Privacy Policy
BACKGROUND:
Aparo understands that your privacy is important to you and that you care about how your personal data is used. We respect and value the privacy of everyone who visits this website, https://www.aparo.co.uk/ and will only collect and use personal data in ways that are described here, and in a way that is consistent with our obligations and your rights under the law.
Please read this Privacy Policy carefully and ensure that you understand it. Your acceptance of this Privacy Policy is requested when your first visit our site or on subsequent visit as required.
1. Information About Us
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Our Site is owned and operated by APARO; a Limited Company registered in England under company number 10893508.
Registered address: 5 Stanley Green Road Poole Dorset BH15 3AA.
VAT number: 274829072.
Data Protection Officer: Stephanie Lucas
2. What Does This Policy Cover?
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This Privacy Policy applies only to your use of Our Site. Our Site may contain links to other websites. Please note that we have no control over how your data is collected, stored, or used by other websites and we advise you to check the privacy policies of any such websites before providing any data to them.
3. What Is Personal Data?
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Personal data is defined by the General Data Protection Regulation (EU Regulation 2016/679) (the “GDPR”) and the Data Protection Act 2018 and 2021 UK-GDPR (collectively, “the Data Protection Legislation”) 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.
4. What Are My Rights?
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Under the Data Protection Legislation, you have the following rights, which we will always work to uphold:
a) The right to be informed about our collection and use of your personal data. This Privacy Policy should tell you everything you need to know, but you can always contact us to find out more or to ask any questions using the details in Part 13.
b) The right to access the personal data we hold about you. Part 11 will tell you how to do this.
c) The right to have your personal data rectified if any of your personal data held by us is inaccurate or incomplete. Please contact us using the details in Part 13 to find out more.
d) The right to be forgotten, i.e. the right to ask us to delete or otherwise dispose of any of your personal data that we hold. Please contact us using the details in Part 13 to find out more.
e) The right to restrict (i.e. prevent) the processing of your personal data.
f) The right to object to us using your personal data for a particular purpose or purposes.
g) The right to withdraw consent. This means that, if we are relying on your consent as the legal basis for using your personal data, you are free to withdraw that consent at any time.
h) The right to data portability. This means that, if you have provided personal data to us directly, we are using it with your consent or for the performance of a contract, and that data is processed using automated means, you can ask us for a copy of that personal data to re-use with another service or business in many cases.
i) Rights relating to automated decision-making and profiling. We do not use your personal data in this way.
For more information about our use of your personal data or exercising your rights as outlined above, please contact us using the details provided in Part 13.
It is important that your personal data is kept accurate and up-to-date. If any of the personal data we hold about you changes, please keep us informed as long as we have that data.
Further information about your rights can also be obtained from the Information Commissioner’s Office or your local Citizens Advice Bureau.
If you have any cause for complaint about our use of your personal data, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the Information Commissioner’s Office. We would welcome the opportunity to resolve your concerns ourselves, however, so please contact us first, using the details in Part 13.
5. What Data Do You Collect and How?
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Depending upon your use of Our Site, we may collect and hold some or all of the personal and non-personal data set out in the table below, using the methods also set out in the table. We do not collect any ‘special category’ or ‘sensitive’ personal data or personal data relating to children or data relating to criminal convictions and/or offences.
Data Collected - Identity Information including: First and Last Name.
How We Collect the Data - Website Enquiry Form
Data Collected - Contact information including email, telephone number, Job Title.
How We Collect the Data - Website Enquiry Form
Data Collected - Business information including: Business Name Job Title and Number of Employees.
How We Collect the Data - Website Enquiry Form
Data Collected - Technical information including Website Address
How We Collect the Data - Website Enquiry Form
6. How Do You Use My Personal Data?
Under the Data Protection Legislation, we must always have a lawful basis for using personal data. The following describes how we will use your personal data, and our lawful bases for doing so:
What We Do - Registering you on Our Site.
What Data We Use - Website Enquiry Notification
Our Lawful Basis - The lawful basis 6(1)(a) of the UK-GDPR the data subject has given consent to the processing of their personal data for one or more specific purposes
What We Do - Supplying our services to you.
What Data We Use - Website Enquiry Notification
Our Lawful Basis - The lawful basis 6(1)(a) of the UK-GDPR the data subject has given consent to the processing of their personal data for one or more specific purposes
What We Do - Communicating with you.
What Data We Use - Contact information including email, telephone number from website enquiry notification
Our Lawful Basis - The lawful basis 6(1)(a) of the UK-GDPR the data subject has given consent to the processing of their personal data for one or more specific purposes
What We Do - Supplying you with information by email and post that you have opted-in to (you may opt-out at any time by contacting us steph@aparo.co.uk)
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What Data We Use - Contact information including email, telephone number from website enquiry notification.
Our Lawful Basis - The lawful basis 6(1)(a) of the UK-GDPR the data subject has given consent to the processing of their personal data for one or more specific purposes
With your permission and/or where permitted by law, we may also use your personal data for marketing purposes, which may include contacting you by email or telephone or post with information, news, and offers on our services. You will not be sent any unlawful marketing or spam. We will always work to fully protect your rights and comply with our obligations under the Data Protection Legislation and the Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations 2003, and you will always have the opportunity to opt-out. We will always obtain your express opt-in consent before sharing your personal data with third parties for marketing purposes and you will be able to opt-out at any time.
We will only use your personal data for the purpose(s) for which it was originally collected unless we reasonably believe that another purpose is compatible with that or those original purpose(s) and need to use your personal data for that purpose. If we do use your personal data in this way and you wish us to explain how the new purpose is compatible with the original, please contact us using the details in Part 13.
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If we need to use your personal data for a purpose that is unrelated to, or incompatible with, the purpose(s) for which it was originally collected, we will inform you and explain the legal basis which allows us to do so.
In some circumstances, where permitted or required by law, we may process your personal data without your knowledge or consent. This will only be done within the bounds of the Data Protection Legislation and your legal rights.
7. How Long Will You Keep My Personal Data?
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We will not keep your personal data for any longer than is necessary in light of the reason(s) for which it was first collected. Your personal data will therefore be kept for the following periods (or, where there is no fixed period, the following factors will be used to determine how long it is kept):
Type of Data - Identity Information including Identity Information including: First and Last Name.
How Long We Keep It - 6 months
Type of Data - Contact information including email, telephone number, Job Title
How Long We Keep It - 6 months
Type of Data - Business information including Business Name Job Title and Number of Employees.
How Long We Keep It - 6 months
Type of Data - Technical information including Website Address
How Long We Keep It - 6 months
8. How and Where Do You Store or Transfer My Personal Data?
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We will only store or transfer your personal data within the European Economic Area (the “EEA”). The EEA consists of all EU member states, plus Norway, Iceland, and Liechtenstein. This means that your personal data will be fully protected under the UK Data Protection Legislation, and UK-GDPR, and/or to equivalent standards by law.
9. Do You Share My Personal Data?
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We will not share any of your personal data with any third parties for any purposes, subject to the following exception.
In some limited circumstances, we may be legally required to share certain personal data, which might include yours, if we are involved in legal proceedings or complying with legal obligations, a court order, or the instructions of a government authority.
10. Can I Withhold Information?
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You may access certain areas of Our Site without providing any personal data at all. However, to use all features and functions available on Our Site you may be required to submit or allow for the collection of certain data.
11. How Can I Access My Personal Data?
If you want to know what personal data we have about you, you can ask us for details of that personal data and for a copy of it (where any such personal data is held). This is known as a “subject access request”.
All subject access requests should be made in writing and sent to the email or postal addresses shown in Part 13.
There is not normally any charge for a subject access request. If your request is ‘manifestly unfounded or excessive’ (for example, if you make repetitive requests) a fee may be charged to cover our administrative costs in responding.
We will respond to your subject access request within 21 days of receiving it. Normally, we aim to provide a complete response, including a copy of your personal data within that time. In some cases, however, particularly if your request is more complex, more time may be required up to a maximum of three months from the date we receive your request. You will be kept fully informed of our progress.
12. How Do You Use Cookies?
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Our Site may place and access certain first-party Cookies on your computer or device. First-party Cookies are those placed directly by us and are used only by us. We use Cookies to facilitate and improve your experience of Our Site and to provide and improve our services. We have carefully chosen these Cookies and have taken steps to ensure that your privacy and personal data is protected and respected at all times.
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By using Our Site, you may also receive certain third-party Cookies on your computer or device. Third-party Cookies are those placed by websites, services, and/or parties other than us. Third-party Cookies are used on Our Site for Marketing and Analytics. For more details, please refer to the table within our Cookie Policy and displayed on the cookiebot. These Cookies are not integral to the functioning of Our Site and your use and experience of Our Site will not be impaired by refusing consent to them.
All Cookies used by and on Our Site are used in accordance with current Cookie Law.
Before Cookies are placed on your computer or device, you will be shown a Cookiebot pop-up requesting your consent to set those Cookies. By giving your consent to the placing of Cookies you are enabling us to provide the best possible experience and service to you. You may, if you wish, deny consent to the placing of Cookies; however certain features of Our Site may not function fully or as intended.
13. How Do I Contact You?
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To contact us about anything to do with your personal data and data protection, including to make a subject access request, please use the following details (for the attention of David Sippitt):
Email address: steph@aparo.co.uk.
Postal Address: APARO Ltd, 5 Stanley Green Road, Poole, BH15 3AA.
14. Changes to this Privacy Policy
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We may change this Privacy Notice from time to time. This may be necessary, for example, if the law changes, or if we change our business in a way that affects personal data protection.
Any changes will be immediately posted on Our Site and you will be deemed to have accepted the terms of the Privacy Policy on your first use of Our Site following the alterations. We recommend that you check this page regularly to keep up-to-date. This Privacy Policy was last updated on 29 July 2020.