Privacy Statement

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Last Updated: 16/04/2024

Introduction

Chaos Design Limited (“Chaos”, “we, “our”) are committed to protecting the privacy and security of the personal data we collect about end customers and users of our services (“you/your”).

The purpose of this privacy notice is to explain what personal data we collect about you when you use our website or voluntarily disclose information as part of an online form or as part of our services. When we do this, we are the data controller.

Please read this privacy notice carefully as it provides important information about how we handle your personal information and your rights. If you have any questions about any aspect of this privacy notice you can contact us using the information provided below or by emailing us at privacy@chaosdesign.com.

Personal data we collect

We collect, use and are responsible for certain personal data about you. When we do so we are subject to the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR).

When you provide information to us as part of an online form or as part of our services, we may collect your:

  • Full name
  • job title
  • address
  • phone number
  • fax number
  • email address
  • any other information provided by you in our online form

We will only collect this personal data directly from you—in person, by telephone, and/or via our website.

For more information about the personal data we collect from your use of our website, please visit https://www.chaosdesign.com/cookie-policy/

Purposes for which we use personal data and the legal basis

When providing services to you, we may use your personal data for the following purposes and on the following lawful bases:

Purposes for which we use personal data and the legal basis


Where personal data is processed because it is necessary for the performance of a contract to which you are a party, we will be unable to provide our services without the required information.

Sharing your data

For some business activities we share your personal data with our vendors and third-party service providers, for instance, to provide our e-mail marketing services or for payments processing.

It is unlikely that we’ll ever share your personal data outside the UK, European Union (“EU”) or European Economic Area (“EEA”). If, however, it becomes necessary for the purposes of providing our services to you, we will only share it with organisations in countries benefiting from a European Commission adequacy decision or on the basis of Standard Contractual Clauses approved by the European Commission or the UK Government which contractually oblige the recipient to process and protect your personal data to the standard expected within the UK and EU/EEA.

Personal data may also be shared with government authorities and/or law enforcement officials for the prevention or detection of crime, if required by law or if required for a legal or contractual claim.

How long we keep your data

We will retain your personal data for as long as is necessary to provide you with our services and for a reasonable period thereafter to enable us to meet our contractual and legal obligations and to deal with complaints and claims. Depending on the purpose, we hold data for different amounts of time:

  • Contracted services: We will hold your data for 6 years.
  • Marketing: We will hold your data for a period of 6 years with a review every month. You may opt out of receiving marketing material at any time. If you opt out of receiving direct marketing material, we will suppress your details so that you are not contacted for marketing purposes any longer.

At the end of the retention period, your personal data will be securely deleted or anonymised, for example by aggregation with other data, so that it can be used in a non-identifiable way for statistical analysis and business planning.

How we protect your data

We implement appropriate technical and organisational measures to protect data that we process from unauthorised disclosure, use, alteration or destruction.

Your rights and options

You have the following rights in respect of your personal data:

  • You have the right of access to your personal data and can request copies of it and information about our processing of it.
  • If the personal data we hold about you is incorrect or incomplete, you can ask us to rectify or add to it.
  • Where we are using your personal data with your consent, you can withdraw your consent at any time.
  • Where we are using your personal because it is in our legitimate interests to do so, you can object to us using it this way.
  • Where we are using your personal data for direct marketing, including profiling for direct marketing purposes, you can object to us doing so.
  • You can ask us to restrict the use of your personal data if:
  • It is not accurate.
  • It has been used unlawfully but you do not want us to delete it.
  • We do not need it any-more, but you want us to keep it for use in legal claims; or
  • If you have already asked us to stop using your data but you are waiting to receive confirmation from us as to whether we can comply with your request.
  • In some circumstances you can compel us to erase your personal data.
  • You can request a machine-readable copy of your personal data to transfer to another service provider.
  • You have the right not to be subject to a decision based solely on automated processing (including profiling) that produces legal effects concerning you or similarly significantly affects you.

You will not have to pay a fee to access your personal data (or to exercise any of the other rights). However, we may charge a reasonable fee if your request for access is clearly unfounded or excessive. Alternatively, we may refuse to comply with the request in such circumstances.

If you wish to exercise your rights, please contact us at privacy@chaosdesign.com.

You can also lodge a complaint with the Information Commissioner’s Office. They can be contacted using the information provided at: https://ico.org.uk/concerns/

Contact us

If you have any questions, or wish to exercise any of your rights, then you can contact us by addressing your correspondence to: Ashcombe Court, Woolsack Way, Godalming, Surrey, GU7 1LQ

Alternatively, you can email us at privacy@chaosdesign.com.

Changes to this privacy notice

We may update this notice (and any supplemental privacy notice), from time to time. We will notify of the changes where required by applicable law to do so.