Champion Contractors is committed to ensuring that your privacy is protected. Should we ask you to provide certain information by which you can be identified when using this website, then you can be assured that it will only be used in accordance with this privacy statement.
Champion Contractors may change this policy from time to time by updating this page. You should check this page from time to time to ensure that you are happy with any changes. This policy is effective from January 2016.
What information we collect
We may collect the following information:
- name and job title
- contact information including email address
- demographic information such as postcode, preferences and interests
- other information relevant to customer services
What we do with the information we gather
We require this information to understand your needs and provide you with a better service, and in particular for the following reasons:
- Internal record keeping.
- We may use the information to improve our products and services.
- We may periodically send promotional emails about new products, special offers or other information which we think you may find interesting using the email address which you have provided, if you have provided your consent.
- From time to time, we may also use your information to contact you for market research purposes, if you have provided your consent. We may contact you by email, phone, fax or mail. We may use the information to customise the website according to your interests.
- We may, on occasion share some information you have provided (as a website user or as a client of Champion Contractors) with People Value Limited, to provide you with updates and access to our Champion Rewards scheme. You have the right to opt out from receiving these notifications at any stage either by contacting us using the details provided at the end of this privacy policy, or following the links within the privacy policy on the Champion Rewards portal if you have registered as a user.
- We may, on occasion share some information you have provided (as a website user or as a client of Champion Contractors) with Champion Financial Planning*, to determine if a client would benefit from financial advice. This action does not come at cost to you the client, nor is the organisation compensated for this initial conversation. You have the right to opt out from receiving these notifications at any stage by contacting us using the details provided at the end of this privacy policy.
- We may, on occasion share some information you have provided (as an employee of Champion Contractors) with FCSA (Freelancers, Contractors Services Association), to fulfil our audit requirements.
*Champion Financial Planning is a trading style of Cheetham Jackson JV LLP which is an appointed representative of Cheetham Jackson Limited which is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority
Security
We are committed to ensuring that your information is secure. In order 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 online.
How we use cookies
A cookie is a small file which asks permission to be placed on your computer's hard drive. Once you agree, the file is added and the cookie helps analyse web traffic or lets you know when you visit a particular site. Cookies allow web applications to respond to you as an individual. The web application can tailor its operations to your needs, likes and dislikes by gathering and remembering information about your preferences.
We use traffic log cookies to identify which pages are being used. This helps us analyse data about webpage traffic and improve our website in order to tailor it to customer needs. We only use this information for statistical analysis purposes and then the data is removed from the system.
Overall, cookies help us provide you with a better website by enabling us to monitor which pages you find useful and which you do not. A cookie in no way gives us access to your computer or any information about you, other than the data you choose to share with us.
You can choose to accept or decline cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. This may prevent you from taking full advantage of the website.
Google Analytics
This website uses Google Analytics to help analyse how our visitors use the site. The tool uses cookies to store information, such as what time the current visit occurred, whether the visitor has been to the site before, and what site referred the visitor to the web page. A different cookie is used for each website, and visitors are not tracked across multiple sites. The information generated by the cookie about your use of the website (including IP address) is transmitted to Google. This information may then be used to evaluate visitors' use of the website and to compile statistical reports on website activity for Champion Contractors. More information on how Google uses this data can be found here. To disable this type of cookie, some browsers will indicate when a cookie is being sent and allow you to decline cookies on a case-by-case basis. In addition to declining cookies, you can also install the Google Analytics Opt-out Add-on in your browser, which prevents Google Analytics from collecting information about your website visits.
We will never (and will not allow any third party to) use the statistical analytics tool to track or to collect any Personally Identifiable Information (PII) of visitors to our site. Google will not associate your IP address with any other data held by Google. Neither we nor Google will link, or seek to link, an IP address with the identity of a computer user. We will not associate any data gathered from this site with any Personally Identifiable Information from any source, unless you explicitly submit that information via a fill-in form on our website.
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 website in question.
Retaining your personal data
Your data will be held as long as considered necessary for the purpose which it was collected (including as required by applicable law or regulation). However, as with any provider of professional services, we are subject to legal, regulatory and professional obligations. We need to keep certain records to demonstrate that our services are provided in compliance with those obligations and those records may contain personal data.
In the absence of specific legal, regulatory or contractual requirements, our baseline retention period for records and other documentary evidence created in the provision of services is 9 years.
Controlling your personal information
You may choose to restrict the collection or use of your personal information in the following ways:
- whenever you are asked to fill in a form on the website, look for the box that you can click to indicate that you do not want the information to be used by anybody for direct marketing purposes
- if you have previously agreed to us using your personal information for direct marketing purposes, you may change your mind at any time by writing to or emailing us at info@championcontractors.co.uk
We will not sell, distribute or lease your personal information to third parties unless we are required by law to do so.
You may request details of personal information which we hold about you under the Data Protection Act 2018. There is no charge for this request, unless there are exceptional circumstances where we may charge an administrative fee to complete this request. Details of personal information will be supplied to you without delay and within one month of receiving your request. If you would like a copy of the information held on you please write to:
Champion Contractors
1 Worsley Court
High Street
Worsley
M28 3NJ
Alternatively you can email us at info@championcontractors.co.uk
If you believe that any information we are holding on you is incorrect or incomplete, please write to us or email us as soon as possible at the above address. We will promptly correct any information found to be incorrect.
For more information about your rights, contact the Information Commissioners Office on 0303 123 1113 or via their website http://www.ico.org.uk.