Privacy and Cookie Policy

This privacy policy, together with our cookies policy, explains when and why we collect personal information about you when you visit our website, how it is used, who we share it with and your rights as the data subject.

You can visit our website without disclosing any personally identifiable information about yourself (although please note that we may use cookies and collect other non-personally identifiable information about your browsing activity).

We acknowledge and agree that we will safeguard your personal data in line with the Data Protection Act 1998 and with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) by the time it is legally enforced on 25 May 2018.

Note that by visiting peopleclear.co.uk you are consenting to the practices described in this privacy policy.

Who are we?

We are PeopleClear Ltd, our registered address is as:
Sixth Floor, Capital Tower, 91 Waterloo Road, London SE1 8RT.

How do we collect information from you?

When you visit our website, we use third party analytics services to record information about your visit in ways which can be both personally identifiable and unidentifiable.

If, when you visit our website, you choose to give us your email address, we use a third party email service to subscribe you to our mailing list. You can unsubscribe from our mailing list easily at any time through a link.

Additionally, we use cookies to log your activity on our website, however, should you wish to, you can turn these off at any time. Please see our cookies policy for more information.

We use Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google Inc. Google Analytics sets cookies in order to evaluate your use of our website and compile reports for us on activity on it.

Google stores the information collected by the cookies on servers in the United States. Google may also transfer this information to third parties where required to do so by law, or where such third parties process the information on Google’s behalf. Google will not associate your IP address with any other data held by Google. By using our website and accepting cookies from it, you consent to the processing of data about you by Google in the manner and for the purposes set out above.

Please click on the link below for information on Google’s Privacy policy
https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245

What type of information do we collect from you and how is it used?

Personally identifiable information

Your email address

  • Why we collect it: to communicate with you about relevant news and updates related to PeopleClear and to seek your views on the services we provide and notify you of any changes.
  • Our lawful reason: Consent. Article 6a.
  • How long we keep it for: Until you exercise your right to be forgotten or until we no longer need the information, whichever comes first.

Email communications between you and PeopleClear.

  • Why we collect it: to improve our offering and to better assist you and other visitors to the PeopleClear website.
  • Our lawful reason: Consent. Article 6a.
  • How long we keep it for: Until you exercise your right to be forgotten or until we no longer need the information, whichever comes first.

Personally unidentifiable information

Pages visited, browser type and settings, rough location and session length.

  • Why we collect it: To improve the features and usability of our website and collate anonymised aggregated website analytics. Please view our cookies policy for more details.

Your rights as the data subject

As the data subject you have rights to the information we hold on you. These are as follows:

  • Right to access the personal information we hold
  • Right to rectification of inaccurate personal data concerning you
  • Right to erasure i.e a right to ask us to delete the personal data we hold on you
  • Right to restriction of processing if the information held is incorrect or it is being held unlawfully
  • Right to data portability i.e to receive from our controller all the personal data concerning you in an easily readable format and for you to transmit this data to another controller should you wish to
  • Right to object to direct marketing

If you would like to exercise any of these rights then please contact our Data Protection Officer, Andrew Pullman, at this email address [email protected]

When making a request for access, correction or erasure your request should be accompanied by sufficient identification and by any information that is reasonably necessary to locate the personal data sought.

Once we receive a request for access and/or correction we will respond to that request within one month after the request is made. In instances when we have received a large number of requests it may take an additional 2 months.

Please also contact Andrew Pullman if you wish to make a complaint about how we have handled your data and if you feel that we have used your data not in accordance with the law then you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at ico.org.uk.

Who has access to this information

We will not sell or rent your information to third parties and will not share your information with third parties for marketing purposes.

How we secure your information

All the personal data we have is stored securely with our cloud service providers. We restrict access just to those who require the information to do their job and where necessary we anonymise and encrypt data.

Transferring your information outside of Europe

As part of the services offered to you through this website, the information which you provide to us may be transferred to countries outside the European Economic Area (EEA). If we transfer your information outside of the EEA in this way, we will take steps to ensure that appropriate security measures are taken with the aim of ensuring that your privacy rights continue to be protected as outlined in this Policy. For example Mailchimp provides our mailing list management and is based in the US but has signed up for the US-Privacy Shield to be compliant with EEA adequacy provisions.

Cookie Policy

What are cookies?

A cookie is a small text file that’s stored on your computer or mobile device when you visit a website, which can remember your activities and preferences.

Why do we use cookies?

We use cookies to tailor our content to make it more relevant to you. We also use some cookies provided by other companies whom we trust, which may track things such as how long you spend on the site and the pages that you visit. Understanding how customers are using our site and products helps us improve the customer experience.

How can I turn cookies off?

Should you wish to, you can prevent the use of cookies by adjusting the settings on your browser (see your browser help for how to do this), but this does mean things might not work as expected.

Changes to this policy

PeopleClear Ltd reserves the right to change this policy from time to time or as may be required by law. Any changes will be immediately posted on the website and you are deemed to have accepted the terms of the policy on your first use of the website following the alterations.

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