Introduction 

London & Argyll Group and all associated companies respects your privacy and are committed to protecting your personal data. This privacy notice will inform you about how we look after your personal data and tell you about your privacy rights and how the law protects you. 

 

1. Important information and who we are which is the purpose of this privacy notice.   

This privacy notice aims to give you information on how we collect and processes your personal data. 

It is important that you read this privacy notice so that you are fully aware of how and why we are using your data. 

 

Controller 

London & Argyll and all associated companies as listed above (collectively referred to as “we”, “us” or “our” in this privacy notice) is the data controller and we are responsible for your personal data. 

 

Contact details.  

You have the right to make a complaint at any time to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), the UK supervisory authority for data protection issues (www.ico.org.uk).  We would, however, appreciate the chance to deal with your concerns before you approach the ICO so please contact us in the first instance.  

 You can contact us at: danielle@londonandargyll.com  

 Or by post at:  London & Argyll, 4 Golden Square, London W1F 9HT 

 

Your duty to inform us of changes 

It is important that the personal data we hold about you is accurate and current. Please keep us informed if your personal data changes during your relationship with us. 

 

Website

Our website and property particulars do not include any links to third-party websites, plug-ins and applications. 

 

• The data we collect about you.  

 

Personal data, or personal information, means any information about an individual from which that person can be identified. It does not include data where the identity has been removed (anonymous data). 

We may collect, use, store and transfer different kinds of personal data about you which we have grouped together as follows: 

• Identity Data includes first name, last name, username or similar identifier, marital status, title, date of birth and gender. 
• Contact Data includes billing address, delivery address, email address and telephone numbers. 
• Financial Data includes bank account and payment card details. 
• Transaction Data includes details about payments to and from you, or details we hold through our Property Management systems and processes.   

 

Data – We do not collect: 

• Technical Data which includes internet protocol (IP) address, your login data, browser type and version, time zone setting and location, browser plug-in types and versions, operating system and platform and other technology on the devices you use to access our website. 
• Usage Data includes information about how you use our website, products and services.
• Marketing and Communications Data includes your preferences in receiving marketing from us and your communication preferences.  Any Special Categories of Personal Data about you (this includes details about your race or ethnicity, religious or philosophical beliefs, sex life, sexual orientation, political opinions, trade union membership, information about your health and genetic and biometric data). We do not knowingly collect any data about children.  

 

If you fail to provide personal data 

Where we need to collect personal data by law, or under the terms of a contract we have with you and should you fail to provide that data when requested, we may not be able to perform the contract we have or are trying to enter with you (for example, to provide you with goods or services). In this case, we may have to cancel a product or service you have with us, but we will notify you if this is the case at the time. 

 

1. How is your personal data collected? 

We use different methods to collect data from and about you, including through: 

• Direct interactions. You may give us your identity and contact details by corresponding with us by post, phone, email, in person, or otherwise.  
• Third parties or publicly available sources. We may receive personal data about you from various third parties as set out below: 

 These include: Companies House, credit reference agencies, Land Registry title and search agencies, intermediaries who may introduce or refer you to us or with whom you are already a client.  

We do not collect 

Automated technologies or interactions. As you interact with our website, nor do we automatically collect technical data about your equipment, browsing actions and patterns. We do not use cookies, or other similar technologies to collect this personal data.  

 

• How we use your personal data. 

 

We will only use your personal data when the law allows us to.  Most commonly, we will use your personal data in the following circumstances: 

• Where we need to perform the contract, we are about to enter or have entered with you. 
• Where it is necessary for our legitimate interests and your interests and fundamental rights do not override those interests. 
• Where we need to comply with a legal or regulatory obligation. 

 Generally.  We do not rely on consent as a legal basis for processing your personal data other than in relation to sending direct marketing communications to you via email. 

 

Purposes for which we will use your personal data.   

The lawful basis for our processing of your personal data is set out below, including the basis of legitimate interest: 

• Identity and Contact Data will be used on the following basis: 

to register you as a client which enables us to deliver the services we are engaged to provide to you; 

to administer and protect our business which is necessary for our legitimate interests (mainly for running our business, provision of administration and IT services, network security, to prevent fraud) and in order to comply with our legal obligations; 

  to supplement the Communications Data, we hold about you. 

  to register you as an applicant who has requested to be sent property particulars, either by email or post.  

 

• Financial and Transaction Data will be used on the following basis: 

to manage payments, fees and charges which enable us to deliver the services we are engaged to provide to you; and 

to collect and recover money owed to us, which is which is necessary for our legitimate interests (to recover debts due to us). 

  to carry out our Property Management functions and processes.  

to satisfy enquiries that we are required to undertake relating to a potential property transaction.  

• Marketing and Communications Data will be used on the following basis: 

to make suggestions and recommendations to you about services that may be of interest to you which is necessary for our legitimate interests (to develop our products/services and grow our business). 

 

Marketing 

You will receive marketing communications from us if you have requested information from us or purchased services from us and, in each case, you have not opted out of receiving that marketing. You can ask us or third parties to stop sending you marketing messages at any time by contacting us at danielle@londonandargyll.com  at any time.

 

We do not use: Technical and Usage Data: We do not use Cookies on our website

 

• Disclosures of your personal data.  

 

We may share your personal data with sub-contractors or sub consultants who are engaged by us to assist in delivering services to you. 

 We may share data with other organisations including:  regulators, statutory bodies, the FCA, debt recovery organisations, claims organisations such as PI brokers, insurers and solicitors, public information resources, credit reference agencies, counterparties to any transaction, law enforcement agencies, or anti- money laundering services. 

We require all third parties to respect the security of your personal data and to treat it in accordance with the law.  We do not allow our third-party service providers to use your personal data for their own purposes and only permit them to process your personal data for specified purposes and in accordance with our instructions. 

 

• International transfers 

 

We do not knowingly transfer your personal data outside the European Economic Area (EEA). 

 

7.   Data security 

We have put in place 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 personal data breach and will notify you and any applicable regulator of a breach where we are legally required to do so. 

 

• Data retention 

 

How long will you use my personal data for? 

We will only retain your personal data for as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes we collected it for, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal, accounting, or reporting requirements. 

 To determine the appropriate retention period for personal data, we consider the amount, nature, and sensitivity of the personal data, the potential risk of harm from unauthorised use or disclosure of your personal data, the purposes for which we process your personal data and whether we can achieve those purposes through other means, and the applicable legal requirements. 

 

• Your legal rights 

 

Under certain circumstances, you have rights under data protection laws in relation to your personal data, for example, to: 

• Request access to your personal data. 
• Request correction of your personal data. 
• Request erasure of your personal data. 
• Object to processing of your personal data. 
• Request restriction of processing your personal data. 
• Request transfer of your personal data. 
• To withdraw consent. 

 If you wish to exercise any of the rights set out above, please contact us at danielle@londonandargyll.com  

 

Fees   

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 is clearly unfounded, repetitive or excessive. Alternatively, we may refuse to comply with your request in these circumstances. 

 

What we may need from you.  

We may need to request specific information from you to help us confirm your identity and ensure your right to access your personal data (or to exercise any of your other rights).  This is a security measure to ensure that personal data is not disclosed to any person who has no right to receive it. 

 We may also contact you to ask you for further information in relation to your request to speed up our response. 

 Time limit to respond  

We try to respond to all legitimate requests within one month.  Occasionally it may take us longer than a month if your request is particularly complex or you have made several requests.  In this case, we will notify you and keep you updated. 

 

24 May 2018