Privacy Policy
Commercial Radio Systems places a high priority on protecting and managing data we hold in accordance with accepted standards. We will comply with applicable GDPR regulations when they take effect in May 2018, including as a data processor, while also working closely with our customers to meet contractual obligations for our procedures, products and services.
This policy was last reviewed on 02nd July 2018.
Please read the following carefully to understand our views and practices regarding your personal data and how we will treat it.
All data collected by Commercial Radio Systems will be processed in line with the 6 Principles of GDPR by:
1. Processed lawfully, fairly and in a transparent manner
Commercial Radio System only collect:
- Name, contact information including email address, demographic information such as postcode
- Details of your enquiry / or existing contract information
You have the right to ask us not to process your personal data for marketing purposes. You can exercise your right to prevent such processing by checking certain boxes on the forms we use to collect your data and you can also exercise the right – at any time – by contacting us at enquiry@commercial-radio.co.uk.
Request erasure of your personal information. This enables you to ask us to delete or remove personal information where there is no good reason for us continuing to process it. You also have the right to ask us to delete or remove your personal information where you have exercised your right to object to processing.
2. Collected for specified, explicit and legitimate purposes
Personal data submitted on our site will be used for the purposes specified in this privacy policy.
We may use your personal data to:
- carry out our obligations arising from any contracts entered into between you and us and to provide you with the information, products and services that you request from us
- to notify you of any changes to our services
- send statements and invoices to you and collect payments from you
- provide you with information about other goods and services that we offer, which are similar to those that you have already enquired about
- comply with our statutory and regulatory obligations
- to ensure content from our site is presented in the most effect manner for you
- deal with enquiries and complaints made by or about you relating to the site
The legal grounds on which we use this information are:
- To allow us to perform our contract with you (point 1, 2 and 3 above)
- To allow us to exercise legitimate interests as a data processor (point 4 and 5 above)
- On the basis of your explicit consent (point 6 and 7 above)
3. Adequate, relevant and limited to what is necessary
Commercial Radio Systems only collect:
- Name, contact information including email address, demographic information such as postcode
- Details of your enquiry/ or existing contract information
Where you chose to have a relationship with Commercial Radio Systems, such as a contractual or other business relationship, we will continue to contact you in connection with that business relationship until permission is withdrawn.
We do not collect any sensitive personal data about you, such as information about your race, political opinions or religious beliefs – unless we obtain your explicit consent. In addition, we do not knowingly collect personal data from – or direct our content towards – those under the age of 16.
4. Accurate and, where necessary kept up to date
Commercial Radio Systems will carry out daily updates as required, archiving or securely deleting information from our live system in line with our 7 years’ retention policy.
If you want to review, verify, correct or request erasure of your personal information, object to the processing of your personal data, or request that we transfer a copy of your personal information to another party, please write to us at or email us at enquiry@commercial-radio.co.uk.
You will not have to pay a fee to access your personal information (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.
5. Retained only for as long as necessary
We only keep your personal data for as long as is necessary to fulfil the purposes we collected it for, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal, accounting or reporting requirements.
Commercial Radio Systems review and assess customer data to determine the appropriate retention period for personal data, we consider the amount, nature and sensitivity of the personal data, the potential risk of harm from unauthorised use or disclosure of your personal data, the purposes for which we process your personal data – and whether we can achieve those purposes through other means – and the applicable legal requirements.
Customer records are retained for 7 years to meet our legal and regulatory requirements or the length of the contract, whichever is the longest. After this time, data is deleted from our system.
6. Processed in an appropriate manner to maintain security
Commercial Radio Systems are committed to ensuring that your information is secure. We have put in place physical, electronic and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect.
Information is stored on a secure server, within the UK. We do not store information on the cloud.
We do not sell, rent or share personal information with any other organisations.
We will take reasonable technical and organisational precautions to prevent the loss, misuse or alteration of your personal information.
Unfortunately, the transmission of information via the internet is not completely secure. Although we will do our best to protect your personal data, we cannot guarantee the security of your data transmitted to our site. As such, any transmission is at your own risk. Once we have received your information, we will use strict procedures and security features to try to prevent unauthorised access.
Cookies placed by our website
Overall, cookies help us provide you with a better website experience by allowing you to interact with us and enabling us to monitor which pages you find useful and which you do not. The cookies we place in no way allows us to personally identify you or allow us access to other files on your computer.
We use cookies for a number of reasons. Some need to be placed for you to use our website. Others, whilst not strictly necessary, are used to provide an insight into how our website is used and others offer enhanced features that provide a more user friendly experience.
Cookie Control
You can choose to accept or decline cookies when you visit our website.
Your Rights
You have certain rights in relation to personal information processed by us. These include:
- The right to object to the use of your personal information for marketing purposes (as set out above)
- The right to request a copy of your personal information, along with information relating to its use
- The right to request that your personal information is erased, subject to certain restrictions
- The right to request a copy of your personal information in a commonly readable format
You can contact us regarding this Privacy Policy or to exercise you rights by contacting us on:
Telephone: 02920387455.
Email: enquiry@commercial-radio.co.uk.
Should you wish to make a complaint, you can also contact the Information Commissioners Office (ICO) using the details on its website, https://ico.org.uk/concerns/