PRIVACY POLICY

Welcome to the Inquesta Forensic Accounting Limited’s privacy notice. This privacy notice provides information on how Inquesta Forensic Accounting collects and processes your personal data when you visit our website.

Important Information and Who We Are

Inquesta Forensic Accounting Limited is the controller and the company responsible for your personal data.

Contact Details

Our full details are:

Full Name of Legal Entity: Inquesta Forensic Accounting Limited

Name or Title of Director: Rob Miller

Email Address: rob.miller@inquestaforensic.co.uk

Postal Address: 11 – 15 New Road, Manchester, M26 1LS

1. The Data We Collect About You

We may collect, use, store and transfer different kinds of personal data about you as follows:

  • Identity Data – passport and other official identification details, information from a third-party money laundering check provider, Companies House information, national insurance number, membership of relevant schemes
  • Contact Data – information that allows us to identify and contact you directly such as your name, address, e-mail address and telephone number.
  • Financial Data
  • Transaction Data
  • Usage Data
  • Marketing and Communications Data

We use different methods to collect data about you, which are explained here:

  • Directly from you – when you indicate that you may wish to attend an event, complete forms we provide to you, use our website, make a claim, make a complaint, provide money laundering information to us, contact us by phone, e-mail or communicate with us directly in some way.
  • From referrals and recommendations – usually given by other people who know you or have a working relationship with you.
  • Our website – provides us with information about how you use it and the devices you use to connect to our website.
  • Providers of information – may include professional bodies or trade associations, credit reference agencies, money laundering check providers, Companies House, the Land Registry, LinkedIn and other web platforms.
  • Our professional advisors – such as lawyers, accountants, financial advisors and other advisors.
  • Your professional advisors – such as lawyers, accountants, financial advisors and other advisors.
  • The Government, local authorities or relevant regulators – to assist with investigations and other legal obligations.

2. How We Use Your Personal Data

We will only use your personal data for the purpose for which we collected it which include the following:

  • To register you as a new client.
  • To enter into and perform contracts with either yourself or the organisation that you represent.
  • To deal with your queries or complaints, raise queries.
  • To improve our website, products/services, marketing or customer relationships.
  • Performing credit checks
  • Determining services/products that may be of interest to you
  • To provide you with requested information
  • Direct marketing
  • Holding events
  • To comply with our legal and regulatory obligations
  • To manage our relationship with you and to operate our business

3. How We Share Your Personal Data

We may share your personal data within the group. More detail can be found here:

  • In relation to joint events or joint work
  • Credit reference and other identification agencies – so that we can assess your creditworthiness and verify your identity
  • Marketing and Public Relations companies – to help us develop, carry out and assess marketing and PR campaigns
  • Other services providers and advisors to us – such as companies that support our IT, help us analyse the data we hold, process payments and generally help us deliver our products and services to you or the organisation that you represent.
  • The Government, local authorities, planning authorities or relevant regulators – where we are required to do so by law or to assist with their investigations
  • Police, law enforcement agencies and security services – to assist with the investigation and prevention of crime and the protection of national security

4. Your Legal Rights

Under certain circumstances, you have rights under data protection laws in relation to your personal data including the right to receive a copy of the personal data we hold about you and the right to make a complaint at any time to the Information Commissioner’s Office, the UK regulator for data protection issues (www.ico.org.uk).

You have the following rights in relation to your personal data:

  • The right to be informed about how your personal data is being used
  • The right to access the personal information we hold about you
  • The right to request the correction of inaccurate personal information we hold about you
  • The right to request the erasure of your personal information in certain limited circumstances
  • The right to restrict processing of your personal information where certain requirements are met
  • The right to object to the processing of your personal information
  • The right to request that we transfer elements of your data either to you or another service provider; and
  • The right to object to certain automated decision-making processes using your personal information.