SSMT GROUP LTD customer privacy notice

This privacy notice tells you what to expect us to do with your personal information.

• Contact details
• What information we collect, use, and why
• Lawful bases and data protection rights
• Where we get personal information from
• How long we keep information
• Who we share information with
• How to complain

Contact details

Post

4 Diamond Court, Douglas Close, Preston Farm Industrial Estate, STOCKTON-ON-TEES, Cleveland, TS18 3SB, GB

Telephone

01642 605147

Email

info@ssmtgroup.co.uk

What information we collect, use, and why

We collect or use the following information to provide services and goods, including delivery:

• Names and contact details
• Addresses
• Date of birth

We collect or use the following information for the operation of customer accounts and guarantees:

• Names and contact details
• Addresses
• Account information, including registration details
• Marketing preferences

We collect or use the following information for recruitment purposes:

• Contact details (eg name, address, telephone number or personal email address)
• Date of birth
• National Insurance number
• Copies of passports or other photo ID
• Employment history (eg job application, employment references or secondary employment)
• Education history (eg qualifications)
• Right to work information
• Details of any criminal convictions (eg Disclosure Barring Service (DBS), Access NI or Disclosure Scotland checks)
• Security clearance details (eg basic checks and higher security clearance)

Lawful bases and data protection rights

Under UK data protection law, we must have a “lawful basis” for collecting and using your personal information. There is a list of possible lawful bases in the UK GDPR. You can find out more about lawful bases on the ICO’s website.

Which lawful basis we rely on may affect your data protection rights which are in brief set out below. You can find out more about your data protection rights and the exemptions which may apply on the ICO’s website:

• Your right of access – You have the right to ask us for copies of your personal information. You can request other information such as details about where we get personal information from and who we share personal information with. There are some exemptions which means you may not receive all the information you ask for. You can read more about this right here.
• Your right to rectification– You have the right to ask us to correct or delete personal information you think is inaccurate or incomplete. You can read more about this right here.
• Your right to erasure– You have the right to ask us to delete your personal information. You can read more about this right here.
• Your right to restriction of processing– You have the right to ask us to limit how we can use your personal information. You can read more about this right here.
• Your right to object to processing– You have the right to object to the processing of your personal data. You can read more about this right here.
• Your right to data portability– You have the right to ask that we transfer the personal information you gave us to another organisation, or to you. You can read more about this right here.
• Your right to withdraw consent– When we use consent as our lawful basis you have the right to withdraw your consent at any time. You can read more about this right here.

If you make a request, we must respond to you without undue delay and in any event within one month.

To make a data protection rights request, please contact us using the contact details at the top of this privacy notice.

Our lawful bases for the collection and use of your data

Our lawful bases for collecting or using personal information to provide services and goods are:

• Consent – we have permission from you after we gave you all the relevant information. All of your data protection rights may apply, except the right to object. To be clear, you do have the right to withdraw your consent at any time.
• Contract – we have to collect or use the information so we can enter into or carry out a contract with you. All of your data protection rights may apply except the right to object.

Our lawful bases for collecting or using personal information for the operation of customer accounts and guarantees are:

• Consent – we have permission from you after we gave you all the relevant information. All of your data protection rights may apply, except the right to object. To be clear, you do have the right to withdraw your consent at any time.
• Contract – we have to collect or use the information so we can enter into or carry out a contract with you. All of your data protection rights may apply except the right to object.

Our lawful bases for collecting or using personal information for recruitment purposes are:

• Consent – we have permission from you after we gave you all the relevant information. All of your data protection rights may apply, except the right to object. To be clear, you do have the right to withdraw your consent at any time.
• Contract – we have to collect or use the information so we can enter into or carry out a contract with you. All of your data protection rights may apply except the right to object.

Where we get personal information from

• Directly from you
• Publicly available sources
• Previous employers

How long we keep information

We keep information for as long as is necessary to conduct our business and fulfil contractual obligations. When no longer required, we remove personal data of our customers within six months of the termination of our service.

Who we share information with

Others we share personal information with

• Insurance companies
• Organisations we need to share information with for safeguarding reasons
• Professional or legal advisors
• Professional consultants
• Organisations we’re legally obliged to share personal information with
• Publicly on our website, social media or other marketing and information media

How to complain

If you have any concerns about our use of your personal data, you can make a complaint to us using the contact details at the top of this privacy notice.

If you remain unhappy with how we’ve used your data after raising a complaint with us, you can also complain to the ICO.

The ICO’s address:           

Information Commissioner’s Office
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF

Helpline number: 0303 123 1113

Website: https://www.ico.org.uk/make-a-complaint

Last updated

18 September 2024