Privacy and Cookies Policy

Last updated April 2021

At GDA Creative we are committed to protecting and respecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect personal data and how we use it.

Our contact details:

GDA Creative
Suite 36
30 Churchill Square
Kings Hill
West Malling
Kent
ME19 4YU

Telephone: 01732 525896

E-mail: hello@gdades.co.uk

 

The type of personal information we collect

We currently collect and process the following information:

Identity data, including first name and last name.

Contact data including land line phone number, mobile phone number, extension number, email address, company address, billing address, delivery address and postal address.

Financial data and transaction data to conduct business, including bank account details, details about payments and details of services purchased from GDA Creative.

Any other data supplied to us for business purposes.

 

How we get the personal information and why we have it

Most of the personal information we process is provided to us directly by our customers, suppliers and other business contacts. We use it for the following reasons:

To carry out business with our clients/suppliers in the matter of providing professional services.

To verify identification of a data subject.

To send marketing communications about our services.

To respond to feedback, queries and complaints.

To manage communication and distribution of data.

We also receive personal information indirectly from the following sources in the following scenarios:

We collect publicly available information from websites, online business directories, social media feeds and other sources to monitor engagement and identify potential leads.

We may pass your personal data on to third-party service providers contracted to GDA Creative in the course of delivering our services. Any third parties that we may share your data with are obliged to keep your details securely, and to use them only to fulfil the service they provide to you on our behalf.

Under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the lawful bases we rely on for processing this information are:

(a) Your consent. You are able to remove your consent at any time. You can do this by contacting hello@gdades.co.uk

(b) We have a legitimate interest.

 

How we store your personal information

Your information is securely stored at Suite 36, 30 Churchill Square, Kings Hill, West Malling, Kent ME19 4YU.

Any personal data we hold on you will be deleted or updated upon your request and any inaccurate or misleading data held will be changed or deleted upon your request.

 

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 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.

Please contact us at GDA Creative, Suite 36, 30 Churchill Square, Kings Hill, West Malling, Kent ME19 4YU, Tel 01732 525896, e-mail hello@gdades.co.uk if you wish to make a request.

 

How to complain

If you have any concerns about our use of your personal information, you can make a complaint to us at GDA Creative, Suite 36, 30 Churchill Square, Kings Hill, West Malling, Kent ME19 4YU, Tel 01732 525896, e-mail hello@gdades.co.uk.

You can also complain to the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) if you are unhappy 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

 

Links to other websites

This Privacy Policy does not cover the links within our website linking to other websites. We encourage you to read the privacy statements on the other websites you visit.

 

Cookies Policy

Our website uses cookies to distinguish you from other users of our website. This helps us to provide you with a better experience when you browse our website and allows us to improve our site.

A 'cookie' is a piece of information that is stored on your computer hard drive which records how you move your way around a website, so that when you revisit that website it can present tailored options based on the information stored about your last visit. Cookies can also be used to analyse traffic and for advertising and marketing purposes. Cookies are used by nearly all websites and do not harm your system.

If you want to check or change what types of cookies you accept, this can usually be altered within your browser settings. You can block cookies at any time by activating the setting on your browser that allows you to refuse the setting of all or some cookies. However, if you use your browser settings to block all cookies (including essential cookies) you may not be able to access all or parts of our site.

GDA Creative currently does not use cookies to save information such as time of day, browser type and content requested when you visit our website.

 

Changes to this Privacy and Cookies Policy

We will keep this privacy notice under regular review and we will place any updates here. At the start of this privacy notice, we will tell you when it was last updated.

Source of GDPR compliance information: Information Commissioner's Office.