Under the General Data Protection Regulation Act 2018 (DPA) you have a number of rights regarding your person data. This Privacy Policy lets you know how Abicad Ltd collects, uses and protects your personal data and how you can control its use.  

 

Data Protection and information security are something that we take seriously at Abicad Ltd (“Company”, “we”, “us”, or “our”). We have reviewed and implemented our Data Protection Policy as part of our integrated management system and as part of our business risk assessment, to ensure compliance to the data protection legislation. 

 

 

At Abicad Ltd we are committed to protecting your personal information and your right to privacy. If you have any questions or concerns about our policy, or our practices with regards to your personal information, please contact us at admin@abicad.co.uk.  

 

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SCOPE OF THIS PRIVACY POLICY

 

When you visit our website: www.abicad.co.uk or Facebook application, and use our services, you trust us with your personal information. We take your privacy very seriously, so, in this privacy policy, we will explain what information we collect, how we use it and what rights you have in relation to it. If there are any terms in this privacy policy that you do not agree with, please discontinue the use of our Sites or Apps and our services.  

This privacy policy applies to all information collected via our website, Facebook or other social media apps and /or any related services or marketing events. 

 

1. DATA COLLECTED 

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Personal information you disclose to us  

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We collect personal information that you voluntarily provide to us when expressing an interest in obtaining information about us or our products and services, when participating in activities on the Services or Apps or otherwise contacting us. 

 

The personal information that we collect depends on the context of your interactions with us and the Services or Apps, the choices you make and the products and features you use. The personal information we collect can include the following: 

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Publicly Available Personal Information: We collect first name, last name, address, phone numbers, email addresses, business email, business phone number, and other similar data.    

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All personal information that you provide to us must be true, complete, and accurate.  

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Telephone Conversations

 

All telephone conversations are recorded for the purpose of providing excellent service, training, and confirming business transactions. 

 

 

2. HOW WE USE YOUR INFORMATION 

 

We use personal information collected via our Services or Apps for a variety of legitimate business purposes described below. We process your personal information for these purposes in order to enter into a contract with you, with your consent, and/or for compliance with our legal obligations. Below we have set out in more detail how we might use your information for specific purposes: 

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To post testimonials. We might post testimonials on our Services or Apps that may contain personal information. Prior to posting a testimonial, we will always obtain your consent to use your name and testimonial. If you wish to update, or delete your testimonial, you can contact us at admin@abicad.co.uk.  
                          

To deliver services to the user. We may use your information to provide you with the requested service and

to respond to user inquiries/offer support to users.  We may also use your information to respond to your inquiries and solve any potential issues you might have with the use of our Services.             

                                     

For other Business Purposes. We may use your information for other business purposes, such as data analysis, identifying usage trends, determining the effectiveness of our promotional campaigns and to evaluate and improve our Services or Apps, products, marketing, and your experience. We may use and store this information in aggregated form so that it is not associated with individual end users and does not include personal information. We will not use identifiable personal information without your consent.             

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3. HOW WE SHARE YOUR INFORMATION

   

We may process or share data based on the following legal basis: 

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Consent: We may process your data if you have given us specific consent to use your personal information in a specific purpose.  

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Legitimate Interests: We may process your data when it is necessary to achieve our legitimate business interests.

  

Performance of a Contract: Where we have entered into a contract with you, we may process your personal information to fulfil the terms of our contract.  

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Legal Obligations: We may disclose your information where we are legally required to do so in order to comply with applicable law, governmental requests, a judicial proceeding, court order, or legal process, such as in response to a court order.   

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Violation of Policies: We may disclose your information where we believe it is necessary to investigate, prevent, or take action regarding potential violations of our policies, suspected fraud, situations involving potential threats to the safety of any person and illegal activities, or as evidence in litigation in which we are involved. 

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More specifically, we may need to process your data or share your personal information in the following situations:    

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Analytics: We may share your data with third party vendors, service providers, or contractors who perform services for us or on our behalf and require access to such information to do that work. Examples include, data analysis, email delivery, customer service and marketing. This website uses tracking software to monitor its visitors to enable us to better understand how they use it. This information may be used to analyse and track data, determine the popularity of certain content and better understand online activity. We do not share, sell, rent or trade any of your information with third parties for their promotional purposes.

       

Business Transfers. We may share or transfer your information in connection with, or during negotiations of, any merger, sale of company assets, financing, or acquisition of all or a portion of our business to another company.  

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4. USE OF COOKIES AND OTHER TRACKING TECHNOLOGIES 

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We may use cookies and similar tracking technologies (like web beacons and pixels) to access or store information. If you prefer, you can usually set your browser to remove and reject cookies. Specific information about how we use such technologies and how you can refuse certain cookies is set out in our Cookie Policy.              

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5. LENGTH OF DATA RETENTION    

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We will not store your Personal Data for longer than is necessary for the purposes set out in this privacy policy, unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law (such as tax, accounting or other legal requirements). 

When we have no ongoing legitimate business need to process your personal information, we will either delete or anonymise it, or, if this is not possible (for example, because your personal information has been stored in backup archives), then we will securely store your personal information and isolate it from any further processing until deletion is possible.    

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6. LINKS TO WEBSITES NOT CONTROLLED BY ABICAD LTD 

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We have implemented appropriate security measures designed to protect the security of  

any personal information we process.  

 

This site may offer links to third party Websites that may be of interest to you. We do not exercise any control over the content of third-party websites or the practices of these third parties in connection with the protection of Personal Data that they might collect and are therefore not in the control of Abicad Ltd. As such we shall not be liable for the content of third-party websites or the practices of these third parties concerning the protection of Personal Data. 

 

It is therefore your responsibility to inform yourself as to these third parties’ privacy policies. 

 

Please also be aware that we cannot guarantee the internet itself is 100% secure. Although we will endeavour to always protect your personal information, the transfer of personal information to and from our Services and Apps is at your own risk. You should only access our services within a secure environment. 

 

7. RIGHTS OF ACCESS TO AND RECTIFICATION OF THE DATA AND OTHER RIGHTS 

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We will take reasonable steps to ensure that the Personal Data collected is used for the purposes stated in this Privacy Policy and that such Personal Data is correct and up to date. 

 

You have the right to request access to the Personal Information we collect from you. In addition, you have the right to request the rectification, update, or deletion of your Personal Data.  

 

To request, review, update, or delete your personal information, please submit a request by email to admin@abicad.co.uk and we will respond to your request within 30 days 

 

8. CHANGES TO THIS POLICY   

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This policy may be updated when required by applicable laws and regulations. So please check back for updates. If there is a major change, we may inform you via email or by posting a notice on our website. 

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9. DISPUTES  

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Although we have put in place reasonable safeguards to protect personal data, we recognize that there is no method of transmitting or storing Personal Data that is completely secure 

 

We are committed to ensuring the privacy of Personal Data and if you believe that your Personal Data has been compromised or misused, please contact us at admin@abicad.co.uk 

 

10. CONTACT 

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If you have questions or comments about this policy, you may contact our Data Protection Officer, Tracey Barrs, by email at tbarrs@abicad.co.uk, by phone at 01489 589454, or by post to: 

Abicad Ltd       

56 Botley Road   

Park Gate   

Southampton  

SO31 1BB     

United Kingdom  

 

Registered in England No. 03365944 

 

If you have any further questions or comments, you may also contact us by post at the address above