Copyright & Policy Notice

This website and privacy policy is owned by JPF Built Heritage Limited and protected under copyright; this policy governs the privacy of users who use this website and explains how we comply with the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation), the DPA (Data Protection Act) and the PECR (Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations).

Legal Compliance

This website complies with the DPA (Data Protection Act 1998) and the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation 2018); this policy will explain areas of this website that may affect your privacy and personal details, how we process, collect, manage and store those details and how your legal rights under the DPA and GDPR are adhered to.

Your Personal Data

We obtain personal data from you when you contact us via any link on our website; we will use that information to respond to your enquiry and to help us provide any information you have requested. We will treat all of your personal information as confidential; we do not collect your personal information for commercial marketing use or distribution to any third parties.

Use and Definition of Cookies

Cookies are small files saved to a user’s device that track, save and store information about their interactions with our website; this information allows us to provide users with a tailored experience whilst visiting our website.

This website uses cookies to improve the user’s experience. As legally required, this website uses a cookie control system, allowing the user to give explicit permission to allow or deny the use of cookies on their device.

Data Security

Data transmitted to us through our website via electronic means cannot be guaranteed as secure; data may be intercepted before reaching us, accessed by unauthorised third parties, or exploited unlawfully. We can accept no responsibility for the acts of third parties and shall not be liable for any direct, indirect or consequential losses or damages incurred or suffered as a result.

Downloads

Any downloadable documents, files or media made available on this website are provided to users at their own risk. While all precautions have been undertaken to ensure only genuine downloads are available, users are advised to verify their authenticity using third party anti-virus software. We can accept no responsibility for external third-party downloads.

External Website Links & Third Parties

We may include quality, safe and relevant external links to our website; users are advised to adopt a policy of caution before clicking on any external web links on this website. We can accept no responsibility for external third-party websites. 

Social Media

While we may have official profiles on social media platforms, users are advised to verify the authenticity of these before engaging with, or sharing information with such profiles. We will never ask for user’s personal details on social media platforms. Users are also advised to conduct themselves appropriately when engaging with us on social media.

Legal Rights

We are required to maintain the data that we collect in providing our services to clients for certain periods of time; once expired such data will generally be erased or securely destroyed.

Under the GDPR, you may exercise the following rights:

• A right of access to the information that we hold about you (Subject Access Request).
• A right to have your information corrected if it is inaccurate or incomplete.
• A right to have information removed or deleted from our records and systems.
• A right to block us from processing your personal data or to limit how we can use it.
• A right of portability; to request that we move your personal information to someone else, in a machine-readable form.

Please contact us via a simple request if you wish to exercise any of your above rights.

You also have the right to make a complaint at any time in regard to how we handle your personal data, via the Information Commissioners Office (ICO), the UK Advisory Authority for data protection issues at www.ico.org.uk; we would always welcome the chance to deal with your concerns directly however so please contact us in the first instance.

Changes to this Privacy Policy

We keep this policy under regular review; this current Privacy Policy was last updated in August 2024.