GDPR

GDPR Privacy Statement

This Privacy Policy will help you understand what data we collect from you, why we collect it and what we do with it. This policy explains how we store and use your personal information when you use or interact with our website, or where we otherwise obtain or collect your personal information. This Privacy Policy applies to all services offered by us, except where otherwise noted.

This statement also explains how we protect any personal data we obtain directly or passively from you or which we obtain indirectly from other sources.

We reserve the right to change our privacy statement from time to time. We therefore ask you to check it occasionally to ensure that you are aware of the most recent version.

Privacy statement

We are committed to keeping your personal data safe and to ensuring the integrity and security of any personal data we may process.

You should read this privacy notice very carefully as it contains important information on the way in which we will process your personal data, in particular:

• The personal information we collect about you
• Our legal bases for processing your personal information
• What we do with your personal information
• Who your personal information may be shared with
• Your rights as a data subject under the Data Protection regulation (as per the Data Protection Act 2018).

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact our Data Champion, Jane Proctor email: j.proctor@bcmpublicrelations.com.

Who are we?

BCM Public Relations Ltd (referred to as BCM), a company incorporated and registered in England with company number 7755020. BCM is the Controller of personal data relating to individuals within its client firms, for the purposes of relationship management, marketing and business development. BCM is also a Processor of data for the purposes of offering PR, marketing and communication services on behalf of its clients.

Personal information we collect or obtain about you

We collect personal data relating to you and your use of our services from a variety of sources. These are detailed below. Further sections of this Privacy Policy then describe what we do with this information.

Information gained directly from you

We will collect personal data, such as your name, business address, business and mobile telephone number and business email address via: Meetings, telephone calls and conversations, from business cards, when registering for services, and when using our website.

Information gained indirectly or passively

• Service data – personal data that are provided in the course of the use of our services
• Enquiry data – information contained in any enquiry you submit to us regarding our services
• Correspondence data – information contained in or relating to any communication that we have with you
• Third party data – publicly available sources such as social media sites where you have a publicly accessible profile, such as LinkedIn or your company website

We protect the data obtained from third parties according to the practices described in this statement.

Our legal basis for processing your personal data

We may rely on a number of legal bases for collecting and further processing your personal data, which are:

• Contractual Necessity
• Legal Obligation
• Legitimate Interest
• Consent

Security and confidentiality

We are committed to transparency, ensuring that your privacy is protected and that your data is used and retained fairly, transparently and in accordance with the GDPR.

We will make sure that we have appropriate technical and organisational measures in place to keep your personal data secure and to protect against accidental or unlawful destruction, loss alteration, disclosure or access. We will provide a level of security appropriate to the risk presented by the nature of the processing we do. Your personal data will be held securely in our systems so that we can manage your relationship with us.

Contact us

If you have any queries or requests concerning your personal information or how we process it, please contact us at: