Privacy Notice

1. Introduction

Beta Technology Limited takes your privacy extremely seriously and we will process your personal information with the utmost professionalism, discretion and integrity. With this in mind, and in line with the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR) and Data Protection Act 2018 (DPA18), this Privacy Notice sets out how we use and protect any information that you give us when you interact with us, use our services or website, or when you work for us or provide us with any services. This notice also informs you of your rights and how to exercise these.

 

This Privacy Notice will be reviewed regularly to make sure we meet the highest standards and to protect your information.  We reserve the right to update the Privacy Notice at any time and therefore advise you to check this Privacy Notice regularly.  However, we will not significantly change how we use data given by you to us, without your prior agreement. Any major changes will be notified on our website. This version of the Privacy Notice was modified on 18/04/2024.

 

You can be assured that should we ask you to provide certain information by which you can be identified when using our services or website, or working for us as an employee or contractor, it will only be used in accordance with this Privacy Notice.

 

Some projects we undertake may have their own specific Privacy Notices and these are published on the projects’ websites.

 

2. About Beta Technology Limited

Beta Technology Limited (“Beta”) is a private limited company, providing technical and innovation expertise and services to customers around the world.  Our registered address is Barclay Court, Heavens Walk, Doncaster Carr, Doncaster, South Yorkshire, DN4 5HZ, UK.

 

3. Explaining the legal basis we rely on

We will only collect and process your personal information where we have a legal basis to do so which includes:

 

• Consent – In specific situations, we can collect and process your data with your consent.

e.g. you ask us directly (via written or verbal communications) to undertake a service or action. We will clarify the data required to undertake the service or action.

 

• Legal compliance – If the law requires us to, we may need to collect and process your data.

e.g. we are required to comply with HMRC and company audit requirements or to comply with an employee statutory obligation such as pay, tax, sickness, absence, and family friendly scenarios.

 

• Contractual obligations – In certain circumstances, we need your personal data to comply with contractual obligations. e.g. for us to provide our service to you we may need personal information such as your name and the address where the service is to be delivered, or to perform the contract that we are party to as employer and employee.

 

• Legitimate interest – In specific situations, we require your data to pursue our legitimate interests in a way which might reasonably be expected as part of running our business, and which does not materially impact your rights, freedom, or interests. g. based on the services you have previously received/provided, or previous collaborations, we may notify you of other related Beta services or projects, our service needs, or opportunities for collaboration.

 

4. When do we collect your personal data?

We may collect your data, verbally or electronically, when:

• You visit our website;
• You contact us by any means with queries, information etc (e.g. you telephone our office or you provide your business card or personal details at a networking event or via social media);
• You book any kind of appointment with us or book to attend our events;
• You fill in any forms (e.g. at our events);
• You give a third-party permission to share with us the information they hold about you;
• We provide you a service or quote/tender;
• We undertake a publicly-funded project or a service on behalf of a customer;
• You are an employee or you are contracted by us to provide a service;
• Your data is within publicly-available sources and you have consented to sharing your data (e.g. on your website, within your marketing material, on an event delegate list) or where information is made public as a matter of law.

 

 

5. What sort of personal data do we collect?

We may collect a variety of personal information which includes, but is not limited to, the following:

We take reasonable steps to ensure the accuracy of personal data we obtain and ensure that the source of any personal data is clear. We will consider when it is necessary to update the information and you can help us by informing us when these changes occur.

6. How and why do we use your personal data?

The data you provide will be available and may be used by Beta to:

 

• Respond to your queries;
• Resource and fulfil our services/projects;
• Keep you informed by email, post or telephone about our relevant services including events;
• Communicate and disseminate information about, and the results of, publicly funded projects;
• Share and obtain business intelligence;
• Notify and apply collaboratively for tenders or public funding;
• Improve or develop our services and improve our website;
• Maintain internal records, including those required by law (e.g. HMRC requirements);
• Protect our business from fraud and other illegal activities;
• Ensure employees receive the correct pay;
• Contact employee next of kin in the case of an emergency or inform emergency services about existing medical conditions or disabilities.

 

Any direct marketing (via email or post) to businesses and individuals will be undertaken in line with the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations.

 

If you wish to change how we use your data please see section 11 below.  However, if you choose not to share your personal data with us, or refuse certain contact permissions, we may not be able to provide some services you have asked for.

7. How do we store and protect your information?

Data may be stored in both electronic and hard copy. We are committed to ensuring that your data is secure and to prevent unauthorised access or disclosure we have put in place suitable physical, electronic and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect.

 

We operate a secure and industry compliant IT network and our office building is kept locked and alarmed when vacant.  Electronic data is protected internally by passwords and limited access, and hard copy data such as financial or HR information is retained in locked cabinets with restricted access.  We also check the security arrangements if we store data elsewhere e.g. offsite storage, bank.

 

All Beta’s electronic information is stored on a secure Microsoft cloud network and routinely backed up (Barracuda).

8. How long do we keep your information?

Whenever we collect or process your personal data, we will only keep it for as long as is necessary for the purpose for which it was collected.  Our need to keep your personal data will be reassessed on a regular basis and information which is no longer required will be disposed of permanently and confidentially.

9. Who will we share your information with?

We may sometimes share your personal data with trusted third parties and suppliers, e.g. tenants and sub-contractors such as web developers, media production companies, associates, delivery companies, automated mail platforms etc.  We may also sometimes share personal data with third parties in order to perform what is required of us as part of any contract or contract of employment e.g. insurers, pension providers.

 

When sharing your information with third parties as mentioned above we will only do so once we are satisfied that they process your data in line the requirements of the UK GDPR and DPA18.

 

When undertaking a service on behalf of a customer we may collect personal data on the customer’s behalf.  This data may then be shared with the customer, who may in turn share with others (e.g. a funding body).  In such circumstances we will notify you of whom your data will be shared with.

 

Our website may contain links to other websites of interest. However, once you have used these links to leave our site, you should note that we do not have any control over that other website. Therefore, we cannot be responsible for the protection and privacy of any information which you provide whilst visiting such sites and such sites are not governed by this Privacy Notice. You should exercise caution and look at the privacy notice applicable to the website in question. Links to other websites do not constitute any endorsement by Beta of the information or products presented on that website.

 

10. Where may we process your personal data?

Your data may be processed both within and outside of the United Kingdom (UK). Prior to transferring data to a receiver who is located outside of the UK, we will ensure there are ‘UK adequacy regulations’ or determine if we can transfer the data subject to ‘appropriate safeguards’.

11. Your rights

You have the right to access particular personal data that we hold about you. This is referred to as a subject access request. We shall respond promptly and certainly within one month from the point of receiving the request and all necessary information from you. Our formal response shall include details of the personal data we hold about you, including the following:

• Sources from which we acquired the information;
• The purposes for processing the information;
• Persons or entities with whom we are sharing the information.

 

Right to withdraw your consent: You have the right to withdraw your consent at any time if the processing is based on consent.

 

Right to rectification: You have the right, without undue delay, to have any personal information about you which is not accurate, corrected. You also have the right to any incomplete personal data completed, including by means of providing a supplementary statement.

 

Right to erasure: You have a right to obtain from us the erasure of personal data concerning you without delay. This refers only to data that we are not legally required or entitled to keep for a specified length of time in order to comply with any legal, statutory and regulatory obligations.

 

Right to the restriction of processing: Subject to exemptions, you have the right to restrict the processing of your personal data when:

• You are contesting the accuracy of the data, and restrict the processing until the accuracy of the data has been verified;
• The processing is unlawful and you oppose the erasure of the personal data but instead request the restriction in its use;
• We no longer need the personal data for processing, but it is required by you for the establishment, exercise or defence of claims;
• You object to processing of your personal data pending the verification of whether there are legitimate grounds for us to override these objections.

 

We shall communicate any rectification or erasure of personal data as described above to each recipient to whom the personal data has been disclosed unless this proves impossible or involves disproportionate effort. We shall provide you with information about those recipients if you request it.

 

Right to data portability: You have the right to receive your personal data, which you have provided to us, in a structured, commonly used and machine readable format, and have the right to transmit this data to another controller without hindrance from us provided that the processing is based on consent or contract, and that other conditions of article 20 of the UK GDPR are met.

 

Right to object: You have the right to object on grounds relating to your particular situation, at any time to the processing of personal data concerning you, including any personal profiling; unless this relates to necessary processing for the performance of a task carried out in public interest or an exercise of official authority vested in us. We shall no longer process the personal data unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing, which override the interests, rights and freedoms of you, or in the establishment, exercise and defence of legal claims.

 

Right to not be subject to decisions based solely on automated processing: We do not carry out any automated processing, which may lead to an automated decision based on your personal data.

 

Invoking your rights: If you would like to invoke any of the above data subject rights or please contact us at:

 

Beta Technology Limited, Barclay Court, Heavens Walk, Doncaster, DN4 5HZ, UK info@betatechnology.co.uk, 01302 322633

 

A withdrawal of consent does not affect the lawfulness of the processing based on consent before its withdrawal.

 

In cases where we are processing your personal data on the basis of our legitimate interest, you can ask us to stop for reasons connected to your individual situation. We must then do so unless we believe we have a legitimate overriding reason to continue processing your personal data.

 

To protect the confidentiality of your information, we will ask you to verify your identity before proceeding with any request you make under this Privacy Notice. If you have authorised a third party to submit a request on your behalf, we will ask them to prove they have your permission to act.

 

Queries/Complaints: If you have a queries which are not answered by this Privacy Notice, have any concerns about how we use the personal data we hold, or complaints please write to:

 

Richard Wrigley, Beta Technology Limited, Barclay Court, Heavens Walk, Doncaster, DN4 5HZ , UK

 

If your complaint is not resolved to your satisfaction and you wish to make a formal complaint to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), you can contact them on 0303 123 1113. You also have the right to judicial remedy against a legally binding decision of the ICO where you consider that your rights under this regulation have been infringed as a result of the processing of your personal data. You have the right to appoint a third party to lodge the complaint on your behalf and exercise your right to seek compensation.

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