Privacy Policies

Privacy Policy

 

            This Privacy Policy contains important information about the personal information we collect about you, what we do with your information, and who your information might be shared with.  We will not disclose your information to anyone other than as set out in this Privacy Policy and any applicable terms and conditions.

 

Topics:

·       Who we are

·       What personal information do we collect?

·       How do we collect your personal information?

·       How will we use your personal information?

·       How do we store your personal information?

·       Marketing

·       What are your personal information protection rights?

·       In the case of a breach

·       Complaint resolution

·       Third party advertising

·       Links to third party websites

·       Children

·       What are cookies?

·       How do we use cookies?

·       What types of cookies do we use?

·       How to manage your cookies?

·       Privacy policies of other websites

·       Changes to our privacy policies

·       Registration with the ICO

·       How to contact us

·       How to contact the appropriate authorities

 

Who We Are

Same Page Mediation Ltd (SP) is a Limited Company registered in England and Wales at 7 Dove Close, Debenham, Stowmarket, IP14 6RR. SP provides mediation and conflict resolution training (together referred to as “Services”) in-person in the UK and online.  In the course of these offerings we must collect, use and are responsible for certain personal information about you. When we do so we are regulated under the General Data Protection Regulation which applies across the European Union and the United Kingdom, and we are responsible as ‘controller’ of that personal information for the purposes of those laws.

 

What personal information do we collect?

Personal information about you could include but is not limited to:

·       your name

·       address (personal and/or employment)

·       contact details including phone number and email

·       financial details related to payment for services

·       sensitive personal information

 

How do we collect your personal information?

·       You directly provide SP with most of the personal information we collect through:

·       Placing an order for or registering for Services

·       Sharing potentially sensitive personal information related to the provision of services.  These could include, but are not limited to: synopses of conflict situations, litigation histories, relationship histories, training, and educational experience, provided by you or about you by a third party

·       Voluntarily completing a customer survey or feedback and evaluation through email, via the website or in-person

·       Use or view our website via your browser’s cookies.

·       Our Company does not purchase any information from third parties.

·       SP may obtain information about you from a third party in relation to their Services provided by SP.  Your rights remain the same in relation to this information and SP will treat the information as confidential and retain only with legitimate legal bases.

 

 

How will we use your personal information?

·       SP collects information so that we can process your order, manage your account, arrange, and provide Services, collect payment, and meet compliance obligations

·       SP will email you with marketing products only with your permission

·       Sensitive personal information is retained only as long as SP is providing Services and if so, will be destroyed immediately following the conclusion of Services

·       SP will never sell your personal information to a third party

·       SP will not share your information with a third party unless otherwise required by law

·       SP processes information about clients, trainees and other professionals in a way that is necessary to manage the agreed relationship with that individual.

·       SP will never ask you to share any personal information outside the context of Services provision or marketing preferences.

 

 

Legal bases for processing your personal information

The legal bases we may rely on include:

·       consent: where you have given us clear consent for us to process your personal information for a specific purpose, consent can be withdrawn at any time.

·       contract: where our use of your personal information is necessary for a contract we have with you, or because you have asked us to take specific steps before entering into a contract.

·       legal obligation: where our use of your personal information is necessary for us to comply with the law (not including contractual obligations).

·       public task: where our use of your personal information is necessary for us to perform a task in the public interest or for our official functions, and the task or function has a clear basis in law.

·       legitimate interests: where our use of your personal information is necessary for our legitimate interests or the legitimate interests of a third party (unless there is a good reason to protect your personal information which overrides our legitimate interests). 

 

 

Personal data type:

Source:

Legal basis for processing:

Name and contact information (phone, email, address of business or work)

Provided by you through email/ phone/ website contact with SP; or a third party with relation to interests in their dealings with SP

Consent: if provided by you.

Legitimate interest: for processing, arranging, and dealing with services, complaints, marketing, or other purposes necessary to SP service provision.

Contract: to fulfill services and/or to obtain payment for services rendered

Financial details including bank account and sorting numbers, credit card details

Provided by you through email/ phone/ website contact with SP

Consent: if provided by you for purposes of payment for services rendered.

Legitimate interest: for processing/ collection of payment

Contract: to fulfill services and/or to obtain payment for services rendered

Sensitive personal information: may involve a variety of information related to ongoing mediation cases or relevant to training

Provided by you through email/ phone/ website contact with SP; or a third party with relation to interests in their dealings with SP

Consent: if provided by you for the purpose of providing Services.

Legitimate interest: for providing confidential mediation services or information related to provision of appropriate training services;

Any or all of above information

Provided by you or through a third party

Public task and legal obligation: SP will only reveal personal information if required to by law in pursuit of a public task or legal obligation

 

 

How do we store your personal information?

·       Your personal information is stored in a manner only accessible by SP personnel.

·       Personal information is kept for record keeping, account management, and compliance for as long as is reasonably necessary for the provision of Services, Marketing, and fulfillment of legal obligations.

·       You may ask to have your information changed or removed from our systems at any time and we will comply with the exception of any legal obligations to the contrary.

·       Sensitive personal information obtained during the Provision of services will be destroyed after services are rendered excepting Agreements to Mediate retained for the purposes of record keeping and to track potential conflicts of interest.

 

Marketing

·       Where you have consented to us using your personal information to contact you for marketing purposes you may opt out at any time.

·       Where you have given express written consent for us to use your personal information in our marketing materials, you may opt out at any time.

 

What are your personal information protection rights?

·       You have the right to request SP provide copies of your personal data.  We may charge a small fee for this service.

·       You have the right to request that SP correct any information you believe is inaccurate or complete information you believe is incomplete.

·       You have the right to request that SP erase your personal data, under certain conditions

·       You have the right to request that SP restrict the processing of your personal data under certain conditions.

·       You have the right to request that SP transfer the data that we have collected to another organization, or directly to you, under certain conditions.

·       You have the right to object to certain types of processing such as direct marketing,

·       You have the right to object to automated decision making concerning your personal data, where automatic decisions may be made based upon such personal data.

·       Where you are using our website, we may link to other websites owned and operated by third parties. These other third-party websites may also gather information about you in accordance with their own separate privacy policies. For privacy information relating to these other third-party websites, please consult their privacy policies as appropriate. 

 

In the case of a breach

All clients of which we have personal information will be contacted within a reasonable appropriate timeframe from discovery of the breach and informed of the nature and extent of the breach and its possible implications.

 

Complaint resolution

·       Complaints can be made utilizing the methods described in the official SP Complaint Policy published on the website,

·       Personal information related to complaints will only be kept for the purposes of handling any complaint processing and resolution purposes. 

 

Third party advertising

SP does not participate in third party advertising.

 

Links to third party websites

Any links to third party websites are as a result of unpaid affiliations.

 

Children

Our website and services are not intended for use by children, and we do not knowingly collect or use personal information relating to children.

 

What are cookies?

     Cookies are text files placed on your computer to collect standard Internet log information and visitor behavior information.  When you visit our website, we may collect information from you automatically through cookies or similar technology.

 

How do we use cookies?

SP uses cookies to improve your experience on our website including:

·       Understanding how you use our website

·       Keeping you signed in

 

What types of cookies do we use?

Strictly necessary cookies are essential to making a website work properly including maintaining user session and preventing security threats.  They do not collect or store any personal information.

Performance cookies collect anonymous information about users to assess the performance of the website such as the number of unique visitors to the site, the pages they view most and the source of their visit.

Functional cookies allow non-essential functionalities on the website like embedding content like videos and sharing content on social media.

Preference cookies allow us to store your setting and browsing preferences for a better website viewing experience.

 

How to manage your cookies?

To manage the cookies and similar technologies used (tracking pixels, web beacons, etc.) and related consents, we use the consent tool "Real Cookie Banner". Details on how "Real Cookie Banner" works can be found at <a href="https://devowl.io/rcb/data-processing/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://devowl.io/rcb/data-processing/</a>.


The legal basis for the processing of personal data in this context are Art. 6 (1) lit. c GDPR and Art. 6 (1) lit. f GDPR. Our legitimate interest is the management of the cookies and similar technologies used and the related consents.


The provision of personal data is neither contractually required nor necessary for the conclusion of a contract. You are not obliged to provide the personal data. If you do not provide the personal data, we will not be able to manage your consents.

 

Privacy policies of other websites

On occasion SP website may contain links to other websites.  Our privacy policy applies only to our website, so if you click on a link to another website, you should read their privacy policy.

 

 

Changes to our privacy policies

SP keeps its privacy policy under regular review and places any updates on this web page.  This privacy policy was last updated on 21 September 2023.

 

Registration with the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO)

ICO registration number ZB599263 for Same Page Mediation Ltd.

Alicia Page is the registered person with the ICO. 

 

How to contact us

If you have any questions about SP’s privacy policy, the data we hold on to, or would like to exercise one of your data protection rights, please do not hesitate to contact us.

·       Email: alicia@samepagemediation.co.uk

·       Phone: +44 07483263651

·       Same Page Mediation Ltd

7 Dove Close, Debenham

Stowmarket IP14 6RR

 

How to contact the appropriate authorities

Should you wish to report a complaint or if you feel that SP has not addressed your concern in a satisfactory manner, you may contact the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO).

 

·       Phone: 0303 123 1113

·       Website address: https://ico.org.uk/,ake-a-complaint

·       Postal Address: Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire SK9 5AF

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