Privacy Notice for Michael Heppell Ltd

We want you to know that when you use our organisation you can trust us with your information. We are determined to do nothing that would infringe your rights or undermine your trust. This Privacy Notice describes the information we collect about you, how it is used and shared, and your rights regarding it.

Data Collection

All of the information that we hold about you is provided to us by yourself.  When you have subscribed to our newsletter you have provided the data. We never add anyone to our list.

We will tell you why we need the information and how we will use it.

 

This next bit sounds a bit dry, but we have to let you know.

Our Lawful Basis for processing your information

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) requires all organisations that process personal data to have a Lawful Basis for doing so.

The Lawful Bases identified in the GDPR are:

Consent of the data subject
Performance of a contract with the data subject or to take steps to enter into a contract
Compliance with a legal obligation
To protect the vital interests of a data subject or another person
Performance of a task carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority vested in the controller.
The legitimate interests of ourselves, or a third party, except where such interests are overridden by the interests, rights or freedoms of the data subject.

Examples of legitimate interests include:

Where the data subject is a client or in the service of the controller
Transmission within a group of undertakings for internal administrative purposes
Processing necessary information to ensure network and information security, including preventing unauthorised access
Processing for direct marketing purposes, or to prevent fraud
Reporting possible criminal acts or threats to public security

Our lawful basis is consent of the data subject or performance of a contract with the data subject or to take steps to enter a contract and our legitimate interest is processing for direct marketing purposes.

We use your information to:

Provide services and information, for example our newsletters and information about events.

Conduct data analysis, testing, and research (including for product development), and to monitor and analyse usage and activity trends. For example, where in the world people are reading our newsletters, how many people open each one, etc;

Maintain the safety, security and integrity of our services;

Investigate and address your concerns;

Occasionally communicate with you about products, services, promotions, surveys, news, updates and events;

We do not use automated decision-making in the processing of your personal data.

We collect and process both personal data and special categories of personal data as defined in the GDPR. This includes:

Customer data

Name
Email
Phone number
Location details
Device IP address and MAC address
Cookies including Facebook and Google Analytics

We never share your personal data

Retention

We retain your personal data while you remain a customer. We will delete or anonymise your information at your request unless:

There is an unresolved issue, such as claim or dispute;
We are legally required to; or
There are overriding legitimate business interests, including but not limited to fraud prevention and protecting customers’ safety and security.

Your Rights:

The General Data Protection Regulation gives you specific rights around your personal data. For example, you have to be informed about the information we hold and what we use it for, you can ask for a copy of the personal information we hold about you, you can ask us to correct any inaccuracies with the personal data we hold, you can ask us to stop sending you emails, or in some circumstances ask us to stop processing your details.

 

Finally, if we do something irregular or improper with your personal data you can seek compensation for any distress you are caused or loss you have incurred.

 

You can find out more information from the ICO’s website http://ico.org.uk/for_the_public/personal_information and this is the organisation that you can complain to if you are unhappy with how we deal with you.

 

Marketing Opt-Outs

You may opt out of receiving emails and other messages from our organisation by following the instructions in those messages.

Cookies

Cookies are small text files that are stored on your browser or device by websites, apps, online media, and advertisements. We use cookies to:
• Validate users;
• For E-commerce tracking;
• Remember user preferences and settings;
• Determine frequency of accessing our content;
• Measure the effectiveness of advertising campaigns on platforms such as Facebook and Google Analytics; and
• Analyse site visits and trends.

We will occasionally update our Privacy Notice. When we make significant changes that are relevant to you we will notify you of these by email. We will publish the updated Notice on our website.