Dcw Accounting Ltd

Customer Privacy Notice

This privacy notice tells you what to expect us to do with your personal information.

 

Contact details

Dcw Accounting LTD – 11 Retiro Street, OLDHAM, OL1 1SA, GB

Telephone – 01617111175

Email – info@dcwaccounting.co.uk

What information we collect, use, and why

We collect or use the following personal information to comply with legal requirements:

  • Name
  • Contact information
  • Identification documents
  • Any other personal information required to comply with legal obligations

We also collect or use the following information to comply with legal requirements:

  • Trade union membership
  • Biometric information (where used to identify someone)

Lawful bases and data protection rights

Under UK data protection law, we must have a “lawful basis” for collecting and using your personal information. There is a list of possible lawful bases in the UK GDPR.

You can find out more about lawful bases on the ICO’s website.

Which lawful basis we rely on may affect your data protection rights which are in brief set out below. You can find out more about your data protection rights and the exemptions which may apply on the ICO’s website:

Your right of access – You have the right to ask us for copies of your personal information. You can request other information such as details about where we get personal information from and who we share personal information with. There are some exemptions which means you may not receive all the information you ask for. You can read more about this right here.

 Your right to rectification – You have the right to ask us to correct or delete personal information you think is inaccurate or incomplete. You can read more about this right here.

Your right to erasure – You have the right to ask us to delete your personal information. You can read more about this right here.

 Your right to restriction of processing – You have the right to ask us to limit how we can use your personal information. You can read more about this right here.

Your right to object to processing – You have the right to object to the processing of your personal data.

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.

Your right to withdraw consent – When we use consent as our lawful basis you have the right to withdraw your consent at any time.

If you make a request, we must respond to you without undue delay and in any event within one month.

To make a data protection rights request, please contact us using the contact details at the top of this privacy notice.

Our lawful bases for the collection and use of your data

Our lawful bases for collecting or using personal information to comply with legal requirements:

  • Consent – we have permission from you after we gave you all the relevant information. All of your data protection rights may apply, except the right to object. To be clear, you do have the right to withdraw your consent at any time.
  • Legal obligation – we have to collect or use your information so we can comply with the law. All of your data protection rights may apply, except the right to erasure, the right to object and the right to data portability.

Where we get personal information from

  • Directly from you
  • Legal bodies or professionals (such as courts or solicitors)
  • Publicly available sources

How long we keep information

We will keep any information for a minimum of 1 year and up to a maximum of 6 years depending on the nature of the information.

Who we share information with

Data processors

Firm Check

This data processor does the following activities for us: AML checks PEPS etc

Others we share personal information with

  • Other financial or fraud investigation authorities
  • Professional or legal advisors
  • Regulatory authorities
  • Organisations we’re legally obliged to share personal information with

How to complain

If you have any concerns about our use of your personal data, you can make a complaint to us using the contact details at the top of this privacy notice.

If you remain unhappy with how we’ve used your data after making a complaint with us, you can also complain to the ICO.

The ICO’s address:

Information Commissioner’s Office
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF

Helpline number: 0303 123 1113

Website: https://www.ico.org.uk/make-a-complaint