Privacy Policy
Privacy Notice Statement
This privacy notice is intended to comply with the General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR) which came into force on 25th May 2018.
Company details: Wintech Group Ltd, Quartz House, Pendeford Business Park, Wolverhampton, WV9 5HA.
Our representative: Natasha Haywood (HR Director).
Tel: 01902 307 430 or n.haywood@wintech-group.com
Consent
By consenting to this privacy notice, you are giving us permission to process your personal data, specifically for the purposes identified in this Privacy Notice. The GDPR guarantees you certain individual rights – see below for more information regarding these rights.
What is classed as “personal data”?
Personal data is defined by the General Data Protection Regulation (EU Regulation 2016/679) (the “GDPR”) as ‘any information relating to an identifiable person who can be directly or indirectly identified in particular by reference to an identifier’.
Personal data is, in simpler terms, any information about you that enables you to be identified. Personal data covers obvious information such as your name and contact details, but it also covers less obvious information such as identification numbers, electronic location data, and other online identifiers.
What data do we collect?
Wintech may collect and store all, or some, of the following information about you:
- Your name
- Your job title
- Company name
- Company bank details
- Company address
- Direct dial
- Mobile number
- Email address
Why do we need your data?
The data we collect will be used for the following purposes:
- for the operations, managment, security or administration of the Company and,
- for the purpose of complying with applicable laws, regulations and procedures
Our lawful basis for the processing of your data
“Processing is necessary for the performance of a contract to which the data subject is party or in order to take steps at the request of the data subject prior to entering into a contract” Article 6(1)(b) GDPR
In accordance with Article 6(1)(b) GDPR we will process your information in order to perform a contract with you, which will include (but is not limited to);
- Taking steps at your request prior to entering into a contract
- Deciding whether to enter into a contract
- Managing and performing the contract
- Ensuring our records remain relevant
Disclosure
Wintech shall not pass on your personal data to third parties, without first obtaining your consent.
Who gets to view your data?
Your data is only accessible to Wintech employees. Any data of a sensitive nature (such as bank details) is handled in strictest confidence and by a limited number of employees only (such as those working in the accounts department).
Is your data sent to any third parties?
We may use your personal details in order to conduct identity checks as required by law, as a measure to prevent money laundering. The personal data we have collected from you at application, or any stage may be shared with fraud prevention agencies. We are required by law to review transactions and report any which may be suspected of being related to money laundering activities.
How long will your data be kept for?
We will retain your data from the enquiry stage as long as necessary to deal with your query, to the expiry of the period of Professional Indemnity Insurance, based on our legal and regulatory requirements.
Is our data processing statutory or contractual?
Our data processing is contractual, as per our terms and conditions.
Your rights
Under the GDPR, the following rights are guaranteed to individuals:
- Access: You have a right confirm that your data is being processed and to access the personal data and other supplementary data we hold for you.
- Correction: You have a right to request alterations to personal data you believe to be inaccurate.
- Erasure: You have a right to request personal data is erased permanently.
- Objection: You have the right to object to the processing of your personal data.
- Restriction: In certain circumstances, you have the right to ask for your personal data to be restricted, which will ensure your data is stored by the Company, but not used.
- Informed: You have the right to be informed about the collection and use of your personal information.
- Data Portability: You have the right to obtain and reuse your personal data, for your own use across different services.
- Automated decision making (including profiling): The GDPR includes provisions about automated decision making and profiling, which gives individuals rights. Wintech does not use automated decision making or profiling techniques.
Should you wish to exercise any of the above rights, please submit a request (verbally or in writing) to Natasha Haywood (HR Director), who will respond to your request within thirty days. If requests are denied, full detailed explanations shall be given in writing to you, and it shall outline any appeal processes that are available to you.
How Do We Protect Your Data?
We implement appropriate technical and organisational safeguards to protect against unauthorised or unlawful processing of personal data and against accidental or unlawful destruction, loss, alteration, unauthorised disclosure of, or access to personal data. Please be advised, however, that we cannot fully eliminate security risks associated with the storage and transmission of Personal Data.
Further Information
For further information about the GDPR and the rights that it guarantees individuals, please refer to the following website: https://ico.org.uk/
You have the right to make a complaint to the ICO regarding the handling of your data.
Changes to this Privacy Notice
We may need to change this Privacy Notice from time to time, for example, if the law changes, or if we change the business in a way which affects personal data protection. Customers will be informed if they are affected adversely by the changes made.
