PRIVACY & COOKIE POLICY

This privacy notice sets out how Shannonside Civil Engineering Ltd collect, use and protect your personal information when you use our website or contact us by email and your rights in relation to your information.

Shannonside Civil Engineering Ltd is committed to protecting and maintaining your privacy. We comply with data protection laws that are applicable in respect of data processing within the UK. Shannonside determines the purposes and the manner in which personal data is processed.

Information we may collect from you

• Personal data only when you actively enquire about our services:
• Name, place of work, position
• Contact information including email address
• Postal address
• Your interests and motives regarding the technology
• Your computer IP address
• The method in which you found our website
• Various information stored in third party cookies

We require this information to understand your needs and provide you with a better service, and in particular for the following reasons: to check our records are correct, to contact you if we require further information.

We may periodically send promotional emails about our services, which we think you may find interesting, using the email or mailing address you have provided.

From time to time, we may also use your information to contact you for market research purposes. We may contact you by email, phone or mail. We may use the information to customise the website according to your interests.

Shannonside Civil Engineering Ltd is the data controller for the information you provide. We will not sell, distribute or lease your personal information to third parties.

The information that is processed about you is dependent on the purpose and channel of your enquiry. This includes:

• Enquiries for more information about Shannonside Civil Engineering Ltd
• Job applications

How we will use your information

We will use the information held about you for the purposes for which it was provided to us as stated at the point of collection (or as may be obvious in the context of collection). Your personal data will be used by us in the following ways:

• To respond to your enquiries
• To send you information you have requested
• To improve our business and the service and/or products we provide
• To facilitate any interest in a career at Shannonside
• For market research purposes

We do not collect or compile personal data for release or sale to outside parties for consumer marketing purposes or host mailings on behalf of third parties.

We must have a legal reason to process your personal information. Your information will usually be processed to meet our legitimate interest to facilitate your interest in our business. In those few cases where your consent is required, this will be communicated to you at the point of collection.

Cookies used on our site

Cookies are ways of saving a small amount of information. They are automatically downloaded to your device when you visit a website. Our site uses cookies to distinguish you from other users of our website. This helps us to provide you with a good experience when you browse our website and also allows us to improve our site.

When someone visits our website we use a third party service, Google Analytics, to collect standard details of visitor behaviour patterns. We do this to find out things such as the number of visitors to the various parts of the site. This information is only processed in a way which does not identify anyone. We do not make, and do not allow Google to make, any attempt to find out the identities of those visiting our website.

Google will store this information.  Google’s privacy policy is available at: https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/. Most browsers allow you to reject all cookies, whilst some browsers allow you to reject just third party cookies.  For example, in Internet Explorer you can refuse all cookies by clicking “Tools”, “Internet Options”, “Privacy”, and selecting “Block all cookies” using the sliding selector.  Blocking all cookies will, however, have a negative impact upon the usability of many websites, including this one.

Storage

We have in place security measures to protect the security of your personal information and keep it confidential. In order to prevent unauthorised access or disclosure, we have put in place suitable physical, electronic and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect online.

We review these measures regularly to make sure they remain appropriate. We cannot guarantee the security of any third-party application you may use to transmit your data (for example, internet browsers).

Links to other websites

Our website may contain links to other websites of interest mainly those of our partners and clients, but also those of other third parties. Please note that these websites have their own privacy policies and that we do not accept any responsibility or liability for these policies. Please check these policies before you submit any personal data to these websites.

Job applicants, current and former Shannonside Civil Engineering Ltd employees

All of the information you provide during the process will only be used for the purpose of progressing your application, or to fulfil legal or regulatory requirements if necessary.

We will not share any of the information you provide during the recruitment process with any third parties for marketing purposes.

We will use the contact details you provide to us to contact you to progress your application. We will use the other information you provide to assess your suitability for the role you have applied for.

We do not collect more information than we need to fulfil our stated purposes and will not retain it for longer than is necessary.

The information we ask for is used to assess your suitability for employment. You don’t have to provide what we ask for but it might affect your application if you don’t.

If you are successful, the information you provide during the application process will be retained by us as part of your employee file for the duration of your employment plus 5 years following the end of your employment.

If you are unsuccessful at any stage of the process, the information you have provided until that point will be retained for 6 months from the closure of the campaign.

Your personal information

We will not sell, share, or lease your personal information to any third party or use your e-mail address for unsolicited mail. Any personal information we hold about you will be processed and stored in accordance with the Data Protection Act 1998.

Should you use our contact form to send us a message, your name, email address, telephone number and message will be emailed to us. This information will be stored within our own email system so we can respond to you.

Under the Data Protection Act 1998, you have rights as an individual which you can exercise in relation to the information we hold about you. If you would like a copy of any information held on you please write to Shannonside Civil Engineering, Norson House, 54 Arthur Street, Lakeside, Redditch, B98 8JY. If you believe that any information we are holding on you is incorrect or incomplete, please write to or email us as soon as possible and we will correct any information.

Changes to our privacy policy

We keep our privacy policy under regular review. This policy was last amended in February 2019. Please check back frequently to see any updates or changes to our privacy policy.

How to contact us

Questions, comments and requests regarding this privacy policy are welcomed and should be addressed to info@shannonside.co.uk.  

Shannonside Civil Engineering Ltd, Norson House, 54 Arthur Street, Lakeside, Redditch, B98 8JY.