Privacy Policy

Background

Unique IQ Ltd understands that your privacy is important to you and that you care about how your personal data is used and shared online. We respect and value the privacy of everyone who visits this website, www.uniqueiq.co.uk (“Our Site”) and will only collect and use personal data in ways that are described here, and in a manner that is consistent with Our obligations and your rights under the law.
Please read this Privacy Policy carefully and ensure that you understand it. Your acceptance of Our Privacy Policy is deemed to occur upon your first use of Our Site. If you do not accept and agree with this Privacy Policy, you must stop using Our Site immediately.

1. Definitions and Interpretation

In this Policy the following terms shall have the following meanings:

2. Information About Us

Our Site is owned and operated by Unique IQ Ltd, a limited company registered in England under company number 05791636, whose registered address is Unit 17 Chestnut Court, Jill Lane, Sambourne, B96 6EW and whose main trading address is Unit 17 Chestnut Court, Jill Lane, Sambourne, B96 6EW.
Our VAT number is GB881230536. Our Data Protection representative can be contacted by email at dpo@uniqueiq.co.uk, by telephone on 0800 8886868, or by post at Unit 17 Chestnut Court, Jill Lane, Sambourne B96 6EW.

3. What Does This Policy Cover?

This Privacy Policy applies only to your use of Our Site, which may contain links to other websites. Please note that we have no control over how other websites collect, store, or use your data. We advise you to check the privacy policies of any such websites before providing any data to them.

4. Your Rights

As a data subject, you have the following rights under the GDPR, which this Policy and Our use of personal data have been designed to uphold:

• The right to be informed about Our collection and use of personal data;
• The right of access to the personal data We hold about you (see section 12);
• The right to rectification if any personal data We hold about you is inaccurate or incomplete (please contact Us using the details in section 14);
• The right to be forgotten – i.e. the right to ask Us to delete any personal data We hold about you.
• If you would like Us to delete any information we hold, please contact Us using the details in section 14;
• The right to restrict (i.e. prevent) the processing of your personal data;
• The right to data portability (obtaining a copy of your personal data to re-use with another service or organisation);
• The right to object to Us using your personal data for particular purposes; and
• Rights with respect to automated decision-making and profiling.

If you have any cause for complaint about Our use of your personal data, please contact Us using the details provided in section 14 and We will do Our best to solve the problem for you. If We are unable to help, you also have the right to lodge a complaint with the UK’s supervisory authority, the Information Commissioner’s Office.

For further information about your rights, please contact the Information Commissioner’s Office or your local Citizens Advice Bureau.

5. What Data Do We Collect?

Depending upon your use of Our Site, We may collect some or all of the following personal and non-personal data (please also see section 4 on Our use of Cookies and similar technologies and Our Cookie Policy https://www.uniqueiq.co.uk/cookiepolicy):

• Name
• Company name
• phone number
• address
• email address
• demographic information such as preferences and interests
• web browser type and version
• operating system

6. How Do We Use Your Data?

All personal data is processed and stored securely, for no longer than necessary, considering the reason(s) for which it was first collected. We will comply with our obligations and safeguard your rights under the GDPR at all times. For more details on security, see section 7 below.

Our use of your personal data will always have a lawful basis, either because it is necessary for Our performance of a contract with you, because you have consented to Our use of your personal data (e.g. by subscribing to marketing emails), or because it is in Our legitimate interests. Specifically, We may use your data for the following purposes:

• Personalising and tailoring your experience on Our Site;
• Personalising and tailoring Our products and services for you;
• Replying to emails from you;
• Supplying you with emails that you have opted into. You may unsubscribe or opt out at any time by clicking the unsubscribe link provided in all communications or emailing info@uniqueiq.co.uk with an unsubscribe request;
• Market research;
• Analysing your use of Our Site and gathering feedback to enable Us to continually improve Our Site and your user experience;

With your permission and/or where permitted by law, We may use your data for marketing purposes which may include contacting you by email, telephone, text message or post with information, news and offers on Our products or services. We will not, however, send you any unsolicited marketing or spam and will take all reasonable steps to ensure that We fully protect your rights and comply with Our obligations under the GDPR and the Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations 2003.

You have the right to withdraw your consent to Us using your personal data at any time, and to request that We delete it.

We do not keep your personal data for any longer than is necessary in light of the reason(s) for which it was first collected. Data will be retained for the following periods;

• Email addresses provided on contact forms will be held for response purposes indefinitely or until removal is requested. Contact information will never be used for marketing purposes.
• Subscriptions to marketing material will be held indefinitely or within a reasonable time following an online or manual request.

7. How and Where Do We Store Your Data?

• We only keep your personal data for as long as We need to in order to use it as described above in section 6, and/or for as long as We have your permission to keep it.
• Your data will only be stored within the European Economic Area (“the EEA”) (The EEA consists of all EU member states, plus Norway, Iceland, and Liechtenstein).
• Data security is very important to Us, and to protect your data We have taken suitable measures to safeguard and secure data collected through Our Site.
• Steps We take to secure and protect your data include:
  • All data is held in secure data houses.
  • Access to data is restricted using relevant security processes including but not limited to
    • encrypted and secure data transport
    • secure password policies
    • limited access to relevant personnel

8. Do We Share Your Data?

In certain circumstances, We may be legally required to share certain data held by Us, which may include your personal data, for example, where We are involved in legal proceedings, where We are complying with legal obligations, a court order, or a governmental authority.

We may compile statistics about the use of Our Site including data on traffic, usage patterns, user numbers and other information. All such data will be anonymised and will not include any personally identifying data, or any anonymised data that can be combined with other data and used to identify you. We may, from time to time, share such data with third parties such as prospective investors, affiliates, and partners. Data will only be shared and used within the bounds of the law.

9. What Happens If Our Business Changes Hands?

We may, from time to time, expand or reduce Our business and this may involve the sale and/or the transfer of control of all or part of Our business. Any personal data that you have provided will, where it is relevant to any part of Our business that is being transferred, be transferred along with that part, and the new owner or newly controlling party will, under the terms of this Privacy Policy, be permitted to use that data only for the same purposes for which it was originally collected by Us.
In the event that any of your data is to be transferred in such a manner, you will not be contacted in advance and informed of the changes.

10. How Can You Control Your Data?

In addition to your rights under the GDPR, set out in section 4, you may be given options to restrict Our use of your data. In particular, We aim to give you strong controls on Our use of your data for direct marketing purposes including the ability to opt-out of receiving emails from Us which you may do by unsubscribing using the links provided in Our emails and at the point of providing your details.
You may also wish to sign up for one or more of the preference services operating in the UK: The Telephone Preference Service (“the TPS”), the Corporate Telephone Preference Service (“the CTPS”), and the Mailing Preference Service (“the MPS”). These may help to prevent you from receiving unsolicited marketing. Please note, however, that these services will not prevent you from receiving marketing communications that you have consented to receiving.

11. Your Right to Withhold Information

You may access certain areas of Our Site without providing any data at all. However, to use all features and functions available on Our Site you may be required to submit or allow for the collection of certain data.
You may restrict Our use of Cookies. For more information, see section 13 and Our Cookie Policy https://www.uniqueiq.co.uk/cookiepolicy.

12. How Can You Access Your Data?

You have the right to ask for a copy of any of your personal data held by Us (where such data is held). Under the GDPR, no fee is payable and We will provide any and all information in response to your request free of charge within the definition of GDPR definition of reasonable requests. Please contact Us for more details at dpo@uniqueiq.co.uk, or using the contact details below in section 14.

13. Our Use of Cookies

Our Site may place and access certain first-party Cookies on your computer or device. First-party Cookies are those placed directly by Us and are used only by Us. We use Cookies to facilitate and improve your experience of Our Site and to provide and improve Our products or services. In addition, Our Site uses analytics services provided by Google Analytics, which also uses Cookies. Website analytics refers to a set of tools used to collect and analyse usage statistics, enabling Us to better understand how people use Our Site. For more details, please refer to Our Cookie Policy https://www.uniqueiq.co.uk/cookiepolicy/.

14. Contacting Us

If you have any questions about Our Site or this Privacy Policy, please contact Us by email at info@uniqueiq.co.uk, by telephone on 0800 8886868, or by post at Unit 17 Chestnut Court, Jill Lane, Sambourne, B96 6EW. Please ensure that your query is clear, particularly if it is a request for information about the data We hold about you (as under section 12, above).

15. Changes to Our Privacy Policy

We may change this Privacy Policy from time to time (for example, if the law changes). Any changes will be immediately posted on Our Site, and you will be deemed to have accepted the terms of the Privacy Policy on your first use of Our Site following the alterations. We recommend that you check this page regularly to keep up-to-date.