PRIVACY POLICY 

 

Who we are

We take your privacy seriously, and we are committed to protecting and respecting it. This policy sets out the ways in which we may collect personal data, or data you provide to us, why we collect it, and how it is processed. And your rights to the storage of this data.

 

Types of data we collect

 

Information we may collect and process

You may give us information about you by filling in forms on our site www.thisisstand.com or by corresponding with us by phone, e-mail or otherwise. This includes information you provide when you register to use our site, subscribe to our services, participate in surveys, upload or post any comments or other content to our site, on social media, or blogs, interact with us on social media, sign up for our newsletters. The information you give us may include your name, address, e-mail address and phone number.

 

Information submitted by you for recruitment

We will use personal information supplied by you to aid the recruitment process. Your data is used by us solely for the purposes of considering your suitability for employment. We don’t share your data with any third parties.

 

Retention of your data

Your data will be retained for no longer than is necessary and in accordance with our Data Protection Policy. If you’re successful in your application, the data is then held as part of your employment record with us. If you’re unsuccessful in your application, we retain all data and information for no more than 6 months after the closing date of the application process. The names of those who applied for the position may be retained permanently.

 

Your Rights

You have certain rights under data protection legislation to ask for a copy of the information about you that we hold. You also have the following rights: deletion of data, restriction of processing and data portability. Find out more information on what these are by visiting the Information commissioners Office (ICO) website.

You can also exercise your rights at any time by contacting us at ask@thisisstand.com

 

Media Databases

As a Public Relations company, we have access to various Media databases, as communications are an essential part of our work.

We ensure our Media databases are compliant with up to date GDPR guidelines, and treat the information sourced from these databases as confidential.

You can opt out from any Media database you are subscribed to at any time; this is best investigated with the individual company.

 

Client Data

Any sensitive data relating to our clients and contacts is private and confidential, and only used on a need to know basis. You can enquire what information we may hold about you at any time, and request this to be deleted if you wish.

 

Sharing Data

Privacy of data is important to us, so we will not sell your data to any third party, and usage of any data is for business purposes only.

 

Website Cookies

Cookies are a way of websites storing your browsing preferences, and can improve ease of use for web usage.

We use Google Analytics on our website, a third-party service, which collects information about visitor behaviour patterns. This information is anonymous, and we do not collect your individual data, only the patterns of traffic to our site.

You can opt out of this reporting by utilizing the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on or by using the Network Advertising Initiative’s opt-out tool.

You can also opt out of using cookies via your specific browser settings, although this can affect your browsing functionality.

 

E-security

We are committed to continuously monitoring and reviewing our e-safety, particularly in regards to sensitive data and its ongoing storage and maintenance. The transmission of information via the internet is not completely secure, but we have put in place appropriate security measures to protect your data once we have received it. In addition, we limit access to your personal information to those employees, agents, contractors and other third parties on a need to know basis. They will only process your personal information on our instructions, and they are subject to a duty of confidentiality.

 

Links to other websites

Any links to other websites from this site are not affiliated, and we do not control the data and privacy policies of these sites. For information about how external sites use your data, please refer to their individual Privacy policies.

 

Notification of changes

This privacy notice was last updated on 18 March 2021.

Any changes to this policy will be immediately updated on this site.

 

Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please do drop an email to the Data Protection Officer at ask@thisisstand.com