on the ICO's website.

Which lawful basis we rely on may affect your data protection rights which are set out in brief below. You can find out more about your data protection rights and the exemptions which may apply on the ICO's website:

If you make a request, we must respond to you without undue delay and in any event within one month. To make a data protection rights request, please contact us using the contact details at the top of this privacy notice.

Our lawful bases for the collection and use of your data

Providing and improving products and services for clients

  • Consent — we have permission from you after we gave you all the relevant information. All of your data protection rights may apply, except the right to object. You have the right to withdraw your consent at any time.
  • Contract — we have to collect or use the information so we can enter into or carry out a contract with you. All of your data protection rights may apply except the right to object.

Operation of client or customer accounts

  • Consent — we have permission from you after we gave you all the relevant information. All of your data protection rights may apply, except the right to object. You have the right to withdraw your consent at any time.
  • Contract — we have to collect or use the information so we can enter into or carry out a contract with you. All of your data protection rights may apply except the right to object.

Information updates or marketing purposes

  • Consent — we have permission from you after we gave you all the relevant information. All of your data protection rights may apply, except the right to object. You have the right to withdraw your consent at any time.

Complying with legal requirements

  • Contract — we have to collect or use the information so we can enter into or carry out a contract with you. All of your data protection rights may apply except the right to object.

Dealing with queries, complaints or claims

  • Consent — we have permission from you after we gave you all the relevant information. All of your data protection rights may apply, except the right to object. You have the right to withdraw your consent at any time.
  • Contract — we have to collect or use the information so we can enter into or carry out a contract with you. All of your data protection rights may apply except the right to object.

Where we get personal information from

  • Directly from you
  • Publicly available sources

How long we keep information

90 days.

How to complain

If you have any concerns about our use of your personal data, you can make a complaint to us using the contact details at the top of this privacy notice.

If you remain unhappy with how we've used your data after raising a complaint with us, you can also complain to the ICO.

Address Information Commissioner's Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF
Helpline 0303 123 1113
Website ico.org.uk/make-a-complaint