Proteus Consultancy Group Ltd Privacy Notice

This Privacy Notice describes how Proteus Consultancy Group Limited processes any data that we might collect from you when you use our website or interact in any other way with us. For the purposes of this Privacy Notice, we shall be considered a data controller of your personal data described herein.

Proteus Consultancy Group Limited is a company incorporated in England and Wales under number 14994129 whose registered office is at 2 Postern House, York England YO23 1PH.

 

General Website Browsing

We process as little personal information as possible when you use our website. Our website doesn’t use cookies and complies with the GDPR, ePrivacy (including PECR), COPPA and CCPA. Using this privacy-friendly website analytics software, your IP address is only briefly processed, and we have no way of identifying you, unless you specifically provide us with information on our enquiry form.

You can read more about the privacy-friendly approach to website analytics on our provider Google Analytics’ website. Their software allows us to understand our website traffic in a way that respects privacy, so that we can continually improve our website and business. The lawful basis as per the GDPR is “Article 6(1)(f); where our legitimate interests are to improve our website and business continually.”

 

Processing of Personal Information

We may gather and store certain personal information that you provide to us, for example through our website contact form or through other channels such as social media (including LinkedIn) or corporate events.

The lawful basis for us to process your data is on grounds of legitimate interest, in line with our business needs and your reasons for interacting with us, for example:

  • Contacting you in relation to offering services to you
  • Contacting you in the course of providing services to you
  • Processing your recruitment enquiry or application
  • Contacting you in relation to another type of potential business relationship

Information that we hold about you may include:

  • Name
  • Company
  • Job Title
  • Email
  • Telephone number
  • Marketing and contact preferences
  • Feedback and survey responses
  • Data related to a job application, such as relevant work experience and evidence of the right to work in the UK
  • Dietary requirements if we are hosting you at an event
  • Travel documentation if we need to arrange travel or accommodation for you
  • Any other supplementary information that you provide to us that is relevant to our mutual business transactions

 

We will store your data in Proteus Consultancy Group’s systems hosted on secure Cloud-based platforms.

We keep the data for the duration of your engagement with Proteus Consultancy Group and for a period of 6 years following the end of your engagement with Proteus Consultancy Group, unless you specifically request us to remove your data earlier.

We will not pass your data to 3rd parties, except where specifically required for any 3rd party contractors directly involved in the business relationship that you establish with us, and with whom we have formal contracts in place that include provisions for the responsible management of data.

 

Your Data Protection Rights

Under data protection law, you have rights including:

  • Your right of access – You have the right to ask us for copies of your personal information.
  • Your right to rectification – You have the right to ask us to rectify personal information you think is inaccurate. You also have the right to ask us to complete information you think is incomplete.
  • Your right to erasure – You have the right to ask us to erase your personal information in certain circumstances.
  • Your right to restriction of processing – You have the right to ask us to restrict the processing of your personal information in certain circumstances.
  • Your right to object to processing – You have the right to object to the processing of your personal information in certain circumstances.
  • 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, in certain circumstances.
  • You are not required to pay any charge for exercising your rights. If you make a request, we have one month to respond to you.

You can find more information about your rights at this link: https://ico.org.uk

 

How to Contact Us

If you wish to exercise your rights described above, or if you have any concerns about our use of your personal information, you can write to us on email to mailto:minfo@proteusconltancygroup.com

 

You may also complain to the ICO if you are not satisfied with how we have used your data.

The ICO’s address:

Information Commissioner’s Office

Wycliffe House

Water Lane

Wilmslow

Cheshire

SK9 5AF

 

Helpline number: 0303 123 1113

ICO website: https://www.ico.org.uk