This policy explains what personal information Sacred Engineering Ltd collects, why we collect it and what your rights are. We keep it short and in plain language.
Who we are
Sacred Engineering Ltd is a company registered in England and Wales, company number 15445115. Our registered office is The Junction, Slough, SL2 5GE, United Kingdom.
We are the controller of the personal information described in this policy. If you have a question about it, or want to use any of your rights, contact us at info@sacred-engineering.com or on +44 7785 988895.
What we collect
When you contact us. If you send an enquiry through the form on our Contact page, or get in touch by email, phone or LinkedIn, we receive the details you give us: your name, company, email address, phone number if you include it, the sector and stage of your project, and whatever you write in your message.
When we work together. If we go on to work with you, we hold the business contact details of the people involved at clients, contractors and suppliers, together with the correspondence and records needed to deliver the work and manage the contract.
When you visit this website. This website does not set cookies and does not use analytics or advertising trackers. It keeps one short-lived marker in your browser's session storage so that the transition between pages plays correctly. That marker holds no personal information and is removed when you close the tab. As with most websites, the servers that host the site may keep standard technical logs, such as IP address, browser type and the pages requested, for security and to keep the site running.
Why we use it, and our lawful basis
- To reply to your enquiry and discuss your project. Our lawful basis is our legitimate interest in responding to people who contact us, or taking steps at your request before entering into a contract.
- To deliver our services and manage our contracts. Our lawful basis is the performance of a contract, or our legitimate interest in running projects with the people involved in them.
- To keep the business and tax records the law requires. Our lawful basis is a legal obligation.
- To keep this website secure and working. Our lawful basis is our legitimate interest in protecting the site.
We do not sell personal information, and we do not use it to make automated decisions about you.
Who we share it with
We share personal information only where there is a reason to:
- with the service providers we use to run the business, such as email, document storage and website hosting providers, who act on our instructions;
- with our professional advisers, such as accountants, insurers and lawyers;
- with the other parties on a project, where that is needed to deliver work you have asked us to do;
- with regulators, courts or other authorities, where the law requires it.
Transfers outside the United Kingdom
We are based in the United Kingdom and work on projects in Europe and West Africa. Some of our service providers may also store information outside the United Kingdom. Where personal information is transferred outside the United Kingdom, we make sure it is protected by safeguards recognised under UK data protection law, such as UK adequacy regulations or the International Data Transfer Agreement.
How long we keep it
- Enquiries that do not lead to work: up to two years after our last contact with you.
- Contract, project and financial records: six years after the end of the contract or the relevant financial year.
After that we delete the information or anonymise it, unless the law requires us to keep it for longer.
Your rights
Under UK data protection law you have the right to:
- ask for a copy of the personal information we hold about you;
- ask us to correct information that is wrong or incomplete;
- ask us to delete your information;
- ask us to restrict how we use your information;
- object to our use of your information where we rely on legitimate interests;
- ask us to transfer your information to you or to another organisation;
- withdraw your consent at any time, where we rely on consent.
To use any of these rights, email info@sacred-engineering.com. We will reply within one month. There is no charge.
If you are unhappy with how we have handled your information, please tell us first so that we can put it right. You also have the right to complain to the Information Commissioner's Office, the UK regulator for data protection, at ico.org.uk or on 0303 123 1113.
Links to other websites
Our website links to LinkedIn. We are not responsible for how other websites handle your information, so please read their own privacy policies.
Changes to this policy
We may update this policy from time to time. The date at the top of the page shows when it was last changed.