Who we are
Our website address is: https://bwconsultation.com. Our company name is BW Consultation.
Comments
When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.
An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.
Cookies
If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.
If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.
When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.
If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.
Embedded content from other websites
Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.
These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
Who we share your data with
If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.
How long we retain your data
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.
For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.
What rights you have over your data
If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
Where your data is sent
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
Data Protection Policy under UKGDPR
Goal of the data protection policy
The goal of the data protection policy is to depict regulatory data protection aspects in one summarising document. It can also be used as the basis for data protection inspections, e.g. by the customer within the scope of a data processing agreement. This is not only to ensure compliance with the United Kingdom General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR) and Data Protection Act (DPA) 2018 but also to provide proof of compliance.
Security policy and responsibilities in the company
- For a company, in addition to existing corporate objectives, the highest data protection goals are to be defined and documented. Data protection goals are based on data protection principles and must be individually modified for every company.
- Determination of roles and responsibilities (e.g. representatives of the company, operational data protection officers, coordinators or data protection team and operational managers)
- Commitment to continuous improvement of a data protection management system
- Training, sensitisation and obligation of the employees
Legal framework in the company
- Industry-specific legal or conduct regulations for handling personal data
- Requirements of internal and external parties
- Applicable laws, possibly with special local regulations
Documentation
- Conducted internal and external inspections
- Data protection need: determination of protection need with regard to confidentiality, integrity and availability.
Existing technical and organisational measures (TOM)
Appropriate technical and organisational measures that must be implemented and substantiated, taking into account, inter alia, the purpose of the processing, the state of the technology and the implementation costs.
Under data protection law, you have rights including:
Your right of access –
You have the right to ask us for copies of your personal information.
Your right to rectification –
You have the right to ask us to rectify personal information you think is inaccurate. You also have the right to ask us to complete information you think is incomplete.
Your right to erasure –
You have the right to ask us to erase your personal information in certain circumstances.
Your right to restriction of processing –
You have the right to ask us to restrict the processing of your personal information in certain circumstances.
Your right to object to processing –
You have the 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 we transfer the personal information you gave us to another organisation, or to you, in certain circumstances.
The description of the implemented TOM can, for example, be based on Art. 32 of the UK GDPR:
- Pseudonymisation (Art. 32 (1) (a) of the UK GDPR; Art. 25 (1) of the UK GDPR)
- Encryption (Art. 32 (1) (a) of the UK GDPR)
- Confidentiality (Art. 32 (1) (b) of the UK GDPR)
- Access Control
- Entry Control
- Authorisation Control
- Separation Control
- Integrity (Art. 32 (1) (b) of the UK GDPR)
- Transfer Control
- Input Control
- Availability and Resilience (Art. 32 (1) (b) of the UK GDPR)
- Availability Control
- Resilience Control
- Recoverability (Art. 32 (1) (c) of the UK GDPR)
- Procedures for Regular Review, Assessment and Evaluation (Art. 32 (1) (d) of the UK GDPR; Art. 25 (1) of the UK GDPR)
- Data-Protection-Management-System
- Incident-Response-Management-System
- Data Protection By Design and Default
- Order Control
The ICO’s Address:
Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF
Helpline Number: 0303 123 1113 ICO website: www.ico.org.uk