V A Vishnu & Co - Privacy Policy

Privacy Policy and Data protection

V A Vishnu & Co is committed to protecting your privacy. The following paragraphs describe the ways in which we collect information from you when you use the service, and what we may use it for. It should be read in conjunction with the other terms and conditions of use and data protection policy. Our registered office is located at 144 Canterbury Road, Harrow, Middlesex HA1 4PB

Introduction

V A Vishnu & Co will collect information about people with whom we work. These may include members of the public, current, past and prospective employees, funded bodies and suppliers. In addition we may be required by law to collect and use information in order to comply with the requirements of central government.
This personal information must be handled properly under the Data Protection Act 1998 (‘the Act’). The Act regulates the way that we handle ‘personal data’ that we collect in the course of carrying out our functions and gives certain rights to people whose ‘personal data’ we may hold. We consider that the correct treatment of personal data is integral to our successful operations and to maintaining trust of the persons we deal with. We fully appreciate the underlying principles of the Act and support and adhere to its provisions.

Information covered by the Act

For information held by V A Vishnu & Co, personal data essentially means any recorded information held by us and from which a living individual can be identified. It will include a variety of information including names, addresses, telephone numbers, photographs of people and other personal details. It will include any expression of opinion about a living individual or any indication of our intentions about that individual.

Data protection principles

We will comply with the eight enforceable data protection principles by making sure that personal data is:
• fairly and lawfully processed
• processed for limited purposes
• adequate, relevant and not excessive
• accurate and kept up to date
• not kept longer than necessary
• processed in accordance with the individual’s rights
• secure
• not transferred to countries outside the European Economic area unless the country to which the data is to be transferred has adequate protection for the individuals

Individuals’ rights

We will ensure that individuals are given their rights under the Act including:
the right to obtain their personal information from us except in limited circumstances the right to ask us not to process personal data where it causes substantial unwarranted damage to them or anyone else the right to claim compensation from us for damage and distress caused by any breach of the Act

Legal requirements

While it is unlikely, V A Vishnu & Co may be required to disclose your user data by a court order or to comply with other legal requirements. We will use all reasonable endeavours to notify you before we do so, unless we are legally restricted from doing so.

No commercial disposal to third parties

V A Vishnu & Co shall not sell, rent, distribute or otherwise make user data commercially available to any third party, except as described above or with your prior permission

Our commitment to data protection

We will ensure that:
• Everyone managing and handling personal information understands that they are responsible for following good data protection practice
• There is someone with specific responsibility for data protection in the organisation
• Staff who handle personal information are appropriately supervised and trained
• Queries about handling personal information are promptly and courteously dealt with
• People know how to access their own personal information
• Methods of handling personal information are regularly assessed and evaluated
• Any disclosure of personal data will be in compliance with approved procedures
• We take all necessary steps to ensure that personal data is kept secure at all times against unauthorized or unlawful loss or disclosure
• All contractors who are users of personal information supplied by the council will be required to confirm that they will abide by the requirements of the Act with regard to information supplied by us.

Changes to Privacy Policy

Any changes to our privacy statement will be posted on this page of the site. We would encourage users to check the privacy statement each time they use the Site. If at any time we decide to use personal information gathered via the site in a different manner to the uses set out above, we will contact users by email and request their consent to the additional usage.