Outlaw IT Consultants Customer Privacy Notice

This privacy notice tells you what to expect us to do with your personal information.

  • Contact details
  • What information we collect, use, and why
  • Lawful bases and data protection rights
  • Where we get personal information from
  • How long we keep information
  • Who we share information with
  • How to complain

Contact details

Telephone: 0115 6777 238

Email: contact@outlaw-it.co.uk

What information we collect, use, and why

We collect or use the following information to provide and improve products and services for clients:

  • Names and contact details
  • Addresses
  • Occupation
  • Payment details (including card or bank information for transfers and direct debits)
  • Financial data (including income and expenditure)
  • Transaction data (including details about payments to and from you and details of products and services you have purchased)
  • Usage data (including information about how you interact with and use our website, products and services)
  • Credit history and credit reference information
  • Information relating to compliments or complaints
  • Audio recordings (eg calls)
  • Records of meetings and decisions
  • Account access information
  • Website user information

We collect or use the following personal information for the operation of client or customer accounts:

  • Names and contact details
  • Addresses
  • Purchase or service history
  • Account information, including registration details
  • Marketing preferences
  • Technical data, including information about browser and operating systems

We collect or use the following personal information for information updates or marketing purposes:

  • Names and contact details
  • Addresses
  • Marketing preferences
  • Purchase or account history
  • IP addresses

We collect or use the following personal information for research or archiving purposes:

  • Names and contact details
  • Addresses
  • Purchase or client account history
  • IP addresses

We collect or use the following personal information to comply with legal requirements:

  • Name
  • Contact information
  • Client account information
  • Any other personal information required to comply with legal obligations

We collect or use the following personal information for dealing with queries, complaints or claims:

  • Names and contact details
  • Addresses
  • Payment details
  • Account information
  • Purchase or service history
  • Call recordings
  • Customer or client accounts and records
  • Financial transaction information
  • Correspondence

Lawful bases and data protection rights

Under UK data protection law, we must have a “lawful basis” for collecting and using your personal information. There is a list of possible lawful bases in the UK GDPR. You can find out more about lawful bases on the ICO’s website.

Which lawful basis we rely on may affect your data protection rights which are set out in brief below. You can find out more about your data protection rights and the exemptions which may apply on the ICO’s website:

If you make a request, we must respond to you without undue delay and in any event within one month.

To make a data protection rights request, please contact us using the contact details at the top of this privacy notice.

Our lawful bases for the collection and use of your data

Our lawful bases for collecting or using personal information to provide and improve products and services for clients are:

  • Consent – we have permission from you after we gave you all the relevant information. All of your data protection rights may apply, except the right to object. To be clear, you do have the right to withdraw your consent at any time.
  • Contract – we have to collect or use the information so we can enter into or carry out a contract with you. All of your data protection rights may apply except the right to object.
  • Legal obligation – we have to collect or use your information so we can comply with the law. All of your data protection rights may apply, except the right to erasure, the right to object and the right to data portability.

Our lawful bases for collecting or using personal information for the operation of client or customer accounts are:

  • Consent – we have permission from you after we gave you all the relevant information. All of your data protection rights may apply, except the right to object. To be clear, you do have the right to withdraw your consent at any time.
  • Contract – we have to collect or use the information so we can enter into or carry out a contract with you. All of your data protection rights may apply except the right to object.
  • Legal obligation – we have to collect or use your information so we can comply with the law. All of your data protection rights may apply, except the right to erasure, the right to object and the right to data portability.

Our lawful bases for collecting or using personal information for information updates or marketing purposes are:

  • Consent – we have permission from you after we gave you all the relevant information. All of your data protection rights may apply, except the right to object. To be clear, you do have the right to withdraw your consent at any time.
  • Contract – we have to collect or use the information so we can enter into or carry out a contract with you. All of your data protection rights may apply except the right to object.
  • Legal obligation – we have to collect or use your information so we can comply with the law. All of your data protection rights may apply, except the right to erasure, the right to object and the right to data portability.

Our lawful bases for collecting or using personal information for research or archiving purposes:

  • Consent – we have permission from you after we gave you all the relevant information. All of your data protection rights may apply, except the right to object. To be clear, you do have the right to withdraw your consent at any time.
  • Contract – we have to collect or use the information so we can enter into or carry out a contract with you. All of your data protection rights may apply except the right to object.
  • Legal obligation – we have to collect or use your information so we can comply with the law. All of your data protection rights may apply, except the right to erasure, the right to object and the right to data portability.

Our lawful bases for collecting or using personal information to comply with legal requirements:

  • Consent – we have permission from you after we gave you all the relevant information. All of your data protection rights may apply, except the right to object. To be clear, you do have the right to withdraw your consent at any time.
  • Contract – we have to collect or use the information so we can enter into or carry out a contract with you. All of your data protection rights may apply except the right to object.
  • Legal obligation – we have to collect or use your information so we can comply with the law. All of your data protection rights may apply, except the right to erasure, the right to object and the right to data portability.

Our lawful bases for collecting or using personal information for dealing with queries, complaints or claims are:

  • Consent – we have permission from you after we gave you all the relevant information. All of your data protection rights may apply, except the right to object. To be clear, you do have the right to withdraw your consent at any time.
  • Contract – we have to collect or use the information so we can enter into or carry out a contract with you. All of your data protection rights may apply except the right to object.
  • Legal obligation – we have to collect or use your information so we can comply with the law. All of your data protection rights may apply, except the right to erasure, the right to object and the right to data portability.

Where we get personal information from

  • Directly from you
  • Publicly available sources
  • Market research organisations
  • Providers of marketing lists and other personal information
  • Suppliers and service providers

How long we keep information

Personal data is:

  • Kept only for as long as necessary for the purpose for which it was collected
  • Reviewed regularly to ensure ongoing necessity
  • Securely deleted, anonymised, or destroyed at the end of the retention period
  • Retained longer only where required by law or for the establishment, exercise, or defence of legal claims

Who we share information with

Personal data may be shared with third parties only where lawful, necessary, and proportionate to the purpose of processing.

Personal data may be shared with the following categories of recipients:

  • Internal recipients: Employees, contractors, and agents who require access to personal data to perform their job duties, subject to role-based access controls.
  • Data processors: Third-party service providers acting on our instructions, such as IT hosting providers, CRM providers, and email or communications platforms.
  • Professional advisers: Legal, audit, accounting, and insurance advisers where necessary for compliance, risk management, or the establishment, exercise, or defence of legal claims.
  • Regulators and public authorities: HMRC, the ICO, law enforcement agencies, courts, and other public bodies where disclosure is required by law or regulation.
  • Business partners and suppliers: Where necessary to deliver services or fulfil contractual obligations, and subject to appropriate safeguards.
  • Third parties in corporate transactions: Potential buyers, sellers, or advisers in connection with a merger, acquisition, or restructuring, subject to confidentiality and data protection controls.

How to complain

If you have any concerns about our use of your personal data, you can make a complaint to us using the contact details at the top of this privacy notice.

If you remain unhappy with how we’ve used your data after raising a complaint with us, you can also complain to the ICO.

The ICO’s address:           

Information Commissioner’s Office
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF

Helpline number: 0303 123 1113

Website: https://www.ico.org.uk/make-a-complaint

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