Forths Associates Ltd, which trades as Forte, is registered under Company No 4308770 and our registered address can be found at the end of this policy. Our entry on the data protection register is Z6739958.
This Privacy Notice is to notify you about how we use personal data in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and current data protection legislation.
We may collect your personal data from forms you complete on this website, in correspondence with you, and from Third Parties when required by law.
We collect your personal data and process it:
To carry out our services.
To be lawful.
By giving us your personal data you agree to us contacting you with the information you supplied, to provide you with information and to assist us in providing our services.
We process your personal data in the provision of our services and where we are legally required or permitted to do so. On occasion, we may process your personal data for the purposes of our own legitimate interests, for example, to promote relevant services. You have the right to opt out at any time.
Your personal data will not be transferred out of the European Economic Area (EEA).
We take appropriate technical and organisation measures against unauthorised or unlawful processing of personal data, and against accidental loss of personal data. We may share your personal data where we are required to by law.
We recognise your rights under GDPR to:
Request access to your personal data.
Request the correction of your personal data.
Request erasure of your personal data.
Request the restricted processing of your personal data.
Object to the processing of your personal data
If you refuse to provide us with personal data, we may not be able to provide our services, and in some circumstances we may be unable to comply with our legal and regulatory obligations.
If you wish to exercise any of the rights noted above, you can contact us in the following ways:
in writing to Forth Associates ltd, The Station, 77 Canal Road, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS12 2LX for the attention of the Data Protection Officer.
by telephone 0113 387 5670
Full Privacy Policy
About Us
Forths Associates Ltd also trade as Forths Forensic Accountants and FA Accounting. We are a registered limited company in England and Wales under the Company No – 4308770, and our registered address is The Station, 77 Canal Road, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS12 2LX. Our entry on the data protection register is Z6739958.
We have appointed a Data Protection Officer who can be contacted through the details provided at the end of this policy.
About You
This Privacy Policy relates to the personal data you provide to us through this website and personal data we collect by other means in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and current data protection regulation.
We reserve the right to change the Privacy Policy from time to time at our absolute discretion. If you have any questions relating to this Privacy Policy or relating to the processing of your personal data, please contact us at the address below.
What Personal Data We Collect
We may collect your personal data from forms you complete on this website, in correspondence with you, and from Third Parties when required by law.
If you provide your personal data to us, this indicates that you consent to our using of it, and we will treat it in accordance with this policy. We respect your privacy and the choices you make about how you want us to contact you.
We collect personal contact information such as your name, address, contact details including your e-mail address, mobile number and other provided contact details. We also collect personal data from other sources including:-
any forms you fill in at any time.
over the telephone and in correspondence.
any parties with whom we have a commercial relationship to provide our services.
government agencies when required by law.
We retain your correspondence as part of our records and may use the information for the purposes set out in this Privacy Notice.
How We Use Your Personal Data
We collect and process your personal data in the provision of our services and where we are legally required or permitted to do so.
Sensitive Personal Data
We collect and process sensitive personal data if required solely in the provision of our services and where we are legally required or permitted to do so. You are not required to disclose sensitive personal data through this website.
Marketing
On occasion, we may process your personal data for the purposes of our own legitimate interests, for example, to promote relevant services. You have the right to opt out at any time and can contact us on the information supplied at the end this policy.
General
We may also use your personal data for internal business purposes including effective data management, to understand your needs, to provide a better service, improving security of data and for other reasonable business purposes and operational efficiency improvement.
Who We Share With
We confirm that your personal data will not be transferred out of the European Economic Arena (EEA).
Occasionally, we may be required to share your personal information under applicable law or regulation. We reserve the right to report to law enforcement agencies any activities that we in good faith believe to be unlawful to the extent permitted by law.
We may disclose your personal data acting reasonably if we believe such action is necessary, for example, to protect and defend our rights or property, or to protect the interests of our customers.
Without limiting the above, we may disclose your personal data acting reasonably in the following circumstances: (a) to any party we have a commercial relationship for the purpose of providing our services; (b) any disclosure as may be required to engage with our professional advisers; (c) any disclosure as permitted under current UK data protection law.
Keeping Your Data
We keep your personal data for the period of our relationship and may keep it for up to 6 years after that in order to comply with record keeping needs and other legal reasons. We will review our retention of your personal data in line with legal requirements.
We take appropriate technical and organisational measures against unauthorised or unlawful processing of personal data, and against accidental loss of personal data.
We destroy it using secure or certified methods of destruction when no longer needed.
Your Rights and Choices
If you have any questions relating to this Privacy Policy or relating to the processing of your personal data, please contact us at the address below.
We recognise your rights under GDPR to:
Request access to your personal data, e.g. to check the information is accurate and is being processed lawfully.
Request correction of your personal data, e.g. if the information is incorrect.
Request erasure of your personal data, e.g. if there is no further reason for us to process your data. (As noted below, we have a legal obligation to retain personal data).
Request the restriction of processing your personal data, e.g. if you wish us to suspend the processing of your data until any errors are rectified.
Object to the processing of your personal data, e.g. for marketing purposes.
You may ask to have your personal data deleted or removed, however, we are legally obliged to retain certain information for compliance purposes.
You can correct your personal data yourself by contacting us with a request for your change. We will change it if you can prove to our satisfaction that the data we hold is incorrect or inaccurate.
You have a right to access your personal data by contacting us as shown below.
Our websites may provide links to third party websites. Since we do not control those websites, you are responsible for reviewing and abiding by the privacy policies of those third party sites.