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Shearwater Advisers Limited Website Privacy Notice
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KEY SUMMARY
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If you are just browsing our website, we will not collect any personal information about you. This website only collects data that you enter into the website.
​We use cookies which collect information about the usage and performance of our website. The information that the cookies collect is anonymous other than your IP address. We use this information to analyse usage of our website by visitors to improve its performance and to inform decisions about content, layout and operation of the website and our services or products but we do so strictly in accordance with the terms of our Cookie Policy and our Website Legal Terms and Conditions.
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This notice explains what data we process, why, how it is legal and your rights.
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ABOUT US AND THIS NOTICE
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This Privacy Notice applies to how Shearwater Advisers manage your personal data
This Privacy Notice is provided by Shearwater Advisers Limited (‘we‘ or ‘us‘). We are a ‘controller’ for the purposes of the General Data Protection Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (“Data Protection Laws“).
We take your privacy very seriously. We ask that you read this Privacy Notice carefully as it contains important information about our processing and your rights.
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How to contact us
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If you have any questions about this Privacy Notice, how we handle your personal data, or want to exercise any of your rights, please contact:
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Name of data protection contact: Head of Legal and Compliance
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Address: Shearwater Advisers Limited, 71-75 Shelton Street, London WC2 9JQ
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Telephone number: 0203 150 2660
Changes to the Privacy Notice
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We may change this Privacy Notice from time to time. You should check this Privacy Notice occasionally to ensure you are aware of the most recent version that will apply each time you access this website.
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WHAT PERSONAL DATA DOES SHEARWATER COLLECT AND WHY?
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Personal data provided by you
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Visitors only
If you are just browsing our website we will not collect personal data other than your IP address collected through our cookies.
We will collect information about your usage of our website through cookies. Please see our Cookie Policy. This information is statistical and aggregated and is not processed for the purpose of understanding your particular usage of the website. We collect this information so that we can: tailor and personalise user experience; monitor our website usage to improve its content, layout, performance and improve our services and products.
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Information you submit
We process personal information about you (such as your name, address, email address and telephone number and anything else that you provide to us) when you contact us by placing orders for products and services.
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Sensitive personal data provided by you
We do not collect any sensitive personal data about you when using this website.
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HOW IS PROCESSING YOUR PERSONAL DATA LAWFUL?
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We are allowed to process your personal data on the basis that it is in our legitimate interests to:
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monitor how our website is used in order to improve it. We use aggregated data to do this so it does not impact on your privacy;
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receive job applications from candidates
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Please be aware that you have the right to object to the processing of your data of any of the legitimate interests identified.
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WHO WILL HAVE ACCESS TO YOUR PERSONAL DATA?
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In addition to ourselves and like any business, we also use service providers to operate our website, such as a website hosting service. Some of these service providers will process your data as part of the services they offer to us. We take steps to ensure that our service providers treat your data in accordance with the law, only use it in accordance with our contract with them and keep it secure. Your personal data will not be passed to any other third party without your permission.
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How we keep your data secure
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We strive to implement appropriate technical and organisational measures in order to protect your personal data against accidental or unlawful destruction, accidental loss or alteration, unauthorised disclosure or access and any other unlawful forms of processing. We aim to ensure that the level of security and the measures adopted to protect your personal data are appropriate for the risks presented by the nature and use of your personal data. We follow recognised industry practices for protecting our IT environment and physical facilities.
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WHEN WILL WE DELETE YOUR DATA?
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The table below provides details about how long we will process your data:
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Data we process
How long this will be held for
Cookies / Analytics data
Until you end your browsing session
Information from job applicants
Until the advertised role has been filled or six months from the submission of the application whichever is sooner.
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YOUR RIGHTS
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As a data subject, you have the following legal rights:
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the right of access to personal data relating to you
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the right to correct any mistakes in your information
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the right to prevent your personal data being processed in some circumstances
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the right to object to processing of your data where processed on the grounds of legitimate interests
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the right to erasure in some circumstances
If you would like to exercise your rights, please contact using the contact details set out above.
We will respond to any rights that you exercise within a month of receiving your request, unless the request is particularly complex, in which case we will respond within three months.
Please note that exceptions apply to some of these rights which we will apply in accordance with the law.
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Complaints to the regulator
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If you do not think that we have processed your data in accordance with this Privacy Notice, you should let us know as soon as possible. You also have the right to complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office. Information about how to do this is available on his website at www.ico.org.uk.
Last updated 15 July 2021
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Use of children's personal information
We do not knowingly collect or store any personal information about children under the age of 18. This service sets nutritional targets based on adult requirements, and as such is unsuitable for children.
Your information rights under the General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR)
Your right to rectify information - if any of the data we hold about you is incorrect, you can correct this yourself in your account, or you can contact us and we will correct this for you within one calendar month.
Your right to be forgotten - you can request that we delete or remove your personal information from our system. This will be done within one calendar month.
Your right to restrict how we use your data - you can object to us using your personal information to limit the way we use it.
Your right to data portability - you can request that we provide you with a file of your personal information within one calendar month.
Your right to object - you can object to us using your personal information to carry out profiling.
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or wish to exercise any of your rights set out, you can contact our Data Protection Officer by emailing info@shearwateradvisers.co.uk. If you have not heard back from us within 7 working days, we advise you contact us by telephone to ensure your request has been received by us and processed. The Helpline number is +44 (0)203 150 2660, lines are open Monday - Friday, 8.30am - 6pm (excluding Bank Holidays).
You can also write to the Data Protection Officer at Shearwater Advisers Ltd, 71-75 Shelton Street, London, WC2 9JQ
Keeping your personal information secure
We take privacy and security very seriously.
How long do we keep your personal information?
If you have not used the service for 3 years, we will contact you by email to give you the opportunity to delete your account and all personal information from our system if you do not intend to return and use it again.
Changes to our Privacy Policy
This policy is effective from 10 March 2021. We may, from time to time, make changes to this Privacy Policy - it is your responsibility to check back regularly. If a change is important or requires your consent by law, we will email you to let you know. Any changes posted on this page become effective immediately.
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