The objective of this notice is to explain what personal data (information) we hold about you, how we collect it, and how we use and may share information about you during your alliance with Lightwood Plc. The company is required under the data protection legislation to notify you of the information contained in this privacy statement. Please ensure that you read this notice (referred to as the “privacy statement”) and any other similar notices the company may provide to you from time to time when we collect or process personal data about you.

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The company aims to be clear when personal data is collected and to not do anything that is not reasonably expected. Please also refer to our Data Protection Policy.

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This privacy notice applies to all current customers and suppliers. It is non-contractual and does not form part of a contract.

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Who collects the information

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The company is a ‘data controller’ and gathers and uses certain information about you.

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Data protection principles

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We will comply with the data protection principles when gathering and using personal information, as set out in our Data Protection Policy.

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About the information we collect and hold

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We may need to share some of the categories of personal information with other parties, such as external contractors or suppliers for Lightwood Plc. Usually information will be anonymised but this may not always be possible. The recipient of the information will be bound by confidentiality obligations. We may also be required to share some personal information with our regulators or to comply with the law.

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We seek to ensure that our information collection and processing is always proportionate. We will notify you of any changes to information we collect or to the purposes for which we collect and process it.

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Where information may be held

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Information may be held at our offices, third party agencies and service providers.

Keeping your personal information secure

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We have appropriate security measures in place to prevent personal information from being accidently lost, or used or accessed in an unauthorised way. We limit access to your personal information to those who have a genuine business need to know it. Those processing your information will only do so in an authorised manner and are subject to a duty of confidentiality.

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

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Our lawful basis

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Lightwood Plc will use Legitimate Interest as their lawful basis for processing personal data received from you during your alliance with us. This will also apply to any prospect clients and suppliers.We will ensure that any data held or processed is purely in the vital interest of a business relationship between both parties.
 

If you require any more information about the data we hold, how we process it, and our legitimate interests, please contact us via our CONTACT PAGE or call 01992 524237