Data Privacy Policy

Introduction

At Perigon Partners, we understand that your privacy is important to you, and we are committed to respecting your privacy and personal data, using personal data responsibly and complying with all applicable laws and data privacy regulations.

By accessing or using our services, you consent to the terms outlined in this Privacy Policy.

Purpose

This policy aims to give you a clear explanation of how we collect, handle and protect any personalinformation in connection with Perigon Partners’ business activities.

Who we are

Perigon Partners Ltd is a strategy consultancy company, registered in Scotland under company number 716835. Our registered office address is 30/5 Hardengreen Industrial Estate, Eskbank, Scotland, EH223NX.

Categories of personal data that we process

In respect of clients: Name, Role, Address, Telephone number, Email address. In respect of colleagues: As above, plus Date of birth, National Insurance number, Pension information, Bank details, Employment history and eligibility, Performance reviews, Dates and essential details regarding health-related or parental leave. In respect of stakeholders of clients (during a double materiality exercise or other engagement): Name, Role, Email address.

Sources of personal data

Primarily, the personal data is provided by you. In some instances, for prospective clients, personal datawill be provided from third-party sources (including those that are publicly available). In these cases, weendeavour to notify you to let you know the source, how we intend to process the data and how you canlimit or prevent its use.

Why and how we process personal data

Any personal data that we collect and process is in the course of Perigon Partners’ business activities, such as building and maintaining relationships, providing our services, and recruiting, employing and managing staff. The legal bases for processing this data are:
• Contract
• Legitimate interest
• Legal obligation
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We do not share any personal data with third parties unless required to comply with legal obligations, such as the sharing of employee personal data with HMRC. We have generally accepted standards in place to protect your personal data from loss, misuse, alteration destruction. Only authorised Perigon Partners staff (and third parties where relevant) are given access to your personal data and are required to treat the information as confidential. Although these standards are in place and precautions are taken, we cannot guarantee that unauthorised access to your personal data will not occur. All information is stored and processed in the UK. We delete personal data six years after we complete our services to you and your company, or the company that you are a stakeholder of, or after the end of your employment with Perigon Partners. Our website, http://www.perigonpartners.co.uk, is hosted by Webflow, which collects standard, anonymous website traffic data, which we use to understand visitor numbers to different parts of our website so that we can tailor and improve its content and/or structure. We also, from time to time, engage other third-party service providers such as Google Analytics to collect further standard internet log information. At no time do we make (or give permission to third parties to make) any attempts to find out the identities of visitors to our website.

Your legal rights

Perigon Partners uses and protects the data of EU citizens under the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation, more commonly known as GDPR. This gives you certain legal rights over your personal dataincluding the right to request access for the purposes of reviewing, modifying, correcting, requesting a copy or deletion of the data, or requesting that we cease processing your personal data. There are also rights in relation to automated decision making and profiling, as well as the right to raise a complaint with the Information Commissioner’s Office if you feel that your personal data has not been dealt with correctly.

Getting in touch

If you would like to make a request to access, review, or correct the personal data we have collected about you, or to discuss how we process your personal data, please contact us at hello@perigonpartners.co.uk.