Privacy Policy

Personal Data – what is it?

Personal data relates to a living individual who can be identified from that data. Identification can be by the information alone or in conjunction with any other information in the data controller’s possession or likely to come into such possession.

Who are we?

Gosforth Estates can be regarded as a ‘data controller’ for the purpose of relevant data protection legislation, including the General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) for the information which they collect for business, marketing, recruitment and employment purposes. This means that Gosforth Estates decides how personal data is processed and for what purposes. Gosforth Estates also acts as ‘data processor’ for some of this data.

How does Gosforth Estates use and keep personal data?

Gosforth Estates complies with its obligations under the General Data Protection Regulations 2018 (GDPR) by;

Keeping personal data up to date;
Storing and destroying it securely;
Not collecting or retaining excessive amounts of data;
Protecting personal data from loss, misuse, unauthorised access and disclosure;
Ensuring that appropriate technical measures are in place to protect personal data;

Gosforth Estates will only use information for the purpose it is held.

Data obtained and held on the basis of consent

Gosforth Estates controls and processes a limited amount of details provided by potential customers.

Gosforth Estates controls and processes a range of data only on the basis that it has a legitimate interest to do so. Such data relates to potential, current and past employees, customers, contractors and suppliers, data relating to projects and research data.

The individual’s interests are balanced when considering what data it is necessary to hold, and how long this data is retained.

Website and Digital Platforms

The Gosforth Estates website may contain links to third party websites / digital platforms which are provided for your convenience. Gosforth Estates is only responsible for the privacy practices and security of its own digital platforms and therefore we recommend that you check the privacy and security policies of each and every other website / digital platform that you visit.

CCTV

If you visit our registered office you may be recorded on our CCTV cameras. These cameras are used purely for the purposes of security. CCTV images are stored securely. In the event of a break in or other incident, we would share any CCTV that provides evidence to the police. CCTV data is deleted regularly.

Sharing information

Some data held for the legitimate interest of operating the company will need to be transferred to third parties as part of our activities (for example, the transfer of employee data to HMRC or the transfer of customer details to enable services from sub-contractors to be delivered). Gosforth Estates will always take care who the data is transferred to and consider the individual interests in such decisions.

Where we hold data provided by you with consent, we will not use your data for purposes that are not clear when you provide your details and will not disclose data outside of the companies (unless we have made this clear when collecting the data) except in limited circumstances such as: (a) if we are under a legal or regulatory duty to do so, (b) if it is necessary to do so to enforce our contractual rights, (c) to lawfully assist the police or security services with the prevention and detection of crime or terrorist activity, (d) where such disclosure is necessary to protect the safety or security of any persons, (e) otherwise as permitted under applicable law, (f) if there is a need to transfer information to third parties to fulfil business operations (such as use of email sending system to distribute newsletters). When we do, we’ll use safe, reliable, GDPR compliant services who won’t pass your personal details anywhere else.

Transfer of data outside the UK

Please note that the company does not transfer data outside of the UK. In the event there is a requirement to transfer data outside of the UK from time to time, we will take all necessary steps to ensure the data is afforded the same safeguards and controls as those applied within the UK.

Data retention

The companies will retain your data for as long as is reasonably necessary for the purpose it is used for and will not be retained indefinitely or for reasons incompatible with relevant data protection legislation, including the General Data Protection Regulations.

Keeping your personal information secure

We take the security of personal information seriously and t Gosforth Estates has appropriate measures, safeguards and protocols in place to ensure that data is kept secure, is only accessed by those individuals authorised to do so and where there is a legitimate need to access the data. Appropriate and reasonable steps are in place to reduce the risk of unauthorised access to personal data held by the companies (either through accidental disclosure or deliberate act) and in line with the companies’ obligations under applicable data protection legislation, including the General Data Protection Regulations.

Your rights

Under the General Data Protection Regulation, you have a number of important rights regarding your personal information. In summary these rights are as follows and include the right to:

Request access to personal information;
Request inaccurate information to be reviewed and corrected;
Request a restriction to the processing of personal information;
Request personal information held by the companies to be erased in certain circumstances;
Request a copy of the personal information that has been provided to us;
Object to the processing of personal information or the continued processing of personal information; and
Request not to be subject to automated decision making which produces legal effects that concern or affect you in a significantly similar way.

Further information regarding the rights under the General Data Protection Regulation can be found by visiting www.ico.org.uk. These rights are subject to the conditions and restrictions set out in the General Data Protection Regulations and the Data Protection Act 2018.

Should you wish to make a request to exercise any of the above rights you should write to us at: Data Protection Officer, Gosforth Estates, 15 Amethyst Road, Newcastle Business Park, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE4 7YL or by email at [email protected]

When contacting us please ensure that you provide relevant information to allow us to identify you (this can include confirmation of any of the unique or personal identifiers we hold about you such as address) and state the right or rights that you wish to exercise. We may need to contact you to request further information to verify your identity.

We will respond to you within one month from when we receive a valid request.

How to make a complaint

If you have a complaint regarding any aspect of your personal data or this Notice, please write to us at [email protected] or by letter to Data Protection Officer, Gosforth Estates, 15 Amethyst Road, Newcastle Business Park, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE4 7YL.

If you are not satisfied with the outcome of your complaint, you may write to the Information Commissioner’s Office at: Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. You can also contact the Information Commissioner’s Office by visiting their website www.ico.org.uk

Changes to this Privacy Notice

We aim to meet high standards and so our policies and processes are subject to review. The latest version of this notice will be displayed on this website.

This privacy policy was last updated in September 2021.