Privacy Statement For Osborn Associates Ltd

Osborn Associates Ltd is committed to safeguarding your privacy. This privacy notice lets you know what happens to any personal data that you give to us, or any that we may collect from or about you. It applies to all products, services and instances where we collect your personal data.

WHAT PERSONAL INFORMATION DOES OSBORN ASSOCIATES LTD COLLECT?

Only the information you choose to give us and only sufficient information to be able to deal with your enquiry. We do not ask any unnecessary or unreasonable questions. If relevant this includes:

  • Personal contact details, such as title, full name and contact details

  • Records of your contact with us, such as email records, project or sales related documentation, postal records and online services records

  • Records relating to current and previous projects which can include sub‐contractors’ personal contact details

Recruitment information, such as title, full name, contact details, nationality, eligibility to work in the UK, career history, experience and performance.

We do not ask that you provide any sensitive personal data. This is data revealing information about an individual’s racial or ethnic origin, political opinions, religious or philosophical beliefs, trade union membership, genetic data, biometric data (for the purpose of uniquely identifying an individual), data concerning health, or data concerning a person’s sex life or sexual orientation. If you do provide this information, this will be an indication that you explicitly consent to us processing this information.

WHAT IS THE SOURCE OF YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION?

We will collect personal information from the following general sources:

  • From you directly

  • From our business colleagues directly or relevant academic sources

  • Business partners (for examples others that make up the design team on a project)

  • Other sources, such as publicly available directories and information (for example, telephone directory, social medical, internet, news articles).

HOW DOES OSBORN ASSOCIATES LTD USE MY PERSONAL INFORMATION?

We will only use information that you apply and respond to any request you have made for the following purposes, if relevant:

  • Accessing the suitability of candidates for recruitment purpose

  • Assessing the suitability of suppliers and sub‐contractors to work for us

  • To comply with legal and regulatory obligations, requirements and guidance

  • The management and auditing of our business operations

  • For market search and analysis and developing statistics

SHARING YOUR DATA

We may provide your personal data to third parties to process the information on our behalf. We require these third parties to agree to process this information based on our instructions and requirements consistent with this Privacy Notice. All third parties who process personal data on our behalf have Data Protection Agreements.

Osborn Associates Ltd may also disclose personal information in cases where we believe the disclosure is necessary to protect the rights, property or personal safety of Osborn Associates Ltd, our customers, employees or the public, or where we are otherwise legally permitted to do so.

WHERE DOES OSBORN ASSOCIATES LTD STORE MY PERSONAL INFORMATION, AND HOW LONG FOR?

Osborn Associates Ltd also uses service providers based around the world. Consequently, your personal information may be processed in countries outside of Europe, including in countries where you may have fewer legal rights in respect of your information than you do under local law. If we transfer personal data outside the European Economic Area we will, as required by applicable law, ensure that your privacy rights are adequately protected by appropriate safeguards. Please contact us if you would like more information about these safeguards.

We keep your personal information for as long as we need it for the purposes set out above, and so this period will vary depending on your interactions with us. For example, we may keep a record of correspondence with you for as long as is necessary to protect us from a legal claim.

LINKS TO OTHER WEBSITES

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 statement. You should exercise caution and look at the privacy statement applicable to the other website in question.

HOW CAN I ACCESS, UPDATE, CORRECT OR DELETE MY PERSONAL INFORMATION?

If you have a query regarding your personal information please contact us using the details below. Under UK data protection law, you have the right to access, correct, and request the erasure of your personal data, and Osborn Associates Ltd will comply with any requests to exercise these rights in accordance with applicable law. Please be aware, however, that there are a number of limitations to these rights, and there may be circumstances where we are not able to comply with your request.

CONTACT US

For questions regarding this privacy notice or how we use your personal data, please contact us at the details below.

Osborn Associates Limited
South Barn
Crockham Park
Crockham Hill
Edenbridge
Kent
TN8 6SR

You are also entitled to contact the UK Information Commissioner’s Office if you have any questions or concerns regarding your personal information.

CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY NOTICE

We may change this privacy notice from time to time to reflect changes in the law and / or our privacy practices.

This Privacy Statement was last updated in August 2022