Privacy Notice
Niteo Development Limited T/A Niteo Development takes your data privacy seriously. We focus on delivering digital business consultancy and coaching to help you meet your business goals. In order to provide you with our services we collect and use personal data which means that we are a ‘Data Controller’ and we are responsible for and committed to protecting your privacy and complying with the UK General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR), Data Protection Act 2018 and any subsequent laws or regulations applicable.
In this Privacy Notice, we want to inform you about what information we collect, how we use it and what rights individuals have in relation to the collection and processing of their personal data.
Our Contact Details:
Address: 2 Scotts Road, Halston, Kirkwall, Orkney, KW16 3JE
Email: team@niteodevelopment.com
Tel: 07855498814
If you have any questions in respect of this Privacy Notice or how we manage your personal data, please contact us using the contact details above.
Who’s information do we collect?
We collect personal data in the course of delivering our services. This can belong to clients, enquirers, contracted associates, suppliers and individuals nominated as points of contact.
What personal data do we collect and process?
We collect the following types of data:
General contact details such as, Name, Address, email address, Telephone number
Job Title or Role of the person whose information we are processing
Business Activities and job descriptions
Details of Services provided to you
General Communications between you and us
Financial Details – such as payment or bank details
For recruitment: Work and Education History
Information obtained through our use of cookies (please see our Cookie Policy)
Your marketing preferences
Special Categories of Personal Data that we collect:
We do not collect, process or store Special Categories of Personal Data
How we collect your information:
In most cases we collect your data directly from you. We collect data and process it when you:
Complete an online ‘contact us’ form
Provide information during a meeting or Consultation to discuss our services
Speak to us on the telephone to discuss or use our services
Provide us with information in the course of completing one of our programmes
Email or write to us
In relation to working freelance or employment with us:
Send us a CV
We also receive your data indirectly from the following sources:
Social Media Sites including LinkedIn
Public sources – demographic data, Market Research
Credit Agencies and publicly available company data sources such as Companies House
Or if you are nominated as a point of contact by your organisation
Where you are a participant in one of our programmes delivered on behalf of your employer – on those occasions your employer is the Data Controller and we act as the Data Processor on their behalf.
Please Remember: Where you provide any of this information relating to or on behalf of another individual such as a nominated contact, you must remember to ensure that you have the consent of the individual and provide them with a copy of or access to this Privacy Notice.
Why we do we collect your information?
Where we collect and process personal data, we identify both the purpose and legal basis for doing so. There are 6 possible legal bases which are:
Consent – where we have consent from the individual to the processing of his or her personal data for one or more specific purpose
Contract – where the processing is necessary for the performance of a contract to which the data subject is party or in order to take steps at the request of the data subject prior to entering into a contract
Legal Obligation – The processing is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which we are subject
Vital Interests – Where the processing is necessary in order to protect the vital interests of the data subject or another natural person
Public Interest – Where the processing is necessary for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority vested in the controller
Legitimate Interests - Where the processing is necessary for the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by the controller or by a third party, except where such interests are overridden by the interests or fundamental rights and freedoms of the data subject which require protection of personal data, in particular where the data subject is a child.
Our purpose and legal basis for the information we collect, and process allows us to:
Where we rely on your consent you have the right to withdraw this consent at any time by contacting our Data Protection Officer.
Legitimate Interests - Where the processing of personal data is based on our Legitimate Interests, it is to improve on our service, security and prevent fraud or illegal activity in favour of the wellbeing of our customers, employees and shareholders.
Direct Marketing:
We may send you details of similar services to those you have enquired about or purchased from us previously. You can opt out of receiving this information from us at any time by contacting us at the above address or clicking ‘unsubscribe’ on any messages you may receive.
We will never share or sell your information to any other party for marketing purposes.
Who do we share your information with?
From time to time we may share your personal information with the following third parties for the purposes set out above:
Our Accountant or Payment Service Providers
Associates or Freelance Service Providers
Regulators and Governing bodies, Lawyers and other Professional Services
Software and Cloud storage providers
Fraud detection Agencies
Police and Law Enforcement agencies where reasonably necessary for the prevention or detection of crime
Regulators and governing bodies such as HMRC in respect of employment & Payroll data
Selected Third Parties in connection with any future sale, transfer or disposal of our business
International data transfers
We work with Associates who may be located outside of the UK. In addition, with today’s modern technology including Cloud Storage and software, some recipients of your personal data can be located outside your country or have offices in countries where data protection laws may provide a different level of protection than the laws in your country.
Where this is the case, we make sure that additional safeguards are in place such as ensuring that those countries have a decision of adequacy or those associates and providers have entered into standard contract clauses with us in their terms to support the ongoing protection of your data.
Automated decision-making or Profiling
We do not process personal data for automated decision making or profiling
How Long do we keep personal data for?
We will retain personal data in accordance with legal and regulatory requirements and for no longer than is necessary to fulfil the purposes set out in this privacy policy. We maintain and review a detailed retention policy which documents how long we will hold different types of data. The time period will depend on the purpose for which we collected the information and is never on an indefinite basis. Subsequently, we will delete your personal data in accordance with our data retention and deletion policy or take steps to properly render the data anonymous, unless we are legally obliged to keep your personal data longer (e.g. for tax, accounting or auditing purposes).
The following details the criteria used to establish the retention period set out within our policy:
Where it is still necessary for the provision of our Services
This includes the duration of any contract for services we have with you and for a period of 3 years after the end of any contract with a view to maintaining and improving the performance of our products, keeping our systems secure, and maintaining appropriate business and financial records. Most of our retention periods are determined on the basis of this general rule.
Where required by Statutory, contractual or other similar obligations
Corresponding storage obligations may arise, for example, from laws or regulation. It may also be necessary to store personal data regarding pending or future legal disputes. Personal data contained in contracts, notifications and business letters may be subject to statutory storage obligations depending on national law. Where this is the case will retain the data in accordance with our obligations.
Your Rights as a data subject
As a data subject, you have rights in relation to your personal data. These are:
The Right to Access – You have the right to request details of personal information held or processed and to copies of this data. We do not usually charge for this service.
The Right to Rectification – You have the right to request that any information be corrected that you believe is inaccurate or to complete any information that you believe is incomplete.
The Right to Erasure – You have the right to request that we erase your personal information under certain conditions
The Right to Restrict Processing – You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal data under certain circumstances
The Right to Object to Processing – You have the right to object to our processing of your data, under certain conditions.
The Right to Data Portability – You have the right to request that we transfer the data that we have collected to another organisation or directly to you, under certain conditions.
You also have the Right to Withdraw Consent where you have previously provided this at any time.
To exercise any of these rights, or if you have a complaint please contact us using the contact details at the beginning of this notice.
You also have the right to complain to the Supervisory Authority. In the UK, where you wish to report a complaint or feel that we have not addressed your concern in a satisfactory manner, you may contact the Information Commissioner’s Office at:
The Information Commissioner’s Office – Scotland
Queen Elizabeth House
Sibbald Walk
Edinburgh
EH8 8FT
Telephone: 0303 123 1115
Email: scotland@ico.org.uk
Contractual Obligations and Consequences
In some circumstances, the provision of personal data is partly required by law (for example, tax regulations, employment and legal obligations) or can also result from contractual provisions. This means that it may sometimes be necessary to conclude or fulfil a contract, that the personal data be provided. In those circumstances where the data is not provided or where certain rights are exercised, (Erasure, Object) there is a possible consequence that the contract could not be fulfilled or concluded and may be cancelled.
Cookies & similar technologies
When you visit our Website, we use cookies and similar technologies to provide you with a better, faster and safer user experience or to show you personalised advertising. Cookies are small text files that are automatically created by your browser and stored on your device when you visit or use the Website. For full information on our use of cookies and how to manage them, please see our Cookie Policy.
To learn more about how to manage your browser cookie settings in general please see www.allaboutcookies.org
Remember: When clicking on external links via our website or when you find us via social media platforms, you are visiting or redirected to the domain of those websites. We have no control over the privacy settings on these websites or the cookies they set, so please bear in mind that you should set your preferences in line with their own policies and cookie controls separately.
Data security
We aim to protect your personal data through technical and organisational security measures to minimise risks associated with data loss, misuse, unauthorised access and unauthorised disclosure and alteration.
We store customer records in cloud-based services and data centres which have controlled and restricted access. We also operate internal policies and procedures detailing physical security, cloud storage security monitoring, access control and password security measures.
Changes to our Privacy Notice
All businesses change from time to time. At Niteo Development we keep our Privacy Notice under regular review.
This Privacy Notice was last updated on 9th July 2021.