STATEMENT

Apollo Designs Limited (‘Apollo Designs’, ‘we’, ‘us’, and ‘our’) is committed to respecting and protecting the privacy of individuals and to fully complying with all the requirements of the UK GDPR.

SCOPE

This Notice applies to:

· All our data subjects
· Users of this website

This Privacy Notice explains, amongst other things:

· Why we may process your personal information
· What personal information we may collect about you
· How we may collect your personal information
· Why our processing of your personal information is lawful
· How we may use your personal information
· Who we may share your personal information with
· How long we may keep your personal information
· Your rights regarding your personal information

GENERAL INFORMATION

What is personal information?

Personal information is anything that enables you to be identified or identifiable. Examples are:

· First and last names
· Postal, email and IP addresses
· Telephone numbers
· Identity documents (e.g., passports & driving licence)
· Career & educational documents (e.g., CVs & qualifications)
· Contact information

Your personal information is sometimes called “personal data”. We collectively refer to handling, collecting, protecting, storing or otherwise using your personal information as ‘processing’.

You do not have to provide any of your personal information to us, but if you do not provide all the information we ask for, we may not be able to do or provide what you want.

COLLECTING (OBTAINING) YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

Below are some examples of how you may provide personal information to us:

· Asking us to provide information, goods or services to you or someone else
· Contacting us
· Searching or browsing our website
· Submitting CVs or work history information to us
· Providing us with business cards or other contact information

We may also obtain some of the above personal information about you from third parties (other individuals or organisations) or from publicly available sources, for example social networks, company networks and public records.

COOKIES

For information about the cookies and any other similar technologies we use, please see our cookie policy.

USING YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

When we collect your personal information, we may use it for any of the purposes described below or as stated at the point we collect if from you (or as may be obvious to you from the context of collection), including:

· To provide information, goods or services that you have requested
· To make contact with you
· To administer and manage our website
· To consider whether to offer you employment with us
· To manage our relationship with you
· To develop our businesses and services
· For any other purpose(s) for which your personal information has been provided to us, including any of the purposes given under ‘Collection of your personal information’ above.

We do not collect personal information for sale to third parties.

USING YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION FOR MARKETING

Where we are legally required to do so, we will only provide you with marketing materials if you have given us your prior consent.

OUR LEGAL GROUNDS FOR PROCCESSING YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

We rely on one or more of the following lawful bases to process your personal information:

Consent: We may process your personal information after you have consented (agreed) to us doing so. Your consent may have been obtained by us, or by third parties on our behalf. You have the right to withdraw your consent at any time.

Contract: We may process your personal information when we need to deliver a contractual service to you or because you have asked us to do something before entering into a contract (e.g., provide a quote).

Legal obligation: We may process your personal information when we need to comply with a legal obligation.

Legitimate interest: We may process your personal information when we need to for our or another’s legitimate interests, where these interests are not overridden by your rights.

SHARING YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

We will not share (disclose) your personal information with third parties (other organisations or individuals).

TRANSFERS OF YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION OUTISDE OF THE UK

We will not transfer your personal information outside of the UK.

OUR RETENTION (STORAGE) OF YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

We will retain your personal information only for as long as we need it for the purpose(s) for which it was collected, or as required to do so by law.

To determine the appropriate retention period for your personal information, we consider the amount, nature, and sensitivity of it, the potential risk of harm from unauthorised us or disclosure of it, the purposes for which we process it and whether we can achieve those purposes through other means, as well as applicable legal requirements.

YOUR RIGHTS IN RESPECT OF OUR PRECESSING OF YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

You have the right to be informed about our collection and use of your personal information. In particular, you may have the right to:

· Withdraw your previously provided consent to our processing of your personal information
· Request a copy of personal information we hold about you
· Ask that we update the personal information we hold about you, or correct such personal information that you think is incorrect or incomplete
· Ask that we delete personal information that we hold about you, or restrict the way in which we use such personal information
· Object to our processing of your personal information

To exercise your rights, please contact us.

SECURITY

We are committed to protecting your personal information from accidental or unlawful destruction, loss, alteration, unauthorised disclosure or access and have implemented generally accepted standards of technology and operational security.

Please be aware that we cannot guarantee the security of all personal information transmitted to or by us.

AUTOMATED DECISION MAKING

We will not use your personal information for automated decision making or profiling.

CHILDREN

We understand the importance of protecting children’s privacy and we never knowingly collect personal information about individuals under the age of 13.

CONTACT DETAILS

We can be contacted here.

We have appointed a Data Protection Officer (DPO), who can be contacted here.

YOUR RIGHT TO LODGE A COMPLAINT WITH THE ICO (UK ONLY)

If you have a complaint about the way we are handling your personal information or think we have not complied with our obligations under data protection law, you may contact the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), which is the supervisory authority (regulator) in the UK.

You may make a complaint to the ICO as follows:

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Online: https://ico.org.uk/make-a-complaint/

Live chat: https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/contact-us-public/public-advice/#liveChat
Telephone: 0303 123 1113

Please note you should raise your complaint with the ICO within three months of your last meaningful contact with us.

UPDATING

We may update this Privacy Notice at any time by publishing an updated version here. So that you know when we make changes, we will amend the revision date at the bottom of this page. The new modified or amended Privacy Notice will apply from that revision date.

This Privacy Notice was last updated on 02/08/2024.