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FPA architects Privacy Policy

 Fair Processing Notice

 Our Fair Processing Notice describes the categories of personal data we process and for what purposes. We are committed to collecting and using such data fairly and in accordance with the requirements of the General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR). The Fair Processing Notice will become effective from 25 May 2018.

1. INTRODUCTION
 
1.1 We take your privacy seriously and you can find out more here about your privacy rights and how we gather, use and share your personal information – that includes the personal information we already hold about you now and the further personal information we might collect about you, either from you or from a third party. How we use your personal information will depend on the services we provide to you.
1.2 At FPA Architects we make sure that we apply the best standards to protecting your personal information. if you have any questions about how we use your personal information we can be reached by email at enquiries@fparchitects.co.uk or by post at FPA Architects, 2 Trafford Road, Alderley Edge SK9 7NT See section 3 Your Privacy Rights for more information about your rights and how we can help you.
1.3 This Privacy Notice provides up to date information about how we use your personal inf ormation and will update any previous information we have given you about using your personal information (also referred to as personal data). We will update this Privacy Notice if we make any significant changes affecting how we use your personal information, and if so we will contact you to let you know about the change.

2. ABOUT US
 
2.1 We are what is known as the 'controller' of personal information we gather and use. When we say 'we' or 'us' in this Privacy Notice, we mean FPA Architects. FPA Architects is the trading name of each of the following companies: South Ash Ltd (reg no 06967082), FPA South Ltd (reg no 08674990), FPA Morecambe Ltd (reg no 10775828), all registered in England and Wales with a registered office at 2 Trafford Road, Alderley Edge, SK9 7NT

3. YOUR PRIVACY RIGHTS

3.1 You have the right to object to how we use your personal information. You also have the right to see what personal information we hold about you. In addition, you can ask us to correct inaccuracies, delete or restrict personal information or to ask for some of your personal information to be provided to someone else. You can make a complaint to us by emailing enquiries@fparchitecture.co.uk or by writing to;
FPA Architects, 2 Trafford Road, Alderley Edge SK9 7NT
You can also make a complaint to the data protection supervisory authority, the Information Commissioner's Office, at https://ico.org.uk.
3.2 To make enquires for further information about exercising any of your rights in this Privacy Notice please contact us by emailing enquiries@fparchitecture.co.uk or by writing to;
 FPA Architects, 2 Trafford Road, Alderley Edge SK9 7NT

4. WHAT KINDS OF PERSONAL INFORMATION DO WE USE

4.1 We use a variety of personal information depending on the services we deliver to you. For all services, we need to use your name, address and contact details, to allow us to locate you and visit your land/ property. For some services we might need additional information, for example:
• bank details for payments
• information to allow us to check your identity and information about your credit history.
• proof of identity - anti money laundering
• fraud prevention, anti-money laundering and to meet legal obligations.
• Any other information that is relevant to be able to provide the contracted services to you, meet or enforce a legal obligation or where it is fair and reasonable for us to do so.
4.2 Sometimes where we ask for your personal information needed to enter into a contract with you or to meet a legal obligation (such as a credit check), we will not be able to provide some services without that personal information.

5. HOW WE GATHER YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

5.1 We obtain personal information:
    • directly from you, for example in person, during a telephone conversation or in writing by letter electronic correspondence.

6. HOW WE USE YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

6.1 To provide you with any services we need to know your name, address and contact details. We will give your information to and receive information from (directly or through a recognised agency) Local Authority Planning Departments and Building Control Departments. With your consent we will also provide your contact information to other professionals (e.g. Quantity Surveyors, Structural Engineers) to enable us to provide you with a complete service. We sometimes need to gather, use and share additional personal information for specific purposes, which are set out in more detail below.
6.2 To operate and administer our services, including dealing with your complaints and rectifying problems, we will use: • your contact details;
    • We use your information in this way because it is necessary to perform our contract with you and to meet our legal obligations.
6.3 To administer payments from you, we will use:
    • your contact details and the payment details that you have provided to us.
6.4 For financial management and debt recovery purposes, we will use:
    • your contact details; We will give information to and receive information from third parties where that is necessary to recover debts due by you to us, for example, debt recovery agents, our accountants, or our solicitors. We use your information in this way because it is necessary to perform our contract with you, to exercise our legal rights, and because it is fair and reasonable for us to do so.
6.5 Personal information requirements for Business customers For business customers, we will use personal information about key individuals in the business, so we can operate and administer the services which we provide to the business – to do this we will use:
    • (a) personal information about key individuals who are either a sole trader of the business or are a proprietor, director, company secretary, shareholder, partner, member, committee member, trustee, controller, beneficial owner or authorised signatory to the account of the business.
    • (b) the personal information we use about key individuals is as set out in section 6, and we may use it for any of the purposes described in section 6. We may hold personal information on key individuals for the purposes of operating and administering services which we provide to the business, as well as for the purposes of debt recovery purposes, and to make credit decisions about the business. Personal information on key individuals is obtained directly from the key individual, from the business to which the key individual is linked with, from the key individual's dealings with any member of FPA Architects.

7. OUR LEGAL BASIS FOR USING YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

7.1 We only use your personal information where that is permitted by the laws that protect your privacy rights. We only use personal information where:
    1. we have your consent (if consent is needed);
    2. we need to use the information to comply with our legal obligations;
    3. we need to use the information to perform a contract with you; and/or
    4. it is fair to use the personal information either in our interests or someone else's interests, where there is no disadvantage to you – this can include where it is in our interests to contact you about services, or collaborate with others on a project or to improve our services. Where we have your consent, you have the right to withdraw it. We will let you know how to do that at the time we gather your consent. See section 10 keeping you up to date

8. SHARING YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION WITH OR GETTING YOUR PERSOANL INFORMATION FROM OTHERS.

8.1 We will share the necessary elements of your personal information with members of your project team to allow them to be able to provide the contracted services to you, meet or enforce a legal obligation or where it is fair and reasonable for us to do so. See section 6 How we use your personal information for more information about how we do this. We will only share your personal information to the extent needed for those purposes.
8.2 Who we share your personal information with depends on the services we provide to you and the purposes we use your personal information for.
8.3 The personal information we have about you is information you have given to us, or gathered by us in the course of providing services to you.

9. HOW LONG WE KEEP YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION FOR

9.1 How long we keep your personal information for depends on the products and services we deliver to you. We will never retain your personal information for any longer than is necessary for the purposes we need to use it for.
9.2 We keep the personal information we use for up to twelve years after the completion of a project. In some circumstances we will hold personal information for longer where necessary for active or potential legal proceedings, to resolve or defend claims, and for the purpose of making remediation payments.

10. KEEPING YOU UP TO DATE

10.1 We will communicate with you about services we are delivering using any contact details you have given us - for example by post, email, text message, social media, and notifications on our website.

11. USE OF OUR WEBSITE

11.1 Our website uses cookies to help provide you with the best experience we can. Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer or mobile phone when you browse websites Our cookies help us:
• Make our website work as you'd expect
• Improve the speed/security of the site
• Continuously improve our website for you
• Make our marketing more efficient
We do not use cookies to:
• Collect any personally identifiable information (without your express permission)
• Collect any sensitive information (without your express permission)
• Pass data to advertising networks
• Pass personally identifiable data to third partiesPay sales commissions

11.2 More about our cookies;
• We use cookies to make our website work. There is no way to prevent these cookies being set other than to not use our site.
• Our site includes functionality provided by third parties. The website includes an embedded Google Map and links to our social media pages. Disabling these cookies will likely break the functions offered by these third parties
• We use cookies for anonymous visitor statistics to help us understand and track the usage of our websites and where we can improve the information and services provided

11.3 For information about blocking the use of cookies, please refer to the instructions/help screen on your internet browser. Please note that you may not be able to use or access certain parts of the website or online services if you block the use of all cookies.