DATA PRIVACY NOTICE
We take your privacy very seriously and we ask that you read this privacy notice carefully as it contains important information on who we are, how and why we collect, store, use and share your personal data, your rights in relation to your personal data and on how to contact us and supervisory authorities in the event you have a complaint.
Who we are
We are Aim Two Three, a trading style of David Ingram. When we mention “we”, “us” or “our” we are referring to Aim Two Three.
We collect, use and are responsible for certain personal data about you. When we do so we are required to comply with data protection law and we are responsible, as a data controller of that personal data, for the purposes of those laws.
The personal data we collect and use
In the course of providing our services to you and complying with our legal and regulatory obligations, we may collect the following personal information when you provide it to us:
- contact information (e.g. name, telephone number, email address and address)
- identity information (e.g. national identity card/number, FCA number, passport, drivers licence and national insurance number)
- bank account details
In addition to the above, the following personal data may be collected from you where we provide you with FCA application support services:
- financial status information, including any debts
- qualifications
- employment history
- data about criminal convictions or offences
Information collected from other sources
We may also obtain personal information from other sources. Where we obtain this information from another party it is their responsibility to make sure they explain that they will be sharing personal data with us and, where necessary, ask permission before sharing information with us.
How we use your personal data
We will use your personal data:
- As necessary to perform our contract with you for the supply of regulatory and business support services:
- to take steps at your request prior to entering into it;
- to decide whether to enter into it;
- to correspond with you;
- to manage and perform that contract, including administering payment for our services; and
- to update our records.
- As necessary for our own legitimate interests or those of other persons and organisations, e.g.:
- to manage legal claims (we have a legitimate interest in protecting our organisation from breaches of legal obligations owed to us and to defend ourselves from litigation. This is needed to ensure that our legal rights and interests are managed appropriately);
- to issue responses to press/news stories concerning services provided by us and/or complaints or legal claims made by you, in order to minimise the reputational impact on us;
- to perform tasks in relation to our services within our group for centralised administration purposes;
- to obtain feedback from you on the service you have received from us (we have a legitimate interest in operating our business. This includes ensuring that the service we provide is of a satisfactory standard);
- to send you marketing communications; and
- As necessary to comply with a legal obligation, e.g.:
- when you exercise your rights under data protection law and make requests; and
- for compliance with legal and regulatory requirements and related disclosures.
- Based on your consent, e.g.:
- to refer you to third party service providers with which we have referral/introducer arrangements with, in order that you can benefit from enhanced rates and services which may be of interest to you; and
- to send you marketing communications where we have asked for your consent to do so.
You are free at any time to change your mind and withdraw your consent. The consequence might be that we cannot do certain things for you.
Sharing your data with third parties
Subject to applicable data protection law we may share your personal data with:
- Our professional indemnity insurers, legal and other professional advisers, including our insurance adviser and auditors should we need to manage legal claims
- External supplier(s) of email marketing platform services which send marketing communications on our behalf
- The Financial Conduct Authority
None of these third party recipients is based outside the UK or European Economic Area.
Criminal records data
Criminal record data is considered more sensitive and so is subject to additional levels of protection under data protection legislation.
We may process criminal conviction or offence information when we provide you with our FCA application support services. When we do so, in addition to the lawful basis for processing this information set out above, we will be processing it based upon your consent.
You are free at any time to change your mind and withdraw your consent although it is likely that we could not then provide you with our full FCA application support services.
Marketing
We may use personal data we hold about you to help us identify, tailor and provide you with details of products and services from us that may be of interest to you. We have a legitimate business reason to do this and will do so in accordance with any marketing preferences you have provided to us. Unless you request it specifically we will not promote services to you other than by e mail or via our website.
You can opt out of receiving marketing at any time. If you wish to amend your marketing preferences please contact David Ingram by email – davidi@aimtwothree.com.
Your rights
You have legal rights under data protection law in relation to your personal data. These are set out under the below headings:
- To access personal data
- To correct / erase personal data
- To restrict how we use personal data
- To object to how we use personal data
- To ask us to transfer personal data to another organisation
- To object to automated decisions
- To understand how we protect information transferred outside Europe
- To find out more about how we use personal data
We may ask you for proof of identity when making a request to exercise any of these rights. We do this to ensure we only disclose information where we know we are dealing with the right individual.
We will not ask for a fee, unless we think your request is unfounded, repetitive or excessive. Where a fee is necessary, we will inform you before proceeding with your request.
We aim to respond to all valid requests within one month. It may however take us longer if the request is particularly complicated or you have made several requests. We will always let you know if we think a response will take longer than one month. To speed up our response, we may ask you to
By email:
By post:
Aim Two Three, Suite 425, Fourth Floor, Houldsworth Business & Arts Centre, Houldsworth Street, Stockport SK5 6DA
In addition, you can opt out of receiving marketing at any time by replying ‘unsubscribe’ to any marketing email.
Whether information has to be provided by you, and if so why
If you do not wish us to collect and use your personal information in the ways set out in this privacy notice, it may mean that we will be unable to provide you with our products or services.
How long your personal data will be kept
We will hold your personal data for differing periods of time depending upon the reason we have for processing it. The following criteria are used to determine data retention periods for your personal data:
- Retention in case of queries – we will retain your personal data for as long as we reasonably consider it necessary to deal with your queries (e.g. any questions you may have in relation to the services).
- Retention in case of claims – we will retain your personal data for as long as we reasonably consider that you might legally bring a claim against us.
- Retention in accordance with legal and regulatory requirements – we will retain your personal data after we have ceased providing services to you for as long as we are required/permitted to retain it for based upon our legal and regulatory obligations.
To access personal data
You can ask us to confirm whether or not we have, and are using, your personal data. You can also ask to get a copy of your personal data from us and for information on how we process it.
To rectify / erase personal data
You can ask that we rectify any information about you which is incorrect. We will be happy to rectify such information but would need to verify the accuracy of the information first.
You can ask that we erase your personal data if you think we no longer need to use it for the purpose we collected it from you.
You can also ask that we erase your personal data if you have either withdrawn your consent to us using your information (if we originally asked for your consent to use your information), or exercised your right to object to further legitimate use of your information, or where we have used it unlawfully or where we are subject to a legal obligation to erase your personal data.
We may not always be able to comply with your request, for example where we need to keep using your personal data in order to comply with our legal obligation or where we need to use your personal data to establish, exercise or defend legal claims.
To restrict our use of personal data
You can ask that we restrict our use of your personal data in certain circumstances, for example:
- where you think the information is inaccurate and we need to verify it;
- where our use of your personal data is not lawful but you do not want us to erase it;
- where the information is no longer required for the purposes for which it was collected but we need it to establish, exercise or defend legal claims; or
- where you have objected to our use of your personal data but we still need to verify if we have overriding grounds to use it.
We can continue to use your personal data following a request for restriction where we have your consent to use it; or we need to use it to establish, exercise or defend legal claims, or we need to use it to protect the rights of another individual or a company.
To object to use of personal data
You can object to any use of your personal data which we have justified on the basis of our legitimate interest, if you believe your fundamental rights and freedoms to data protection outweigh our legitimate interest in using the information. If you raise an objection, we may continue to use the personal data if we can demonstrate that we have compelling legitimate interests to use the information.
To request a transfer of personal data
You can ask us to provide your personal data to you in a structured, commonly used, machine-readable format, or you can ask to have it transferred directly to another data controller (e.g. another company).
You may only exercise this right where we use your personal data in order to perform a contract with you, or where we asked for your consent to use your personal data. This right does not apply to any personal data which we hold or process outside automated means.
You can contact us for more information
If you are not satisfied with the level of information provided in this privacy notice, you can ask us about what personal data we have about you, what we use your information for, who we disclose your information to, whether we transfer it abroad, how we protect it, how long we keep it for, what rights you have, how you can make a complaint, where we got your data from and whether we have carried out any automated decision making using your personal data.
If you would like to exercise any of the above rights, please contact us:
By email:
By post:
Aim Two Three, Suite 425, Fourth Floor, Houldsworth Business & Arts Centre, Houldsworth Street, Stockport SK5 6DA
Keeping your personal data secure
We have appropriate security measures in place to prevent personal data from being accidentally lost, or used or accessed in an unauthorised way. We limit access to your personal data to those who have a genuine business need to know it. Those processing your information will do so only in an authorised manner and are subject to a duty of confidentiality.
We also have procedures in place to deal with any suspected data security breach. We will notify you and any applicable regulator of a suspected data security breach where we are legally required to do so.
Our supervisory authority
If you are not happy with the way we are handling your information, you have a right to lodge a complaint with the Information Commissioners Office (www.ico.org.uk).
We ask that you please attempt to resolve any issues with us before the ICO.
How to contact us
Please contact us if you have any questions about this privacy notice or the information we hold about you.
By email:
By post:
Aim Two Three, Suite 425, Fourth Floor, Houldsworth Business & Arts Centre, Houldsworth Street, Stockport SK5 6DA