This is the privacy notice of Dorrington Homes. In this document, “we”, “our”, or “us” refer to Dorrington Homes Our registered office is at Paddock View, Calcot Lane, Curdridge, Southampton, England, SO32 2BN.
This privacy notice aims to inform you about how we collect and process any information that we
collect from you, or that you provide to us. It covers information that could identify you (“personal
information”) and information that could not. In the context of the law and this notice, “process”
means collect, store, transfer, use or otherwise act on information. It tells you about your privacy
rights and how the law protects you.
We are committed to protecting your privacy and the confidentiality of your personal information. Our
policy is not just an exercise in complying with the law, but a continuation of our respect for you
and your personal information.
We undertake to preserve the confidentiality of all information you provide to us, and hope that you
reciprocate.
Our policy complies with UK law accordingly implemented, including that required by the EU General
Data Protection (GDPR).
The law requires us to tell you about your rights and our obligations to you in regards to the
processing and control of your personal data. We do this now, by requesting that you read the
information provided at
http://knowyourprivacyrights.org
Except as set out below, we do not share, or sell, or disclose to a third party, any information
collected through our website.
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We may collect, use, store and transfer different kinds of personal data about you. We have collated
them into groups as follows:
Your identity includes information such as first name, last name, title, date of birth, and other
identifiers that you may have provided at some time.
Your contact information includes information such as billing address, delivery address, email
address, telephone numbers and any other information you have given us for the purpose of
communication or meeting.
Your financial data includes information such as your bank account and payment card details.
Your transaction data includes details about payments or communications to and from you and
information about products and services you have purchased from us.
Your technical data includes your internet protocol (IP) address, browser type and version, time zone
setting and location, browser plug-in types and versions, operating system and platform and other
technology on the devices you use to access our website.
Your profile data includes, purchases or orders made by you, your interests, preferences, feedback and
survey responses.
Your usage data includes information about how you use our website, products and services.
Your marketing and communications data includes your preferences in receiving marketing from us and
your communication preferences.
We may aggregate anonymous data such as statistical or demographic data for any purpose. Anonymous
data is data that does not identify you as an individual. Aggregated data may be derived from your
personal data but is not considered personal information in law because it does not reveal your
identity.
For example, we may aggregate profile data to assess interest in a product or service.
However, if we combine or connect aggregated data with your personal information so that it can
identify you in any way, we treat the combined data as personal information and it will be used in
accordance with this privacy notice.
Special personal information is data about your race or ethnicity, religious or philosophical beliefs,
sex life, sexual orientation, political opinions, trade union membership, information about your
health and genetic and biometric data.
It also includes information about criminal convictions and offences.
We do not collect any special personal information about you.
Where we need to collect personal data by law, or under the terms of a contract we have with you, and you fail to provide data when requested, we may not be able to perform that contract. In that case, we may have to stop providing a service to you. if so, we will notify you of this at the time.
The law requires us to determine under which of six defined bases we process different categories of
your personal information, and to notify you of the basis for each category.
If a basis on which we process your personal information is no longer relevant then we shall
immediately stop processing your data.
If the basis changes, then if required by law we shall notify you of the changes and of any new basis
under which we have determined that we can continue to process your information.
When you create an account on our website, buy a product or service from us, or otherwise agree to our
terms and conditions, a contract is formed between you and us.
In order to carry out our obligations under that contract we must process the information you give us.
Some of this information may be personal information.
We may use it in order to:
Through certain actions when otherwise there is no contractual relationship between us, such as when
you browse our website or ask us to provide you more information about our business, including job
opportunities, and our products and services, you provide your consent to us to process information
that may be personal information.
Wherever possible, we aim to obtain your explicit consent to process this information, for example, by
asking you to agree to our use of cookies.
If you have given us explicit permission to do so, we may from time to time pass your name and contact
information to selected associates whom we consider may provide services or products you will find
useful.
We continue to process your information on this basis until you withdraw your consent or it can be
reasonably assumed that your consent no longer exists.
You may withdraw your consent at any time by instructing us at info@imperialhomessouthern.co.uk . However, if
you do so, you may not be able to use our website or our services further.
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We may process information on the basis there is a legitimate interest, either to you or to us, of
doing so.
Where we process your information on this basis, we do after having given careful consideration
to:
Sometimes, we must process your information in order to comply with a statutory obligation.
For example, we may be required to give information to legal authorities if they so request or if they
have the proper authorisation such as a search warrant or court order.
This may include your personal information.
Our website may contain links to third party websites that we believe may be of interest to our
website visitors. This privacy policy only governs our websites and we are not responsible for the
privacy policies that govern third party websites even where we have provided links to them. If you
use any link on our website we recommend and you read the privacy policy of that website before
sharing any personal or financial data.
In posting personal information, it is up to you to satisfy yourself about the privacy level of every
person who might use it.
We do not specifically use this information except to allow it to be displayed or shared.
Once your information enters the public domain, we have no control over what any individual third
party may do with it. we accept no responsibility for their actions at any time.
If you complain about any of the content on our website, we shall investigate your complaint.
If we feel it is justified or if we believe the law requires us to do so, we shall remove the content
while we investigate.
Free speech is a fundamental right, so we have to make a judgement as to whose right will be
obstructed: yours, or that of the person who posted the content that offends you.
If we think your complaint is vexatious or without any basis, we shall not correspond with you about
it.
If you send us information in connection with a job application, we may keep it for up to three years
in case we decide to contact you at a later date.
If we employ you, we collect information about you and your work from time to time throughout the
period of your employment. This information will be used only for the purposes directly relevant to
your employment. After your employment has ended, we will keep your file for six years before
destroying or deleting it
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When you contact us, whether by telephone, through our website or by email, we collect the data you
have given to us in order to reply with the information you need.
We record your request and our reply in order to increase the efficiency of our business.
We keep personally identifiable information associated with your message, such as your name and email
address so as to be able to track our communications with you to provide a high-quality service.
When we receive a complaint, we record all the information you have given to us.
We use that information to resolve your complaint.
If your complaint reasonably requires us to contact some other person, we may decide to give that
other person some of the information contained in your complaint. We do this as infrequently as
possible, but it is a matter for our sole discretion as to whether we do give information, and if we
do, what that information is.
This is information given to us by you in capacity as an affiliate of us or as a business partner.
It allows us to recognise visitors that you have referred to us, and to credit to you commission due
for such referrals. It also includes information that allows us to transfer commission to you.
The information is not used for any other purpose.
We undertake to preserve the confidentiality of the information and of the terms of our relationship,
We expect any affiliate or partner to agree to reciprocate this policy.
We may ask an independent company to contact you in order to provide feedback about your experience.
Only basic contact information will be shared with this third party, and it is important that this
feedback is collected independently from Dorrington Homes so that you feel comfortable providing a
full account of your experience.
The survey is not mandatory and you may decline to take part at any time. Our partners are ESOMAR and
ICO registered and follow all Market Research Society guidelines for the protection of your data.
Your feedback will be shared directly with us so that we may understand the service you have received
and any opportunities that we might be able to address to serve you and other customers better in the
future.
Use of information we collect through automated systems when you visit our website
Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer’s hard drive by your web browser when
you visit any website. They allow information gathered on one web page to be stored until it is needed
for use on another, allowing a website to provide you with a personalised experience and the website
owner with statistics about how you use the website so that it can be improved.
Some cookies may last for a defined period of time, such as one day or until you close your browser.
Others last indefinitely.
Your web browser should allow you to delete any you choose. It also should allow you to prevent or
limit their use.
Our website uses cookies. They are placed by software that operates on our servers, and by software
operated by third parties whose services we use.
When you first visit our website, we ask you whether you wish us to use cookies. If you choose not to
accept them, we shall not use them for your visit except to record that you have not consented to
their use for any other purpose.
If you choose not to use cookies or you prevent their use through your browser settings, you will not
be able to use all the functionality of our website.
We provide more information about the cookies we use in the cookie tool on our website
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Requests by your web browser to our services for web pages and other content on our website are
recorded.
We record information such as your geographical location, your internet service provided and your IP
address. We also record information about the software you are using to browse our website, such as
type of computer or device and the screen resolution.
We use this information in aggregate to assess the popularity of the webpages on our website and how
we perform in providing content to you.
If combined with other information we know about you from previous visits, the data possibly could be
used to identify you personally, even if you are not signed in to our website.
Although we do not disclose your personal information to any third party (except as set out in this notice), we sometimes receive data that is indirectly made up from your personal information from third parties whose services we use..
It is important that the personal data we hold about you is accurate and current. Please keep us informed if your personal data changes.
At any time, you may review or update personally identifiable information that we hold about you, by
signing in to your account on our website.
To obtain a copy of any information that is not provided on our website you should contact us to make
that request.
After receiving the request, we will tell you when we expect to provide you with the information, and
whether we require any fee for providing it to you.
If you wish us to remove personally identifiable information from our website, you should contact us to make your request. This may limit the service we can provide to you .
When we receive any request to access, edit or delete personal identifiable information we shall first take reasonable steps to verify your identity before granting you access or otherwise taking any action. This is important to safeguard your information.
We do not sell products or provide services for purchase by children, nor do we market to children.
If you are not happy with our privacy policy or if you have any complaint then
you should tell us.
If a dispute is not settled then we hope you will agree to attempt to resolve it by engaging in good
faith with us in a process of mediation or arbitration.
If you are in any way dissatisfied about how we process your personal information, you have a right to
lodge a complaint with the Information
Commissioner's Office (ICO).
This can be done at < a href="https://ico.org.uk/make-a-complaint">
https://ico.org.uk/make-a-complaint.
We would, however, appreciate the opportunity to talk to you about your concern before you
approach the ICO.
Except as otherwise mentioned in this privacy notice, we keep your personal information only for as
long as required by us:
Our privacy policy has been compiled so as to comply with the law of every country or legal
jurisdiction in which we aim to do business. If you think it fails to satisfy the law of your
jurisdiction, we should like to hear from you.
However, ultimately it is your choice as to whether you wish to use our website.
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We may update this privacy notice from time to time as necessary. The terms that apply to you are
those posted here on our website on the day you use our website. We advise you to print a copy for
your records.
If you have any question regarding our privacy policy, please contact us.