Privacy Policy
Your privacy matters to us. This policy explains how Security Services London collects, uses, and protects your personal data when you visit our website or engage our services, in accordance with the UK GDPR and the Data Protection Act 2018.
1. Who We Are
- Security Services London ("we", "us", "our") is a professional security services provider operating in London, United Kingdom.
- We are committed to protecting the privacy and security of your personal data in accordance with the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR) and the Data Protection Act 2018.
- This Privacy Policy explains what personal data we collect, why we collect it, how we use it, and your rights regarding that data.
- For data protection enquiries, please contact us at info@securityserviceslondon.co.uk or by calling 020 7946 0958.
2. Data We Collect
- Contact information: name, email address, phone number, and company or organisation name.
- Enquiry and service details: the type of security service you require, site location, operating hours, and other information provided in contact forms or conversations.
- Technical data: IP address, browser type, device information, referring URL, and pages visited when you use our website.
- Communications: records of emails, phone calls, and messages exchanged with our team.
- Contract and billing data: information required to deliver, manage, and invoice for contracted security services.
3. How We Use Your Data
- To respond to enquiries and provide you with a security assessment or quote.
- To deliver contracted security services, including deploying officers, managing assignments, and producing incident reports.
- To send administrative communications related to your contract or enquiry.
- To improve our website and services based on how visitors interact with our content.
- To comply with legal obligations, including record-keeping and regulatory requirements.
- We do not use your data for automated decision-making or profiling that has significant legal effects.
4. Legal Basis for Processing
- Contract performance: processing necessary to fulfil a service agreement or to take steps at your request prior to entering a contract.
- Legitimate interests: improving our services, managing our business operations, and responding to client enquiries.
- Legal obligation: compliance with applicable laws and regulations.
- Consent: where you have explicitly agreed to receive marketing communications (you may withdraw consent at any time).
6. Data Retention
- We retain enquiry data for up to 12 months from the date of last contact if no contract is entered.
- Contract-related data is retained for 6 years following the end of the contract in accordance with legal and tax obligations.
- Website analytics data is retained for up to 26 months.
- You may request deletion of your data at any time (subject to legal retention obligations).
8. Your Rights
- Right of access: you may request a copy of the personal data we hold about you.
- Right to rectification: you may request correction of inaccurate or incomplete data.
- Right to erasure: you may request deletion of your data where there is no overriding legal reason to retain it.
- Right to restriction: you may request that we restrict processing of your data in certain circumstances.
- Right to data portability: you may request a machine-readable copy of data you have provided to us.
- Right to object: you may object to processing based on legitimate interests, including direct marketing.
- To exercise any of these rights, contact us at info@securityserviceslondon.co.uk. We will respond within 30 days.
9. Data Security
- We implement appropriate technical and organisational measures to protect your personal data against unauthorised access, loss, or disclosure.
- Access to personal data is restricted to employees and contractors who need it to perform their duties.
- We regularly review and update our security practices to maintain appropriate protection levels.
- In the event of a data breach that poses a risk to your rights, we will notify the relevant supervisory authority and affected individuals as required by law.
10. Complaints & Supervisory Authority
- If you are dissatisfied with how we have handled your personal data, please contact us in the first instance at info@securityserviceslondon.co.uk.
- You have the right to lodge a complaint with the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) at ico.org.uk or by calling 0303 123 1113.
- We encourage you to contact us directly before raising a complaint with the ICO so we can attempt to resolve your concern.
11. Changes to This Policy
- We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices or legal requirements.
- The latest version will always be available on this page with the date of the most recent update.
- We will notify you of significant changes where we hold your contact details.