Privacy Policy

Privacy Policy & Data Usage

The policy: This privacy policy notice is served by Appoint-Ed Support Staff Ltd under the website; appoint-ed.co.uk. The purpose of this policy is to explain to you how we control, process, handle and protect your personal information through the business and while you browse or use this website. If you do not agree to the following policy you may wish to cease viewing / using this website, and or refrain from submitting your personal data to us.

Policy key definitions:

  • "I", "our", "us", or "we" refer to the business, Appoint-Ed Support Staff Ltd.

  • "you", "the user" refer to the person(s) using this website.

  • GDPR means General Data Protection Act.

  • PECR means Privacy & Electronic Communications Regulation.

  • ICO means Information Commissioner's Office.

  • Cookies mean small files stored on a user’s computer or device.

Key principles of GDPR:

Our privacy policy embodies the following key principles; (a) Lawfulness, fairness, and transparency, (b) Purpose limitation, (c) Data minimisation, (d) Accuracy, (e) Storage limitation, (f) Integrity and confidence, (g) Accountability.

PROCESSING OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA

Under the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) we control and / or process any personal information about you electronically using the following lawful bases.

Lawful basis: Consent

Where our purpose for processing is: Marketing communications, Future events, future potential advertising & remarketing.

Which is necessary because: We want you to know what we’re up to and how you can engage with our services and events.

We process your information in the following ways: CRM database, Website booking system

Data retention period: We will continue to process your information under this basis until you withdraw consent or it is determined your consent no longer exists.

Sharing your information: We do not share your information with third parties.

Lawful basis: Contract

Where our purpose for processing is: Recruitment services and digital courses..

Which is necessary because: We will inform you of course confirmations, errors, locations, timetables, changes to the above.

We process your information in the following ways: CRM database, Calendly booking system, Scoreapp quiz, Stripe Payment Processing.

Data retention period: We will continue to process your information under this basis until you withdraw consent or it is determined your consent no longer exists.

Sharing your information: We do not share your information with third parties

Lawful basis: Legal obligation

Where our purpose for processing is: Recruitment services and digital courses.

Which is necessary because: By paying for our service, you have entered into a legal contract with our company.

We process your information in the following ways: CRM database, Website booking system, Stripe Payment Processing, Paypal payment processing.

Data retention period: We will continue to process your information under this basis until you withdraw consent or it is determined your consent no longer exists.

Sharing your information: We do not share your information with third parties.

If, as determined by us, the lawful basis upon which we process your personal information changes, we will notify you about the change and any new lawful basis to be used if required. We shall stop processing your personal information if the lawful basis used is no longer relevant.

YOUR INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS

Under the GDPR your rights are as follows:

  • the right to be informed.

  • the right of access.

  • the right to rectification.

  • the right to erasure.

  • the right to restrict processing.

  • the right to data portability.

  • the right to object; and

  • the right not to be subject to automated decision-making including profiling.

COOKIES

This website uses cookies and similar technologies, which are small files or pieces of text that download to a device when a visitor accesses a website or app. For information about viewing the cookies dropped on your device, visit The cookies Squarespace uses.

These functional and required cookies are always used, which allow Squarespace, our hosting platform, to securely serve this website to you.

These analytics and performance cookies are used on this website, as described below, only when you acknowledge our cookie banner. This website uses analytics and performance cookies to view site traffic, activity, and other data.

Analytics Data

This website collects personal data to power our site analytics, including:

  • Information about your browser, network, and device.

  • Web pages you visited prior to coming to this website.

  • Your IP address.

This information may also include details about your use of this website, including:

  • Clicks.

  • Internal links.

  • Pages visited.

  • Scrolling.

  • Searches.

  • Timestamps.

We share this information with Google Analytics and Squarespace, our website analytics provider, to learn about site traffic and activity.

Visitor Data

When you buy something on this website, we collect personal information from you to fulfil the order. We may collect information like your:

  • Billing address.

  • Details relating to your purchase.

  • Email address.

  • Name.

  • Phone number.

We share this information with Squarespace, our online store hosting provider, so that they can provide website services to us.

As you go through checkout, this site may auto complete your shipping and billing address by sharing what you type with the Google Places API and returning suggestions to you to improve your checkout experience.

Form submissions

When you submit information to this website via webform, we collect the data requested in the webform to track and respond to your submissions. We share this information with Squarespace, our online store hosting provider, so that they can provide website services to us. We may also share this information with our email provider for storage and with Zapier for data porting. This information may be passed through to third party marketing tools used by us such as ActiveCampaign.

Your personal information

This website is hosted by Squarespace. Squarespace collects personal data when you visit this website, including:

  • Information about your browser, network, and device.

  • Web pages you visited prior to coming to this website.

  • Web pages you view while on this website.

  • Your IP address.

Squarespace needs the data to run this website, and to protect and improve its platform and services. Squarespace analyses the data in a depersonalised form.

We may send you marketing emails, which you can unsubscribe from by clicking the link at the bottom of the email. We share your contact information with Squarespace and our email marketing provider, so they can send these emails on our behalf.

DATA SECURITY AND PROTECTION

We ensure the security of any personal information we hold by using secure data storage technologies and precise procedures in how we store, access and manage that information. Our methods meet the GDPR compliance requirement.