Welcome to the Castling & Co Privacy Policy.  

Castling & Co respects your privacy and is committed to protecting your personal data. This privacy policy will inform you as to how we look after your personal data when you visit our website (regardless of where you visit it from) and tell you about your privacy rights and how the law protects you.  

This privacy policy is provided in a layered format so you can click through to the specific areas set out below. Please also use the Glossary to understand the meaning of some of the terms used in this privacy policy. 

  1. IMPORTANT INFORMATION AND WHO WE ARE
  2. THE DATA WE COLLECT ABOUT YOU
  3. HOW IS YOUR PERSONAL DATA COLLECTED
  4. HOW WE USE YOUR PERSONAL DATA
  5. DISCLOSURES OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA
  6. INTERNATIONAL TRANSFERS
  7. DATA SECURITY
  8. DATA RETENTION
  9. YOUR LEGAL RIGHTS
  10. GLOSSARY

1. Important information and who we are 

Purpose of this privacy policy 

This privacy policy aims to give you information on how Castling & Co collects and processes your personal data through your use of this website, including any data you may provide through this website when you sign up to our newsletter, engage us to gain the benefit our services.  

This website is not intended for children, and we do not knowingly collect data relating to children. 

It is important that you read this privacy policy together with any other privacy policy or fair processing policy we may provide on specific occasions when we are collecting or processing personal data about you so that you are fully aware of how and why we are using your data. This privacy policy supplements other notices and privacy policies and is not intended to override them.  

Controller 

Castling & Co is the controller and responsible for your personal data (collectively referred to as “Castling & Co”, “we”, “us” or “our” in this privacy policy). 

We have appointed a data privacy manager who is responsible for overseeing questions in relation to this privacy policy. If you have any questions about this privacy policy, including any requests to exercise your legal rights, please contact the data privacy manager using the details set out below.  

Contact details 

If you have any questions about this privacy policy or our privacy practices, please contact our data privacy manager in the following ways: 

Full name: Paul Essien 

Email address: paul@castlingandco.com

Postal address: Lansdowne House 57 Berkeley Square, London W1J 6ER

Telephone number: [02085057722

You have the right to make a complaint at any time to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), the UK regulator for data protection issues (www.ico.org.uk). We would, however, appreciate the chance to deal with your concerns before you approach the ICO so please contact us in the first instance.  

Changes to the privacy policy and your duty to inform us of changes 

We keep our privacy policy under regular review. Historic versions can be obtained by contacting us.  

It is important that the personal data we hold about you is accurate and current. Please keep us informed if your personal data changes during your relationship with us. 

Third-party links 

This website may include links to third-party websites, plug-ins, and applications. Clicking on those links or enabling those connections may allow third parties to collect or share data about you. We do not control these third-party websites and are not responsible for their privacy statements. When you leave our website, we encourage you to read the privacy policy of every website you visit. 

2. The data we collect about you 

Personal data, or personal information, means any information about an individual from which that person can be identified. It does not include data where the identity has been removed (anonymous data). 

We may collect, use, store and transfer different kinds of personal data about you which we have grouped together as follows: 

  • Identity Data includes first name, maiden name, last name, username or similar identifier, marital status, title, date of birth and gender. 
  • Contact Data includes billing address, delivery address, email address and telephone numbers. 
  • Financial Data includes bank account and payment card details. 
  • Transaction Data includes details about payments to and from you and other details of our services you have utilised. 
  • Technical Data includes internet protocol (IP) address, your login data, browser type and version, time zone setting and location, browser plug-in types and versions, operating system and platform, and other technology on the devices you use to access this website.  
  • Profile Data includes your username and password, your interests, preferences, feedback, and survey responses.  
  • Usage Data includes information about how you use our website and services.  
  • Marketing and Communications Data includes your preferences in receiving marketing from us and our third parties and your communication preferences. 

We also collect, use, and share Aggregated Data such as statistical or demographic data for any purpose. Aggregated Data could be derived from your personal data but is not considered personal data in law as this data will not directly or indirectly reveal your identity. For example, we may aggregate your Usage Data to calculate the percentage of users accessing a specific website feature. However, if we combine or connect Aggregated Data with your personal data so that it can directly or indirectly identify you, we treat the combined data as personal data which will be used in accordance with this privacy policy. 

We do not collect any Special Categories of Personal Data about you (this includes details about your race or ethnicity, religious or philosophical beliefs, sex life, sexual orientation, political opinions, trade union membership, information about your health, and genetic and biometric data). Nor do we collect any information about criminal convictions and offences. 

If you fail to provide personal data 

Where we need to collect personal data by law, or under the terms of a contract we have with you, and you fail to provide that data when requested, we may not be able to perform the contract we have or are trying to enter with you (for example, to provide you with goods or services). In this case, we may have to cancel a product or service you have with us, but we will notify you if this is the case at the time.  

3. How is your personal data collected? 

We use different methods to collect data from and about you including through: 

  • Direct interactions. You may give us your identity, Contact and Financial Data by filling in forms or by corresponding with us by post, phone, email or otherwise. This includes personal data you provide when you: 
    • apply for our services. 
    • create an account on our website. 
    • subscribe to our service or publications.  
    • request marketing to be sent to you. 
    • enter a competition, promotion, or survey; or 
    • give us feedback or contact us.  
  • Automated technologies or interactions. As you interact with our website, we will automatically collect Technical Data about your equipment, browsing actions and patterns. We collect this personal data by using cookies, server logs and other similar technologies. Please see our cookie policy for further details. 
  • Third parties or publicly available sources. We may receive personal data about you from various third parties and public sources as set out below: 

Technical Data from the following parties:

    1. analytics providers.  
    1. advertising networks; and 
    1. search information providers based inside or outside the UK. 
  1. Identity and Contact Data from data brokers or aggregators. 
  2. Identity and Contact Data from publicly available sources such as Companies House, the Ministry of Justice, Land Registry, and the Electoral Register based inside the UK. 

4. How we use your personal data 

We will only use your personal data when the law allows us to. Most commonly, we will use your personal data in the following circumstances: 

  • Where we need to perform the contract, we are about to enter or have entered with you. 
  • Where it is necessary for our legitimate interests (or those of a third party) and your interests and fundamental rights do not override those interests. 
  • Where we need to comply with a legal obligation. 

Click here to find out more about the types of lawful basis that we will rely on to process your personal data. 

Generally, we do not rely on consent as a legal basis for processing your personal data although we will get your consent before sending third party direct marketing communications to you via email or text message. You have the right to withdraw consent to marketing at any time by contacting us. 

Purposes for which we will use your personal data 

We have set out below, in a table format, a description of all the ways we plan to use your personal data, and which of the legal bases we rely on to do so. We have also identified what our legitimate interests are where appropriate. 

Note that we may process your personal data for more than one lawful ground depending on the specific purpose for which we are using your data. Please contact us if you need details about the specific legal ground, we are relying on to process your personal data where more than one ground has been set out in the table below.  

Purpose/Activity Type of data Lawful basis for processing including basis of 
legitimate interest 
To register you as a new customer (a) Identity  
(b) Contact 
(a) Performance of a contract with you  
(b) Necessary for our legitimate interests 
(to determine if you may require our services) 
To process and deliver your order including: 
(a) Manage payments, fees, and charges 
(b) Collect and recover money owed to us. 
(a) Identity  
(b) Contact  
(c) Financial  
(d) Transaction  
(e) Marketing and Communication
(a) Performance of a contract with you  
(b) Necessary for our legitimate interests 
To manage our relationship with you which will include: 
(a) Notifying you about changes to our terms or privacy policy .
(b) Asking you to leave a review or take a survey 
(a) Identity  
(b) Contact  
(c) Profile  
(d) Marketing and Communications
Performance of a contract with you  
(b) Necessary to comply with a legal obligation 
(c) Necessary for our legitimate interests
(to keep our records updated and to study how 
customers use our services) 
To enable you to partake in a prize draw, competition or complete a survey (a) Identity  
(b) Contact  
(c) Profile  
(d) Usage  
(e) Marketing and Communications 
(a) Performance of a contract with you  
(b) Necessary for our legitimate interests
(to study how customers use our products/services,
to develop them and grow our business) 
To administer and protect our business and this website
(including troubleshooting, data analysis, testing, system maintenance, support, reporting and hosting of data) 
(a) Identity 
(b) Contact 
(c) Technical 
(a) Necessary for our legitimate interests
(for running our business, provision of administration 
and IT services, network security, to prevent fraud and
in the context of a business reorganisation or group
restructuring exercise) 
(b) Necessary to comply with a legal obligation.
To deliver relevant website content and advertisements to you and measure or understand the effectiveness of the advertising we serve to you (a) Identity  
(b) Contact 
(c) Profile  
(d) Usage  
(e) Marketing and Communications  
(f) Technical 
Necessary for our legitimate interests
(to study how customers use our products/services, to
develop them, to grow our business and to inform our
marketing strategy) 
To use data analytics to improve our website, products/services, marketing, customer relationships and experiences (a) Technical  
(b) Usage 
Necessary for our legitimate interests
(to define types of customers for our services, to keep our
website updated and relevant, to develop our business and
to inform our marketing strategy) 
To make suggestions and recommendations to you about services that may be of interest to you (a) Identity  
(b) Contact  
(c) Technical  
(d) Usage  
(e) Profile  
(f) Marketing and Communications 
Necessary for our legitimate interests 
(to develop our services and grow our business) 

Marketing  

We strive to provide you with choices regarding certain personal data uses, particularly around marketing and advertising. We always send you written correspondence by letter or email before we contact you to offer our services where you can make decisions about your personal data regardless of how we collected your personal data.  

Promotional offers from us  

We may use your Identity, Contact, Technical, Usage and Profile Data to form a view on what we think you may want or need, or what may be of interest to you. This is how we decide which services and offers may be relevant for you (we call this marketing).  

You will receive marketing communications from us if you have requested information from us, utilised any of our services and you have not opted out of receiving that marketing. 

Third-party marketing  

We will get your express opt-in consent before we share your personal data with any third party for marketing purposes.  

Opting out 

You can ask us or third parties to stop sending you marketing messages at any time by logging into the website and checking or unchecking relevant boxes to adjust your marketing preferences, following the opt-out links or instructions on any marketing correspondence sent to you or by contacting us at any time.  

Where you opt out of receiving these marketing messages, this will not apply to personal data provided to us as a result of use of our services, service experience or other transactions. 

Cookies 

You can set your browser to refuse all or some browser cookies, or to alert you when websites set or access cookies. If you disable or refuse cookies, please note that some parts of this website may become inaccessible or not function properly. We do not use cookies on our website 

Change of purpose  

We will only use your personal data for the purposes for which we collected it, unless we reasonably consider that we need to use it for another reason and that reason is compatible with the original purpose. If you wish to get an explanation as to how the processing for the new purpose is compatible with the original purpose, please contact us.  

If we need to use your personal data for an unrelated purpose, we will notify you and we will explain the legal basis which allows us to do so. 

Please note that we may process your personal data without your knowledge or consent, in compliance with the above rules, where this is required or permitted by law. 

5. Disclosures of your personal data 

We may share your personal data with the parties set out below for the purposes set out in the table above. 

  • Internal Third Parties as set out in the Glossary.  
  • External Third Parties as set out in the Glossary. 
  • Third parties to whom we may choose to sell, transfer or merge parts of our business or our assets. Alternatively, we may seek to acquire other businesses or merge with them. If a change happens to our business, then the new owners may use your personal data in the same way as set out in this privacy policy.  

We require all third parties to respect the security of your personal data and to treat it in accordance with the law. We do not allow our third-party service providers to use your personal data for their own purposes and only permit them to process your personal data for specified purposes and in accordance with our instructions or otherwise subject to your express consent.  

6. International transfers 

We do not transfer your personal data outside the UK. 

7. Data security 

We have put in place appropriate security measures to prevent your personal data from being accidentally lost, used, or accessed in an unauthorised way, altered, or disclosed. In addition, we limit access to your personal data to those employees, agents, contractors and other third parties who have a business need to know. They will only process your personal data on our instructions, and they are subject to a duty of confidentiality.  

We have put in place procedures to deal with any suspected personal data breach and will notify you and any applicable regulator of a breach where we are legally required to do so. 

8. Data retention 

How long will you use my personal data for? 

By law we must keep basic information about our customers (including Contact, Identity, Financial and Transaction Data) for six years after they cease being customers due for compliance with our legal obligations. 

In some circumstances you can ask us to delete your data: see Your legal rights for further information. 

In some circumstances we will anonymise your personal data (so that it can no longer be associated with you) for research or statistical purposes, in which case we may use this information indefinitely without further notice to you.  

9. Your legal rights 

Under certain circumstances, you have rights under data protection laws in relation to your personal data. Please click on the links below to find out more about these rights:  

If you wish to exercise any of the rights set out above, please contact the data privacy manager as set out in the section titled ‘Important information and who we are’ above.  

No fee usually required 

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 is clearly unfounded, repetitive, or excessive. Alternatively, we could refuse to comply with your request in these circumstances. 

What we may need from you 

We may need to request specific information from you to help us confirm your identity and ensure your right to access your personal data (or to exercise any of your other rights). This is a security measure to ensure that personal data is not disclosed to any person who has no right to receive it. We may also contact you to ask you for further information in relation to your request to speed up our response. 

Time limit to respond 

We try to respond to all legitimate requests within one month. Occasionally it could take us longer than a month if your request is particularly complex or you have made several requests. In this case, we will notify you and keep you updated.  

10. Glossary 

LAWFUL BASIS 

Legitimate Interest means the interest of our business in conducting and managing our business to enable us to give you the best service and the best and most secure experience. We make sure we consider and balance any potential impact on you (both positive and negative) and your rights before we process your personal data for our legitimate interests. We do not use your personal data for activities where our interests are overridden by the impact on you (unless we have your consent or are otherwise required or permitted to by law). You can obtain further information about how we assess our legitimate interests against any potential impact on you in respect of specific activities by contacting us. 

Performance of Contract means processing your data where it is necessary for the performance of a contract to which you are a party or to take steps at your request before entering such a contract. 

Comply with a legal obligation means processing your personal data where it is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation that we are subject to. 

THIRD PARTIES 

Internal Third Parties 

Other companies in the Castling & Co Group acting as joint controllers or processors and who are based United Kingdom and provide IT and system administration services and undertake leadership reporting.  

External Third Parties 

  • Service providers acting as processors based United Kingdom who provide IT and system administration services. 
  • Professional advisers acting as processors or joint controllers including lawyers, bankers, auditors, and insurers based in United Kingdom who provide consultancy, banking, legal, insurance and accounting services. 
  • HM Revenue & Customs, regulators and other authorities acting as processors or joint controllers based in the United Kingdom who may require reporting of processing activities in certain circumstances. 
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