Privacy Policy

Wings Events Limited understands that your privacy is important to you and that you care about how your personal data is used. We respect and value the privacy of everyone who visits this website, www.wingseventsltd.co.uk and will only collect and use personal data in ways that are described here, and in a way that is consistent with our obligations and your rights under the law.

Please read this Privacy Policy carefully and ensure that you understand it.

Privacy Policy Content

  1. Who We Are
    2. Personal Information We May Collect About You
    3. How We Collect Your Personal Information
    4. How We Use Your Personal Information
    5. How We Protect Your Personal Information
    6. Who We May Share Your Personal Information With
    7. How Long We Keep Your Personal Information
    8. Information for Job Applicants
    9. Information for Former Employees
    10. Your Individual Rights
    11. Our Cookies
    12. Contact Us

 

  1. Who We Are

Our Site is owned and operated by Wings Events Limited, a limited company registered in England under company number 05680610.

Registered address: 100 Park Lane, Duston, Northampton NN5 6PZ

VAT number: 883 5793 67

Email address: sales@wingseventsltd.co.uk

 

  1. Personal Information We May Collect About You

We will only collect the personal information that we need, and this may include:

  • Information about who you are e.g. your name, date of birth and contact details.
  • Information in connection with specific activities such as employment etc.
  • Information about your correspondence with us e.g. meetings, phone calls, emails/letters.
  • Information that is automatically collected e.g. via cookies when you visit our website.
  • Information that is automatically collected via log files e.g. IP address, browser type, Internet service provider, referring/exit pages, and date/time stamps.

 

  1. How We Collect Your Personal Information

We collect your personal information in a number of ways, and depends on how you interact with us.

  • When you contact us (email, call or write to us).
  • When you visit our website or engage with our social media channels.
  • When you participate in any of our competitions or promotions.
  • When you make a purchase from us.
  • When you apply for a job for us.

 

  1. How We Use Your Personal Information

We take your privacy and the protection of your personal information seriously, and we will only ever collect and use personal information where it is necessary, fair and lawful to do so. We’ll collect and use your personal information for a variety of different purposes, including:

  • To respond to any correspondence including your requests, enquiries, or comments.
  • To send you marketing communications on the provision that you have provided consent to do so.
  • To process any applications that you send us; employment applications, etc.

 

  1. How We Protect Your Personal Information

We take the security of your personal information very seriously. We have adopted appropriate safeguards to ensure the data we collect, store or process, whether on paper, online or any other media, is protected in line with our data protection obligations.

We have implemented appropriate technical and organisational security measures, including on-going training, to protect your personal information against any unauthorised or unlawful processing and against any loss or damage through accident, negligence or deliberate actions.

Our security measures have been developed in line with industry standards and good practice, safeguarding against the risks to the privacy, integrity and availability of your personal information.

 

  1. Who We May Share Your Personal Information With

We do not sell your personal information; however, we do share it with third parties when necessary. When sharing your information, we ensure to maintain control of what they can access, how long they can access and what they are permitted to do.

Where necessary, personal information collected and processed by us may be shared with the following:

  • The Wings Events employees.

 

  1. How Long We Keep Your Personal Information

We will only use and store your information for as long as it is required for the purposes it was collected for. How long it will be stored for depends on the information in question, what it is being used for and, sometimes, statutory legal or regulatory requirements.

We look to find ways to reduce the amount of information we hold and the length of time that we need to keep it. For example:

  • We aim to utilise a paperless approach where possible and securely destroy any paper correspondence we receive in accordance with our data retention policy, with the exception where we are required to retain it for evidential or legal purposes.

 

  1. Information for Job Applicants

As part of our candidate application and recruitment process we will only collect, process and store personal information about you that is required to manage and progress your application, consider your suitability for employment, respond to queries, consider you for alternative roles, demonstrate a fair recruitment process or as required by law or other regulatory obligations.

Information we collect will include your name and contact details, work history, education history and professional qualifications and skills, former employer feedback, right to work information; and any other information you provide directly, via an agency or is provided by a referee on your behalf.

We may also collect, process and store personal information relating to your health or disability in order to make reasonable adjustments to enable you to apply for a role and to assess adjustments required to fulfil the requirements of the role.

For unsuccessful candidates, we will store your data for up to one year in order to be able to demonstrate a fair recruitment process, respond to your queries and consider your suitability for alternative roles.

For successful candidates, information collected during the recruitment process will form part of your employment record and held in accordance with an employee privacy notice that we will make available to you.

 

  1. Information for Former Employees

When your employment ends, we will store your data gathered throughout your employment for up to 7 years, and in some cases beyond. Your data may include some or all of:

  • Your contact details
  • Personal details such as marital status, sex, nationality and date of birth
  • Evidence of your right to work in the UK
  • Your employment history, contractual changes and information relating to your education, qualifications, professional membership and training
  • Information about your performance
  • Absence records
  • Information relating to your beneficiaries, emergency contacts and dependent children
  • Financial data, including your bank account details, pension records, payroll records, payments we have made to you, deductions (both statutory and voluntary), wages arrestment orders and national insurance and tax records
  • Details of any disciplinary or grievance matters you were subject to or witness to

 

This information will have been collected during your employment from you, your manager or other appropriate employee, third party organisations such as HMRC or DVLA.

We will retain this information after your employment for up to seven years in order to communicate with you as required, provide references on your behalf, comply with our statutory or regulatory obligations, fulfil outstanding contractual obligations with you, defend a claim made against us and otherwise in the legitimate interests of our business in compliance with GDPR.

We will retain information beyond seven years if required to comply with a statutory or regulatory obligation to do so, for example, information relating to pension records, certain safety training or records of accident or injury you were involved in or witness to; and in order to provide a reference when your new employer to request one from us.

Your information is retained in order to fulfil any statutory or regulatory obligations, demonstrate compliance with statutory or regulatory obligations and to defend any action brought against the company relating to you, or a matter you were involved in or witness to, and in the legitimate interest of our business as defined by GDPR.

We may share your information with third parties after your employment where there is a statutory or regulatory obligation for us to do, when asked to provide a reference or with our legal advisors in so far as the information relates to a legal matter or claim against us.

 

  1. Your Individual Rights

There are several rights as a customer, visitor, job applicant, former employee or any other type of data subject, you have to gain access to or amend the information that we hold on you. These rights are:

  • Right to be Informed;
  • Right of Access to your data;
  • Rights related to automated decision making including profiling;
  • Right to object;
  • Right to be forgotten / erasure;
  • Right to data portability;
  • Right to restrict processing;
  • Right for your information to be rectified

If you would like further information on your rights, or you wish to exercise the rights mentioned above then please do not hesitate to contact us at:

sales@wingseventsltd.co.uk

 

  1. Our Cookies

Cookies are small, often encrypted, text files, which are stored on your computer when you visit some websites. They are used to remember useful information which allows certain functionality within the website to work, for example remembering where you have reached within an order process, or if you’ve logged in to a site. Cookies can’t harm your computer.

 

We use the following cookies on this website:

Google cookies

Cookie Description Duration Type
_ga This cookie is installed by Google Analytics. The cookie is used to calculate visitor, session, campaign data and keep track of site usage for the site's analytics report. The cookies store information anonymously and assign a randomly generated number to identify unique visitors. 1years 20days 8hours 25minutes Analytics
_gid This cookie is installed by Google Analytics. The cookie is used to store information of how visitors use a website and helps in creating an analytics report of how the website is doing. The data collected including the number visitors, the source where they have come from, and the pages visited in an anonymous form. 1years 19days 14hours 55minutes Analytics

 

Most web browsers allow some control of most cookies through the browser settings. To find out more about cookies, including how to see what cookies have been set, visit www.aboutcookies.org or www.allaboutcookies.org.

 

  1. Contact Us

If you have any questions, would like to report a problem or exercise your subject access right, please contact us by email at sales@wingseventsltd.co.uk or in writing at:

100 Park Lane

Duston

Northampton

NN5 6PZ

 

This Policy was last updated on 12th November 2020.