Privacy

GENERAL DATA PROTECTION REGULATIONS POLICY

1. Introduction

This Policy sets out the obligations of Demolition Services Limited, a company registered in the United Kingdom under number 01505049, whose registered office is at DSL House, Wortley Moor Road, Leeds, LS12 4JE (“the Company”) regarding data protection and the rights of customers, suppliers and business contacts (“data subjects”) in respect of their personal data under EU Regulation 2016/679 General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”).

The GDPR defines “personal data” as any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person (a “data subject”); an identifiable natural person is one who can be identified, directly or indirectly, in particular by reference to an identifier such as a name, an identification number, location data, an online identifier, or to one or more factors specific to the physical, physiological, genetic, mental, economic, cultural, or social identity of that natural person.

This Policy sets the Company’s obligations regarding the collection, processing, transfer, storage, and disposal of personal data. The procedures and principles set out herein must be followed always by the Company, its employees, agents, contractors, or other parties working on behalf of the Company.

The Company is committed not only to the letter of the law, but also to the spirit of the law and places high importance on the correct, lawful, and fair handling of all personal data, respecting the legal rights, privacy, and trust of all individuals with whom it deals.

2. The Data Protection Principles

This Policy aims to ensure compliance with the GDPR. The GDPR sets out the following principles with which any party handling personal data must comply. All personal data must be:

• Processed lawfully, fairly, and in a transparent manner in relation to the data subject.
• Collected for specified, explicit, and legitimate purposes and not further processed in a manner that is incompatible with those purposes. Further processing for archiving purposes in the public interest, scientific or historical research purposes or statistical purposes shall not be considered to be incompatible with the initial purposes.
• Adequate, relevant, and limited to what is necessary in relation to the purposes for which it is processed.
• Accurate and, where necessary, kept up to date. Every reasonable step must be taken to ensure that personal data that is inaccurate, having regard to the purposes for which it is processed, is erased, or rectified without delay.
• Kept in a form which permits identification of data subjects for no longer than is necessary for the purposes for which the personal data is processed. Personal data may be stored for longer periods insofar as the personal data will be processed solely for archiving purposes in the public interest, scientific or historical research purposes, or statistical purposes, subject to implementation of the appropriate technical and organisational measures required by the GDPR to safeguard the rights and freedoms of the data subject.
• Processed in a manner that ensures appropriate security of the personal data, including protection against unauthorised or unlawful processing and against accidental loss, destruction, or damage, using appropriate technical or organisational measures.

3. Lawful, Fair, and Transparent Data Processing
   • The GDPR seeks to ensure that personal data is processed lawfully, fairly, and transparently, without adversely affecting the rights of the data subject. The GDPR states that processing of personal data shall be lawful if at least one of the following applies:
     • The data subject has given consent to the processing of their personal data for one or more specific purposes;
     • The processing is necessary for the performance of a contract to which the data subject is a party, or in order to take steps at the request of the data subject prior to entering into a contract with them;
     • The processing is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which the data controller is subject;
     • The processing is necessary to protect the vital interests of the data subject or of another natural person;
     • The processing is necessary for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority vested in the data controller; or

4. Adequate, Relevant, and Limited Data Processing

The Company will only collect and process personal data for and to the extent necessary for the specific purpose or purposes of which data subjects have been informed.

5. Accuracy of Data and Keeping Data Up-to-Date
   • The Company shall ensure that all personal data collected, processed, and held by it is kept accurate and up-to-date
   • The accuracy of personal data shall be checked when it is collected and at regular intervals If any personal data is found to be inaccurate or out-of-date, all reasonable steps will be taken without delay to amend or erase that data, as appropriate.

6. Data Retention
   • The Company shall not keep personal data for any longer than is necessary in light of the purpose or purposes for which that personal data was originally collected, held, and processed.
   • When personal data is no longer required, all reasonable steps will be taken to erase or otherwise dispose of it without delay. 

7. Secure Processing

The Company shall ensure that all personal data collected, held, and processed is kept secure and protected against unauthorised or unlawful processing and against accidental loss, destruction, or damage.

8. Accountability and Record-Keeping
   • The Company’s Data Protection Officer is Nicky Allen and Cindy Copcutt, nicky@demolitionservices.co.uk and accounts@demolitionservices.co.uk

• The Data Protection Officer shall be responsible for overseeing the implementation of this Policy and for monitoring compliance with this Policy, the Company’s other data protection-related policies, and with the GDPR and other applicable data protection legislation.

9. Data Subject Access
   • Data subjects may make subject access requests (“SARs”) at any time to find out more about the personal data which the Company holds about them, what it is doing with that personal data, and why.
   • Employees wishing to make a SAR should do using a Subject Access Request Form, sending the form to the Company’s Data Protection Officer at nicky@demolitionservices.co.uk 

10. Rectification of Personal Data
    • Data subjects have the right to require the Company to rectify any of their personal data that is inaccurate or incomplete.

11. Erasure of Personal Data
    • Data subjects have the right to request that the Company erases the personal data it holds about them in the following circumstances:
      • It is no longer necessary for the Company to hold that personal data with respect to the purpose(s) for which it was originally collected or processed;
      • The data subject wishes to withdraw their consent to the Company holding and processing their personal data;
      • The data subject objects to the Company holding and processing their personal data (and there is no overriding legitimate interest to allow the Company to continue doing so).
      • The personal data has been processed unlawfully;
    • Unless the Company has reasonable grounds to refuse to erase personal data, all requests for erasure shall be complied with, and the data subject informed of the erasure, within one month of receipt of the data subject’s request. The period can be extended by up to two months in the case of complex requests. If such additional time is required, the data subject shall be informed.

12. Restriction of Personal Data Processing
    • Data subjects may request that the Company ceases processing the personal data it holds about them. If a data subject makes such a request, the Company shall retain only the amount of personal data concerning that data subject (if any) that is necessary to ensure that the personal data in question is not processed further.
    • If any affected personal data has been disclosed to third parties, those parties shall be informed of the applicable restrictions on processing it (unless it is impossible or would require disproportionate effort to do so). 

13. Objections to Personal Data Processing
    • Data subjects have the right to object to the Company processing their personal data based on legitimate interests.

14. Data Security - Transferring Personal Data and Communications

The Company shall ensure that the following measures are taken with respect to all communications and other transfers involving personal data:

• All emails containing personal data must be marked “confidential”;
• Personal data may be transmitted over secure networks only; transmission over unsecured networks is not permitted in any circumstances;
• Personal data may not be transmitted over a wireless network if there is a wired alternative that is reasonably practicable;
• All personal data to be transferred physically, whether in hardcopy form or on removable electronic media shall be transferred in a suitable container marked “confidential”.

15. Data Security - Storage

The Company shall ensure that the following measures are taken with respect to the storage of personal data:

• All electronic copies of personal data should be stored securely using passwords
• All hardcopies of personal data, along with any electronic copies stored on physical, removable media should be stored securely in a locked box, drawer, cabinet, or similar;

16. Data Security - Disposal

When any personal data is to be erased or otherwise disposed of for any reason (including where copies have been made and are no longer needed), it should be securely deleted and disposed of.

17. Data Security - Use of Personal Data

The Company shall ensure that the following measures are taken with respect to the use of personal data:

• No personal data may be shared informally and if an employee, agent, sub-contractor, or other party working on behalf of the Company requires access to any personal data that they do not already have access
• No personal data may be transferred to any employees, agents, contractors, or other parties, whether such parties are working on behalf of the Company or not, without the authorisation of Tony Wray, Managing Director
• Personal data must be handled with care always and should not be left unattended or on view to unauthorised employees, agents, sub-contractors, or other parties at any time;
• If personal data is being viewed on a computer screen and the computer in question is to be left unattended for any period, the user must lock the computer and screen before leaving it; and

18. Data Security - IT Security

The Company shall ensure that the following measures are taken with respect to IT and information security:

• All passwords used to protect personal data should be changed regularly and should not use words or phrases that can be easily guessed or otherwise compromised.
• All software (including, but not limited to, applications and operating systems) shall be kept up-to-date. The Company’s IT staff shall be responsible for installing all security-related updates
• No software may be installed on any Company-owned computer or device without the prior approval of the Tony Wray, Managing Director.

19. Organisational Measures

The Company shall ensure that the following measures are taken with respect to the collection, holding, and processing of personal data:

• All employees, agents, contractors, or other parties working on behalf of the Company shall be made fully aware of both their individual responsibilities and the Company’s responsibilities under the GDPR and under this Policy, and shall be provided with a copy of this Policy;
• Only employees, agents, sub-contractors, or other parties working on behalf of the Company that need access to, and use of, personal data to carry out their assigned duties correctly shall have access to personal data held by the Company;
• All employees, agents, contractors, or other parties working on behalf of the Company handling personal data will be appropriately trained to do so;
• All employees, agents, contractors, or other parties working on behalf of the Company handling personal data will be appropriately supervised;
• All employees, agents, contractors, or other parties working on behalf of the Company handling personal data shall be required and encouraged to exercise care, caution, and discretion when discussing work-related matters that relate to personal data, whether in the workplace or otherwise;
• Methods of collecting, holding, and processing personal data shall be regularly evaluated and reviewed;
• All personal data held by the Company shall be reviewed periodically, as set out in the Company’s Data Retention Policy;
• The performance of those employees, agents, contractors, or other parties working on behalf of the Company handling personal data shall be regularly evaluated and reviewed;
• All employees, agents, contractors, or other parties working on behalf of the Company handling personal data will be bound to do so in accordance with the principles of the GDPR and this Policy by contract;
• All agents, contractors, or other parties working on behalf of the Company handling personal data must ensure that any and all of their employees who are involved in the processing of personal data are held to the same conditions as those relevant employees of the Company arising out of this Policy and the GDPR; and
• Where any agent, contractor or other party working on behalf of the Company handling personal data fails in their obligations under this Policy that party shall indemnify and hold harmless the Company against any costs, liability, damages, loss, claims or proceedings which may arise out of that failure.

20. Data Breach Notification
    • All personal data breaches must be reported immediately to the Company’s Data Protection Officer.

21. Implementation of Policy

This Policy shall be deemed effective as of 25^th May 2018. No part of this Policy shall have retroactive effect and shall thus apply only to matters occurring on or after this date.