Privacy Policy

Pure Cloud Accounting, (Company number 7878405), is located at The Cottage, Pierremont Park, Pierremont Avenue, Broadstairs, Kent CT10 1JX and we are providing this Privacy Policy to explain our data collection, use and storage of any personal data which we process.

Pure Cloud Accounting is committed to protecting your privacy and uses the most powerful and safe online experience. This statement of privacy applies to the Pure Cloud Accounting website and to our processing activities in general. The conditions of processing of personal data and the purposes for which personal data may be collected, stored and used are described in this Privacy Policy. By using the Pure Cloud Accounting website, you signify that you are happy with the data protection practices described in this statement.

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) provides new rights to individuals regarding the collection, storage and use of their personal data. This Privacy Policy has been updated to take account of any new requirements under GDPR. Also covered in this Privacy Policy are the requirements of the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations 2003 updated 2004 and 2011 (PECR). The revised Data Protection Act and the ePrivacy Directive will be enacted into UK law and any changes will be adopted in a revised Privacy Policy.

Pure Cloud Accounting

Telephone: 01843 307050

Lee Perriam
hello@pureca.co.uk

Personal data means any information which relates to a living individual who can be identified either directly or indirectly by reference to an identifier such as their name, email address and other personal details.

We may collect from you:

• your full name
• your job title (if applicable)
• your company name
• your email address
• your postal address
• your landline telephone number
• your mobile number

We do not knowingly process personal data of children under 16.

You have some additional rights under the GDPR. Access: Data Subject Access Request. You have the right to access the personal information we may hold about you. On receipt of such a request we will endeavour to respond to you as soon as possible, but at least within one calendar month. You must provide us with 2 forms of personal identity to ensure that we only disclose to you information which is relevant to you personally. Rectification: You have the right to request that we amend any personal information that may be incorrect or require updating. Erasure: You have the right to request that we delete any personal information pertaining to you. Any questions about these rights may be sent to hello@pureca.co.uk Data Portability: Under GDPR there is a new right to data portability, primarily designed to make it easier for individuals to switch between service providers. This is unlikely to be relevant to your relationship with Pure Cloud Accounting. The right to restrict or suspend processing: Individuals have a right to ‘block’ or suppress processing of personal data. If you decide to do this, we will continue to store the data, but not further process it until we have agreed a solution to the issue you have raised. Data breach reporting. You have the right to be informed of a data breach if there is material damage which might affect you. We have a process in place just in case this unlikely event happens.

We do not collect any special categories of personal data, as defined by the GDPR, except if you are a staff member. If you apply for a vacancy within Pure Cloud Accounting but are not successful, we will delete your personal information including any special categories in line with our retention policy.

Special categories of data under Article 9 of the GDPR are:

“racial or ethnic origin, political opinions, religious or philosophical beliefs, or trade union membership, and the processing of genetic data, biometric data for the purpose of uniquely identifying a natural person, data concerning health or data concerning a natural person’s sex life or sexual orientation”

We may collect your personal data from a third party, from you, a member of staff,  face to face, or from a public source where we believe that you will be interested in what we do. Where we collect personal data from third party or public domain source we provide a means to opt-out or unsubscribe on every message we send you.

We will only use your data for the purposes we have specified, primarily we use your personal data to send you what you have signed up for or where we have your consent to send you other information that we think you might be interested in.

We collect your consent to deliver to you what you have signed up for. You always have a choice of opting out or unsubscribing or by contacting us at hello@pureca.co.uk.

Pure Cloud Accounting will not send marketing communications to individuals who have unsubscribed, opted-out or otherwise asked us to stop direct marketing. Where we collect contact information from you which may be used for marketing purposes, we will let you know how to stop receiving such information if that’s what you prefer.

We may contact you from time to time to seek your views via a short survey to inform our strategic direction, your thoughts about our work, and other matters. You always have the choice about whether to take part in our research.

We do not process personal data outside of the UK.

We do not share personal data with 3rd parties for marketing purposes or unless required to by law where we may be called upon to disclose data on legal and tax issues.

We sometimes disclose personal data to our suppliers in order for them to process personal data on our behalf. When we do so we have a contract in place compliant with the GDPR to ensure the security of any personal data that each processor or sub-processor processes.

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We follow appropriate security procedures in the collection, storage and use of your Information so as to prevent unauthorised access by third parties.

We process data at our offices at The Cottage, Pierremont Park, Pierremont Avenue, Broadstairs, Kent CT10 1JX with access restrictions in place and at the sites of our data processors within the UK. Our IT specialist retains our data at a different location equally protected behind the appropriate firewalls and other security devices.

However, unfortunately, the transmission of Information via the Internet is not completely secure. We cannot ensure the security of your Information transmitted by you to us via the internet. Any such transmission is at your own risk and you acknowledge and agree that we shall not be responsible for any unauthorised use, distribution, damage or destruction of your Information, except to the extent we are required to accept such responsibility by the GDPR, The Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations or other privacy regulationsOnce we have received your Information we will use security procedures and features to prevent unauthorised access to it.

Please remember that when you use a link to go from our website to another website or you request a service from a third party, our Policy no longer applies. Your browsing and interaction on any other website or your dealings with any other third party service provider, is subject to that website’s or third party service provider’s own rules and policies. We do not monitor, control, or endorse the Information collection or privacy practices of any third parties. We encourage you to become familiar with the privacy practices of every website you visit or third party service provider that you deal with and to contact them if you have any questions about their respective privacy policies and practices. This Policy applies solely to Information collected by us through our website or services and does not apply to these third party websites and third party service providers.

Our policy is to retain data only as long as this is necessary. If you unsubscribe or opt-out we may keep your personal data on a suppression list so that we don’t contact you again.

We do not have any CCTV in operation at our premises.

Please contact us at hello@pureca.co.uk and we’ll be happy to help you.

The Regulator of GDPR, the Data Protection Act 2018 and the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations 2003, updated 2004 and 2011 is the Information Commissioner’s Office. If you feel you wish to draw the Regulator’s attention to the way and the purposes for which we are processing personal data, you may contact the ICO by clicking here https://ico.org.uk/concerns/

In the event we go through a business transition, such as a merger, an acquisition by another company, or sale of all or a portion of our assets, your information may be among the assets transferred. You acknowledge that such transfers may occur and are permitted by this Policy.

Amendments to this Privacy Policy are made every time something changes in the way or the purposes under which we process personal data.

May 25th 2018