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{"id":748,"date":"2016-03-10T18:52:12","date_gmt":"2016-03-10T18:52:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/houzez03.favethemes.com\/?page_id=748"},"modified":"2020-09-29T11:31:30","modified_gmt":"2020-09-29T11:31:30","slug":"privacy-policy","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.gracewaterassociates.com\/privacy-policy\/","title":{"rendered":"Privacy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Privacy Policy<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>At <em>Gracewater Associates<\/em>, we\u2019re committed to respecting and protecting your privacy.<\/p>\n<p>This Privacy Policy explains when and why we collect personal information about our website visitors, customers and people who contact or interact with us, how we use it, the conditions under which we may disclose it to others and how we keep it secure.<\/p>\n<p>If you do not want us to process your personal information as described in this Privacy Policy, please do not provide information to <em>Gracewater Associates<\/em> or use our website <em>www.gracewaterassociates.com<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>For questions relating to this Privacy Policy, please contact us at <a href=\"mailto:admin@gracewater.com\"><em>admin@gracewater.com<\/em><\/a> or Gracewater Associates, 45 Circus Road, St Johns Wood, NW8 9JH.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>About <em>Gracewater Associates<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Gracewater Associates is a trading name of <em>Gracewater Associates Limited<\/em> whose registered number is <em>4195216<\/em> and registered office is 45 Circus Road, St Johns Wood, NW8 9JH.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>How do we collect personal information about you?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We obtain personal information about you that you provide to us through our website, emails, phone conversations, documents you provide to us or when you visit one of our branches, for example when you:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Enquire about specific properties for sale or for rent<\/li>\n<li>Ask us to value your property<\/li>\n<li>Register for our email newsletters<\/li>\n<li>Participate in one of our surveys<\/li>\n<li>Interact with us on our social media sites<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>We also obtain personal information relating to you using automated technical means when you visit our website.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>What type of personal information is collected?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The information we collect from you might include (but is not limited to) your name, address, email address, phone number, date of birth and financial details and any other information you choose to provide to us.<\/p>\n<p>The information we collect through our website using automated technical means includes: the Internet protocol (IP) address used to connect your computer to the Internet, your login information, browser type and version, time zone setting, browser plug-in types and versions, operating system and platform, identification number, online identifier and location data. We also collect information about your website visit including which website pages are accessed, page response times and length of visits to pages.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>How long do we retain your personal information?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We review our retention periods for personal data on a regular basis. We are legally required to hold some types of information for certain prescribed periods to fulfil our statutory obligations. Outside of specific statutory obligations, we will hold your personal data on our systems for as long as is necessary for the relevant purposes for which we use it, or in accordance with any retention periods set out in any relevant contract you hold with us.<\/p>\n<p>We will retain (but is not limited to) your name, address, email address, phone number, date of birth and financial details and any other information you choose to provide to us for a minimum period of one year following 30<sup>th<\/sup> May 2018, and for a maximum period of 10 years following 30<sup>th<\/sup> May 2018.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How do we use your personal information?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Under the GDPR you have to state the purposes and legal basis for processing each category of personal data. It is your responsibility to describe the purpose and the legal bases that you are relying on, and where you are relying on \u2018legitimate interests\u2019, what those legitimate interests are. We have made some suggestions in red, but you\u2019ll need to review these to determine whether they are appropriate for your agency.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>We may use the information that you directly provide to us in the following ways:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>We may use your name, address and contact details for the purpose of carrying out our obligations arising from any contracts entered into by you and <em>Gracewater Associates<\/em>, such as providing you with products and services you have requested, visiting and arranging viewings of your property. Our legal basis for this use is that it is necessary for the performance of a contract to which you are party.<\/li>\n<li>We may use your name, email address and postal address to provide you with information, you have requested from us, respond to enquiries or requests from you, communicate with you in relation to those enquiries or requests and arranging visits to your property by our staff. Our legal basis for this use is our legitimate interests, namely carrying out activities in the course of <em>Gracewater Associates<\/em>\u2019s business in response to customer enquiries or requests.<\/li>\n<li>We may use your name, email address and postal address to provide you with information regarding similar goods and services to those you have already enquired about or purchased. Our legal basis for this use is our legitimate interests, namely the ongoing marketing of our goods and services to individuals with whom we have an existing relationship in connection with our goods and services and\/or who have expressed an interest in those goods and services.<\/li>\n<li>Where you have entered into a contract with us or we have provided you with services, we may use your name, email address, postal address or phone number to ask for your feedback about the services we have provided to you. Our legal basis for this use is our legitimate interests, namely evaluating and where necessary improving the quality of our service provision with a view to promoting the success of our business and positive customer relationships.<\/li>\n<li>Where you are a party to an existing contract with us or regularly enter into contracts with us for our goods and services, we may use your name, email address, postal address or phone number to notify you of changes to the terms and conditions of our services. Our legal basis for this use is our legitimate interests, namely the administration and management of our business contracts and relationships.<\/li>\n<li>We may use your name, email address and postal address to send you marketing communications, if you have chosen to receive these. These may include information about properties for rent or for sale, the current property market, promotions or offers. Our legal basis for this use is consent.<\/li>\n<li>We may use your name, address and contact details to verify your identity where contracts entered into by you and Gracewater Associates, such as providing you with products and services you have requested, visiting and arranging viewings of your property. Our legal basis for this use is compliance with a legal obligation to which we are subject. Our legitimate interests, namely ensuring the security of our systems, network and information and those of third parties.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>We may use the information that we automatically collect using technical means through our website to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Administer our site and for troubleshooting, testing, research and statistical purposes. We use Google Analytics, a third party website monitoring tool. For more information, see our Cookie Policy. Our legal basis for this is our legitimate interests, namely monitoring the use of our software and IT systems, improving our website.<\/li>\n<li>Measure or understand the effectiveness of our own advertising activity<em>. <\/em>Our legal basis for this use is our legitimate interests, namely improving the relevancy of our advertising;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>This automated collection of information may involve the use of cookies.\u00a0 Please see our Cookies Policy for further detail about these <em>www.gracewaterassociates.com\/cookies-policy\/<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>We may analyse the personal information we collect directly from you and obtain using automated technical means to create a profile of your interests and preferences so that we can contact you with information relevant to you (if you have chosen to receive marketing communications from us).<\/p>\n<p>We may also use any of your personal information that we collect from you directly, and additional information about you where necessary to detect and reduce fraud and credit risk. Our legal basis for this use of your personal information is our legitimate interests in preventing our business being subject to fraud or credit risk.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Who has access to information?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We will not sell or rent your information to third parties.<\/p>\n<p>We may pass your information to third party service providers, including but not limited to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Business partners, suppliers and sub-contractors working on our behalf for the purposes of completing tasks and providing services to you.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>These are <em>HomeLets who carry out our reference checks, contractors such as builders, plumbers, electricians to carry out maintenance works, surveyors and valuers for property surveys<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Your personal data, including name, address, contact details and preferences will be shared with <em>Arthur Online<\/em>. <em>Arthur Online\u00a0<\/em>provide <em>Gracewater Associates<\/em> with property sales and rental software.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>When we use third party service providers, we disclose only the personal information that is necessary to deliver the service and we have a contract in place that requires them to keep your information secure and otherwise use your information in accordance with applicable data protection law.<\/p>\n<p>We may disclose your personal information to our insurers and \/or professional advisers insofar as reasonably necessary for the purposes of obtaining and maintaining insurance coverage, managing risks, obtaining professional advice and managing legal disputes.<\/p>\n<p>We may transfer your personal information to a third party as part of a sale of some or all of our business and assets, or as part of any business restructuring or reorganisation, or if we\u2019re under a duty to disclose or share your personal data in order to comply with any legal obligation or to enforce or apply our terms of use or to protect the rights, property or safety of our customers. However, we will take steps with the aim of ensuring that your privacy rights continue to be protected.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to the specific disclosures set out in this section, we may disclose your personal information where such disclosure is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which we are subject, or in order to protect your vital interests or the vital interests of another natural person, or for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims, whether in court proceedings or in an administrative out-of-court procedure.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Your rights<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In this section we have summarised the rights that you have under data protection law.\u00a0 Some of the rights are complex, applying only in certain circumstances and subject to certain exceptions, and in the interests of keeping this policy concise, not all of the details have been included in our summaries.\u00a0 Accordingly, you should read the relevant laws and guidance from the regulatory authorities for a full explanation of these rights.<\/p>\n<p>You have the right:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>To object to us processing your personal information for marketing purposes. If you object, we will stop processing your personal information for this purpose. When we collect your data, you can choose whether or not you wish to receive marketing communications from us. If you wish to stop receiving marketing communications, you can opt out at any time by clicking an \u2018unsubscribe\u2019 link at the bottom of one of our emails.<\/li>\n<li>To access the information we hold about you and certain information about our processing of it and your rights in relation to it.<\/li>\n<li>In certain circumstances, to obtain erasure of the personal information we hold about you, subject to certain exceptions.<\/li>\n<li>To rectification of the information we hold about you.<\/li>\n<li>In certain circumstances, to restrict our processing of your personal information or object to us processing it If you object, we will stop processing your personal information unless certain exceptions apply.<\/li>\n<li>Where our legal basis for processing your personal information is your consent or the performance of a contract and we process it by automated means, to be provided with the personal information we hold about you in structured, commonly used and machine readable format and to transmit the information to another controller.<\/li>\n<li>To not be subject to a decision based solely on automated processing, including profiling, that produces legal effects concerning you or similarly affecting you, subject to certain exceptions.<\/li>\n<li>Where our processing of your personal information is based on your consent, to withdraw that consent at any time. 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