Richardson Builders Limited Data Privacy Statement

Terminology

Personal data is any information that could identify a person (data subject).  Personal sensitive data relates to information concerning a data subject’s racial or ethnic origin, political opinions, religious beliefs, trade union activities, physical or mental health, sexual life, or details of criminal offences.

A data subject is any identified or identifiable person whose personal data is processed by the data controller.

A data controller determines the purposes for data processing and the way personal data is processed.

Processing is any action or actions performed on personal data such as collection, organisation, storage, erasure or destruction.

Data Collection

Richardson Builders Limited collects personal data that is required to provide products and services.

Richardson Builders Limited may be required to contact data subjects in support of providing products and services and therefore may collect contact details such as names, email addresses, telephone numbers and addresses.  Richardson Builders Limited collects any additional data received by email, letter, telephone, through www.richardsonbuilders-sheffield.co.uk or by any other means of correspondence.

Richardson Builders Limited does not retain bank details belonging to data subjects.

Richardson Builders Limited can store personal data obtained from social media interactions outside of social media platforms if correspondence regarding products and services is received.

Personal data is not actively sourced externally however Richardson Builders Limited may receive personal data from related third parties such as architects.

Data Protection and Retention

Richardson Builders Limited has security measures in place to protect all personal data including a Firewall (security software) to protect internal information from the internet.  Access to personal data is restricted to authority figures within Richardson Builders Limited.

Richardson Builders Limited practises a seven-year retention period after which computer records are archived and hardcopy documents are securely destroyed.  Please be aware that companies can keep personal data for longer if kept for public interest archiving or statistical purposes.

Google Analytics

When www.richardsonbuilders-sheffield.co.uk is visited, a third-party service called Google Analytics is used to collect standard internet log information and details of visitor behaviour patterns.  This is to discover factors such as the number of visitors to various parts of the site.  This information is processed in a way that does not identify anyone; Richardson Builders Limited does not make, and does not allow Google to make, any attempt to find out the identities of those visiting www.richardsonbuilders-sheffield.co.uk.

Cookies

Data may be obtained from cookies through www.richardsonbuilders-sheffield.co.uk.  These are small text files that are placed on a computer by visited websites; they are widely used to make websites work or work more efficiently.  Cookies also enable delivery of more personalised content.  Most web browsers allow some control of most cookies through the browser settings.  Please note that in a few cases some website features may not function if cookies are removed from the browser.

Other Data Processing

Richardson Builders Limited acts as a data controller by processing personal data.  Processing is always with legitimate interest and compatible with the reason the data was originally collected.

Richardson Builders Limited uses personal data to provide products and services.  Richardson Builders Limited may contact data subjects in support of providing products and services and in response to enquiries.  Richardson Builders Limited does not contact data subjects with unrelated marketing information.

Richardson Builders Limited may be required to share personal data with essential third parties such as local authorities and sub-contractors.  Richardson Builders Limited does not share personal data with unrelated third parties.

Richardson Builders Limited may be required to process personal data for investigating, detecting and reporting crime; to demonstrate compliance and to actively comply with industry standards and any laws and acts that may apply.

External Websites

Www.richardsonbuilders-sheffield.co.uk may contain links to external websites.  Richardson Builders Limited is not responsible for the privacy practices of such other sites and encourages visitors to read the privacy statements of every website that collects personal data.

Rights

Data subjects have the following rights regarding their personal data:

The right to be informed

Data subjects have the right to clear, transparent and understandable information regarding their rights and how Richardson Builders Limited uses their personal data.  This is the purpose of providing data subjects and visitors to www.richardsonbuilders-sheffield.co.uk with a privacy policy.

The right of access

Data subjects have the right to access the personal data that is being processed by Richardson Builders Limited.

The right to rectification

Data subjects are entitled to correct their personal data if it is inaccurate.

The right to be forgotten / erasure

Data subjects are entitled to request the deletion of their personal data where there is no exigent reason for Richardson Builders Limited to continue processing it.  There are exceptions to erasure.

The right to restrict processing

Data subjects have the right to put an end to the processing of their personal data in certain circumstances.  Richardson Builders Limited can continue to store personal data when processing is restricted but may not further process it.

The right of data portability

Data subjects have the right to acquire and reuse their personal data in certain circumstances as well as the right to have their personal data directly transferred to third parties in certain circumstances.

The right to object

Data subjects have the right to object to Richardson Builders Limited processing their personal data for business interests, marketing purposes and related profiling.

The right to withdraw consent

Data subjects who have given consent to Richardson Builders Limited to process their personal data have the right to withdraw their consent at any time.  Any processing of the data subject’s personal data up to that point is not unlawful.

The right to complain

Data subjects have the right to make a complaint to the Information Commissioner’s Office (the data protection authorities) if they believe their personal data has not been processed in compliance with data protection law.

Richardson Builders Limited may occasionally update this policy therefore data subjects and visitors to www.richardsonbuilders-sheffield.co.uk may want to check it each time personal data is provided.  Please contact Mark Richardson at Richardson Builders Limited to discuss personal data and the practise of rights.  Contact details can be found at www.richardsonbuilders-sheffield.co.uk/contact-us.