Privacy Policy of EGB Engineering Consultants Ltd.

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Owner and Data Controller

28 Beaumont Avenue
Southwell
Nottinghamshire
NG25 0BB
United Kingdom

Owner Contact Email: info@egb-eng.com

UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR) Policy

At EGB Engineering we are committed to protecting the privacy and security of our customers and users. As part of this commitment, we comply with the Data Protection Act 2018 which implements the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR). This policy sets out how we collect, use, and protect the personal data of individuals in the UK.

1.0 YOUR PERSONAL DATA – WHAT IS IT?

Personal data relates to a living individual who can be identified from that data. Identification can be by the information alone or in conjunction with any other information in the data controller’s possession or likely to come into such possession. The processing of personal data is governed by the UK General Data Protection Regulation (the “UK GDPR”).

2.0 WHO ARE WE?

EGB Engineering Consultants Limited is the data controller for the Personal Information provided by clients, business partners, and other individuals, including website users and job applicants who access the EGB Engineering “Careers” website (“Data Subjects”). This means EGB Engineering decides how your personal data is processed and for what purposes. If you have any questions about the data controller of your Personal Information, please refer to the “Contact us” section below.

The types of Personal Information that EGB Engineering collects and processes about you depend on whether you are a potential or existing client or business partner, a EGB Engineering website user or an applicant to a position within EGB Engineering. Where you provide EGB Engineering with Personal Information about other individuals (for example, other people within your organisation), please refer them to this Privacy Policy.

3. COLLECTION AND USE OF YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION.

EGB Engineering Consultants Limited complies with its obligations under the UK GDPR by keeping personal data up to date; by storing and destroying it securely; by not collecting or retaining excessive amounts of data; by protecting personal data from loss, misuse, unauthorised access and disclosure and by ensuring that appropriate technical measures are in place to protect personal data.

3.1 EGB ENGINEERING WEBSITE USERS, OR PERSONS INTERACTING WITH EGB ENGINEERING ON SOCIAL MEDIA OR BY EMAIL. 

3.1.1 What information may EGB Engineering collect?

• Your Name;
• Title;
• Company;
• Email;
• Telephone;
• Your IP;
• Information obtained through our use of cookies and widgets.

3.1.2 HOW WILL EGB ENGINEERING COLLECT YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

Through requests or inquiries to EGB Engineering through e-mail, social media sites or affiliated blogs.

Through a subscription to a EGB Engineering newsletter, blog or other marketing related message.

Through your access to EGB Engineering websites (cookies may be placed on your computer or mobile device).

3.1.3 WHAT DOES EGB ENGINEERING USE YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION FOR?

EGB Engineering uses the Personal Information it is provided with for legitimate business purposes, including marketing its services, engaging in business development activities or as otherwise permitted by applicable law. The following are examples of the ways EGB Engineering can use your Personal Information for business purposes:

• To answer any inquiries or requests you;
• To further communicate with you on any matter relating to your inquiry or;
• To contact you about other EGB Engineering information and services that may be of interest to you. (See section for “Recipients of EGB Engineering electronic messages”).

3.1.4 WHO WILL EGB ENGINEERING SHARE YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION WITH?
EGB Engineering will not sell, rent or trade your Personal Information to any third party and will only share your Personal Information with:

Other EGB Engineering third party service providers, who process data on EGB Engineering’s behalf or who facilitate or are outsourced one or more aspects of the operation of the websites or the business such as our website providers and IT specific third parties in the context of a merger, acquisition, or sale of all or a portion of EGB Engineering assets. In such cases, due notifications, as required by law, will be provided on the third parties, and where EGB Engineering is required by law, such as to comply with a subpoena, or similar legal process in any country where EGB Engineering operates or to conduct any similar sharing permitted by applicable law.

3.2 POTENTIAL OR EXISTING CLIENTS OR BUSINESS PARTNERS

What information may EGB Engineering collect?

• Your Name;
• Title;
• Company;
• Email;
• Information gathered from public sources such as internet searches.

3.2.2 HOW WILL EGB ENGINEERING COLLECT YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION?

• Through requests or inquiries to EGB Engineering through e-mail, social media sites or affiliated blogs;
• Through a business event or;
• In person (for example, if you provide your business card to one of EGB Engineering employees);
• Provisions of services for or otherwise contracting with EGB Engineering;
• Through the development of business;
• At the occasion of visiting EGB Engineering offices, facilities or accessing EGB Engineering;
• Through direct contact with EGB Engineering by telephone (voice over IP (VOIP) telephones may capture your Personal Information);
• From public sources, such as internet searches, your company website and social media sites (such as LinkedIn and Twitter through questions, answers, comments and retweets between you and EGB Engineering).

3.2.3 WHAT DOES EGB ENGINEERING USE YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION FOR?

EGB Engineering uses the Personal Information it is provided with for legitimate business purposes including to enter into or preform obligations under the contract EGB Engineering holds with you, or to engage with clients and business partners, to deliver its professional services, or as otherwise permitted by applicable law. The following are examples of the ways EGB Engineering uses your Personal Information for business purposes:

• To provide professional services;
• To engage you as a business partner;
• To manage EGB Engineering business relationship with you or your employer;
• To comply with legal obligations;
• To investigate and prevent fraud or misconduct;
• To issue communications or billings around projects, contracts or joint endeavours;
• To pursue or contract for work;
• To evaluate prospective service providers;
• To answer questions and inquiries related to services of either party;
• To otherwise conduct everyday business activities, such as business development, business planning, strategic reviews and statistical, evaluation and reporting purposes;
• To contact you about other EGB Engineering information, product and services that may be of interest to you. (See section for “Recipients of EGB Engineering electronic messages”).

3.2.4 WHO WILL EGB ENGINEERING SHARE YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION WITH?

EGB Engineering will not sell, rent or trade your Personal Information to any third party and will only share your Personal Information with:

• Other EGB Engineering entities;
• Specific third parties in the context of a merger, acquisition, or sale of all or a portion of EGB Engineering assets. In such cases, due notifications, as required by law, will be made;
• Third party service providers, who process data on EGB Engineering’s behalf or who facilitate or are outsourced one or more aspects of the operation of the websites or the third party service providers include IT service providers, lawyers in connection with actual or threatened litigation, and auditors;
• EGB Engineering business partners who provide services to our clients;
• EGB Engineering clients where you are a business partner;
• Third parties where EGB Engineering is required by law, such as to comply with a subpoena, or similar legal process in any country where EGB Engineering operates;
• To third parties when it is reasonably believed that disclosure is necessary to protect people’s safety, security, rights or property, or as otherwise permitted by applicable law;
• To the police or financial crime and fraud detection agencies to investigate fraud or corruption, or to conduct any similar sharing permitted by applicable law;
• To a government entity in response to a government request;
• Third parties where EGB Engineering is required by law, such as to comply with a subpoena, or similar legal process in any country where EGB Engineering operates.

3.3 POTENTIAL OR EXISTING JOB APPLICANTS

EGB Engineering collects and processes your Personal Information when you apply for a job at EGB Engineering, including for applications made on the EGB Engineering Careers website. In accordance with applicable law, EGB Engineering may keep the information you submit in connection with an application for employment and for future consideration.

3.3.1 WHAT INFORMATION MAY EGB ENGINEERING COLLECT?

• Your Name;
• Address;
• Contact Details;
• Education history;
• Employment background;
• Reference or results of employment;
• Your resume (CV);
• Information obtained from your cover letter and in the context of your job.

All information provided in job applications must be accurate and any errors may result in withdrawal of an offer of employment or termination of employment. When applying through EGB Engineering Careers webpages you may delete your CV at any time by sending an e-mail to the contact details below.

3.3.2 HOW WILL EGB ENGINEERING COLLECT YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION?

• Directly from you or a recruitment agent when you provide it in your resume (CV) or in the context of a job application;
• From EGB Engineering Careers webpages;
• From references you provide;
• From references received from third parties such as education institutions or your current or past employers;
• From employment checks, including from publicly available sources, such as Google and LinkedIn.

3.3.3 WHAT DOES EGB ENGINEERING USE YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION FOR?

EGB Engineering uses the Personal Information it is provided with for legitimate business purposes, including to enter into an employment relationship with you, and because there is a legitimate business need to assess job applications or as otherwise permitted by applicable law. The following are examples of the ways EGB Engineering uses your Personal Information for business purposes:

• To consider your application and assess your suitability for the position applied for, or for other suitable positions that might match your profile;
• To check/obtain information or references about you from third parties;
• To inform you of job opportunities, forums, actions or publications that might be of interest to you, as requested;
• To review and assess EGB Engineering’s hiring policies, practices and statistics.

EGB Engineering will not sell, rent or trade your Personal Information to any third party and will only share your Personal Information with:

 Other EGB Engineering entities;

• Specific third parties in the context of a merger, acquisition, or sale of all or a portion of EGB Engineering assets. In such cases, due notifications, as required by law, will be made;
• Third parties contacted by EGB Engineering to verify your information and to obtain references such as your previous employers or education institutions;
• Third party service providers which EGB Engineering uses as part of the job application process;
• Third parties where EGB Engineering is required by law, such as to comply with a subpoena, or similar legal process in any country where EGB Engineering operates, or to conduct any similar sharing permitted by applicable law.

3.5 RECIPIENTS OF EGB ENGINEERING ELECTRONIC MESSAGES

When you provide contact data to EGB Engineering, including through EGB Engineering websites, such as name and email address, EGB Engineering may send you commercial electronic messages (such as emails) related to its products and services. If you receive such messages from EGB Engineering, you may be in a business relationship with EGB Engineering, you may have provided, express or implied consent to receive commercial electronic messages from EGB Engineering, or the electronic communication may not be subject to legal consent requirements. You may opt out of receiving marketing related electronic messages by clicking on the unsubscribe link contained in the footer of the message or by sending a blank email to info@egb-eng.com. Please note that even if you opt- out of commercial electronic messages, EGB Engineering may still need to contact you electronically with information about its business relationship with you, your account or data.

5.0 SOCIAL MEDIA

Any information you post or disclose on EGB Engineering’s social media or community forums (for example, Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, or other social media applications) is public. EGB Engineering cannot control the use of information disclosed in social media platforms or EGB Engineering community forums. Exercise caution when disclosing information in public areas and be careful what Personal Information you disclose and how you disclose it. Content posted in EGB Engineering’s community forums, including advice and opinions, represents the views of the individuals who post that content, and such individuals bear sole and exclusive responsibility for the posting of that content. EGB Engineering does not necessarily endorse, support, verify, or agree with any content posted on our social media or community forums.

EGB Engineering’s websites include social media widgets, such as the Facebook, YouTube, LinkedIn, Instagram, Google + and Twitter buttons and widgets, such as the “Share” button. Social Media widgets are either hosted by a third party or hosted directly on EGB Engineering’s website. Your interactions with these widgets are governed by the privacy policy of the companies providing it. These widgets may collect your IP address, which EGB Engineering webpage you are visiting, and may set a cookie to enable the feature to function properly.

6.0 LINKS TO OTHER WEBSITES

EGB Engineering websites may also contain links to other web sites or services which are outside EGB Engineering’s control and are not covered by this Privacy Policy. If you access or share data to other sites using the links provided, the operators of these sites may collect data from you which will be used by them in accordance with their privacy policy, which may differ from ours. EGB Engineering is not responsible or liable for the privacy standards and practices of third parties. Your use of such websites is at your own risk.

7.0. WHAT IS THE LEGAL BASIS FOR EGB ENGINEERING PROCESSING YOUR PERSONAL DATA?

The lawful bases for EGB Engineering processing Personal are:

• Consent: the individual has given clear consent for you to process their personal data for a specific purpose. For example, so that we can keep you informed about news, events, activities and services.
• Contract: the processing is necessary for a contract EGB Engineering has with an individual or entity, or because a person has asked EGB Engineering to take specific steps before entering a contract.
• Legal obligation: the processing is necessary for you to comply with the law (not including contractual obligations). For example, under employment, social security or social protection law, or a collective agreement.

8.0. SHARING YOUR PERSONAL DATA

Your personal data will be treated as strictly confidential and will only be shared with other employees of EGB Engineering in order to carry out our services. We will not share your data with third parties.

9.0 HOW LONG DO WE KEEP YOUR PERSONAL DATA?

EGB Engineering retains your Personal Information for no longer than is necessary. EGB Engineering will further retain and use your Personal Information as necessary to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce agreements. For example, EGB Engineering usually retains customer information as long as we need to provide services, and for a period of 3 years after the business relationship ends, unless otherwise compelled by the law to retain such information, or in the case of a litigation, or potential litigation.

10. YOUR RIGHTS AND YOUR PERSONAL DATA

In accordance with applicable law, you have the following rights, subject to some conditions and exceptions:

• To object to the processing of your Personal Information for direct marketing. To exercise this right, please contact the EGB Engineering office at any time or, to opt out of commercial electronic messages, click on the unsubscribe link at the bottom of the message or send a blank email to info@egb-eng.com;
• To access a copy of your Personal Information and details about how EGB Engineering uses it;
• To have your Personal Information corrected or updated;
• To request deletion of your Personal Information. If EGB Engineering receives such a request, other factors will need to be taken into account when assessing whether to comply;
• To withdraw your consent to processing;
• To request restriction of processing of your Personal Information or, for example where you believe that the Personal Information we have about you is inaccurate;
• The right to lodge a complaint with the Information Commissioners Office.

All requests regarding your Personal Information should be sent to the EGB Engineering Office (info@eg-eng.com).

EGB Engineering will respond to such requests within thirty (30) business days of their receipt or within any other delay required or authorized by applicable law. EGB Engineering will take reasonable steps to functionally correct or delete your Personal Information from EGB Engineering database(s) upon request, although EGB Engineering may keep a copy for archival purposes in compliance with applicable laws. Before EGB Engineering provides you with any data, correct any inaccuracies or deletes any data, EGB Engineering may request additional information to verify your identity or otherwise help respond to your request.

11.0. FURTHER PROCESSING

If we wish to use your personal data for a new purpose, not covered by this Data Protection Notice, then we will provide you with a new notice explaining this new use prior to commencing the processing and setting out the relevant purposes and processing conditions. Where and whenever necessary, we will seek your prior consent to the new processing.

12.0. Cookies

Type of cookies used

EGB Engineering uses “cookies” to optimise your use of the site.

A cookie is a small text file that does not allow the identification of the user but records information about the navigation of a computer or mobile equipment on a site.

The cookies used by EGB Engineering do not contain any personal data but only an anonymous identification number and information relating to the navigation of the computer concerned on the site (the pages consulted, the date and time of consultation, etc.).

These are mainly session cookies that allow you to authenticate and connect to the site and to memorise navigation elements during a session. These cookies are essential for navigation and accessibility to the site. They can be deleted or blocked. However, in this case, some of the site’s features may not function as intended.

Other cookies are also installed during navigation on the site, which enable the recording of preferences, the parameters chosen and the pages previously consulted by the users. The activation of these cookies is not strictly necessary for the operation of the site, but they do allow for improved navigation performance.

These “cookies” are used with the main aim of improving the personalised service provided to you. The data thus obtained is intended to facilitate subsequent navigation on the Site.

Statistics and audience tracking

In order to adapt the site, its content and its services to your expectations, EGB Engineering uses the “Google Analytics” audience measurement service. The cookies used in this service allow us to analyse the behaviour of internet users and in particular the number of visits, the number of pages viewed, the activity on the site and the frequency of return visits.

The information generated by the cookie about your use of the website (including your IP address) will be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers which may be located in the United States and for which Google is responsible.

Google will use this information for the purpose of evaluating your use of the website, compiling reports on website activity and providing other services relating to website activity and internet usage.

Google may also transfer this information to third parties where required to do so by law, or where such third parties process the information on Google’s behalf. Google will not associate your IP address with any other data held by Google.

You may refuse the use of Google Analytics by clicking on the following link.

Third-party cookies

Cookies are considered third party or proprietary depending on whether they are associated with the site domain.

When you access the site, one or more cookies from third-party companies may be placed on your computer. The purpose of these third-party cookies is to identify your centres of interest through the products consulted on our site and to collect navigation data in order to personalise the advertising offer addressed to you outside the site.

We inform you that we have no access to and cannot exercise any control over third party cookies and that you may refuse third party cookies.

Blocking / disabling cookies

How to accept or refuse the deposit of cookies on your terminal?

Cookies can be managed in different ways: depending on your preferences, you can authorise, refuse or deactivate them. You can express your choices and modify your wishes through your browser: the configuration of each browser is different. It is up to you to follow the instructions of the editor of your browser. We draw your attention to the fact that the total rejection of cookies may lead to some of our Services being inaccessible or to a less efficient or less adapted use of our Services.

13.0. CONTACT DETAILS

To exercise all relevant rights, queries of complaints please in the first instance contact: Privacy Coordinator (info@egb-eng.com). All emails shall me addressed For the Attention of the Privacy Coordinator.

Alternatively, write to: 28 Beaumont Avenue, Southwell, Nottinghamshire, NG25 0BB, UK or by telephone on +44 1636 600539

You can contact the Information Commissioners Office on 0303 123 1113 or via email https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/email/ or at the Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire. SK9 5AF.