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Privacy Policy

Charles Stratton Estates Ltd is committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy forms part of our Legal Information and sets out how we handle data which identifies you.

Privacy Policy at Charles Stratton, we’re committed to respecting and protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains when and why we collect personal information about our website visitors, customers and people who contact or interact with us, how we use it, the conditions under which we may disclose it to others and how we keep it secure. If you do not want us to process your personal information as described in this Privacy Policy, please do not provide information to Charles Stratton or use our website www.charlesstratton.co.uk

Charles Stratton has a Data Protection Officer who is responsible for matters relating to privacy and data protection. The Data Protection Officer can be reached at nav.singh@charlesstratton.co.uk or 192 Main Road, Gidea Park, Romford, Essex, RM2 5HA.

About Charles Stratton, Charles Stratton is a trading name of Charles Stratton Estates Limited whose registered number is 09020609 and registered office is 192 Main Road, Gidea Park, Romford, Essex, RM2 5HA.

How do we collect personal information about you?

We obtain personal information about you that you provide to us through our website, emails, phone conversations, in writing, documents you provide to us, when you visit our branch or from other sources, for example when you:

  • Enquire about specific properties for sale or for rent
  • Ask us to value your property
  • Participate in one of our surveys
  • Interact with us on our social media sites
  • Interact with us via a property portal or comparison website
  • Provide information to enable us to perform anti-money laundering, financial and credit checks as well as for fraud and crime prevention and detection purposes
  • Provide information as part of electronically signing agreements with us, we also obtain personal information relating to you using automated technical means when you visit our website. What type of personal information is collected? The information we collect from you might include (but is not limited to) your name, address, email address, phone number, date of birth, ID documents and financial details and any other information you choose to provide to us. The information we collect through our website using automated technical means includes; the Internet protocol (IP) address used to connect your computer to the Internet, your login information, browser type and version, time zone setting, browser plug-in types and versions, operating system and platform, identification number, online identifier and location data.

We also collect information about your website visit including which website pages are accessed, page response times and length of visits to pages. How long do we retain your personal information? We review our retention periods for personal data on a regular basis. We are legally required to hold some types of information for certain prescribed periods to fulfil our statutory obligations. Outside of specific statutory obligations, we will hold your personal data on our systems for as long as is necessary for the relevant purposes for which we use it, or in accordance with any retention periods set out in any relevant contract you hold with us. In many cases it is not possible for us to specify in advance the periods for which we will retain your personal information.

In such cases, we will determine the period of retention based on the following criteria:

(a) we will retain your personal data after your contract or service with us has come to an end based on legal and regulatory requirements

(b) we will retain your personal data for as long as necessary to deal with your queries but for no longer than 7 years or (a) above whichever is the sooner.

How do we use your personal information?

We may use the information that you directly provide to us in the following ways:

  • We may use your name, address, email address, contact and financial details for the purpose of carrying out our obligations arising from any contracts entered into by you and Charles Stratton such as providing you with products and services you have requested. Our legal basis for this use is that it is necessary for the performance of a contract to which you are party.
  • We may use your name, email address, phone numbers and postal address to provide you with information, you have requested from us, respond to enquiries or requests from you, communicate with you in relation to those enquiries or requests and arranging visits to your property by our staff. Our legal basis for this use is our legitimate interests, namely carrying out activities in the course of Charles Stratton business in response to customer enquiries or requests.
  • We may use your name, email address, phone numbers and postal address to provide you with information regarding similar goods and services to those you have already enquired about or purchased. Our legal basis for this use is our legitimate interests, namely the ongoing marketing of our goods and services to individuals with whom we have an existing relationship in connection with our goods and services and/or who have expressed an interest in those goods and services.
  • Where you have entered into a contract with us or we have provided you with services, we may use your name and email address to ask for your feedback using third party review sites about the services we have provided to you. Our legal basis for this use is our legitimate interests, namely evaluating and where necessary improving the quality of our service provision with a view to promoting the success of our business and positive customer relationships.
  • Where you are a party to an existing contract with us or regularly enter into contracts with us for our goods and services, we may use your name, email address, postal address or phone number to notify you of changes to the terms and conditions of our services. Our legal basis for this use is our legitimate interests, namely the administration and management of our business contracts and relationships.
  • We may use your name, email address and postal address to send you marketing communications, if you have chosen to receive these. These may include information about properties for rent or for sale, the current property market, newsletters, promotions or offers. Our legal basis for this use is consent.
  • We may use your name, address, phone number, passport details, driving licence details or ID card details to verify your identity where you are selling, buying or renting a property from us. Our legal basis for this use is compliance with a legal obligation to which we are subject, our legitimate interests, namely ensuring the security of our systems, network and information and those of third parties. We may use the information that we automatically collect using technical means through our website to:
  • Measure or understand the effectiveness of our own advertising activity. Our legal basis for this use is our legitimate interests, namely improving the relevancy of our advertising; This automated collection of information may involve the use of cookies. Please see our Cookies Policy below for further detail about these. We may analyse the personal information we collect directly from you and obtain using automated technical means to create a profile of your interests and preferences so that we can contact you with information relevant to you (if you have chosen to receive marketing communications from us).

Who has access to information?

We will not sell or rent your information to third parties. We may pass your information to third party service providers, including but not limited to:

  • Business partners, suppliers and sub-contractors working on our behalf for the purposes of completing tasks and providing services to you. These are: a) Veriphy who are used to undertake anti-money laundering checks, Politically Exposed Person (PEP) and sanctions checks. b) Goodlord who are used for lettings related referencing and insurance products. c) Homeshift who are used for lettings related utility switching services. d) Various contractors who are known to us and are used for the maintenance of rented properties. When we use third party service providers, we disclose only the personal information that is necessary to deliver the service and we have a contract in place that requires them to keep your information secure and otherwise use your information in accordance with applicable data protection law. We may disclose your personal information to our insurers and/or professional advisers insofar as reasonably necessary for the purposes of obtaining and maintaining insurance coverage, managing risks, obtaining professional advice and managing legal disputes. We may transfer your personal information to a third party as part of a sale of some or all of our business and assets, or as part of any business restructuring or reorganisation, or if we’re under a duty to disclose or share your personal data in order to comply with any legal obligation or to enforce or apply our terms of use or to protect the rights, property or safety of our customers. However, we will take steps with the aim of ensuring that your privacy rights continue to be protected. In addition to the specific disclosures set out in this section, we may disclose your personal information where such disclosure is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which we are subject, or in order to protect your vital interests or the vital interests of another natural person, or for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims, whether in court proceedings or in an administrative out-of-court procedure. Your rights In this section we have summarised the rights that you have under data protection law. Some of the rights are complex, applying only in certain circumstances and subject to certain exceptions, and in the interests of keeping this policy concise, not all of the details have been included in our summaries. Accordingly, you should read the relevant laws and guidance from the regulatory authorities for a full explanation of these rights.

You have the right:

  • To object to us processing your personal information for marketing purposes. If you object, we will stop processing your personal information for this purpose. When we collect your data, you can choose whether you wish to receive marketing communications from us. If you wish to stop receiving marketing communications, you can opt out at any time by clicking an ‘unsubscribe’ link at the bottom of one of our emails.
  • To access the information, we hold about you and certain information about our processing of it and your rights in relation to it.
  • In certain circumstances, to obtain erasure of the personal information we hold about you, subject to certain exceptions.
  • To rectification of the information we hold about you.
  • In certain circumstances, to restrict our processing of your personal information or object to us processing it. If you object, we will stop processing your personal information unless certain exceptions apply.
  • Where our legal basis for processing your personal information is your consent or the performance of a contract and we process it by automated means, to be provided with the personal information we hold about you in structured, commonly used and machine-readable format and to transmit the information to another controller.
  • To not be subject to a decision based solely on automated processing, including profiling, that produces legal effects concerning you or similarly affecting you, subject to certain exceptions.
  • Where our processing of your personal information is based on your consent, to withdraw that consent at any time. If you withdraw your consent, we will stop the relevant processing, but it will not affect the lawfulness of our processing before the withdrawal. To exercise any of these rights, email us at nav.singh@charlesstratton.co.uk or write to us at 192 Main Road, Gidea Park, Romford, Essex, RM2 5HA. If you consider that our processing of your personal information infringes data protection laws, you have the right to lodge a complaint to a supervisory authority responsible for data protection. You may do this in the EU member state of your habitual residence, your place of work or the place of the alleged infringement. More information about lodging a complaint with the Information Commissioner’s Office (the relevant UK supervisory authority) can be found at https://ico.org.uk/concerns/. Security precautions in place to protect your information The information we store about you is stored on computer systems based in the European Economic area (EEA) We take appropriate technical and organisational precautions to secure your personal information and prevent its loss, misuse or alteration. All information you provide to us is stored on secure servers. Where we have given (or where you have chosen) a password which enables you to access certain parts of our websites, you are responsible for keeping this password confidential. We ask you not to share your password with anyone. The transmission of unencrypted (or inadequately encrypted) data over the internet is inherently insecure, and for this reason we cannot guarantee the security of data sent between us over the internet. Use of Cookies Like many other websites, our website uses cookies. ‘Cookies’ are small pieces of information sent by an organisation to your computer and stored on your hard drive to allow that website to recognise you when you visit. They collect statistical data about your browsing actions and patterns. Cookies allow us to provide important site functionality, so you don’t have to re-enter lots of information. They also allow us to remember what links and pages you have been or viewed during a session. This helps us deliver a better, more personalised service to you. It is possible to switch off cookies by setting your browser preferences. For more information on the Cookies we use, see our Cookies Policy. Links to other websites: Our website may contain links to other websites run by other organisations. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of those organisations or the content of their websites. You should read the privacy policies of these organisations before providing them with any personal information. We keep this Policy under regular review. This Policy was last updated on 20th May 2021. If we change our Privacy Policy, we will post the changes on this page and may place notices on other sections of the website and/or notify you by email. Further information You can obtain further information about data protection laws by visiting the Information Commissioner’s Office website at www.ico.org.uk.

We respect your privacy. Any information you provide on this website is confidential. This website www.CharlesStratton.co.uk complies with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) (EU) 2016/679) when dealing with all data received from visitors to this website.

For the purpose of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) (EU) 2016/679 the Data Controller is:
Charles Stratton Estates Ltd.

Contact:

Charles Stratton Estates Ltd
192 Main Road
Gidea Park, Romford
Essex
RM2 5HA
England

Date of last reviewed :  22/03/2023