The Wright Approach Privacy Policy
GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) is an important piece of legislation that is designed to strengthen and unify data protection laws for all individuals within the European Union. The regulation became effective and enforceable on the 25th May 2018.
This Policy explains when and why we collect personal information about our clients and people who visit our website, how we use it, the conditions under which we may disclose it to others and how we keep it secure.
We may change this Policy from time to time and by using our website and working with us, you’re agreeing to be bound by this Policy.
Information We Collect
We obtain information about you when you use our website, for example, when you contact us about our services. We also collect information from you in your client materials and information that you provide when you communicate with us by any means.
Use of Your Information
We may use your information to:
• carry out our obligations arising from any contracts entered into by you and us;
• ask you to provide a testimonial for the services we provide;
• notify you of changes to our website, or services;
We will not sell or rent your information to third parties neither will we share your information with third parties for marketing purposes.
Storing Your Personal Data
We have in place appropriate security measures to prevent unauthorised or unlawful access to or accidental loss of or destruction or damage to your information. When you give us personal information, we take steps to ensure that it is treated securely. Any sensitive information is held securely on password protected files on a cloud-based service such as OneDrive, Dropbox or Cobweb. At the end of our engagement with a client, our policy is to retain paper and/or digital copies of relevant information for two years after which all materials are irretrievably destroyed. Only information required for accounting and taxation purposes will be further archived and held for six years.
In operating our services, it may become necessary to transfer data that we collect from you to locations outside of the European Union for processing and storing. By providing your personal data to us, you agree to this transfer, storing or processing. We do our utmost to ensure that all reasonable steps are taken to make sure that your data is treated and stored securely. These countries may not have similar data protection laws to the EU. By submitting your personal data, you are agreeing to this transfer, storing or processing.
Third-Party Service Providers working on our behalf
We may pass your information to our third-party service providers, agents, subcontractors and other associated organisations for the purposes of completing tasks and providing services to you on our behalf. However, when we use third-party service providers, we disclose only the personal information that is necessary to deliver the service. Please be reassured that we will not release your information to third parties for them to use for their own direct marketing purposes, unless you have requested us to do so, or we are required to do so by law.
Use of Cookies
Our Website uses ‘Cookies’ to identify the areas of our Website that you have visited. A Cookie is a small piece of data stored on your computer or mobile device by your web browser. We use Cookies to personalize the Content that you see on our Website. Most web browsers can be set to disable the use of Cookies. However, if you disable Cookies, you may not be able to access functionality on our Website correctly or at all. We never place Personally Identifiable Information in Cookies.
Sending of information via the internet is not totally secure and on occasion such information can be intercepted. We cannot guarantee the security of data that you choose to send us electronically, sending such information is entirely at your own risk.
For information about the data we hold on you or for any questions regarding this Policy please email us: info@wrightapproach.com