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Privacy Policy

This policy was last updated on Wednesday 23rd May 2018.

Gracelands Complete Maintenance Services Ltd (Gracelands CMS) is an Approved property maintenance contractor to several local authorities and social housing organisations. We currently employ between 40 and 50 staff.

For the purpose of the General Data Protection Regulations, the Company acts as both Data Controller and Data Processor.

Gracelands CMS takes your privacy seriously and this Privacy Policy has been created to clearly set out and help you understand what information we collect, how it is collected, how it is used and how your personal data can be updated and managed. Knowing this will enable you to make an informed choice on how we use it.

Visitors to our website

Visitors to our website may choose to complete an enquiry form which will include your name, email address and contact phone number, and details of your enquiry. Our website uses Cookies. See ‘Cookies’ below, and our Cookies Policy.

By phone 

When telephoning our office, you may be asked to provide your name, address, contact telephone numbers and details of the works we have programmed, or which you ask to be quoted for. Existing customers may be asked to confirm that information we are currently holding is correct.

By email

When emailing us directly you will typically provide your name, address and contact telephone numbers, as well as your email address. The content of your email will depend upon the nature of your enquiry or feedback on the service we have delivered.

Visiting our offices

When visiting our offices, you will be captured on our CCTV and intruder alarm system. CCTV recordings are retained for a period of three months after which time they are overwritten.

By submitting information to us in the above ways, or when visiting our offices, you are consenting to our use of this information within this Privacy Policy.

Gracelands CMS will collect and use your personal data for the purpose of delivering the services for which it is commercially contracted or privately engaged.

Why does Gracelands CMS collect and store personal data?

To enable us to provide you with the service you require we need to collect personal data for correspondence between us, and to enable us to schedule the agreed works. In so doing, we are committed to ensuring that the information collected and used is appropriate for this purpose, and does not constitute an invasion of your privacy.

Gracelands CMS does not use information for marketing purposes. Should it choose to do so, you will be contacted to obtain your consent.

Telephone Recording

We may, as part of our quality assurance and training, record telephone calls.

Your rights as a Data Subject

  1. Right of access: you have the right to request a copy of the information that we hold about you.
  2. Right of rectification: you have a right to correct data that we hold about you that is inaccurate or incomplete.
  3. Right to be forgotten: in certain circumstances you can ask for the data we hold about you to be erased from our records.
  4. Right to restriction of processing: where certain conditions apply you have a right to restrict the processing of your personal data.
  5. Right of portability: you have the right to have the data we hold about you transferred to another organisation.
  6. Right to object: you have the right to object to certain types of processing such as direct marketing.
  7. Right to object to automated processing, including profiling: you also have the right to be subject to the legal effects of automated processing or profiling.
  8. If you feel your rights have been breached, you have the right to complain direct to our management team at enquiries@gracelandscms.co.uk or, to the Information Commissioner’s Office through their website ico.org.uk

How we use your Personal Data

Gracelands CMS will process (collect, store and use) the information you provide in a manner compatible with the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). We will always endeavour to keep your information accurate and up to date, and we will not keep it for longer than is necessary.

Gracelands CMS is required to retain information in accordance with the law, such as information needed for income tax and audit purposes. How long certain kinds of personal data should be kept may also be governed by specific business-sector requirements and agreed practices. Personal data may be held in addition to these periods depending on individual business needs.

We collect and process your personal data to:

  • Enable us to deliver the services for which we are contractually bound by our customers.
  • Perform contractual obligations, such as processing customer works orders, planning and executing the agreed works.
  • Improve the services we offer to our commercial and private customers.
  • Conduct statistical analysis to formulate our organisational strategies and business plans.

We use cookies to monitor how many times you visit our website, what pages you visit and where you are connecting from. This helps us build a profile of our user base. Cookies are a small text file that we store locally on your connecting device. You can disable cookies on any browser but if you chose to do so some of our website functions and features may not work.
In delivering our services to you, we may pass your personal data on to third-party service providers e.g. for asbestos management surveys or removal of asbestos containing materials. Third party service providers with whom we work are appropriately vetted and checked for suitability.

Any third party that we may share your data with is equally obliged to keep your personal data secure, and to use it only to fulfil the service for which they have been formally engaged. Once the service has been delivered in full, your data will be removed by the third party in accordance with ours, and our local authority customer’s procedures.

In delivering our services to you, should it become necessary for us to pass sensitive personal data to a third party, we will only do so once we have obtained your consent; unless we are legally required to do so.

We may also pass your personal data to external agencies, including law enforcement agencies, to help prevent unlawful activities.

Should you choose to subscribe to our newsletters, or receive our marketing information, you can choose to opt out at any time. To opt out click on ‘unsubscribe’ in the email or email us directly at enquiries@gracelandscms.co.uk typing ‘Unsubscribe’ in the email subject line.
Our work processes and IT systems are designed to protect your personal data:

  • Users of our systems can only access them with a unique username and password.
  • Users can only access information for which they have been assigned permission, and as appropriate to their job role.
  • Data is secured securely on Microsoft 365 Cloud servers and is subject to the technical processes, systems and safety protocols implemented by Microsoft.
  • Data is backed up during the day, and at the end of each day to safeguard against loss or corruption.
  • Gracelands CMS does not retain card payment data. Specialist trusted providers are used for the processing of card payments and card details are encrypted.

In addition to the above measures, the management team at Gracelands CMS has undergone bespoke GDPR training and continues to deliver induction training to employees on GDPR compliance and the importance of keeping your data safe.

That said, whilst we take all reasonable measures to protect your personal data, we cannot 100% guarantee its security. Should you have any specific concerns, please contact us at enquiries@gracelandscms.co.uk or call our offices on 020 8502 2250 and ask to speak to a Company Director.

From time to time we may have reason to change our Privacy Policy and we therefore advise that you occasionally check this Policy to ensure you are aware of the current version.
If you have any queries about our Privacy Policy please contact us at:

T: 020 8502 2250

E: enquiries@gracelandscms.co.uk

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