Privacy Policy
This privacy notice tells you what to expect us to do with your personal information.
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Contact details
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What information we collect, use, and why
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Lawful bases and data protection rights
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Where we get personal information from
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How long we keep information
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Who we share information with
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How to complain
Contact details
m: 07813052550
What information we collect, use, and why
We collect or use the following information to provide and improve products and services for clients:
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Names and contact details
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Addresses
We collect or use the following personal information for dealing with queries, complaints or claims:
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Names and contact details
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Address
Lawful bases and data protection rights
Under UK data protection law, we must have a “lawful basis” for collecting and using your personal information. There is a list of possible lawful bases in the UK GDPR. You can find out more about lawful bases on the ICO’s website.
Which lawful basis we rely on may affect your data protection rights which are in brief set out below. You can find out more about your data protection rights and the exemptions which may apply on the ICO’s website:
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Your right of access - You have the right to ask us for copies of your personal information. You can request other information such as details about where we get personal information from and who we share personal information with. There are some exemptions which means you may not receive all the information you ask for. You can read more about this right here.
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Your right to rectification - You have the right to ask us to correct or delete personal information you think is inaccurate or incomplete. You can read more about this right here.
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Your right to erasure - You have the right to ask us to delete your personal information. You can read more about this right here.
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Your right to restriction of processing - You have the right to ask us to limit how we can use your personal information. You can read more about this right here.
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Your right to object to processing - You have the right to object to the processing of your personal data. You can read more about this right here.
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Your right to data portability - You have the right to ask that we transfer the personal information you gave us to another organisation, or to you. You can read more about this right here.
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Your right to withdraw consent – When we use consent as our lawful basis you have the right to withdraw your consent at any time. You can read more about this right here.
If you make a request, we must respond to you without undue delay and in any event within one month.
To make a data protection rights request, please contact us using the contact details at the top of this privacy notice.
Our lawful bases for the collection and use of your data
Our lawful bases for collecting or using personal information to provide and improve products and services for clients are:
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Contract – we have to collect or use the information so we can enter into or carry out a contract with you. All of your data protection rights may apply except the right to object.
Our lawful bases for collecting or using personal information for dealing with queries, complaints or claims are:
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Contract – we have to collect or use the information so we can enter into or carry out a contract with you. All of your data protection rights may apply except the right to object.
Where we get personal information from
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Directly from you
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Architects, or architectural service providers
How long we keep information
We will keep your information on file for up to 12 years. After that time, the information may be archived.
Who we share information with
Others we share personal information with
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Regulatory authorities (such as Building Control)
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Professional consultants (Typically Architects, architectural service providers, M&E engineers)
Your rights
Under the Data Protection Act 1998 you have the following rights:
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to obtain access to, and copies of, the personal information that we hold about you;
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to require that we cease processing your personal information if the processing is causing you damage or distress; and
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to require us not to send you marketing communications.
Under GDPR regulation, you have the following rights:
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to require us to erase your personal information;
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to require us to restrict or object to our data processing activities;
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to receive from us the personal information we hold about you which you have provided to us, in a reasonable format specified by you, including for the purpose of you transmitting that personal information to another data controller;
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to require us to correct the personal information we hold about you if it is incorrect.
How to complain
If you have any concerns about our use of your personal data, you can make a complaint to us using the contact details at the top of this privacy notice.
If you remain unhappy with how we’ve used your data after raising a complaint with us, you can also complain to the ICO.
The ICO’s address:
Information Commissioner’s Office
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF
Helpline number: 0303 123 1113
Website: https://www.ico.org.uk/make-a-complaint
Last updated
26 January 2025