ASH Door Furniture & Entrance Specialists Ltd – Privacy Policy

DEFINITIONS:

GDPR:

General Data Protection Regulation which is legislation setting out the legal framework for collection and processing of personal information of individuals.

Personal Data:

Any information identifying a Data Subject or information relating to a Data Subject that we can identify (directly or indirectly) from that data alone or in combination with other identifiers we possess or can reasonably access. Personal data can be factual (for example, a name, email address, location or date of birth) or an opinion about that person’s actions or behaviour.

Special Category Data:

Personal data which the GDPR says is more sensitive and so needs more protection. It includes information revealing racial or ethnic origin, political opinions, religious or similar beliefs, trade union membership, physical or mental health conditions, sexual life, sexual orientation, biometric or genetic data, and Personal Data relating to criminal offences and convictions.

Personal Data Breach:

Any act or omission that compromises the security, confidentiality, integrity or availability of Personal Data or the physical, technical, administrative or Company safeguards that we or our third-party service providers put in place to protect it. The loss, or unauthorised access, disclosure or acquisition, of Personal Data is a Personal Data Breach.

Consent:

Agreement which must be freely given, specific, informed and be an unambiguous indication of the Data Subject’s wishes by which they, by a statement or by a clear positive action, signifies agreement to the Processing of Personal Data relating to them.

Data Controller:

The person or Company that determines when, why and how to process Personal Data. It is responsible for establishing practices and policies in line with the GDPR. We are the Data Controller of all Personal Data relating to our Company Personnel and Personal Data used in our business for our own commercial purposes.

Data Processor:

The person or Company responsible for processing personal data on behalf of the data controller

Data Subject: A living, identified or identifiable individual about whom we hold Personal Data. Data Subjects may be nationals or residents of any country and may have legal rights regarding their Personal Data.

Data Protection Manager:

The person with responsibility for data protection compliance.

Privacy Notices:

Separate notices setting out information that may be provided to Data Subjects when the Company collects information about them. These notices may take the form of general employee privacy statements or they may be stand-alone privacy statements covering Processing related to a specific purpose.

Processing or Process:

Any activity that involves the use of Personal Data. It includes obtaining, recording or holding the data, or carrying out any operation or set of operations on the data including organising, amending, retrieving, using, disclosing, erasing or destroying it. Processing also includes transmitting or transferring Personal Data to third parties.

1. INTRODUCTION

This privacy policy sets out how we handle the Personal Data of our employees, customers, workers, suppliers and other third parties and applies to all Personal Data we process regardless of the media on which that data is stored or whether it relates to past or present employees, workers, customers, clients or suppliers.

We recognise that the correct and lawful treatment of Personal Data will maintain confidence and will provide for successful business operations. Protecting the confidentiality and integrity of Personal Data is a critical responsibility that we take seriously at all times. The Company is exposed to large fines for failure to comply with the provisions of the GDPR. Every employee is responsible for complying with this policy.

Data Subjects should always contact the Data Protection Manager in the following circumstances: –

i. if you are unsure about the retention period for the Personal Data being processed ii. if you believe there has been a Personal Data breach iii. if you need any assistance dealing with any rights invoked by a Data Subject iv. if you need help with any contracts or other areas in relation to sharing Personal Data with third parties

2. PERSONAL DATA PROTECTION PRINCIPLES

The principle of Personal Data Protection is that it should be: –

i. Processed lawfully, fairly and in a transparent manner {Lawfulness, Fairness and Transparency). ii. Collected only for specified, explicit and legitimate purposes (Purpose Limitation) iii. Adequate, relevant and limited to what is necessary in relation to the purposes for which it is Processed (Data Minimisation). iv. Accurate and where necessary kept up to date (Accuracy). v. Not kept in a form which permits identification of Data Subjects for longer than is necessary for the purposes for which the data is Processed (Storage Limitation). vi. Processed in a manner that ensures its security using appropriate technical and Company measures to protect against unauthorised or unlawful Processing and against accidental loss, destruction or damage (Security, Integrity and Confidentiality). vii. Not transferred out of UK without appropriate safeguards being in place. viii. Made available to Data Subjects and Data Subjects allowed to exercise certain rights in relation to their Personal Data (Data Subject’s Rights and Requests). ix. Where relevant you must be able to demonstrate compliance with the data Protection Principles listed above (Accountability).

3. LAWFULNESS, FAIRNESS, TRANSPARENCY

3.1 LAWFULNESS AND FAIRNESS
We may only collect, process and share Personal Data fairly and lawfully and for specified purposes.

The GDPR restricts our actions regarding Personal Data to specified lawful purposes. These restrictions are not intended to prevent processing but ensure that we process Personal Data fairly and without adversely affecting the Data Subject. We can only use Personal Date if we have a proper reason for doing so, for example where: –

i. To comply with our legal and regulatory obligations.; ii. The Processing is necessary to facilitate the performance of a contract with the Data Subject; iii. To protect the Data Subject’s vital interests; iv. To pursue a legitimate interest, there are three elements to the legitimate interests: – a. Identify a legitimate interest which can be those of the Company’s own interests OR the interests of third parties. This can include where we have a business or commercial reason to use Personal Data, or commercial interests, individual interests or broader societal benefits. b. show that the processing is necessary to achieve it; the processing must be necessary, If the Company can reasonably achieve the same result in another less intrusive way, legitimate interests will not apply. c. balance it against the individual’s interests, rights and freedoms. The Company must balance our interests against the individual’s. if the individual would not reasonably expect the processing, or if it would cause unjustified harm, their interests are likely to override our legitimate interests. v. The Data Subject has given their Consent; vi. To protect the Data Subject’s vital interests;

Personal Data which has “Special Category” status:

With this type of data, the Company need to evidence one of the grounds set out above together with one other reason as set out below: –

i. Explicit consent ii. Processing is necessary for the carrying out obligations under employment or social security iii. Legislation iv. Processing is necessary to protect the vital interests of a data subject v. Processing is carried out by a not for profit Company and the processing only relates to vi. members of that body vii. Processing relates to personal data made public by data subject viii. Processing necessary for the establishment or defence of legal claims ix. Processing is necessary for the reasons of substantial public interest x. Processing is necessary for purposes of preventative or occupational medicine for assessing xi. the working capacity of an employee etc xii. Processing is necessary by reason of public interest in the area of Public health Gaining Consent

A Data Subject consents to Processing of their Personal Data if they indicate agreement clearly either by a statement OR positive action to the Processing. If “Explicit consent” is being relied upon this must be in writing.

Data Subjects can easily withdraw Consent to Processing at any time and withdrawal must be promptly honoured. Consent may need to be refreshed if you intend to Process Personal Data for different and incompatible purpose which was not disclosed when the Data Subject first consented.

3.2 TRANSPARENCY (NOTIFYING DATA SUBJECTS)

Data Controllers need to provide detailed, specific information to Data Subjects depending on whether the information was collected directly from them or from elsewhere. Such information must be provided through appropriate Privacy Notices which must be concise, transparent, intelligible, easily accessible, and in clear and plain language so that a Data Subject can easily understand them.

Whenever we collect Personal Data directly from Data Subjects, including for employment purposes, we must provide the Data Subject with all the information required by the GDPR including the identity of the Data Controller and Data Protection Manager, how and why we will use, process, disclose, protect and retain that Personal Data through a Privacy Notice which must be presented when the Data Subject first provides the Personal Data.

4. PURPOSE LIMITATION

Personal Data must be collected only for specified, explicit~ and legitimate purposes. It must not be further Processed in any manner incompatible with those purposes.

You cannot use Personal Data for new, different or incompatible purposes from that disclosed when it was first obtained unless we have informed the Data Subject of the new purposes and they have Consented where necessary.

5. DATA MINIMISATION

Personal Data must be adequate, relevant and limited to what is necessary in relation to the purposes for which it is Processed. Employees may only Process Personal Data when performing their job duties requires it. We must ensure that when Personal Data is no longer needed for specified purposes, it is deleted or anonymised in accordance with the Company’s data retention guidelines.

6. ACCURACY

Personal Data must be accurate and, where necessary, kept up to date. It must be corrected or deleted without delay when inaccurate.

We will ensure that the Personal Data we use and hold is accurate, complete, kept up to date and relevant to the purpose for which we collected it. We will check the accuracy of any Personal Data at the point of collection and at regular intervals afterwards, and we will take all reasonable steps to destroy or amend inaccurate or out-of-date Personal Data.

7. STORAGE LIMITATION

Personal Data must not be kept in an identifiable form for longer than is necessary for the purposes for which the data is processed.

At the end of this Policy the Company has set out a retention table indicating the length of time that HR data can be kept for this must be referred to and followed where appropriate.

You will take all reasonable steps to destroy or erase from our systems all Personal Data that we no longer require. This includes requiring third parties to delete such data where applicable.

You will ensure Data Subjects are informed of the period for which data is stored and how that period is determined in any applicable Privacy Notice.

8. SECURITY INTEGRITY AND CONFIDENTIALTY

8.1 PROTECTING PERSONAL DATA
The Company must ensure that Personal Data is adequately secured against unauthorised or unlawful Processing, against accidental loss, destruction or damage and we confirm that we have appropriate measures in place to prevent personal information from being accessed in an unauthorised manner. We limit access to your Personal Data to those who have a genuine business to know it.

Employees must follow all procedures we put in place to maintain the security of all Personal Data from the point of collection to the point of destruction.

You may only transfer Personal Data to third-party service providers who agree to comply with the required policies and procedures and who agree to put adequate measures in place, as requested.

We maintain data security by protecting the confidentiality, integrity and availability of the Personal Data, defined as follows:

i. Confidentiality means that only people who have a need to know and are authorised to use the Personal Data can access it. ii. Integrity means that Personal Data is accurate and suitable for the purpose for which it is processed. iii. Availability means that authorised users are able to access the Personal Data when they need it for authorised purposes.

8.2 REPORTING A PERSONAL DATA BREACH
We have put in place procedures to deal with any suspected Personal Data Breach and will notify Data Subjects or any applicable regulator where we are legally required to do so.

If you know or suspect that a Personal Data Breach has occurred, do not attempt to investigate the matter yourself. Immediately contact the Data Protection Manager. You should preserve all evidence relating to the potential Personal Data Breach.

9. DATA SUBJECT’S RIGHTS AND REQUESTS

9.1 DATA SUBJECT RIGHTS

Data Subjects have the following rights when it comes to how we handle their Personal Data: –

i. Access – The right to be provided with a copy of your personal data ii. Rectification – The right to require us to correct any mistakes in your Personal Data iii. To be forgotten – The right to require us to delete your personal data – in certain situations iv. Restriction of processing – The right to require us to restrict processing of your personal data – in certain circumstances e.g. if you contest the accuracy v. Data Portability – The right to receive Personal Data you provided to us, in a structured commonly used and machine-readable format and /or transmit that data to a third party in certain circumstances. vi. To object – The right to object at any time to your Personal Data being processed for direct marketing (including profiling); The right to object in certain other situations to our continued processing of your Personal Data e.g. processing being carried out for the purpose of our legitimate interests. vii. Not to be subject to automated individual decision making viii. The right not to be subject to a decision based solely on automated processing (including profiling) that is likely to cause damage or distress to the Data Subject or anyone else or produces legal effects concerning you or significantly affects you. In addition, Data

Subjects have the right to the following: –

ix. The right to receive certain information about the Data Controller’s Processing activities; x. The right to request access to their Personal Data that we hold; xi. The right to challenge Processing which has been justified on the basis of our legitimate interests or in the public interest; xii. The right to request a copy of an agreement under which Personal Data is transferred outside of the EEA; xiii. The right to prevent be notified of a Personal Data Breach which is likely to result in high risk to their rights and freedoms; and xiv. The right to make a complaint to the supervisory authority.

9.3 DIRECT SUBJECT ACCESS REQUESTS
If you would like to exercise any of these rights, please,

i. Make a written Data Subject request; ii. Email, call or write to us in which case we must verify the identity of an individual requesting data under any of the rights listed above we will not allow disclose Personal Data without proper authorisation; iii. Let us know what right you want to exercise and the information to which your request relates.

10. RECORD KEEPING

The GDPR requires us to keep full and accurate records of all our Data Processing activities. You must keep and maintain accurate corporate records reflecting our Processing including records of Data Subjects’ Consents and procedures for obtaining Consents.

These records should include, at a minimum, the name and contact details of the data protection manager clear descriptions of the Personal Data types, Data Subject types, Processing activities, Processing purposes, third-party recipients of the Personal Data, Personal Data storage locations, Personal Data transfers, the Personal Data’s retention period and a description of the security measures in place. To create such records, data maps should be created which should include the detail set out above together with appropriate data flows.

11. TRAINING AND AUDIT

We are required to ensure all staff have undergone adequate training to enable them to comply with Data Privacy laws. We must also regularly test our systems and processes to assess compliance. You must regularly review all the systems and processes under your control to ensure they comply with this Privacy Standard and check that adequate governance controls and resources are in place to ensure proper use and protection of Personal Data.

12. DIRECT MARKETING

We are subject to certain rules and privacy laws when marketing to our customers. We may use personal data to send updates (by email, telephone or post) about our products, offers, promotions or new products.

We have a legitimate interest in processing your personal data for promotional purposes. This means that we do not usually need your consent to send customers promotional communications. However, where consent is needed, we will ask for this consent separately and clearly.

The right to object to direct marketing and this will be explicitly offered to the Data Subject in an intelligible manner so that it is clearly distinguishable from other information. Customers may opt out of receiving promotional communications by: –

i. Emailing us ii. Using the “unsubscribe link” in emails received from us. We will never share personal data with other organisations for marketing purposes.

If a customer opts out at any time, their details should be suppressed as soon as possible.

13. SHARING PERSONAL DATA

Generally, we are not allowed to share Personal Data with third parties unless certain safeguards and contractual arrangements have been put in place.

Employees may only share the Personal Data we hold with another employee if the recipient has a job-related need to know the information.

We may only share the Personal Data we hold with third parties, such as our service providers if: –

i. They have a need to know the information for the purposes of providing the contracted services; ii. Sharing the Personal Data complies with the Privacy Notice provided to the Data Subject and, if required, the Data Subject’ s Consent has been obtained; iii. The third party has agreed has agreed in writing to comply with the required data security standards, policies and procedures and put adequate security measures in place.

14. CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY NOTICE

This privacy notice was published 18th May 2018. We reserve the right to change this notice at any time and you should

15. COMPLAINTS

If you are not satisfied with our response to any query or concern raised regarding our use of your Personal Data, the GDPR also gives you the right to lodge a complaint. In the UK the supervising authority is the Information Commissioner who may be contacted at ico.org.uk or by telephone on 0303 123 1113.

Privacy Policy relating to the use of personal data. ASH Door Furniture & Entrance Specialists Ltd is committed to preserving the privacy of all visitors to www.ashdoorfurniture.co.uk

Please read the following Privacy Policy to understand how we use and protect the information that you provide to us.

By using the Website, you consent to the collection, use and transfer of your information under the terms of the Privacy Policy.

1. Definitions

1.1 The following words and expressions shall have the following meanings unless the context otherwise requires:

“Compliance Officer” Mrs R Onorati, Company Secretary, ASH Door Furniture & Entrance Specialists Ltd, ASH House, Private Road No8, Colwick Industrial Estate, Colwick, Nottingham, NG4 2JX. info@ashdoorfurniture.co.uk “Cookies” means a small amount of data sent from the server, which is then stored on your computer’s hard disc drive. “DPA” means the Data Protection Act 1998. “Data Processors” means as defined in the DPA – the full text of these definitions can be obtained by visiting www.hmso.gov.uk “Personal Data” means as defined in the DPA – the full text of these definitions can be obtained by visiting www.hmso.gov.uk “Process, Processing” means as defined in the DPA – the full text of these definitions can be obtained by visiting www.hmso.gov.uk “Third Party Sites” means any site which may be linked to the Website and which is not operated by us; “Website” ashdoorfurniture.co.uk “we, us, our” means ASH Door Furniture & Entrance Specialists Ltd a company registered in England and Wales with registration number 02951318 whose registered office is at ASH House, Private Road No8, Colwick Industrial Estate, Colwick, Nottingham, NG4 2JX; and means an individual or person visiting the Website.

ash-hardware