PRIVACY NOTICE

Portico is committed to protecting and respecting your privacy. We take your privacy very seriously and we ask that you read this Privacy Notice carefully as it contains important information on:

  • the personal data we collect about you;
  • how we look after your personal data when you visit our website (regardless of where you visit from);
  • with whom your personal data might be shared; and
  • your privacy rights and how the law protects you.

 

WHO WE ARE
Portico Corporate Reception Management Ltd is the controller and responsible for your personal data (collectively referred to as Portico, “we”, “us” or “our” in this Privacy Notice).

PERSONAL DATA WHICH WE COLLECT
Personal data provided by you
We collect personal data about you when you:

  • contact us through our website;
  • register to our recruitment portal and/or apply for a job with us
  • complete customer feedback or surveys.

 

The personal data collected in the above manner may include your:

  • full name
  • email address;
  • reason for and nature of enquiry;
  • telephone number;
  • recruitment related information.

 

Special categories of personal data
We do not proactively collect personal data considered as special category personal data via our website such as health information.  However, our website does include text boxes which are designed for you to provide us with certain information, and you should be aware that information you freely submit in these boxes may reveal to us certain information that may be considered as special category personal information.

Personal data about other individuals
If you give us information on behalf of someone else, you confirm that the other person has appointed you to act on his/her behalf and has agreed that you can:

  • give consent on his/her behalf to the processing of his/her personal data;
  • receive on his/her behalf any data protection notices;

 

Monitoring and recording communications
We may monitor and record communications with you (such as emails) for the purpose of quality assurance, training, fraud prevention and compliance activities.

HOW WE USE YOUR PERSONAL DATA Overview
We collect information about you so that we can:

  • assist you with your queries in relation to our business;
  • review any job applications you submit to us;
  • identify you in relation to talent management;
  • conduct research, statistical analysis, and behavioural analysis;
  • detect and prevent fraud;
  • notify you of any changes to our website or to our services that may affect you;
  • improve our services.

 

WHEN WE MIGHT SHARE YOUR PERSONAL DATA WITH THIRD PARTIES
We do not, and will not, sell any of your personal data to anythird party – including your name, address, email address or payment card information. We want to earn and maintain your trust, and we believe this is essential in order do that.

As an essential part of being able to provide our services to you, we do share your data with the following categories of third parties:

  • service providers that help us to run our business such as website hosting providers, website developers and newsletter distributors;
  • professional advisers including lawyers and auditors who provide advice to us when we require it;
  • law enforcement agencies in connection with any investigation to help prevent unlawful activity; and
  • third parties to whom we may choose to sell, transfer or merge parts of our business or our assets. Alternatively, we may seek to acquire other businesses or merge with them. If a change happens to our business, then the new owners may use your personal data in the same way as set out in this Privacy Notice.

 

We require all third parties to respect the security of your personal data and to treat it in accordance with the law and relevant data protection legislation. We do not allow our third-party service providers to use your personal data for their own purposes and only permit them to process your personal data for specified purposes and in accordance with our instructions.  If you would like any more information about the third parties which we work with to provide our services to you, please contact us on the contact details provided later in this Privacy Notice.

HOW WE ASK FOR CONSENT
In those cases where we need your consent to hold and process your personal data, we will ask you to check a box on any form requiring consent. By checking these boxes, you are confirming that you have been informed as to why we are collecting the information, how this information will be used, for how long the information will be kept, who else will have access to this information and what your rights are as a data subject (all of which is set out in this Privacy Notice).

HOW WE KEEP YOUR PERSONAL DATA SECURE
To protect your information, we have policies and procedures in place to make sure that only authorised personnel can access the information, that information is handled and stored in a secure and sensible manner, and all systems that can access the information have the necessary security measures in place.

All employees, contractors and sub-contractors receive the necessary training and resources to ensure they understand their responsibilities in relation to all our policies and procedures.

In addition,to these operational measures, we use a range of technologies and security systems that reinforce the policies and procedures, including ensuring that:

  • access to personal data is strictly restricted to those employees who need access to this information as part of their role;
  • we store your personal data on secure servers and unauthorised external access to personal data is prevented through the use of a firewall;
  • information used for reporting andor profiling purposes is anonymised (so that it does not identify you);

 

To make sure that these measures are suitable, we run vulnerability tests regularly. Audits to identify areas of weakness and non-compliance are routinely scheduled.

HOW LONG DO WE KEEP YOUR PERSONAL DATA
We shall only retain your information for as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes we collected it for, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal, accounting, or reporting requirements. If you would like more information about how long we retain specific types of your information, please contact us on the contact details provided later in this Privacy Notice.

TRANSFERS OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA OUT OF THE EEA
All information you provide via our website is stored on our secure servers within the UK and European

Economic Area (“EEA”).  If any data that we collect from you is transferred to, or stored at, a destination outside the UK and EEA at any time, we will update this Privacy Notice accordingly.

YOUR RIGHTS
The right to access information we hold about you
At any point you can contact us to request the information we hold about you as well as why we have that information, who has access to the information and where we got the information. Once we have received your request, we will respond within 30 days.
The right to correct and update the information we hold about you
If the information we hold about you is out of date, incomplete or incorrect, you can inform us, and we will ensure that it is updated.
The right to have your information erased
If you feel that we should no longer be using your information or that we are illegally using your information, you can request that we erase the information we hold. When we receive your request, we will confirm whether the information has been deleted or tell you the reason why it cannot be deleted.
The right to object to processing of your information
You have the right to request that we stop processing your information. Upon receiving the request, we will contact you to tell you if we are able to comply or if we have legitimate grounds to continue. If data is no longer processed, we may continue to hold your information to comply with your other rights.

The right to ask us to stop contacting you with direct marketing

You have the right to request that we stop contacting you with direct marketing.
The right to data portability
You have the right to request that we transfer your information to another controller. Once we have received your request, we will comply where it is feasible to do so.

For your security we may need to verify your identity before we process your instructions above.

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TAKE CARE WHEN LINKING TO OUR SOCIAL MEDIA SITES
Our website provides links to our social media sites. Once on any of these social media sites, please take care if you choose to post any information as this will be on a public domain and may be widely accessible.  If you would like more information about how any information posted on these sites will be used, please read the sites’ privacy notice carefully.

CONTACTING US
If you have any queries about this Privacy Notice, need further information about how we use your personal data or wish to lodge a complaint, please contact us by any of the following means:

  • email us at: dataprotection@wshlimited.com
  • write to us at: Portico, 300 Thames Valley Park Drive, Reading, Berkshire. RG6 1PT.
  • or contact us using our “Contact us” page on the website.

 

You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the Information Commissioner’s Office directly.  Further information, including contact details, is available at https://ico.org.uk.

CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY NOTICE
We may change this Privacy Notice from time to time. You should check this Privacy Notice occasionally to ensure that you are aware of the most recent version that will apply each time you access the website.

Where we have made any changes to this Privacy Notice which affects the way we use your personal data, we will contact you by email to inform you of this change.

This Privacy Notice was last updated on 03 October 2023.