Your privacy is very important to Ormiston House Consulting and Writing Services Ltd. We recognise and respect your privacy rights with regard to your personal data. 

This Privacy Policy explains the type of personal data we may collect about you and how we use it. If you have any questions or wish to exercise your rights relating to personal data, please contact us using the contact form on this website. 

What personal data do we collect?

We collect your name and e-mail when you contact us through the website of otherwise contact us by e-mail. 

How do we use your data?

We may use your data for business operations. That is for marketing, sales, research and development.

How do we store your data?

We store your personal data in a secure data storage area and use technical and physical access controls consistent with industry standards.

We will keep your personal data only as long as needed to meet the purpose outlined above unless a longer retention period is required by law. After this time, we will delete your data permanently from our system.

Marketing

We would like to send you information about our products and services that we think you may like.  If you have agreed to receive marketing communications, you may always opt out at a later date.

You have the right at any time to stop us from contacting you for marketing purposes. If you no longer wish to be contacted for marketing purposes please contact us using the contact form on this website.

What are your rights?

Data protection rights are different in different countries.   Some of the following rights apply only to residents of certain countries. Do not let this deter you from making requests or objecting to  personal data actions. We will let you know if a right does not apply under certain conditions. You have the following rights:

• Right to access: Ask  for copies of your personal data that we have.
• Right to rectification: Ask us to correct any information you believe is inaccurate or incomplete.
• Right to erasure / ‘Right to be forgotten’: Ask us to erase your personal data.
• Right to restrict or object to processing: Ask us to restrict the processing of your personal data or object to us processing your personal data. This includes processing your personal data for the purpose of direct marketing and selling your personal data.
• Right to data portability: Ask us to transfer the data that we have collected to another organisation.

If you would like to exercise any of these rights, please contact us using the contact form on this website.

We may need to check your identity first. We will meet the timelines set for responding to requests.

Sharing your personal data with other organizations

We may share your personal data with other organizations for the following reasons:

• Government departments / organizations appointed by government :
  As authorised by the government.
  Carrying out a legal duty.
  Monitoring for equal opportunities purposes i.e. race, disability or religion.
  Your consent is not required
• Legal firms:
  Conducting any legal proceedings, obtaining legal advice or defending any legal rights.
  Your consent is not required
• Our network of partners, suppliers and clients:
  For business development
  Your consent is required if data are sensitive. We will (depending on the data protection law/ code where you live) either inform you or obtain affirmative, express consent (opt in) from you.
  Your consent is not required where you have already made the information public.

Cookies

When you visit our website, we may collect information from you automatically through cookies or similar technology. We use cookies to improve your experience on our website.  This includes understanding how you use our website. The data generated through cookies can be used for various purposes including:

Necessary 

These cookies are essential for you to move around the website.

Performance

These cookies collect information about how visitors use our website. They are used to improve how our website works in future versions.

Functionality

These cookies allow the website to remember your choices.

Targeting or advertising

These cookies are used to deliver content relevant to you. 

Cookie Consent

We are required by law to obtain your consent for all types of cookies other than those that are “necessary”.  You can change your consent by clicking this the “Manage Cookies” tab that appears at the bottom of this page. 

You can also set your browser not to accept cookies and allaboutcookies.org tells you how to remove cookies from your browser.

How to contact us

You can contact us using the contact form on the website.

How to complain

Should you wish to report a complaint or if you feel that we have not addressed your concern in a satisfactory manner, you may contact the relevant Data Protection Authority.

If you are resident in UK: 

Information Commissioner’s Office
Wycliffe House Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF e-mail:  casework@ico.org.uk

If you are resident in any other country visit individual your country’s government website for contact details.

Changes to our privacy policy

We keep our privacy policy under regular review and place any updates on this web page.  This privacy policy was last update 14th April 2021.