Privacy Policy

1. Introduction

Welcome to SQS Security. We are committed to protecting and respecting your privacy. This policy explains how we collect, use, process, and protect your personal data when you use our website or services, in accordance with the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR) and the Data Protection Act 2018.

2. Data We Collect About You

We may collect, use, store and transfer different kinds of personal data about you, which we have grouped together as follows:

• Identity Data: includes first name, last name, username or similar identifier.
• Contact Data: includes billing address, site address, email address, and telephone numbers.
• Technical Data: includes internet protocol (IP) address, browser type and version, time zone setting, browser plug-in types, operating system, and platform.
• Usage Data: includes information about how you use our website and services.

3. How We Use Your Personal Data

We will only use your personal data when the law allows us to. Most commonly, we will use your personal data in the following circumstances:

• Where we need to perform the contract we are about to enter into or have entered into with you (e.g., providing security services).
• Where it is necessary for our legitimate interests and your interests and fundamental rights do not override those interests.
• Where we need to comply with a legal or regulatory obligation.

4. Data Security

We have put in place appropriate security measures to prevent your personal data from being accidentally lost, used, or accessed in an unauthorised way, altered, or disclosed. In addition, we limit access to your personal data to those employees, agents, contractors, and other third parties who have a business need to know. They will only process your personal data on our instructions and they are subject to a duty of confidentiality.

5. Data Retention

We will only retain your personal data for as long as reasonably necessary to fulfil the purposes we collected it for, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal, regulatory, tax, accounting, or reporting requirements. We may retain your personal data for a longer period in the event of a complaint or if we reasonably believe there is a prospect of litigation in respect to our relationship with you.

6. Your Legal Rights

Under certain circumstances, you have rights under data protection laws in relation to your personal data. These include the right to:

• Request access to your personal data.
• Request correction of your personal data.
• Request erasure of your personal data.
• Object to processing of your personal data.
• Request restriction of processing your personal data.

If you wish to exercise any of the rights set out above, please contact us using the details provided on our Contact page.

7. Contact Details

If you have any questions about this privacy policy or our privacy practices, please contact us at:

Email: info@sqssecurity.co.uk
Phone: 023 8012 3456