GDPR DATA PRIVACY NOTICE

GDPR DATA PRIVACY NOTICE
This is the privacy notice of Stowbox Ltd, Woodfarm Business Centre.

 

What is the purpose of this privacy notice?

 

We respect your privacy and are determined to protect your personal data. This privacy notice aims to give you information on how we collect and process your personal data including any data you may provide for security purposes. How we look after your personal data when you provide it to us. We’ll also tell you about your privacy rights and how the data protection law protects you.

 

You must read this privacy notice together with any other privacy notice we may provide on specific occasions when we are collecting or processing personal data about you so that you are fully aware of how and why we are using your data. This privacy notice supplements the other notices and is not intended to override them.

 

1. WHO WE ARE AND IMPORTANT INFORMATION

 

Stowbox Ltd is the controller and responsible for your personal data (collectively referred to as “COMPANY”, “our” in this privacy notice). Our contact details are Woodfarm Business Centre, Stonham Road, Crowfield Nr Ipswich IP6 9TH Tel: 01449 711478 E-mail: reg@stowbox.co.uk. For all data matters contact our Data Protection Officer: Mr Reg Tydeman

 

2. THE PERSONAL DATA WE COLLECT ABOUT YOU

 

Personal data, or personal information, means any information about an individual from which that person can be identified. You can find out more about personal data from the Information Commissioners Office.

 

We may collect, use, store and transfer different kinds of personal data about you which we have grouped together:

 

  • Identity Data includes FIRST NAME/LAST NAME/USERNAME/MARITAL STATUS/TITLE/DATE OF BIRTH/GENDER.
  • Contact Data includes BILLING ADDRESS/DELIVERY ADDRESS/EMAIL ADDRESS/TELEPHONE NUMBERS.
  • Financial Data includes BANK ACCOUNT/PAYMENT CARD DETAILS
  • Transaction Data includes DETAILS ABOUT PAYMENTS TO AND FROM YOU/OTHER DETAILS OF PRODUCTS AND SERVICES YOU HAVE PURCHASED FROM US.

 

If you fail to provide personal data

 

Where we need to collect your personal data by law, or under the terms of a contract we have with you and you fail to provide that data when requested, we may not be able to perform the contract we have or are trying to enter into with you (for example, to provide you with goods or services). In this case, we may have to cancel a product or service you have with us but we will notify you if this is the case at the time.

 

3. HOW WE COLLECT YOUR PERSONAL DATA

 

We use different methods to collect data from and about you including through:

 

  • Directly You may give us your IDENTITY, CONTACT AND FINANCIAL DATA (BANK DETAILS) by filling in forms or by corresponding with us by post, phone, email or otherwise. This includes personal data you provide when you:
  • Apply for our products or services;
  • Require access to the Business Centre outside of Opening hours;
  • To register you as a new customer;
  • To manage our relationship with you which will include notifying you about changes in our terms or privacy policy;

 

4. HOW WE USE YOUR PERSONAL DATA

 

We will only use your personal data when the law allows us to. Most commonly, we will use your personal data in the following circumstances:

 

  • Performance of Contract this means processing your data where it is necessary for the performance of a contract to which you are a party or to take steps at your request before entering into such a contract.
  • Legitimate Interest this means the interest of our business in conducting and managing our business to enable us to give you the best service/product and the most secure experience. We make sure we consider and balance any potential impact on you (both positive and negative) and your rights before we process your personal data for our legitimate interests. We do not use your personal data for activities where our interests are overridden by the impact on you (unless we have your consent or are otherwise required or permitted to by law).
  • Comply with a legal or regulatory obligation this means processing your personal data where it is necessary for compliance with a legal or regulatory obligation that we are subject to.

 

GENERALLY, WE DO NOT RELY ON CONSENT AS A LEGAL BASIS FOR PROCESSING YOUR PERSONAL DATA.

 

 

PURPOSES FOR WHICH WE WILL USE YOUR PERSONAL DATA

 

We have set out below, in a table format, a description of all the ways we plan to use your personal data, with the legal bases we rely on to do so.

 

Note: we may process your personal data for more than one lawful ground depending on the specific purpose for which we are using your data. For all data matters contact our Data Protection Officer: Mr Reg Tydeman Tel: 01449 711478
E-mail: reg@stowbox.co.uk if you need details about the specific legal grounds we are relying on to process your personal data where more than one ground has been set out in the table below.

Change of purpose

 

We will only use your personal data for the purposes for which we collected it, unless we reasonably consider that we need to use it for another reason and that reason is compatible with the original purpose. If you wish to get an explanation as to how the processing for the new purpose is compatible with the original purpose, please contact our Data Protection Officer: Mr Reg Tydeman Tel: 01449 711478 E-mail: reg@stowbox.co.uk.

 

If we need to use your personal data for an unrelated purpose, we will notify you and we will explain the legal basis which allows us to do so.

 

Please note that we may process your personal data without your knowledge or consent, in compliance with the above rules, where this is required or permitted by law.

 

 

5. WHO WE SHARE YOUR PERSONAL DATA WITH

 

We may have to share your personal data with the parties set out below for the purposes set out in the table in paragraph 4 above.

 

  • External Third Parties Service
  • Providers based in the UK who provide IT and system administration services.
  • Professional advisers including lawyers, bankers, auditors and insurers based in the UK who provide Consultancy, Banking, Legal, Insurance and Accountancy Service, if appropriate and required.
  • HM Revenue & Customs, regulators and other authorities based in the UK who require reporting of processing activities in certain circumstances.

We require all third parties to respect the security of your personal data and to treat it in accordance with the law. We do not allow our third-party service providers to use your personal data for their own purposes and only permit them to process your personal data for specified purposes and in accordance with our instructions.

 

6. DATA SECURITY

 

We have put in place appropriate security measures to prevent your personal data from being accidentally lost, used or accessed in an unauthorised way, altered or disclosed. In addition, we limit access to your personal data to those employees, agents, contractors and other third parties who have a business need to know. They will only process your personal data on our instructions and they are subject to a duty of confidentiality.

 

We have put in place procedures to deal with any suspected personal data breach and will notify you and any applicable regulator of a breach where we are legally required to do so.

 

7. DATA RETENTION

 

We will only retain your personal data for as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes we collected it for, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal, accounting, or reporting requirements.

 

To determine the appropriate retention period for personal data, we consider the amount, nature, and sensitivity of the personal data, the potential risk of harm from unauthorised use or disclosure of your personal data, the purposes for which we process your personal data and whether we can achieve those purposes through other means, and the applicable legal requirements.

 

In some circumstances you can ask us to delete your data: see Your legal rights below for further information.

 

8. YOUR LEGAL RIGHTS

 

Unless subject to an exemption under the data protection laws, you have the following rights with respect to your personal data:

 

The right to request a copy of the personal data which we hold about you;

 

  • The right to request that we correct any personal data if it is found to be inaccurate or out of date;
  • The right to request your personal data is erased where it is no longer necessary to retain such data;
  • The right to withdraw your consent to the processing at any time, where consent was the lawful basis for processing your data;
  • The right to request that we provide you with your personal data and where possible, to transmit that data directly to another data controller, (known as the right to data portability), where applicable i.e. where our processing is based on consent or is necessary for the performance of our contract with you or where we process your data by automated means);
  • The right, where there is a dispute in relation to the accuracy or processing of your personal data, to request a restriction is placed on further processing;
  • The right to object to our processing of personal data, where applicable i.e. where processing is based on our legitimate interests (or in performance of a task in the public interest/exercise of official authority); direct marketing or processing for the purposes of scientific/historical research and statistics).

If you wish to exercise any of the rights set out above, please contact our Data Protection Officer, Mr Reg Tydeman Tel: 01449 711478 E-mail: reg@stowbox.co.uk.

 

No fee required – with some exceptions

 

You will not have to pay a fee to access your personal data (or to exercise any of the other rights). However, we may charge a reasonable admin fee if your request is clearly unfounded, repetitive or excessive. Alternatively, we may refuse to comply with your request in these circumstances.

 

What we may need from you

 

We may need to request specific information from you to help us confirm your identity and ensure your right to access your personal data (or to exercise any of your other rights). This is a security measure to ensure that personal data is not disclosed to any person who has no right to receive it. We may also contact you to ask you for further information in relation to your request to speed up our response.

 

Time limit to respond

 

We try to respond to all legitimate requests within one month. Occasionally it may take us longer than a month if your request is particularly complex or you have made a number of requests. In this case, we will notify you and keep you updated.

 

9. CHANGES TO THIS NOTICE AND YOUR DUTY TO INFORM US OF CHANGES

 

Please keep us informed if your personal data changes during your relationship with us. It is important that the personal data we hold about you is accurate and current.

 

10. QUERIES, REQUESTS OR CONCERNS

 

To exercise all relevant rights, queries or complaints in relation to this policy or any other data protection matter between you and us, please in the first instance contact our Data Protection Officer, Mr Reg Tydeman Tel: 01449 711478 E-mail: reg@stowbox.co.uk.

 

If this does not resolve your complaint to your satisfaction, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the Information Commissioners Office on 03031231113 or via email https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/email/ or at the Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF, England, UK.

 

 

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