At Hill Reading Architects, we take protecting your privacy extremely seriously. It is really important to us that you trust us with your personal information, so we want to make sure that you understand what information we hold about you and how we collect, store and process it in order to provide our services to you.
Please read this privacy policy carefully and if you have any questions about this policy or what we do with your personal information, please do not hesitate to contact us.
The personal information we collect from you will depend on the service you have requested from us. This information may include your full name, email address, telephone number, address, business name and business address.
We will process the information that you provide to us in the following ways for the purpose of (and on the basis of) providing the services we have been engaged to deliver to you:
We aim to protect your personal information in the following ways:
Wherever practicable, we will retain your personal information for no longer than is necessary; however, there are circumstances in which we will keep your information for longer, including;
In order to provide you with the services that you have requested from us, there are a number of third parties who may also need to process your personal information:
We use Google AdWords as our Paid Search Marketing provider, and Google Analytics as our analytics provider to assist us in the improvement and optimisation of our website. Their privacy policy can be found at https://policies.google.com/privacy
Our accountancy and bookkeeping software. Their privacy policies can be found at https://www.xero.com/uk/about/terms/privacy/ http://quickbooks.intuit.com/uk/privacy-policy/
As the requirements of Hill Reading Architects change, we may need to change the third parties who process your information to meet those requirements.
In some cases, third parties may be based outside of the European Economic Area (EEA); however, Hill Reading Architects will always ensure these third parties operate as if they were based inside the EEA in terms of data protection as part of our due diligence.
You have the following rights regarding your personal information:
If you wish to exercise any of your rights regarding your personal information we hold about you, please do not hesitate to contact us.
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If you are concerned about how we have treated your information, please contact us and we will assist you to make things right. Alternatively, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the Information Commissioner’s Office, who can be contacted via their website https://ico.org.uk.
Hill Reading Architects reserves the right to change this Policy at any time, and any amended policy is effective upon posting to this Website. Hill Reading Architects will make every effort to communicate any significant changes to you via email. Your continued use of our services will be deemed acceptance of any amended policy.
Last updated: August 2020