Shorts and Short Trustees Ltd conduct work for clients in a range of areas and must collect data for this purpose. This privacy notice explains how we use any personal information we collect about you.
We collect information about you when you engage us for advice or services. This information will relate to your personal and financial circumstances. It may also include special categories of personal data such as data about your health, if this is necessary for the provision of our services.
We may also collect information when you voluntarily complete client surveys or provide feedback to us.
Information relating to usage of our website is collected using cookies. These are text files placed on your computer to collect standard internet log information and visitor behaviour information. We’ll use your information collected from the website to personalise your repeat visits to the site.
The primary legal basis that we intend to use for the processing of your data is for the performance of our contract with you. The information that we collect about you is essential for us to be able to carry out the services that you require from us effectively. Without collecting your personal data we’d also be unable to fulfil our legal and regulatory obligations.
Where special category data is required we’ll obtain your explicit consent in order to collect and process this information.
We collect information about you in order to provide you with the services for which you engage us.
If you agree, we may email you about other products or services that we think may be of interest to you.
If you agree, we’ll pass on your contact information to our group of companies so that they may offer you their products and services.
We won’t share your information for marketing purposes with any third party.
In order to deliver our services to you effectively we may send your details to third parties such as those that we engage for professional compliance, accountancy or legal services or other credentialed specialist advisers.
Where third parties are involved in processing your data we’ll have a contract in place with them to ensure that the nature and purpose of the processing is clear, that they are subject to a duty of confidence in processing your data and that they’ll only act in accordance with our written instructions.
Where it’s necessary for your personal data to be forwarded to a third party we’ll use appropriate security measures to protect your personal data in transit.
To fulfil our obligations in respect of prevention of money-laundering and other financial crime we may send your details to third party agencies for identity verification purposes and this search will be recorded as an identity check. It will not affect your ability to obtain credit.
In principle, your personal data shouldn’t be held for longer than is required under the terms of our contract for services with you. However, we’re subject to regulatory requirements to retain data for specified minimum periods, usually between 7 and 10 years. We also reserve the right to retain data for longer than this in order to be able to provide you with long term analyses, trends and reports or other business data and to allow us to assist you should you be subject to an HMRC enquiry or investigation.
You have the right to request deletion of your personal data. We’ll comply with this request, subject to the restrictions of our regulatory obligations and legitimate interests as noted above.
You have the right to request a copy of the information that we hold about you. If you’d like a copy of some or all of your personal information, please email or write to us using the contact details noted below.
When your personal data is processed by automated means you have the right to ask us to move your personal data to another organisation for their use.
We have an obligation to ensure that your personal information is accurate and up to date. Please ask us to correct or remove any information that you think is incorrect.
We’d like to send you information about our products and services and those of other companies in the Shorts group which may be of interest to you. If you’ve agreed to receive marketing information, you may opt out at a later date.
You have a right at any time to stop us from contacting you for marketing purposes or giving your information to other members of the group. If you no longer wish to be contacted for marketing purposes, please contact us by email or post.
We use cookies to track visitor use of the website and to compile statistical reports on website activity.
For further information visit: All About Cookies | Online Privacy and Digital Security
You can set your browser not to accept cookies and the above website tells you how to remove cookies from your browser. However, in a few cases some of our website features may not function as a result.
Our website contains links to other websites. This privacy policy only applies to this website so when you link to other websites you should read their own privacy policies.
You also have a right to lodge a complaint with the supervisory authority for data protection. In the UK this is:
Information Commissioner’s Office Wycliffe House Water Lane Wilmslow Cheshire SK9 5AF
0303 123 1113 (local rate)
We keep our privacy policy under regular review and we’ll place any updates on this web page. This privacy policy was last updated on
28th February 2018.
Please contact us if you have any questions about our privacy policy or information we hold about you: by email at [email protected]
Or write to us at
Data Controller
Shorts
2 Ashgate Road
Chesterfield
S40 4AA
