Applewood Data Services Ltd – Privacy Policy
The protection of your personal information is important to us. We respect your privacy and want you to understand what we do with the information we hold about you. This privacy notice applies to personal information we hold about individuals, sole traders and partnerships. It does not apply to information held about companies and other organisations.
This privacy notice explains how we collect, share and use personal information.
Our company registration details are as follows:
Company Name: Applewood Data Services Ltd
Place of Registration: England and Wales
Company Number: 5412873
Registered office: The Barn, 3a Smethurst Street, Middleton, Manchester. M24 2BA
1. Personal information we collect
Your computer’s IP address may tell us an approximate location when you connect to our website but this will be no more precise than the city, state or country you are using your device in. We do not do any direct marketing as a result of you using our website.
2. Who we share your personal information with
We share personal information with the following persons:- Other service providers and advisors: i.e.: companies that support our IT, provide us with legal or financial advice and generally help us to deliver our products and services to you.
- Purchasers of our business: buyers or perspective buyers who we sell or negotiate to sell our business to.
- The Government or our regulators: where we are required to do so by law or to assist with their investigations.
- Police and law enforcement: to assist with the investigation and prevention of crime.
- We do not disclose personal information to anyone else except as set out above.
3. How long do we keep personal information for
We will keep your personal information for as long as reasonably required for the purpose for which it was obtained and thereafter to maintain our records and legal obligations.
4. Security
Our website has numerous security measures in place to protect the loss, misuse and alteration of information under our control, such as passwords and firewalls. We cannot, however, guarantee that these measures are, or will remain, adequate. We do, however, take data security very seriously and will use all reasonable endeavours to protect the integrity of the information you provide.
5. Your rights in relation to your personal information
You have the following rights in relation to your personal information: (a) the right to be informed about how your personal information is being used; (b) the right to access the personal information we hold about you; (c) the right to request the correction of inaccurate personal information we hold about you; (d) the right to request the blocking or deletion of your personal information where the processing does not comply with applicable data protection laws.
To exercise any of the above rights, or if you have any questions relating to your rights, please contact us by using the details set out in the “Contacting us” section below.
If you are unhappy with the way we are using your personal information you can also complain to the UK Information Commissioner’s Office or your local data protection regulator. We are here to help and encourage you to contact us to resolve your complaint first. More information about your legal rights can be found on the Information Commissioner’s website at https://ico.org.uk/for-the-public/.
6. Changes to this notice
We may update this privacy notice from time to time. When we change this notice in a material way, we will update the version date at the bottom of this section. For significant changes to this notice we will try to give you reasonable notice unless we are prevented from doing so. Where required by law we will seek your consent to changes in the way we use your personal information.
7. Contacting us
In the event of any query or complaint in connection with the information we hold about you, please email . or write to us at:
Data Protection Manager, The barn, 3a Smethurst Street, Middleton, Manchester. M24 2BA
Version dated: April 2019
