INTRODUCTION

[Company Name] takes your privacy seriously and is committed to protecting your personal data. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, and protect your personal data in accordance with applicable data protection laws, including the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

WHAT PERSONAL DATA WE COLLECT

We may collect and process the following categories of personal data about you:

Contact information, including your name, email address, postal address, and phone number
Professional information, including your job title and company name
Financial information, including payment information and invoices
Technical information, including your IP address, device information, and usage data
Marketing information, including your preferences for receiving marketing communications
We may collect this information directly from you or from third-party sources, such as publicly available sources or our service providers.

WHY WE COLLECT YOUR PERSONAL DATA

We collect and process your personal data for the following purposes:

To provide you with our services, including quantity surveying and commercial management services
To communicate with you about our services, including responding to your inquiries and providing customer support
To manage our business operations, such as billing and accounting
To comply with our legal and regulatory obligations
To send you marketing communications, if you have given us your consent to do so

LEGAL BASIS FOR PROCESSING YOUR PERSONAL DATA

We will only process your personal data if we have a legal basis for doing so. The legal bases for processing your personal data are:

Performance of a contract: We need to process your personal data to perform a contract with you, such as providing our services to you.
Legitimate interests: We may process your personal data for our legitimate interests, such as managing our business operations, complying with legal obligations, and sending marketing communications.
Consent: We will only send you marketing communications if you have given us your consent to do so.

HOW WE PROTECT YOUR PERSONAL DATA

We have implemented appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect your personal data against unauthorized or unlawful processing and against accidental loss, destruction, or damage. We regularly review our security measures to ensure they remain effective and appropriate.

YOUR RIGHTS

Under applicable data protection laws, you have the following rights regarding your personal data:

Right of access: You have the right to obtain a copy of your personal data that we hold about you.
Right to rectification: You have the right to ask us to correct any inaccurate or incomplete personal data that we hold about you.
Right to erasure: You have the right to ask us to delete your personal data in certain circumstances, such as where we no longer need it or where you withdraw your consent (if we are relying on consent as a legal basis for processing your personal data).
Right to restrict processing: You have the right to ask us to restrict the processing of your personal data in certain circumstances, such as where you contest the accuracy of the data or where the processing is unlawful.
Right to data portability: You have the right to receive your personal data in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format and to transmit it to another controller.
Right to object: You have the right to object to the processing of your personal data in certain circumstances, such as where we are relying on legitimate interests as a legal basis for processing your personal data.
If you wish to exercise any of these rights, please contact us using the contact details provided below.

HOW LONG WE KEEP YOUR PERSONAL DATA

We will only retain your personal data for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes for which we collected it, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal, accounting, or reporting requirements. The exact length of time will depend on the type of personal data and the purposes for which it was collected. In general, we will retain your personal data for as long as we have an ongoing relationship with you and for a reasonable period of time thereafter, or as long as necessary to comply with our legal obligations.

TRANSFER OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA

We may transfer your personal data outside the UK to countries that are not deemed by the European Commission to provide an adequate level of protection for personal data. In such cases, we will take appropriate measures to ensure that your personal data is protected, such as entering into standard contractual clauses with the recipient or ensuring that the recipient is certified under an appropriate privacy framework.

THIRD-PARTY LINKS

Our website may contain links to third-party websites, such as our partners or social media platforms. This Privacy Policy does not apply to those websites, and we are not responsible for the privacy practices of those websites. We recommend that you review the privacy policies of those websites before providing any personal data.

UPDATES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our business practices or legal requirements. We will post the updated Privacy Policy on our website and indicate the date of the latest revision. We encourage you to review this Privacy Policy periodically to stay informed about our privacy practices.

CONTACT US

If you have any questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy or our privacy practices, please contact us at alistergray@hotmail.co.uk.

Last updated: [05/05/23]

Cookies Policy

This Cookies Policy applies to the website (the “Website”) of [Name of the Services Website] (“we” or “us”), and explains how we use cookies and other similar technologies to collect information from you when you visit our Website. By using our Website, you agree to our use of cookies and similar technologies in accordance with this Cookies Policy.

What are cookies?

Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer or mobile device by websites that you visit. They are widely used in order to make websites work, or work more efficiently, as well as to provide information to the owners of the site.

Why do we use cookies?

We use cookies for a number of reasons, including:

To provide you with a more personalized and interactive experience on our Website.
To remember your preferences and settings, such as your language preference or login information.
To analyze how visitors use our Website and to monitor Website performance.
To deliver relevant advertising to you based on your interests and browsing history.

What types of cookies do we use?

We use the following types of cookies on our Website:

Strictly necessary cookies: These are essential for the operation of our Website and cannot be switched off in our systems. They are usually only set in response to actions made by you which amount to a request for services, such as setting your privacy preferences, logging in or filling in forms. You can set your browser to block or alert you about these cookies, but some parts of the site may not work then.
Performance cookies: These cookies allow us to count visits and traffic sources so we can measure and improve the performance of our site. They help us to know which pages are the most and least popular and see how visitors move around the site. All information these cookies collect is aggregated and therefore anonymous.
Functionality cookies: These cookies enable the website to provide enhanced functionality and personalization. They may be set by us or by third party providers whose services we have added to our pages.
Targeting cookies: These cookies may be set through our site by our advertising partners. They may be used by those companies to build a profile of your interests and show you relevant adverts on other sites.

How to manage cookies

You can control and manage cookies in various ways, including by:

Deleting cookies from your device
Blocking cookies from being set on your device
Configuring your browser settings to alert you when a cookie is being set or updated
Please note that if you choose to block cookies, some features of our Website may not work properly and you may not be able to access all or parts of our Website.

Changes to this Cookies Policy

We may update this Cookies Policy from time to time in order to reflect changes to the cookies we use or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons. Please therefore re-visit this Cookies Policy regularly to stay informed about our use of cookies and related technologies. The date at the top of this Cookies Policy indicates when it was last updated.

Contact Us

If you have any questions or concerns about our use of cookies or our Cookies Policy, please contact us using the details provided on our Website.

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