We take data protection seriously.

This privacy notice explains what personal data we may collect about you, why we collect it and how we may use it, and what rights you have in respect of your personal data.

We are a data controller in respect of your personal data. This means that we make decisions about how to use your personal data for our business, and we are legally responsible for those decisions.

We’ll only use your personal data in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and other applicable laws. We’ll obtain your consent to our use of your personal data where it’s necessary or appropriate.

Personal data is information that can be used to identify you, such as your name, telephone number and email address.

We may collect your personal data from the following sources:

• you directly (e.g. from information which you provide to us in forms, documents and correspondence);
• you indirectly (e.g. information collected when you browse our website, such as your IP address);
• from third parties including other companies in the BDZ Group and recruitment agencies;
• publicly available registers (e.g. Companies House); and
• social media (e.g. LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter).

We collect and use personal data about:

• customers and prospective customers;
• suppliers and prospective suppliers;
• advisers and other professional experts;
• employees and prospective employees;
• enquirers, complainants.

The types of personal data that we may (depending on the circumstances) collect and use includes:

• personal details;
• business activities;
• goods and services provided;
• family details;
• financial details;
• lifestyle and social circumstances;
• employment and education details, and all information contained in references (if you apply for employment with us).

We may also collect and use special category data.

Special category data includes information about an individual’s criminal record, race, ethnic origin, politics, religion, trade union membership, genetics, biometrics, health, sex life, or sexual orientation. We will process any special category data only where necessary, and in accordance with the GDPR.

For example, if you apply for employment with us, we may process information about any offences or alleged offences you’ve committed.

By way of further example, we may handle information about your health in an employment context when undertaking health & safety risk assessments.

We may collect and use your personal data to:

• provide you with our services;
• respond to an enquiry you make about our services;
• decide whether to provide you with our services, or to agree to you providing us with your goods and services;
• to manage our business or employment relationship with you;
• comply with our legal obligations; and
• further our legitimate business interests (see Our legitimate interests).

We may also notify you of additional ways in which we use your personal data.

We may collect and use personal data for our legitimate interests, such as:

• selling and supplying our services;
• maintaining health & safety;
• preventing fraud;
• handling contacts, queries and disputes;
• promoting, marketing and advertising our services;
• improving our services;
• complying with our legal obligations and handling legal claims; and
• fulfilling our duties to our shareholders and other stakeholders.

We collect and use personal data as part of our employment application procedure.

If we conclude an employment contract with you, we’ll comply with all legal requirements regarding the use of your personal data during your employment with us.

If you apply for employment with us and we do not employ you for whatever reason, we’ll securely delete your personal information within six months, unless we have a legitimate interest in retaining your personal data (in which case, we’ll securely delete your personal data as soon as we cease to have a legitimate interest in retaining this).

There are six legal bases on which we may be entitled to collect and use your personal data, which means that your express consent is not always required.

For example, the law allows us to collect and use personal data to perform contracts, or where this is necessary for our legitimate interests – provided our use of the personal data is fair and balanced.

Where you provide us with your consent, you can withdraw this at any time by contacting us on 01635 33445. Alternatively, you can email us at info@bdzholdings.com or write to us at BDZ Holdings, University House, Oxford Square, Newbury, Berkshire, RG14 1JQ.

We will never sell your personal data. 

To provide our services, we may need to share your personal data to the minimum extent necessary with our suppliers and service partners, such as our professional advisers (accountants and lawyers), accountancy software provider (e.g. Sage) and cloud storage providers (e.g. Dropbox).

We may also need to share your personal data with other organisations, such as:

• courts;
• regulatory authorities;
• police forces and security organisations;
• credit reference agencies;
• debt collection and tracing agencies;
• local and central government;
• current, past or prospective employers;
• educators and examining bodies; and
• pension providers.

Where it’s necessary for us to share your personal data with anybody else, we’ll comply with all laws, including the GDPR. Amongst other things: 

• we impose contractual obligations on our suppliers and service partners to secure your personal data, and to ensure that your personal data is only used to provide services to you and us, and for no other purposes; and
• where our data is held by third parties, personal data is only accessible by individuals who need to access to the data.

Cookies are small pieces of computer code that may be stored on your computer, mobile or other device when you visit our website. Cookies do not give access to the rest of your computer.

We may use cookies to analyse and improve the use, functionality and security of our website. This may involve us automatically collecting information from your computer, mobile or other device, for example, your browser software, website activity and IP address.

There are different types of cookies. Some cookies are necessary for websites and applications to function properly, whereas others improve performance and functionality, or collect information that can be analysed to improve website performance and functionality.

Cookies may be session cookies that expire when you close your browser, or persistent cookies that remain on your computer until you remove them. Persistent cookies enable websites to remember you and your preferences.

You can modify cookie settings within your browser. The websites www.aboutcookies.org.uk and www.youronlinechoices.eu provides information and help on how to do this.

If you do not agree to, restrict or delete cookies, this may have a negative impact on the functionality of our website.

We may use Google Analytics, a service which uses cookies to enable website operators to analyse how their website is being used.

If we use Google Analytics, anonymised information about your use of our website may be sent to Google and stored on servers outside of the EEA. We would not provide Google with any of your personal data.

Google would then use this information to help us to analyse and improve our website, including providing us with reports.

Google may also be required to transfer the information to third parties where required to do so by law, or where third parties provide services on Google’s behalf.

We’ll only provide information to Google in accordance with Google’s policies and the GDPR.  Google is also required to comply with the GDPR.

We are subject to the supervision of the Information Commissioner’s Office whose contact details are as follows:

The Information Commissioner’s Office
Wycliffe House
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF
United Kingdom 

Phone: +44(0) 303 123 1113
Email: casework@ico.org.uk
Website: https://ico.org.uk

We have implemented technical and organisational measures to ensure our retention and use of personal data remains secure. However, the transmission of information via the internet is not completely secure and cannot be guaranteed.

If you have a particular concern about a method of data retention or transfer, we’ll take reasonable steps to provide an alternative method.

To deliver goods and services to you, it may sometimes be necessary for us to transfer personal data outside of the European Economic Area (e.g. if you or our service partners are located outside of the EEA). All transfers will be made in compliance with the GDPR and in accordance with the country-specific legislation.

We verify personal data periodically to ensure that it’s kept up-to-date.

We’ll only retain personal data for as long as it’s necessary for us to retain it. When it’s no longer necessary for us to retain your personal data, we’ll securely delete it.

Generally, we’ll retain personal data for the statutory retention and/or limitation period which is relevant to the personal data. This is usually 6 years.

The GDPR provides you with the following rights:

• your right to withdraw any consent you have given to our use of your personal data;
• your right to obtain confirmation from us about whether we process your personal data, and if so, how;
• your right to be provided with a copy of any personal data that we hold about you;
• your right to object to our use of your personal data;
• your right not to be subject to a decision made by us on based on automated processing of personal data;
• your right to the prompt correction and/or completion of any inaccurate and/or incomplete personal data that we hold about you;
• your right to be informed if your personal data has been compromised;
• your right to request us to transfer your personal data to a third party;
• In certain circumstances, you may have the right to be forgotten (i.e. to require us to delete your personal data);
• in certain situations, you may have the right to restrict how we use your personal data (e.g. where there is a disagreement about its accuracy or legitimate use); and
• your right to complain about us to a supervisory authority (in the UK, the Information Commissioner’s Office).

We may ask you for proof of your identity and address to ensure that we are authorised to disclose information to you.

This privacy notice shall be governed by and interpreted in accordance with the law of England and Wales. All disputes arising under this notice shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the English courts.

We may make changes to this notice to reflect changes in the law or our privacy practice. Any changes we make will be posted on our website and, where appropriate, notified to you in writing (e.g. by email).

If you have any questions about this privacy notice, please contact us on 01635 33445. Alternatively, you can email us at info@bdzholdings.com or write to us at BDZ Holdings, University House, Oxford Square, Newbury, Berkshire, RG14 1JQ.