GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation)
Colin Tunstall Limited
Privacy Notice
This privacy notice provides an overview on how we use your personal data. We believe it is very important to respect the privacy of individuals, and to make only safe and ethical use of the information that is provided.
What personal data do we collect?
Personal data is defined as information which directly or indirectly identifies an individual. The personal data we collect differs depending on your group:
Your name, address, telephone number, e/mail address and any specific financial information required in order to prepare your financial statements.
Why do we collect your personal data?
The reason we collect personal data changes depending on the activity we need it for. Personal details are held so we can contact you and financial information is held so we can prepare and submit all relevant accounts and returns on your behalf.
Legal obligation
We collect personal data to comply with our legal obligations e.g. providing information to regulators, law enforcement and statutory bodies.
Contract
We collect personal data when you want to enter a contract with COLIN TUNSTALL LIMITED..
Legitimate Interest
Responding to general COLIN TUNSTALL LIMITED enquiries.
Consent
We process personal data where you have given consent for us to do so.
How do we protect your personal data?
COLIN TUNSTALL LIMITED has implemented stringent information security and personal data protection policies. Employees who come into contact with your personal data have obligations to adhere to our policies, and are regularly trained in security and privacy best practice.
We apply appropriate technical and organisational measures in order to protect data, computing devices and the network from accidental / malicious activities or theft. Where appropriate, we encrypt our data and devices with confidential information securely destroyed when no longer required.
Our office is protected 24x7, with physical staffed receptions. Additional security measures are in place limiting access to our server through encryption.
Your rights
Data protection laws give you a number of rights with respect to how organisations process your personal data.
Right to be Informed
You have the right to be informed of the use that your personal data will be put to, along with details of the Data Controller and your rights.
Where you provide your personal data directly to COLIN TUNSTALL LIMITED these details will be made available at the time your data is obtained.
Where COLIN TUNSTALL LIMITED obtains your personal data from a third party, these details will be made available within a reasonable period of having obtained the data. If your personal data is to be used to communicate with you, these details will be provided at the latest, when the first communication takes place. If disclosure to another recipient is envisaged, these details will be provided at the latest, before the data is disclosed. In all cases, notification will take place, within one month of receipt of your personal data.
Right to Access
You have the right to access and obtain a copy of your personal data held and processed by COLIN TUNSTALL LIMITED, on request.
COLIN TUNSTALL LIMITED exercise a number of exemptions:
Employment references.
Contract negotiations.
Ongoing investigations into professional conduct were it would prejudice the outcome.
You exercise this right through the submission of a formal, written Subject Access Request to the COLIN TUNSTALL LIMITED’s Data Protection Office email:
Info@colintunstallassociates.co.uk
COLIN TUNSTALL LIMITED
296 Clipsley Lane
Haydock
St. Helens
WA11 0JQ
Right to Rectification
You have the right to request COLIN TUNSTALL LIMITED to correct inaccurate or incomplete personal data.
Right to Erasure (to be Forgotten)
You have the right to request COLIN TUNSTALL LIMITED to erase your personal data from its systems and records. This is not an absolute right however, and does not normally apply to purposes covered by Legal Obligation or which is necessary for the performance of a Contract.
Right to Restrict Processing
You have the right to request COLIN TUNSTALL LIMITED to stop or restrict the processing of your personal data. This could be for example, if your personal data is no longer necessary for purpose of processing.
Right to data portability
You have the right to request a copy, in a portable format, of the personal data which you have provided directly to the COLIN TUNSTALL LIMITED and which is automatically processed.
Right to object
You have the right to object to the processing of your personal data, where COLIN TUNSTALL LIMITED relies upon Legitimate Interest as the lawful basis for processing.
Rights related to automated decision making including profiling
You have the right not to be subject to a decision based solely on automated processing (including profiling), which may significantly affect yourself.
Complaints
If you are unhappy with how your personal data is processed by COLIN TUNSTALL LIMITED, you have the right to complain to the Data Protection Office. If you remain unhappy, following COLIN TUNSTALL LIMITED’s response to your complaint, you have the right to lodge a further compliant with our Supervisory Authority, The Information Commissioners Office (ICO).
The ICO’s address is: Information Commissioner's Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. You can also contact them by telephone on +44 (0)1625 545 745 or via their website at www.ico.org.uk.
Data protection office
The data protection office has been established to ensure COLIN TUNSTALL LIMITED's compliance with data protection laws. It acts as a point of contact for our clients, customers, stakeholders, employees, prospective employees, and our supervisory authority.
COLIN TUNSTALL LIMITED is registered with the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) as a data controller for the processing of personal data (ZA146503)
Contact us:
COLIN TUNSTALL LIMITED
296 Clipsley Lane
Haydock
St. Helens
WA11 0JQ
E: Info@colintunstallassociates.co.uk
T:+44(0)1744 26626
Updated 10 July 2018