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PRIVACY POLICY

Blackwood Consulting Limited is committed to preserving the privacy of all visitors to our website at [INSERT WEBSITE]. Please read the following privacy policy to understand how we use and protect the information that you provide to us.

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All personal data provided by you through this website will be held by Blackwood Consulting Limited at our registered office: 97 Carlton Avenue East, Wembley, Middlesex, HA9 8LZ, United Kingdom with company number 16216825.

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Our ICO registration number is: [INSERT]. Full details of our notified purposes can be viewed at the website of the Information Commissioner’s Office www.ico.org.uk.

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This privacy policy relates to personal data that you provide to us through this website. By visiting, registering or placing an order on this website, you consent to the collection, use and transfer of your information under the terms of this policy. There are hyperlinks contained within our website which link to other websites owned and operated by third parties. These third parties have their own privacy policies and we recommend that you consider those when using their websites. We do

not accept any liability or responsibility in terms of the privacy and security practices of these third party organisations and their websites.

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This website is not intended for children and we do not knowingly collect data relating to children.

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Controller

Blackwood Consulting Limited is the controller and responsible for your personal data (collectively referred to as “Blackwood Consulting” in this privacy policy).

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1. The types of personal data we collect about you

Personal data means any information about an individual from which that person can be identified.

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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, any previous names, 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 and other details of products and services you have purchased from us.

  • Technical Data 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, device ID and other technology on the devices you use to access this website.

  • Profile Data includes your username and password, purchases or orders made by you, your interests, preferences, feedback and survey responses.

  • Usage Data includes information about how you interact with and use our website, products and services.

  • Marketing and Communications Data includes your preferences in receiving marketing from us and our third parties and your communication preferences.

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We also collect, use and share aggregated data such as statistical or demographic data which is not personal data as it does not directly (or indirectly) reveal your identity. For example, we may aggregate individuals; Usage Data to calculate the percentage of users accessing a specific website feature in order to analyse general trends in how users are interacting with our website to help improve the website and our service offering.

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2. How is your personal data collected?

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

 

Your interactions with us. You may give us your personal data by filling in online forms or by corresponding with us by post, phone, email or otherwise. This includes personal data you provide when you: apply for our products or services; create an account on our website; subscribe to our service or publications; request marketing to be sent to you; enter a competition, promotion or survey; or give us feedback or contact us.

 

Automated technologies or interactions. As you interact with our website, we will automatically collect Technical Data about your equipment, browsing actions and patterns. We collect this personal data by using cookies, server logs and other similar technologies. We may also receive Technical Data about you if you visit other websites employing our cookies. Please see our cookie policy for further details.

 

​Third parties or publicly available sources. We will receive personal data about you from various third parties and public sources as set out below:

 

Technical Data is collected from the following parties: analytics providers such as Google based outside the UK; advertising networks; and search information providers based inside or outside the UK.

 

Contact, Financial and Transaction Data is collected from providers of technical, payment and delivery services based inside or outside the UK.

 

Identity and Contact Data is collected from data brokers or aggregators based inside or outside the UK.

 

Identity and Contact Data is collected from publicly available sources.

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3. How we use your personal dataLegal basis

The law requires us to have a legal basis for collecting and using your personal data. We rely on one or more of the following legal bases:

  • Performance of a contract with you: Where we need to perform the contract, we are about to enter into or have entered into with you.

  • Legitimate interests: We may use your personal data where it is necessary to conduct our business and pursue our legitimate interests, for example to prevent fraud and enable us to give you the best and most secure customer experience. We make sure we consider and balance any potential impact on you and your rights (both positive and negative) before we process your personal data for our legitimate interests. We do not use your personal data for activities where our interests are overridden by the impact on you (unless we have your consent or are otherwise required or permitted to by law).

  • Legal obligation: We may use your personal data where it is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation that we are subject to. We will identify the relevant legal obligation when we rely on this legal basis.

  • Consent: We rely on consent only where we have obtained your active agreement to use your personal data for a specified purpose, for example if you subscribe to an email newsletter.

 

Information that we may collect from you

When you visit, register or order products or services on [INSERT WEBSITE] you may be asked to provide certain information about yourself, including your name, contact details and – if making an online purchase – credit card details.

 

We use a third party specialist secure card processing provider when taking payments. Blackwood Consulting Limited does not hold your card details

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We may also collect information about your usage of our website as well as information about you from messages you post to the website and e-mails or letters you send to us.

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The internet is not completely secure. We cannot guarantee the security of your personal data transmitted through our website or by email. Any transmission is at your own risk. Some of the information you provide to us may be considered sensitive personal data as defined by data protection legislation. This means information about the data subjects’ ethnic or racial origin, political opinions, religious beliefs, trade union membership, physical or mental health, sexual life or criminal record. Blackwood Consulting Limited also considers information relating to bank accounts, national insurance numbers, and other unique documents such as passport numbers as sensitive. We would advise users of this website to send such information by a more secure system such as encrypted email. Sensitive personal data will only be processed following your explicit consent.

 

Use of your information

Your information will enable us to provide you with access to all parts of our website and to supply the goods or services you have requested. It will also enable us to bill you and to contact you where necessary concerning your orders. We will also use and analyse the information we collect so that we can administer, support, improve and develop our business.

In particular, we may use your information to contact you for your views on our services and to notify you occasionally about important changes or developments to the website or our services.

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Further, where you have consented, we might also use your information to let you know by email, SMS or post about other products and services which we offer which may be of interest to you. If you change your mind about being contacted in the future, please let us know.

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Disclosure of your information & marketing

Your personal data provided by you via our website will only be used by Blackwood Consulting Limited.

If our business enters into a joint venture with or is sold to or merged with another business entity, your information may be disclosed to our new business partners or owners.

Unless required to do so by law, we will not otherwise share, sell or distribute any of the information you provide to us without your consent.

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Security and data retention

We employ security measures to protect your information from access by unauthorised persons and against unlawful processing, accidental loss, destruction and damage. We will retain your personal data for as long as is necessary for the required service to be provided to you. All retained personal data is subject to the controls of our data protection policy and will be securely disposed of when it is considered to be of no further use.

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Your Rights

You have the right to ask us not to process your personal data for marketing purposes. We will usually inform you (before collecting your data) if we intend to use your data for such purposes or if we intend to disclose your information to any third party for such purposes. You can exercise your right to prevent such processing by contacting us at niall@blackwoodltd.co.uk

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Our site may, from time to time, contain links to and from the websites of our partner networks, advertisers and affiliates. If you follow a link to any of these websites, please note that these websites have their own privacy policies and that we do not accept any responsibility or liability for these policies. Please check these policies before you submit any personal data to these websites.

 

Accessing and updating

You are entitled to see the information held about you and you may ask us to make any necessary changes to ensure that it is accurate and kept up to date. If you wish to do this, please contact us either in writing at our head office address or by email at niall@blackwoodltd.co.uk We are entitled by law to charge a fee of £10 to meet our costs in providing you with details of the information we hold about you.

 

Consent

By using this website, you consent to the collection and use of information as specified within this statement.

Changes to our privacy policy

Any changes to our privacy policy in the future will be posted to the website.

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