Data Controllers
Any personal information provided to or gathered by our website is controlled by SUBC (group of companies). Details of the Data Controller or Data Protection Officer at SUBC can be obtained by sending an email direct via our email form to SUBC UK.
Newsletter: what data do we collect?
When you sign up to our newsletter we only need to know your full name and e-mail address. This allows our database to automate an email to your email address in your name. You do not need to provide us with any other personal data, and we will never ask you for this. Your name and email address will NOT be given out to anyone. Your name an email address will be held on our host server, which you can automatically delete in full at any time by clicking unsubscribe in the footer of any of our newsletters. You can also click on preferences in the footer, to update your email address.
Email Contact Form: what data do we collect?
When you send us an email using our email contact form, we only ask you for basic information about you. This information is only used to return the email, and is never kept on any database, nor is it copied to any third party database. This basic information is archived in our internal email client software and can be removed at any time by emailing the 'data controller' at SUBC UK.
Our email form is 'Captcha' configured. Captcha is an acronym for "Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart" Captcha is a type of challenge response test used in computing to determine whether or not the user is human. The test does not check the ability to give correct answers to questions, only how closely answers resemble those a human would give. In compliance with Spam, we use Captcha on our email form, it protects 'everyone' from Spam.
Data Security / Newsletter Automation - Delivery
SUBC manage various monthly email campaigns. To facilitate campaign automation and delivery, SUBC hold on their server, contact databases for their customers, featuring 'name' and 'email address' fields. This data is held in strict confidence, on a secure server and is generated 'only' on an OPT-in basis (compliant with GDPR), with the facility to unsubscribe, or update preferences at any time.
This data is never shared across platforms, nor is it used or migrated in another way. Our customers can obtain a copy of their email contact database details at anytime by emailing the Data Controller or Data Protection Officer at SUBC UK. This 'request for a copy' will be cross referenced with the 'requesting company's Managing Director.
Cookies: what are they and how do they affect me?
From 26 May 2018 the GDPR General Data Protection Regulation requires SUBC to gain the consent of our users to download cookies on to their machines. SUBC currently do not use cookies on its website and will not be able to track your visit or activity.
Google Analytics: Google Analytics is a web analytics service provided by Google. Google Analytics collects (first party cookies), which are text files placed on your computer to collect standard Internet log information and visitor IP behavior. This information is sent to Google and is used to evaluate activity on our website. This enables SUBC to monitor statistical reports. SUBC does not have the ability to collect any (PII) personally identifiable information of visitors to our website. Google Analytics doesn’t identify who you are, nor can it identify you or (PII), it simply track your activity on our website. Google Analytics is currently not active on this website.
Consent
We only collect data that you consent to. This data is provided through our newsletter sign-up form and through our email contact form. We never ask you for your personal data other than your name and email address for the activation of our newsletter. Any changes to our privacy policy will be published on this website. If at any time you wish to update the information which we hold about you on our database, or if you wish to stop receiving our newsletter, you can unsubscribe in the footer of our newsletter. In compliance with GDPR, you can opt-in or opt-out and be forgotten about at any time.
SUBC endeavor to take all reasonable steps to protect your personal data including the use of SSL encryption technology for hosting the data on our database.
The GDPR states that we must explain our privacy policy to you the (user) in an easily accessible form. It also must must be concise, transparent and easy to understand. It also must be written in a clear and plain language. SUBC feels that its privacy policy complies to these conditions and more, complying with GDPR.