Blane Associates Ltd Privacy Policy

This privacy policy explains how Blane Associates Ltd handles any personal data we hold. We keep our privacy policy under regular review and will display the most up to date version on our website. This privacy policy was last updated on the 24th May 2018.

Information we collect

– Contact details for clients, potential clients and suppliers.
We collect contact details from you when you ask us for a quotation or when we enter a contract together. We hold this information for purposes such as issuing contracts, general business communication and invoicing. This information may be held both physically and electronically and may contain personal data. As required by the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), our stated lawful basis for holding this personal data is ‘Contract’ as we would need this information to be able to comply with our obligations of our contract.

Information supplied by clients for contracted work.
The support services that we provide for our clients may require us to process information that may contain personal data. This information may be held both physically and electronically. As required by the GDPR, our stated lawful basis for holding this personal data is ‘Contract’ as we would need this information to be able to comply with our obligations of the contract.

We shall be considered an independent Data Controller in relation to the client personal data provided by you. Each of us will comply with all requirements and obligations applicable to us under the data protection and GDPR legislation in respect of the client personal data. You shall only disclose client personal data to us where:

• You have provided the necessary information to the relevant data subjects regarding its use
• you have a lawful basis upon which to do so, which, in the absence of any other lawful basis, shall be with the relevant data subject’s consent; and
• you have complied with the necessary requirements under the data protection legislation to enable you to do so.

Security

– We understand the need for security and confidentiality of any information we hold or have access to and we take every reasonable care to protect this information. We understand our obligations in the event of a data breach and have procedures to deal with this.

– All of our computers are password protected. We do not hold client data unless it is necessary for the ongoing implementation of a system. Where we do hold files which hold contact data, these are password protected.

Access to personal data

-An individual has the right to request a copy / correction / or removal of the personal data we hold about them.

If you have any questions about our privacy policy or would like to get in touch with us regarding any personal data we hold about you then please either email us at charles@blaneassociates.com or write to us at Blane Associates Ltd, PO Box 1538, Woking, Gu22 2TH.