Privacy statement

Who we are

The pages on this website (“the website”) are published by Sherwood PSF Consulting Limited, a company registered in England and Wales with company registration number 03835493, whose registered office address is at Unit 8 Oak Spinney Park, Ratby Lane, Leicester Forest East, Leicester LE3 3AW (“we”, “us”).

We are the data controller for the website.

We respect your right to privacy and will process personal information you provide only in accordance with the Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations 2003, the General Data Protection Regulation 2018 (GDPR), and other applicable privacy laws.

What data we collect

The personal data we collect from you includes:

• Your email address and any other contact details that you provide if you contact us by email or through the contact form
• Information on how you use the site, using cookies and page tagging techniques

We use Google Analytics to collect information about how you use this site as described below.

Google Analytics and cookies

We use Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc. (“Google”). Google Analytics uses cookies, which are text files placed on your computer, to help the website analyse how users use the site. The information generated by the cookie about your use of the website (including your IP (internet protocol) address) will be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States. The IP address will be truncated before transmission. On our behalf Google will use this information for the purpose of evaluating your use of the website, compiling reports on website activity and providing other services relating to website activity and internet activity in connection with the use of the website. Google will not associate your IP address with any other data held by Google. You may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser. However, if you do this you may not be able to use the full functionality of this website. In addition to that you may prevent the collection of the information generated by the cookie about your use of the website (including you IP address) and the processing of this data by Google if you download and install the browser plugin.

For more information on how Google deals with privacy please see the Google privacy policy.

Why we need your data

We collect data in order to:

• Respond to any feedback you send us, if you’ve asked us to
• Monitor use of the site to identify security threats

The legal basis for processing personal data in relation to site security is our legitimate interests, and the legitimate interests of our users, in ensuring the security and integrity of this website.

The legal basis for processing all other personal data is that it is necessary to perform a task.

What we do with your data

The data we collect may be shared with our technology suppliers, for example our hosting provider.

We will not sell or rent your data to third parties nor share your data with third parties for marketing purposes.

We will share your data if we are required to do so by law – for example, by court order, or to prevent fraud or other crime.

How long we keep your data

We will only retain your personal data for as long as:

• It is needed for the purposes set out in this document
• The law requires us to

We may keep your enquiry or feedback data for up to 2 years.

Children’s privacy protection

Our services are not designed for, or intentionally targeted at, children 13 years of age or younger. We do not intentionally collect or maintain data about anyone under the age of 13.

How we protect your data and keep it secure

We are committed to doing all that we can to keep your data secure. We have set up systems and processes to prevent unauthorised access or disclosure of your data – for example, we protect your data using varying levels of encryption.

We also make sure that any third parties that we deal with keep all personal data that they process on our behalf secure.

Your rights

You have the right to request:

• Information about how your personal data is processed
• A copy of that personal data
• That anything inaccurate in your personal data be corrected immediately

You can also:

• Raise an objection about how your personal data is processed
• Request that your personal data be erased if there is no longer a justification for it
• Ask that the processing of your personal data be restricted in certain circumstances

If you have any of these requests, contact the privacy team.

Links to and from other websites

This website may contain links to other websites. This privacy policy applies only to sherwoodpsfconsulting.com.

Following a link to another website

If you go to another website from this one, read the privacy policy on that website to find out what it does with your information.

Following a link from another website

If you come to this website from another website, we may receive information from the other website. We do not use this data. You should read the privacy policy of the website you came from to find out more about this.

Changes to this policy

We may change this privacy policy. In that case, the last-updated date at the bottom of this page will also change. Any changes to this privacy policy will apply to you and your data immediately. If these changes affect how your personal data is processed, we will take reasonable steps to let you know.