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PRIVACY NOTICEThe short version of this is that we will only hold your personal data for the purpose of preparing those accounts and Returns or other reports that we have been required to prepare. We will only pass this information on to those third parties that will be required to complete that report or process i.e. H M Revenue and Customs and/or Companies House. We will only pass any data to other third parties after having received specific instructions from you to do so (e.g. in support of mortgage applications). We will never use your data for marketing purposes. For the specifics and details of how this will work please read the following :-. 1. PURPOSE OF THIS NOTICEThis notice describes how we collect and use personal data about you, in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the Data Protection Act [1998 OR 2018] and any other national implementing laws, regulations and secondary legislation, as amended or updated from time to time, in the UK (‘Data Protection Legislation’). Please read the following carefully to understand our practices regarding your personal data and how we will treat it. 2. ABOUT USBell & Co. (Accountancy Services) Ltd is an accountancy and tax advisory firm. We are registered in England and Wales as a limited liability company under number 3122946 and our registered office is at Unit 1(a) Factory 2 Phoenix Park, Chickenhall Lane, Eastleigh, Hampshire SO50 6PQ. For the purpose of the Data Protection Legislation and this notice, we are the ‘data controller’. This means that we are responsible for deciding how we hold and use personal data about you. We are required under the Data Protection Legislation to notify you of the information contained in this privacy notice. Mr James Bell is our Data Protection Officer and is responsible for assisting with enquiries in relation to this privacy notice or our treatment of your personal data. Should you wish to contact him you can do so using the contact details noted at paragraph 12 (Contact Us), below. 3. HOW WE MAY COLLECT YOUR PERSONAL DATAWe obtain personal data about you in order to allow us to provide the services which you have asked us to provide. This data will be acquired either directly from you or from third parties (e.g. Companies House or HMRC). Such third-party data can only be either publicly available data or supplied under previously given specific authorisation from you (e.g. HMRC or your banks) 4. THE KIND OF INFORMATION WE HOLD ABOUT YOUThe information we hold about you may include the following:
5. HOW WE USE PERSONAL DATA WE HOLD ABOUT YOUWe may process your personal data for purposes necessary for the performance of our contract with you and to comply with our legal obligations. We may process your personal data for the purposes necessary for the performance of our contract with our clients. This may include processing your personal data where you are an employee, subcontractor, supplier or customer of our client. Please note that we may process your personal data for more than one lawful basis depending on the specific purpose for which we are using your data. Situations in which we will use your personal dataWe may use your personal data in order to:
In some circumstances we may anonymise or pseudonymise the personal data so that it can no longer be associated with you, in which case we may use it without further notice to you. If you refuse to provide us with certain information when requested, we may not be able to perform the contract we have entered into with you. Alternatively, we may be unable to comply with our legal or regulatory obligations. We may also process your personal data without your knowledge or consent, in accordance with this notice, where we are legally required to do so. Data retentionWe will only retain your personal data for as long as is necessary to fulfil the purposes for which it is collected. When assessing what retention period is appropriate for your personal data, we take into consideration:
Change of purposeWhere we need to use your personal data for another reason, other than for the purpose for which we collected it, we will only use your personal data where that reason is compatible with the original purpose. Should it be necessary to use your personal data for a new purpose, we will notify you and communicate the legal basis which allows us to do so before starting any new processing.
6. DATA SHARINGWhy might you share my personal data with third parties?We will share your personal data with third parties where we are required by law, where it is necessary to administer the relationship between us or where we have another legitimate interest in doing so. Which third-party service providers process my personal data?“Third parties” includes third-party service providers. The following activities are carried out by third-party service providers: IT and cloud services, professional advisory services, administration services and banking services. All of our third-party service providers are required to take commercially reasonable and appropriate security measures to protect your personal data. We only permit our third-party service providers to process your personal data for specified purposes and in accordance with our instructions. What about other third parties?We may share your personal data with other third parties, for example in the context of the possible sale or restructuring of the business. We may also need to share your personal data with a regulator or to otherwise comply with the law. 7. DATA SECURITYWe have put in place commercially reasonable and 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 data security breach and will notify you and any applicable regulator of a suspected breach where we are legally required to do so. 8. RIGHTS OF ACCESS, CORRECTION, ERASURE, AND RESTRICTIONYour duty to inform us of changesIt is important that the personal data we hold about you is accurate and current. Should your personal information change, please notify us of any changes of which we need to be made aware by contacting us, using the contact details below. Your rights in connection with personal dataUnder certain circumstances, by law you have the right to:
If you want to exercise any of the above rights, please contact Mr James Bell. 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 fee if your request for access is clearly unfounded or excessive. Alternatively, we may refuse to comply with the request in such circumstances. We may need to request specific information from you to help us confirm your identity and ensure your right to access the information (or to exercise any of your other rights). This is another appropriate security measure to ensure that personal information is not disclosed to any person who has no right to receive it. 9. RIGHT TO WITHDRAW CONSENTIn the limited circumstances where you may have provided your consent to the collection, processing and transfer of your personal data for a specific purpose, you have the right to withdraw your consent for that specific processing at any time. To withdraw your consent, please contact Mr James Bell. 10. CHANGES TO THIS NOTICEAny changes we may make to our privacy notice in the future will be provided by update to this notice on our website. This privacy notice was last updated on 22nd May 2018. 11. CONTACT USIf you have any questions regarding this notice or if you would like to speak to us about the manner in which we process your personal data, please contact Mr James Bell on 02380 642111 or by email on jim@bellandcoaccountants.co.uk or by post to Unit 1(a) Factory 2, Phoenix Park, Chickenhall Lane, Eastleigh, Hampshire SO50 6PQ. You also have the right to make a complaint to the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO), the UK supervisory authority for data protection issues, at any time. The ICO’s contact details are as follows: Information Commissioner's Office Telephone - 0303 123 1113 (local rate) or 01625 545 745 Website - https://ico.org.uk/concerns |
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