Privacy Policy
This privacy policy is for this website; www.fellsidepropertyrentals.co.uk and served by Fellside Property Rentals Limited and governs the privacy of its users who choose to use it. It explains how we comply with the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation), the DPA (Data Protection Act – pre GDPR enforcement) the PECR (Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations). We can be contacted by post at Unit 2 Tarnwater, Yealand Conyers, Carnforth, LA5 9RJ, email property@fldl.co.uk or telephone 01524737270.
This policy will explain areas of this website that may affect your privacy and personal details, how we process, collect, manage and store those details and how your rights under the GDPR, DPA & PECR are adhere to. Additionally it will explain the use of cookies or software, advertising or commercial sponsorship from third parties and the download of any documents, files or software made available to you (if any) on this website. Further explanations may be provided for specific pages or features of this website in order to help you understand how we, this website and its third parties (if any) interact with you and your computer / device in order to serve it to you. Our contact information is provided if you have any questions.
What information we collect, use and why
We collect or use the following information to provide services and goods, including delivery, the operation of customer accounts and guarantees, for service updates or marketing purposes, to comply with legal requirements and dealing with queries, complaints or claims:
- Names and contact details
- Addresses
- Date of birth
- Purchase or account history
- Payment details (including card or bank information for transfers and direct debits)
- Credit reference information
- Health and safety information
- Account information
- Photographs or video recordings
- Records of meetings and decisions
- Identification documents
- Information relating to compliments or complaints
- Information relating to sponsorship
- Marketing preferences
- Location data
- IP addresses
- Website and app user journey information
- Video recordings of public areas
- Audio recordings of public areas
- Video recordings of private or staff only areas
- Audio recordings of private or staff only areas
- Correspondence
Our lawful bases for the collection and use of your data
Our lawful bases for collecting or using personal information are:
Consent – we have permission from you after we gave you all the relevant information. All of your data protection rights may apply, except the right to object. To be clear, you do have the right to withdraw your consent at any time.
Contract – we have to collect or use the information so we can enter into or carry out a contract with you. All of your data protection rights may apply except the right to object.
Legal obligation – we have to collect or use your information so we can comply with the law. All of your data protection rights may apply, except the right to erasure, the right to object and the right to data portability.
How long we keep information
Retention periods for information we are required to keep for the purposes of legal compliance, accounting, VAT, HMRC, or audit may be up to 7 years after our final interaction. Retention periods are shorter for browsing history, general enquiries, registering interest, mailing lists and would typically between 6 and 12 months.
Some of our systems operate on an automatic deletion and they will delete data after a specific time. For example, removing inactive customer accounts after 12 months. We undertake regular audits (12 monthly minimum) and remove outdated data manually.
If you wish to have your personal data deleted, please contact our team at property@fldl.co.uk. We will process your request within 30 days, provided there are no legal obligations requiring us to retain certain data.
Use of Cookies
What are cookies? Cookies are small files saved to the user’s computers hard drive that track, save and store information about the user’s interactions and usage of the website. This allows the website, through its server to provide the users with a tailored experience within this website.
Users are advised that if they wish to deny the use and saving of cookies from this website on to their computers hard drive they should take necessary steps within their web browsers security settings to block all cookies from this website and its external serving vendors or use the cookie control system if available upon their first visit.
Website Visitor Tracking
Downloads & Media Files
We accept no responsibility for third party downloads and downloads provided by external third party websites and advise users to verify their authenticity using third party anti virus software or similar applications.
Contact & Communication With Us
Where we have clearly stated and made you aware of the fact, and where you have given your express permission, we may use your details to send you products/services information through a mailing list system. This is done in accordance with the regulations named in ‘The policy’ above.
Email Mailing List & Marketing Messages
Email marketing messages may contain tracking beacons / tracked clickable links or similar server technologies in order to track subscriber activity within email marketing messages. Where used, such marketing messages may record a range of subscriber data relating to engagement, geographic, demographics and already stored subscriber data.
External Website Links & Third Parties
Shortened URL’s; URL shortening is a technique used on the web to shorten URL’s (Uniform Resource Locators) to something substantially shorter. Users should take caution before clicking on shortened URL links and verify their authenticity before proceeding.
We cannot guarantee or verify the contents of any externally linked website despite our best efforts. Users should therefore note they click on external links at their own risk and we cannot be held liable for any damages or implications caused by visiting any external links mentioned.
Social Media Policy & Usage
We adopt a Social Media Policy to ensure our business and our staff conduct themselves accordingly online. While we may have official profiles on social media platforms users are advised to verify authenticity of such profiles before engaging with, or sharing information with such profiles. We will never ask for user passwords or personal details on social media platforms. Users are advised to conduct themselves appropriately when engaging with us on social media.
There may be instances where our website features social sharing buttons, which help share web content directly from web pages to the respective social media platforms. You use social sharing buttons at your own discretion and accept that doing so may publish content to your social media profile feed or page.
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Complaints
If you have any concerns about our use of your personal data, you can make a complaint to us using the contact details at the top of this privacy notice. If you remain unhappy with how we’ve used your data after raising a complaint with us, you can also complain to the ICO.
The ICO’s address:
Information Commissioner’s Office
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF
Helpline number: 0303 123 1113
Website: https://www.ico.org.uk/make-a-complaint
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