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Email: info@primelettingsandsales.co.uk
Facebook: PrimeCosham

GDPR

This notice explains what information we collect, when we collect it and how we use this. During the course of our activities, we will process personal data (which may be held on paper, electronically, or otherwise) about you and we recognise the need to treat it in an appropriate and lawful manner. The purpose of this notice is to make you aware of how we will handle your information.

Who am I?

Prime Lettings and Property Management Limited at 66 High Street Cosham PO6 3AJ], take the issue of security and data protection very seriously and strictly adhere to guidelines published in the General Data Protection Regulation (EU) 2016/679 which is applicable from the 25th May 2018, together with any domestic laws subsequently enacted.

We are notified as a Data Controller with the Office of the Information Commissioner under registration number ZA539838 we are the data controller of any personal data that you provide to us.

Our Data Protection Officer is Prime Lettings & Property Management
66 High Street
Cosham
Portsmouth
PO6 3AJ
david@primelettingsandsales.co.uk
02392324001
Any questions relating to this notice and our privacy practices should be sent to David Edmondson, david@primelettingsandsales.co.uk

How we collect information from you and what information we collect

We collect information about you:
From your application for accommodation

We collect the following information about you:
Tenant name, e-mail address, telephone number, Date of Birth, address (including any previous addresses), marital status, National Insurance Number, nationality, next of kin, name of university or college where you are studying (if applicable), the name of friends that you are staying with (if applicable);
Guarantor name, e-mail address, telephone number, Date of Birth, address (including any previous addresses), marital status, National Insurance Number, nationality, next of kin (if applicable);
Property address; term, rent, deposit, utility and service responsibilities;
The employment status of tenants and/or guarantors, address, contact details (including email, phone and fax numbers) of the employer/accountant, payroll numbers, length of employment, salary information (including any regular overtime or commission), and any other income received;
Bank account details of the tenant, including account number and sort code, and any hire purchase/loan agreements/credit cards or store cards that you have; and
Any welfare benefits that you may be eligible for or are currently on.

Why we need this information about you and how it will be used

We need your information and will use your information:
to undertake and perform our obligations and duties to you in accordance with the terms of our contract with you;
to enable us to supply you with the services and information which you have requested;
to help you to manage your tenancy;
to carry out due diligence on any prospective tenant and/or guarantor, including whether there are any money judgements against them, or any history of bankruptcy or insolvency;
to analyse the information we collect so that we can administer, support and improve and develop our business and the services we offer;
to contact you in order to send you details of any changes to our suppliers which may affect you; and
for all other purposes consistent with the proper performance of our operations and business.

Sharing of Your Information

The information you provide to us will be treated by me as confidential and will be processed only by any third party, acting on our behalf, within the UK.

We may disclose your information to other third parties who act for us for the purposes set out in this notice or for purposes approved by you, including the following:
If we enter into a joint venture with or merge with a business entity, your information may be disclosed to our new business partners or owners;
To carry out due diligence on you as a prospective tenant/ guarantor, including but not limited to the carrying out of affordability checks, due diligence checks and the obtaining of references from relevant parties, whose data you have provided;
If you request so, your information shall be disclosed in order to determine if there are any money judgements against you, as the prospective tenant/guarantor, or to determine if they have a history of bankruptcy or insolvency;
If you are unable to make payments under your tenancy, your information may be disclosed to any relevant party assisting in the recovery of this debt or the tracing of you as a tenant; and
In the creation, renewal or termination of the tenancy, your information will be disclosed to the relevant local authority, tenancy deposit scheme administrator, service/utility provider, freeholder, factor, facilities manager or any other relevant person or organisation in connection with this.

Unless required to do so by law we will not otherwise share, sell or distribute any of the information you provide to us without your consent.

Transfers outside the UK and Europe
Your information will only be stored within the UK and EEA
Security

When you us information we take steps to make sure that your personal information is kept secure and safe.

Prime Lettings recognises that its customers are increasingly concerned about how companies protect personal information from misuse and abuse and about privacy in general. Prime Lettings is constantly reviewing and enhancing its technical, physical and managerial procedures and rules to protect your personal data from unauthorised access, accidental loss and/or destruction.
Please be aware that communications over the Internet, such as emails/web contact forms, are not secure unless they have been encrypted. Your communications may route through several countries before being delivered – this is the nature of the Internet. Prime Lettings cannot accept responsibility for any unauthorised access or loss of personal information that is beyond our control.

How long we will keep your information

We review our data retention periods regularly and will only hold your personal data for as long as is necessary for the relevant activity, or as required by law (We may be legally required to hold some types of information), or as set out in any relevant contract I have with you.

To make sure we meet our legal data protection and privacy obligations, we only hold on to your information for as long as we need it for the purposes we acquired it for in the first place.
We shall keep data on our prospect database for not longer than 3 years from receipt subject to an individual’s right to unsubscribe or be forgotten at any time

Your Rights

You have the right at any time to:
ask for a copy of the information about you held by us in my records;
require us to correct any inaccuracies in your information;
make a request to us to delete what personal data of yours we hold; and
object to receiving any marketing communications from me us.

If you would like to exercise any of your rights above, please contact us at david@primelettingsandsales.co.uk

Should you wish to complain about the use of your information, we would ask that you contact me/ us to resolve this matter in the first instance. You also have the right to complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office in relation to my/ our use of your information. The Information Commissioner’s contact details are noted below:

England:
Information Commissioner’s Office
Wycliffe House, Water Lane
Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF
Telephone: 0303 123 1113
Email: casework@ico.org.uk

Scotland:
The Information Commissioner’s Office
45 Melville Street, Edinburgh, EH3 7HL
Telephone: 0131 244 9001
Email: Scotland@ico.org.uk

Wales
Information Commissioner’s Office
2nd floor, Churchill House
Churchill way, Cardiff, CF10 2HH
Telephone: 029 2067 8400
Email: wales@ico.org.uk

Northern Ireland:
Information Commissioner’s Office
3rd Floor, 14 Cromac Place
Belfast, BT7 2JB
Telephone: 028 9027 8757
Email: ni@ico.org.uk

The accuracy of your information is important to us – please help us keep our records updated by informing us of any changes to your email address and other contact details