Introduction

Earthwise Partners Limited (“Earthwise”, “we, “us”, “our”), of Earthwise Partners Limited, 71–75 Shelton Street, Covent Garden, London. WC2H 9JQ. United Kingdom, a company registered in England and Wales, registration number 16339218, is committed to protecting the privacy and security of the Personal Data we collect about website visitors and end customers (“you”, “your”).

The purpose of this privacy notice is to explain what Personal Data we collect about you when you visit our website.

Please read this privacy notice carefully as it provides important information about how we handle your Personal Data and your rights. If you have any questions about any aspect of this privacy notice, you can contact us using the information provided below in the ‘Contact us’ section.

We update this privacy notice from time to time in response to changes in applicable laws and regulations, to our processing practices and to the products and services we offer. When changes are made, we will update the date at the top of this document. Please review this privacy notice periodically to check for updates.

In short: we only collect what we need to respond to you, we never sell your data, and we handle everything in line with UK GDPR.

Personal Data we collect

When you visit our website, we may collect the following categories of Personal Data:

First and Last name; Email address; business name, other documentation containing personal data (if shared); and any Personal Data you choose to provide in our contact form.

Information about our use of Cookies

Our website uses cookies, which are a string of information that a website stores on a visitor’s computer, and that the visitor’s browser provides to the website each time the visitor returns.

We use cookies to help identify and track visitors and their website access preferences. Website visitors can control which types of cookies are placed on their browser by adjusting your browser settings. To learn more about cookies, please visit https://www.allaboutcookies.org/.

We only use essential cookies unless you provide consent for analytics. You can manage cookie preferences through your browser settings or by using any consent banner we provide.

Purposes for which we use Personal Data and the legal bases

We may use your Personal Data for the following purposes and on the following lawful bases:

Purpose

Responding to correspondence from you.

Lawful Basis for Processing

It is in our legitimate interest to respond to enquiries made via our website, through our social channels or any other means.

Purpose

Analyse and track use of the Website for reporting and analytical purposes.

Lawful Basis for Processing

It is our legitimate interest to monitor Website usage to continually improve the user experience.

Purpose

Improving our website and the overall visitor and user website experience.

Lawful Basis for Processing

We use cookies on our website with your consent. Cookies can be managed using your browser settings.

Sharing your data

It is unlikely we will ever share the Personal Data of website visitors outside the UK. If this becomes necessary for the purposes of providing our services to you, we will only share it where appropriate safeguards are in place or have been entered into, such as an Adequacy Regulation (UK) or Adequacy Decision (EU), the UK International Data Transfer Agreement (IDTA) or the EU Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs) with supplementary measures, or another approved transfer mechanism, to ensure your Personal Data is protected to the same standard expected within the UK and EEA. Prior to transferring any Personal Data out of the UK or EEA, we will conduct either a Transfer Risk Assessment (UK Personal Data) or a Transfer Impact Assessment (EU Personal Data) to ensure the risks associated with the processing are identified and addressed.

How long we keep your data

We will retain your Personal Data for as long as is necessary to satisfy the purpose of collection and for a reasonable period thereafter.

At the end of the retention period, your Personal Data will be securely deleted. Retention periods are detailed within our Personal Data Retention Policy. This information is available upon request.

How we protect your data

We implement appropriate technical and organisational measures to protect data against unauthorised or unlawful processing and against accidental loss, destruction or damage.

Your data protection rights

There are certain fundamental rights that you have in respect of your Personal Data:

• Right to be informed
  Individuals have the right to be informed about the collection and use of their Personal Data

• Right of access
  Individuals have the right to receive a copy of their Personal Data, and other supplementary information

• Right to rectification
  Individuals have the right to have inaccurate Personal Data rectified or completed if it is incomplete

• Right to erasure
  Individuals have the right to request their personal information to be erased, in certain circumstances

• Right to restrict processing
  Individuals have the right to request the restriction or suppression of their Personal Data, in certain circumstances, in particular:

• if your data is not accurate;

• if your data has been used unlawfully but you do not want us to delete it;

• if your data is no longer needed, but you want us to keep it for use in legal claims; or

• if you have already asked us to stop using your data but you are waiting to receive confirmation from us as to whether we can comply with your request

• Right to data portability
  Individuals have the right to obtain and reuse their Personal Data, in a machine-readable format, for their own purposes across different services, in certain circumstances

• Right to object
  Individuals have the right to object to the processing of their Personal Data, in certain circumstances where we are using your Personal Data because it is in our legitimate interests to do so, you can object to us using it this way. Or where we are using your Personal Data for direct marketing, including profiling for direct marketing purposes, you have an absolute right to ask us to stop doing so.

• Rights with respect to automated decision-making and profiling
  Individuals have the right not to be subject to a decision based solely on automated processing (including profiling) that produces legal effects concerning you or similarly significantly affects you

In addition to the above, an individual also has the following rights:

• Right to withdraw consent
  Where we are using your Personal Data based on your consent, you can withdraw your consent at any time

• Right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority
  You have the right to raise a complaint about how we handle your personal information with a relevant supervisory authority.

• Exercising your data protection rights
  You will not have to pay a fee to access your Personal Data (or to exercise any of the other rights). However, we may charge a reasonable fee if your request for access is clearly unfounded or excessive. Alternatively, we may refuse to comply with the request in such circumstances

Contact us

If you would like to exercise your statutory data protection rights, or if you have any concerns or questions about how we handle Personal Data, please contact us at kevin@earthwise-partners.com