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GDPR Information

Deacon Asset Management understands and respects the importance of your privacy. This Privacy Policy outlines how we use the personal data we collect from you, or that you provide to us. Please read the following information carefully.

For the purpose of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) 2018, we, Deacon Asset Management are the Data Controller and Processor for https://www.deaconassetmanagement.co.uk(The Site).

The GDPR 2018 will introduce the following principles to UK law:

Lawful, fair and transparent processing of data

    The purpose for which personal data is collected must be specified, explicit and legitimate, and the      data must be processed in a manner that remains compatible with the initial purpose for which it is collected

    Data is not excessive and remains adequate and relevant data to the purpose

    Accuracy of data is maintained

    Data is stored for no longer than necessary

    Appropriate measures are taken to ensure data is processed in a secure manner

By submitting your personal data via this web site, you agree to the transfer, storing or processing of it as set out below. As a service provider, we require these details in order to fulfil our contract with you. Please do not use this website if you do not agree with any of the following.

WHAT INFORMATION DO WE COLLECT?

If just browsing The Site, our servers and cookies collect the following generic information about you;

    The Operating System you use e.g. Windows

    The Browser you use e.g. Safari or Google Chrome

    The device you are using to view this website e.g. Desktop or Mobile

    General Demographics e.g. Gender, Age Bracket & Broad Location

    Your IP Address

    Your Behaviour on our Site e.g. Page Views, Link Clicks etc.
 

Only when voluntarily completing a form on The Site, do we then have access to the following information:

    E-mail Address

    First & Last Name

    Telephone Number

    Other Personal Details used to complete the communication

HOW WE COLLECT YOUR INFORMATION

DIGITAL

    Cookies (Please refer to the Overview Table in the Cookies section below)

    Sign Up Forms

    Third-Party Review Sites

COOKIES

We store cookies on your computer to identify that you have been to our site before, and to personalise certain content based on previous behaviour. We do use third party cookies to track data. A summary of the cookies used on this Site and what they are used for can be viewed below.

You can opt out of Google’s use of cookies by visiting Google’s Ads Settings page:

http://www.google.com/settings/ads. If you would not like to be tracked during your visit you can install a Do Not Track Plugin for Google Chrome or enable the Do Not Track feature in Firefox. You can also visit http://www.aboutCookies.org/ or http://cookiepedia.co.uk/ for further information how to manage and delete Cookies.

HOW WE USE YOUR INFORMATION

To enable us to answer your communication

To communicate with you regarding your service or other purchase

To personalise repeat visits to our site as part of the service process

To respond to specific enquiries and queries

For resolving complaints and dealing with disputes

To notify you about changes to our service

To ensure that content from our Site is presented in the most effective manner for you and for your computer;

For preventing and detecting fraudulent or criminal activity

If you have given us your consent to receive marketing communications by email, are a customer of ours or you have previously asked us for information about services, we may send you marketing messages by email. However, in every marketing email message we send you, we will give you the opportunity to unsubscribe from our mailings altogether.
For internal research/analysis and customer profiling.

Please note the usage as outlined above applied to all information we hold about you, however we only obtain it during visit to our site.

DISCLOSURE OF YOUR INFORMATION

We do not sell, trade, or otherwise transfer to outside parties your personally identifiable information. This does not include trusted third parties who assist us in operating our website, conducting our business, or servicing you, so long as those parties agree to keep this information confidential. We may also release your information when we believe release is appropriate to comply with law, enforce our site policies, or protect ours or others rights, property or safety. However, non-personally identifiable visitor information may be provided to other parties for marketing, advertising or other uses. We collect GDPR readiness statements from all of our trusted third parties, which are available on request.

You have the right at any time to ask us not to process your personal data for marketing purposes. can exercise your right to prevent such processing by not ticking certain boxes on the forms we use to collect your data. You can also exercise the right at any time by visiting https://www.deaconassetmanagement.co.uk /unsubscribe 

We may provide your details to our suppliers, but only when specifically requested by yourself.

From a Data Retention perspective, we are legally bound from a financial viewpoint to keep your personal data on our systems for 7 years after you have bought services or products from Deacon Asset Management , or after Deacon Asset Management have bought services or products from you. After 7 years has passed, we will invite you to re-permission us to continue to hold your data.

ACCESSING YOUR INFORMATION

The GDPR 2018 gives you the right to check that your personal data is being processed lawfully. Your subject access right can be exercised in accordance with the act. Any subject access request must be made in writing to management@deaconasset.co.uk
If you would like amendments made to your data e.g. change of name or contact details, please contact us at any time via management@deaconasset.co.uk

DATA SECURITY

The transmission of information via the internet is not completely secure, and although we will do our best to protect your personal data, we cannot guarantee the security of your data transmitted to this web site, therefore any transmission is at your own risk.

Once we have received your information, we will take all reasonable steps to keep your personal data secure (both technologically and physically) and to try to prevent any unauthorised access to it.  All information you provide to us is stored on our secure servers. Any payment transactions will be encrypted using SSL technology.

Where we have given you (or where you have chosen) a password, which enables you to access certain parts of our site, you are responsible for keeping that password confidential. We ask you not to share a password with anyone.

If at any point you suspect or become aware of a breach in security, or receive suspicious communications from someone claiming to be from Deacon Asset Management, please let us know immediately via management@deaconasset.co.uk

EXTERNAL LINKS

Occasionally, at our discretion, we may include or offer third party products or services on our website. These third party sites have separate and independent privacy policies. We therefore have no responsibility or liability for the content and activities of these linked sites. Nonetheless, we seek to protect the integrity of our site and welcome any feedback about these sites.

AMENDMENTS

We reserve the right to update or alter this policy from time to time without notice to you