Privacy Notice

How I store and use your information

Our Contact Details

Contact: Michael Laws

Phone Number: 07973 406215

E-mail: michael@realign-your-career.co.uk

Website: www.realign-your-career.co.uk

The Information We Collect

Michael Laws is a Data Controller (as defined in the UK General Data Protection Regulation)

I currently collect and process the following personal information through my business:

  • Primary personal identifiers such as your name, contact number, email address and IP address

  • My website form also gathers information about which services you may be interested in

  • Cookies have been included in my website on an opt-in basis to provide me with information about which pages are visited and for how long

  • This helps us to improve my site’s performance and the experience of my website visitors

  • My third party hosting companies provide EU GDPR compliance by invoking standard contractual clauses

  • Michael Laws exercises third party due diligence processes to ensure GDPR compliance

  • I collect personal information about my clients on appropriately protected digital devices

  • The information I collect is necessary to carry out my coaching services

  • I will never pass on your personal information to unconnected third parties, unless your permission has been sought and gained

  • I will never sell your personal information to third parties

How I collect personal information and why I have it

Most of the personal information I process is provided to me directly by you for one of the following reasons:

  • To tell me about the coaching services that you are interested in

  • In order for me to be able to contact you to discuss the services that you require

  • To arrange meetings and to carry out my services

  • To operate standard business functions such as contact, invoicing and quality control

I use the information that you have given me in order to deliver the services that you, the client, have asked me to provide.

Under the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR), the lawful bases I rely on for processing this information are:

(a) Consent: You are able to remove your consent at any time. You can do this by contacting michael@realign-your-career.co.uk

(b) Fulfilment of a contract: I have a contractual obligation to provide the agreed services.

(c) Legal Obligation: For compliance with mandatory accounting practices.

How I Store Your Personal Information

All reasonable precautions are taken to ensure that your personal information is securely stored. This includes using access controls for electronic devices and keeping operating software and applications up to date. My web forms protect information by enforcing the prevailing HTTPS:// encryption standard.

How Long I Store Your Personal Information For

I will retain the personal information of my clients for at least 6 years to fulfil my obligations to HMRC as a business. After this period, if a working relationships no longer exists between us or unless I am asked to delete this information prior to this, I will then dispose of your personal information by deleting it from my computer, digital devices and any recycling bins and backups.

Your Data Protection Rights

Under the Data Protection Act (2018), data subjects have rights including:

Your right of access: You have the right to ask me for copies of your personal information or information relating to my data processing.

Your right to rectification: You have the right to ask me to rectify personal information you think is inaccurate. You also have the right to ask me to correct information you think is incorrect.

Your right to erasure: You have the right to ask me to erase your personal information in certain circumstances.

Your right to restriction of processing: You have the right to ask me to restrict the processing of your personal information in certain circumstances.

Your right to object to processing: You have the right to object to the processing of your personal information in certain circumstances.

Your right to data portability: You have the right to ask that I transfer the personal information you have given me to another organisation, or to you, in certain circumstances.

You are not required to pay any charge for exercising your rights. If you make a request, I have one month to respond.

Please get in touch with me at michael@realign-your-career.co.uk if you wish to make such a request.

How To Complain

If you have any concerns about my use of your personal information, please send your complaint in writing to me at michael@realign-your-career.co.uk. You can also complain to the ICO if you are unhappy with how I have used your data or how I have managed your complaint.

The ICO’s Address
Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire SK9 5AF