Privacy Policy

This privacy notice sets out how we process personal data we collect from or about you, or

which you provide to us.  Please read this notice carefully to understand why data is being collected

and what we do with that data.

 

For the purpose of the Data Protection Act 1998 and General Data Protection Regulation EU

2016/679, the data controllers are Davenport Property Management Ltd T/a Highfields Letting Agents Registered address, 6 Blackford, Nr Burwarton, Bridgnorth, Shropshire, WV16 6QS.

Company Number 04434031.

 

What type of information will we collect from you?

The personal information we collect from you will typically include the following:

 

Full name and contact details (including your contact number, email and postal address)  

 

Information relating to your identity where we are required by law to collect this to comply with the

Money Laundering Regulations 2017 and the Immigration Act

 

Your banking details where required such as where you are letting a property or, where renting, to

set up an approved tenancy deposit account for you and arrange for rental payments

 

Information on any access requirements you have necessary to enable us to find suitable properties

for you, which may consist of special category personal data comprising details of any disability or

other health information about you

 

Details about your areas of interest where we wish to send you marketing information about similar

products and services

 

Usage information about your visits to our website (which enable our website to remember

information about you and your preferences) and use of our site.  Please read our 'Cookie Policy' for

further details. This may include information about your visit, including the full Uniform Resource

Locators (URL), clicks through to and from our site (including date and time), products you viewed or

searched for' page response times, download errors, length of visits to certain pages, page

interaction information (such as scrolling, clicks, and mouse-overs), methods used to browse away

from the page, and any phone number used to call our customer service number

 

Other technical information, including what devices you use to connect to our App, device location

data where this function is not disabled by you on your device, the Internet protocol (IP) address

used to connect your computer to the Internet, your login information, browser type and version,

[time zone setting, browser plug-in types and versions, operating system and platform

 

Your communications with us, including a record of the email or telephone correspondence created

when you contact us as part of a product or service query

 

Where we need to collect personal data by law (for example to meet our obligations to prevent

fraud and money laundering) or under the terms of a contract we have with you, and you fail to

provide that data when requested, we may not be able to perform the contract we have or are

trying to enter into with you (for example, to provide you with our services). In this case, we may

have to cancel a product or service you have with us, but we will notify you if this is the case at the

time.

 

On what basis can we process your information?

 

The legal grounds under data protection legislation for processing your personal data are as follows:

 

It is necessary for the performance of a contract to which you are a party, or to take steps prior to

entering into a contract with you, for us to provide you with our products and services

 

You have given us explicit consent to the processing of your personal data for one or more specific

purposes, namely 1) where you have given us consent to receive electronic marketing by us and/or

2) to process your Special Category Personal Data described above. You do not need to provide us

with marketing consent in order to receive our services

 

It is necessary for the purposes of our legitimate interests, except where our interests are

overridden by the interests, rights or freedoms of affected individuals (such as you). To determine

this we shall consider a number of factors, such as what you were told at the time you provided your

data, what your expectations are about the processing of the data, the nature of the data, and the

impact of the processing on you. Our legitimate interests include processing necessary to improve

and to promote our services and product and to better understand our customers’ interests and

knowledge of the property market and to administer the technical aspects of our service and

products.

 

Where we need to comply with a legal obligation; or in rare circumstances

 

Where we need to protect your interests (or someone else's interests); and/or

 

Where it is needed in the public interest or for official purposes

 

What are we going to do with your information?

 

We will hold and use personal information about you in the following ways:

 

To fulfil our obligations to you when providing you with our property services

 

To share your information with others where necessary to fulfil our property services for you or

where acting as agent for a third party on your behalf

 

To comply with our statutory and regulatory obligations, including verifying your identity, prevention

of fraud and money laundering and to assess your credit worthiness 

 

Communicate with you during the course of providing our services, for example with your enquiries

and requests

 

To provide you, or to enable third parties to provide you, with information about goods or services

we feel may interest you, where you have provided permission for us to do so or, if you are an

existing customer only, where we choose to contact you by electronic means (including e-mail or

SMS) with information about our own goods and services similar to those which you have already

obtained from us or negotiated to obtain from us. For those marketing messages you can

unsubscribe at any time

 

How long we keep your data for

 

We will retain your personal data for different periods depending on the service you have chosen to

use us for, which may be a longer period than that for which we need to hold your data to provide

those services, i.e. where we are under regulatory or statutory duties to hold your data for a longer

period or need to retain it in the event of a legal claim or complaint.

 

Who your information will be shared with

 

We will pass your details to the following organisations (our “data processors”) who carry out certain

activities on our behalf as part of us providing our services:   Expert Agent Vallis House, 57  Vallis Rd, Frome BA11 3EG - they host our software and client/applicant data

tenancy applications LetHQ, 46 Seaview Road, Wallasey, CH45 4LA. We also use LetHQ for Identity Checks.

 

We are under a duty to disclose or share your personal data in order to comply with any legal or

regulatory obligation, or to protect the rights, property, or safety of our company, our customers, or

others. This includes exchanging information with other companies and organisations for the

purposes of fraud protection and credit risk reduction.

 

We will not share your information with third parties for marketing purposes without first obtaining

your prior consent.

 

Security of your data

 

Your data will be held on secure servers within the European Economic Area ("EEA") with all

reasonable technological and operation measures put in place to safeguard it from unauthorised

access.  Where possible any identifiable information will be encrypted or minimised.

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Your rights

 

How you can access and update your information

 

You have a right to request a copy of the personal information we hold about you, known as a data

subject access request. You also have the right to request that information we hold about you which

may be incorrect, or which has been changed since you first told us, is updated or removed. These

requests are free of charge and can be sent to Highfields Letting Agents, 6 Blackford, Nr Burwarton, Bridgnorth, Shropshire, WV16 6QS or email info@highfieldsestateagents.co.uk  

How you can request erasure of your data

 

You can ask us to delete or remove personal data where there is no good reason for us continuing to

process it. You also have the right to ask us to delete or remove your personal data where you have

successfully exercised your right to object to processing (see below), where you have withdrawn

consent for us to process it (as explained below), where we may have processed your information

unlawfully or where we are required to erase your personal data to comply with local law. Note,

however, that we may not always be able to comply with your request of erasure for specific legal

reasons which will be notified to you, if applicable, at the time of your request.

 

How you can withdraw your consent

 

You have the right at any time to withdraw any consent you have given us to process your personal

data. Please note if you withdraw your consent it will not affect the lawfulness of any processing of

your personal data we have carried out before you withdrew your consent. Should you wish to do so

you can change your consent preferences at any time please contact us at Highfields Letting Agents, 6 Blackford, Nr Burwarton, Bridgnorth, Shropshire, WV16 6QS or info@highfieldsestateagents.co.uk   

 

 

How you can restrict or object to us using your data

 

You can ask us to suspend the way in which we are using your information in certain scenarios, or

object to our processing your data where we are relying on a legitimate interest ground (or those of

a third party) and you feel it impacts on your fundamental rights and freedoms, or where we are

processing your personal data for direct marketing purposes. In some cases where you object, we

may demonstrate that we have compelling legitimate grounds to process your information which

override your rights and freedoms.

 

Please note that if you want us to restrict or stop processing your data this may impact on our ability

to provide our services. Depending on the extent of your request we may be unable to continue

providing you with our service.

 

Any queries or concerns about the way in which your data is being used can be sent to Highfields Letting Agents, 6 Blackford, Nr Burwarton, Bridgnorth, Shropshire, WV16 6QS or info@highfieldsestateagents.co.uk

 

Moving your information to another organisation  

 

In the event that we process your data by automated means where you have either provided us with

consent for us to use your information or where we used the information to perform a contract with

you, you have the right to request that we send to you or to another organisation, a copy of the

personal data we hold about you, for example when you are dealing with a different service

provider. If you would like us to move, copy, or transfer your information please let us know by

email to info@highfieldsestateagents.co.uk.  We will respond to you within one month after assessing

whether this is possible, taking into account the technical compatibility with the other organisation

in question.

 

Complaints about the use of your personal data

 

If you wish to raise a complaint on how we have handled your personal data, you can contact us to

have the matter investigated by writing to Highfields Letting Agents, 6 Blackford, Nr Burwarton, Bridgnorth, WV16 6QS or info@highfieldsestateagents.co.uk

 

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