We collect or use the following information to provide and improve products and services for clients:
- Names and contact details
- Addresses
- Usage data (including information about how you interact with and use our website, products and services)
- Video recordings
- Records of meetings and decisions
We collect or use the following personal information for dealing with queries, complaints or claims:
- Names and contact details
- Address
- Payment details
- Video recordings of private or staff only areas
- Customer or client accounts and records
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. You can read more about this right here.
- 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. You can read more about this right here.
- Your right to withdraw consent – When we use consent as our lawful basis you have the right to withdraw your consent at any time. You can read more about this right here.
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 provide and improve products and services for clients are:
- 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.
- Contract – we have to collect or use the information so we can enter into or carry out a contract with you. All of your data protection rights may apply except the right to object.
- Legitimate interests – we’re collecting or using your information because it benefits you, our organisation or someone else, without causing an undue risk of harm to anyone. All of your data protection rights may apply, except the right to portability. Our legitimate interests are:
- The personal information we collect (contact details) fulfils the need to have open communication. This information may be collected through various channels, such as personal interactions (face to face meetings), email, social media, website, etc. The information is typically volunteered based on the data subject actively providing contact details in one form or another.
Our lawful bases for collecting or using personal information for dealing with queries, complaints or claims are:
- Contract – we have to collect or use the information so we can enter into or carry out a contract with you. All of your data protection rights may apply except the right to object.
- Legitimate interests – we’re collecting or using your information because it benefits you, our organisation or someone else, without causing an undue risk of harm to anyone. All of your data protection rights may apply, except the right to portability. Our legitimate interests are:
- If there is a query, complaint or claim, information (such as contact details) are required in order to process the request
- Directly from you
- Regulatory authorities
- Legal bodies or professionals (such as courts or solicitors)
- Publicly available sources
- Suppliers and service providers
- Third parties
We retain personal information only for as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes for which it was collected and to meet applicable legal, contractual and regulatory requirements.
Client records are generally retained during the period of engagement and for up to 6 years afterwards. Certification records are retained in accordance with applicable scheme requirements.
When information is no longer required, it will be securely deleted or destroyed.
If you ask us to stop sending you information, we will keep a record of your contact details and appropriate information to enable us to comply with your request not to be contacted by us.
Where you contribute material to us, e.g. user generated content or in response to a particular campaign, we will only keep your content for as long as is reasonably required for the purpose(s) for which it was submitted unless otherwise stated at the point of generation.
Data processors
Microsoft
This data processor does the following activities for us: Data storage and application services
Red Circles ITS Limited
This data processor does the following activities for us: Client support and certification services
Other organisations we may share information with
IASME Consortium Ltd
We may share personal information with IASME where necessary to deliver certification, assessment and assurance services.
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 raising 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
Last updated
21 September 2026
