In this section, we tell you more about how we deal with your personal data and aim to ensure your privacy when you are either interacting with us or using our website. More specifically, the purpose of this section is to inform users about the personal data we collect, how we use it and who has access to it. This section also contains information about the cookie policy of our website. This privacy statement is in line with applicable privacy laws both in the UK and the EU.
Who Oversees Data Processing and Whom to Contact?
The entity in charge of collecting and processing personal data and to contact for any issue related to this Privacy Policy is:
Veneziano and Partners Ltd
4 – 12 Regent Street
Rex House
London
SW1Y 4PE
Tel: 0044 20 3542 0836
Email: [email protected]
What is Personal Data and What Does Processing Mean
Personal Data is any information related to you and that, directly or indirectly, allows to identify you. That is, for example, name, location data, online and other identifiers, payment details etc.
Processing means any operation performed on personal data, such as collection, recording, storage, retrieval, consultation and use.
What Personal Data We May Collect from You and How
We only process personal data we receive from you while using our website and, where that is the case, in the course of a business relationship with you.
We also process personal data when you contact us via a form or email and subscribe through our website to receive our newsletters or access other premium content. The personal data that we typically collect in all these circumstances are name, address, email address, telephone numbers, payment details etc.
Why Do We Process Your Personal Data and on What Basis?
We process personal data in accordance with the provisions of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) applicable in the UK and in the European Union. We process personal data for the purposes, and based on the legal grounds, described below:
| Purpose | Legal basis |
| When you give us your personal data and consent that we may contact you (e.g. via sending a newsletter), we are allowed to process your data based on your permission.
|
Consent |
| When you access our website for the first time and you consent to the use of non-essential cookies, we are allowed to analyse the use you make of our website and its contents and carry out related marketing activities.
|
Consent |
| When you contact us by any means we will process your data for the purpose of handling the related request.
|
Performance of a contract |
| When we are subject to compliance with specific legal, regulatory or other obligations.
|
Compliance with legal obligations |
We may share your personal data with trusted third parties like our Partners as well as our accountants.
When we are requested by regulatory authorities, courts, tribunals government agencies and other law enforcement agencies we may also share your personal data with them. When sharing for legitimate purpose your personal data we may have to transfer such data outside your jurisdiction or the EEA. In this case, where the country ultimately receiving your data as a consequence of the sharing activities has less protection in place that the EEA, we will take appropriate measures to ensure that your personal data will remain secure.
What Are Your Rights as a Data Subject?
As we process your personal data, you become a data subject and have the rights listed below:
- You have the right to ask us if we are processing your data and, should that be the case, request access to such data. You have also the right to receive a copy of the personal data that we hold about you and certain other information about it.
- You have the right to withdraw your consent at any time to the processing of personal data.
- You have the right to request that any incomplete or inaccurate personal data we hold about you is rectified.
- You have the right to obtain immediate erasure of the personal data concerning you or have processing restricted, in accordance with applicable provisions, so that it can take place only under certain conditions.
- You have the right to ask us to assist you with the transfer of certain of your personal data to another party. Where we are processing your personal data based on public interest or balancing of interests you have a right to object to the processing of your personal data. Should you decide to do so, we will no longer process your data unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds to do so that overbalance your rights.
- You have the right to complain with a supervisory or data protection authority if you believe that the processing of your personal data relating violates GDPR or any other applicable data protection law.
How Long Do We Plan to Keep Your Personal Data
We don’t plan to retain your personal data for more than it is required for us to be able to discharge the duties or fulfil the obligations in relation to which we initially collected and processed it.
Cookie Policy
A Cookie is a small file, stored on a user’s hard drive by a website. Its purpose is to collect data relating to the user’s browsing habits. You can choose to be notified by your browser each time a cookie is transmitted or disable cookies entirely, but this may decrease the quality of your user experience.
We use the following types of cookies on our website:
- Necessary cookies – make a website usable by enabling basic functions like page navigation and access to secure areas of the website. The website cannot function properly without these cookies.
- Preference cookies – enable a website to remember information that changes the way the website behaves or looks, like your preferred language or the region that you are in.
- Statistic Cookies – help website owners to understand how visitors interact with websites by collecting and reporting information anonymously.
- Marketing Cookies – track visitors across websites. The intention is to display ads that are relevant and engaging for the individual user and thereby more valuable for publishers and third-party advertisers.
Web Beacons
The third-party email automation platform we use for our newsletters employs a web beacon called tracking pixel. A web beacon is a small graphic image used in emails to track the behavior of the receiver of the email. The web beacon makes it possible to determine whether e-mails have been opened or whether the links contained in the e-mails have been clicked on. We use this information to improve our email service and evaluate which information is read or clicked on the most. When the email is deleted by the receiver, the web beacon is also automatically deleted too.
Updates to the Privacy Policy
Our Privacy Policy was last updated in August 2023. We take your privacy seriously, and this update reflects our commitment to keeping your data safe and secure. To ensure that you are always in the know, we will publish any future updates to our Privacy Policy right here on our website. We understand that your privacy matters to you, and we want you to feel secure when using our services.