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Privacy Policy

PRIVACY NOTICE issued by Think Forensics

Introduction

The Data Protection Act 2018 (“DPA 2018”) and the General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) impose certain legal obligations in connection with the processing of personal data.

Think Forensics is a data controller within the meaning of the GDPR and we process personal data. The firm’s contact details are as follows:

Contact Details

Full name of legal entity: Debbie Bouffler trading as Think Forensics

Email address: debbie@thinkforensics.co

Postal address: 2 Highmoors, Chineham, Basingstoke, Hampshire, RG24 8XR

The information we hold about you must be accurate and up to date. Please let us know if at any time your information changes by emailing us at
debbie@thinkforensics.co

We may amend this privacy notice from time to time. If we do so, we will supply you with and/or otherwise make available to you a copy of the amended privacy notice.

Where we act as a data processor on behalf of a data controller (for example, when processing marketing metrics), we provide an additional schedule setting out required information as part of that agreement. That additional schedule should be read in conjunction with this privacy notice.

The purposes for which we intend to process personal data

  • To enable us to supply professional services to you as our client.
  • To fulfil our obligations under relevant laws in force from time to time (e.g. the Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing and Transfer of Funds (Information on the Payer) Regulations 2017 (“MLR 2017”)).
  • To comply with professional obligations to which we are subject as a member of The Chartered Institute of Marketing and as a Certificated Practitioner of Watertight Marketing.
  • To use in the investigation and/or defence of potential complaints, disciplinary proceedings, and legal proceedings.
  • To enable us to invoice you for our services and investigate/address any attendant fee disputes that may have arisen.
  • To contact you about other services we provide which may be of interest to you if you have consented to us doing so.

The legal bases for our intended processing of personal data

  • At the time you instructed us to act, you gave consent to our processing your personal data for the purposes listed above.
  • The processing is necessary for the performance of our contract with you.
  • The processing is necessary for compliance with legal obligations to which we are subject (e.g. MLR 2017).

It is a requirement of our contract with you that you provide us with the personal data that we request. If you do not provide the information that we request, we may not be able to provide professional services to you. If this is the case, we will not be able to commence acting or will need to cease to act.

Persons/organisations to whom we may give personal data

  • HMRC
  • any third parties with whom you require or permit us to correspond
  • subcontractors
  • an alternate appointed by us in the event of incapacity or death
  • tax insurance providers
  • professional indemnity insurers
  • our professional body, Chartered Institute of Marketing and Watertight Marketing, and/or the Office of Professional Body Anti-Money Laundering Supervisors (OPBAS)

If the law allows or requires us to do so, we may share your personal data with:

  • the police and law enforcement agencies
  • courts and tribunals
  • the Information Commissioner’s Office (“ICO”)

Transfers of personal data outside the EEA

Your personal data will be processed in the EEA only.

Retention of personal data

  • where it is no longer necessary to provide the services from the date the business relationship ceased or until you ask us to delete your information, whichever comes first.
  • We may retain information from deleted accounts to comply with the law, prevent fraud, resolve disputes, troubleshoot problems, assist with investigations, enforce the Terms of Use.

Questions, Comments or Complaints

If you have requested details of the information we hold about you and you are not happy with our response, or you think we have not complied with the GDPR or DPA 2018 in some other way, you can complain to us.

Please send write to us at Debbie Bouffler, Think Forensics, 2 Highmoors, Chineham, Basingstoke, Hampshire, RG24 8XR or email:
debbie@thinkforensics.co

If you are not happy with our response, you have a right to lodge a complaint with the ICO
(www.ico.org.uk).

Effective date: 25 May 2018

Debbie Bouffler – Owner & Founder
Chartered Marketer, MCIM, DipM