The protection of personal data is important to us. We process personal data in line with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). This guidance is designed to inform you of the sort of personal data we collect, why we collect it, how we use it and data subjects’ legal rights in relation to this.
In this document you may find the following terms:
We routinely seek, receive and process personal data in order to provide our services.
We also collect and process personal data about visitors to our website, including:
Our website contains links to other websites. We are not responsible for the privacy policies or practices of third party websites.
Personal data submitted to us will be used for our legitimate business purposes, which include:
Article. 6(1) lit. (a) GDPR serves as the legal basis for processing operations for which we obtain consent for a specific processing purpose.
If processing personal data is necessary for the performance of a contract to which the data subject is a party, as is the case, for example, for the supply of our consultancy services, the processing is based on Article 6(1) lit. (b) GDPR. The same applies to such processing operations which are necessary for carrying out pre-contractual measures, for example in the case of enquiries concerning our products or services.
Where KBC is subject to a legal obligation by which processing of personal data is required, such as for the maintenance of accounting records and the fulfilment of tax obligations, the processing is based on Art. 6(1) lit. (c) GDPR.
If the data subject is a litigant or witness in a case in which KBC is, or may be, instructed, KBC has a legal basis for processing the data subject’s personal and case-related data pursuant to Article 6(1) lit. (e) GDPR in the public interest.
By choosing to share with us case-related information associated with a service we are providing, the data subject and/or the Data Controller accepts that there is a legitimate interest in our processing the data under Article 6(1) lit. (f) GDPR. The contact details supplied to us may also be used for marketing purposes under the same premise.
We may disclose personal data to any of our employees, officers, agents, instructing parties, suppliers or subcontractors insofar as reasonably necessary for us to provide our services and for the purposes as set out in this Privacy Notice. In addition, we may disclose information:
Otherwise where personal data, other than those necessarily recorded by website analytical software for the purposes of website management and user experience optimisation, is to be transferred to countries which do not have data protection laws equivalent to those in force in the European Economic Areas (EEA), we will inform you in advance, unless that country is the country from where you, your advisors or our instructing parties have communicated with us.
Data transmission over the internet is inherently insecure and we cannot guarantee the security of data sent this way.
All personal data received by KBC is subject to appropriate electronic and/or physical security measures including, electronic and physical access restrictions, defined retention periods and secure destruction policies.
We will process and store personal data only for the period necessary to achieve the purpose of storage. Our policy for data retention is intended to protect personal interests and the interests of the public. Information held in relation to a forensic case has the potential to be of value in future proceedings (e.g. Appeal), even if this is not immediately obvious. We therefore hold case data for up to 30 years depending on the type of case, although we will destroy it within 18 months if it has not contributed to any service we have provided.
We will hold your contact details in case we need to get in touch regarding one of your cases or a service/update which we think may interest you. We will also keep a record of your preferences regarding email communications.
Where we identify that it is no longer necessary for us to hold personal data, we shall delete it or anonymise it such that it is no longer personal, in accordance with our company policies and legal requirements.
KBC may employ both the Analytics and AdWords services provided by Google. Google Analytics is a web analytics service that collects data about the website from which a person has come, which pages on our website were visited, and how often and for how long a page was viewed. Google AdWords is a service for Internet advertising that allows KBC to place ads in Google search engine results and the Google advertising network which are designed to promote our service and encourage people to visit our website.
Google uses the data to evaluate the use of our website and to carry out analysis of our Internet advertising. Personal data is stored by Google outside of the EU in the United States of America and Google may pass this data on to other third parties. Google provides detailed instructions on how to block cookies at https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/61416
Google’s privacy policy can be found at: https://www.google.co.uk/policies/privacy/
Unless the legal requirements of our processing take precedence, data subjects have a right of access to the information we hold about them and to have it amended if it is inaccurate. In order to access the data, a subject access request must be made in writing to the Data Controller.
Keith Borer Consultants collects and processes the personal data of applicants in the process of staff recruitment. If an applicant submits an application by e-mail or online and is successful the submitted data will be stored in compliance with legal requirements. If they are unsuccessful, the documents will automatically be erased after one year, unless consent is given otherwise by the individual.
Keith Borer Consultants has a range of social media accounts including LinkedIn, Instagram, BlueSky and YouTube. We have integrated components of services on our website. If an individual is logged in at the same time on their social media account, it will detect the activity on our website. This information is collected through “javascript” code on our website and is linked to the individual’s social media account. If one of the social media buttons integrated into our website is clicked, then this information may be stored by the social media company and linked to that individual’s account. If an individual is not logged in to their social media account then information such as IP address, browser type, operating system, the referring web page, pages visited, location, your mobile carrier, device information (including device and application IDs), and cookie information may still be stored by the social media company.
Please check this Privacy Notice occasionally on our website as we may update it from time-to-time. We may also notify our contacts of changes by email.
Keith Borer Consultants is a division of Orchid Cellmark Ltd and part of the Eurofins Scientific Group. In case of queries relating to data protection, please contact our Data Protection Officer (dataprotection@sc.eurofinseu.com).