Introduction

This document refers to personal data, which is defined as information concerning any living person (a natural person who hereafter will be called the Data Subject) that is not already in the public domain.

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The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) seeks to protect and enhance the rights of data subjects. These rights cover the safeguarding of personal data, protection against the unlawful processing of personal data and the unrestricted movement of personal data within the EU. It should be noted that GDPR does not apply to information already in the public domain.

 

The Trading Force is pleased to provide the following Privacy Notice:

 

Personal Data

The Trading Force uses the information collected from you to provide quotations, make telephone contact and to email you marketing information which The Trading Force believes may be of interest to you and your business. In you making initial contact you consent to The Trading Force maintaining a marketing dialogue with you until you either opt out (which you can do at any stage) or we decide to desist in promoting our services. The Trading Force also acts on behalf of its clients in the capacity of data processor. When working exclusively as a data processor, The Trading Force will be acting on the instruction of its client, and will work hard to ensure that the client is fully GDPR compliant.

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Some personal data may be collected about you from the forms and surveys you complete, from records of our correspondence and phone calls and details of your visits to our website, including but not limited to personally identifying information like Internet Protocol (IP) addresses. The Trading Force may from time to time use such information to identify its visitors. The Trading Force may also collect statistics about the behaviour of visitors to its website.

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The Trading Force website uses cookies, which is a string of information that a website stores on a visitor’s computer, and that the visitor’s browser provides to the website each time the visitor returns. WIX uses cookies to help The Trading Force identify and track visitors and their website access preferences. The Trading Force website visitors who do not wish to have cookies placed on their computers should set their browsers to refuse cookies before using The Trading Force website.

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Any information The Trading Force holds about you and your business encompasses all the details we hold about you and any sales transactions including any third-party information we have obtained about you from public sources and our own suppliers such as credit referencing agencies.

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The Trading Force will only collect the information needed so that it can provide you with marketing and consulting services, this agency does not sell or broker your data, although coincidentally there may be times when your information could be contained in data that The Trading Force has purchased from a third-party list broker, on behalf of a client.

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Legal basis for processing any personal data

To meet The Trading Force contractual obligations to clients and to also respond to marketing enquiries.

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Legitimate interests pursued by The Trading Force and/or its clients

To promote the marketing and consulting services offered by The Trading Force and/or to market the services and/or products offered by The Trading Force existing clients.

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Consent

Through agreeing to this privacy notice you are consenting to The Trading Force processing your personal data for the purposes outlined. You can withdraw consent at any time by emailing DPO@exsel-group.COM or writing to us, see last section for full contact details.

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Disclosure

The Trading Force may on occasions pass your Personal Information to third parties exclusively to process work on its behalf. The Trading Force requires these parties to agree to process this information based on our instructions and requirements consistent with this Privacy Notice and GDPR.

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The Trading Force do not broker or pass on information gained from your engagement with the agency without your consent. However, The Trading Force may disclose your Personal Information to meet legal obligations, regulations or valid governmental request. The agency may also enforce its Terms and Conditions, including investigating potential violations of its Terms and Conditions to detect, prevent or mitigate fraud or security or technical issues; or to protect against imminent harm to the rights, property or safety of The Trading Force, its clients and/or the wider community.

 

Retention Policy

The Trading Force will process personal data during the duration of any contract and will continue to store only the personal data needed for five years after the contract has expired to meet any legal obligations. After five years any personal data not needed will be deleted.

 

Data storage

Data is held globally.

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Your rights as a data subject

At any point whilst The Trading Force is in possession of or processing your personal data, all data subjects have the following rights:

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• Right of access – you have the right to request a copy of the information that we hold about you.

• Right of rectification – you have a right to correct data that we hold about you that is inaccurate or incomplete.

• Right to be forgotten – in certain circumstances you can ask for the data we hold about you to be erased from our records.

• Right to restriction of processing – where certain conditions apply you have a right to restrict the processing.

• Right of portability – you have the right to have the data we hold about you transferred to another organisation.

• Right to object – you have the right to object to certain types of processing such as direct marketing.

• Right to object to automated processing, including profiling – you also have the right not to be subject to the legal effects of automated processing or profiling.

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In the event that The Trading Force refuses your request under rights of access, we will provide you with a reason as to why, which you have the right to legally challenge.

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The Trading Force at your request can confirm what information it holds about you and how it is processed

 

You can request the following information:

• Identity and the contact details of the person or organisation (The Trading Force) that has determined how and why to process your data.

• Contact details of the data protection officer, where applicable.

• The purpose of the processing as well as the legal basis for processing.

• If the processing is based on the legitimate interests of The Trading Force or a third party such as one of its clients, information about those interests.

• The categories of personal data collected, stored and processed.

• Recipient(s) or categories of recipients that the data is/will be disclosed to.

• How long the data will be stored.

• Details of your rights to correct, erase, restrict or object to such processing.

• Information about your right to withdraw consent at any time.

• How to lodge a complaint with the supervisory authority (Data Protection Regulator).

• Whether the provision of personal data is a statutory or contractual requirement, or a requirement necessary to enter into a contract, as well as whether you are obliged to provide the personal data and the possible consequences of failing to provide such data.

• The source of personal data if it wasn’t collected directly from you.

• Any details and information of automated decision making, such as profiling, and any meaningful information about the logic involved, as well as the significance and expected consequences of such processing.

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To access what personal data is held, identification will be required

The Trading Force will accept the following forms of ID when information on your personal data is requested: a copy of your national ID card, driving license, passport, birth certificate and a utility bill not older than three months. A minimum of one piece of photographic ID listed above and a supporting document is required. If The Trading Force is dissatisfied with the quality, further information may be sought before personal data can be released.

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All requests should be made to dpo@exsel-group.com or by phoning 01684 579000 Ext 220 or writing to us at the address further below.

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Complaints

In the event that you wish to make a compliant about how your personal data is being processed by The Trading Force or its partners, you have the right to complain to The Trading Force. If you do not get a response within 30 days you can complain to the Data Protection Regulator.

The details for each of these contacts are:

 

The Trading Force

Attn: The General Manager

Unit 3, Talina Centre

Bagleys Lane

London

SW6 2BW

 

Telephone 01684 579000 or email dpo@exsel-group.com

 

Data Protection Regulator

Helpline on 0303 123 1113