Privacy Policy

Privacy Notice:

This Privacy Notice sets out how Leeds Group Limited ('Leeds Group') handles, stores, uses and shares your personal information when it collects such information from you or from a third party.     

The Data Controller is Leeds Group, Craven House, 14-18 York Road, Wetherby, Leeds, LS22 6SL.

What we collect and how we use personal data         

Leeds Group processes personal data of individuals and these include names, addresses, telephone numbers, email addresses, financial details, employment details and educational details. Leeds Group processes personal data to enable it to maintain shareholder accounts and records, promote its services and manage / support employees.

Leeds Group does not sell personal information to anyone and only share it with third parties who are facilitating the delivery of Leeds Group’s services.

How we share your personal information                        

Leeds Group may need to share your personal information with other organisations. Where such sharing is necessary, we will comply with the requirements of the GDPR on data sharing. The types of organisations / groups that we may share personal data with are set out below:

• Central government
• Suppliers and service providers

Your rights as a Data Subject      

You have the following rights in relation to your personal information which you can exercise by sending an email to admin@leedsgroup.plc.uk, or by writing to the Data Protection Officer at Leeds Group, Craven House, 14-18 York Road, Wetherby, Leeds, LS22 6SL.

• Right to request access to your personal information and information relating to our use and processing of your personal information;
• Right to request that we restrict our use of your personal information;
• Right to receive your personal information in a structured commonly-used and machine-readable format or transmit the data directly to another Data Controller;
• Right to object to the processing of your personal information for certain purposes such as direct marketing and profiling;
• Right to request your personal information to be erased where it is no longer necessary for the purpose for which it was collected;
• Right to withdraw your consent to the use of your personal information where the processing of your data is based on consent;
• Right related to automated decision.

How long we retain your personal information           

We will retain your personal information for no longer than necessary taking into account the following:

• The purpose(s) for which we are processing your personal information, such as whether it is necessary to continue to store that information in order to perform our obligation under a contract;
• Whether we have any legal obligation to continue to process your personal information such as any recordkeeping obligations imposed by an applicable law;
• Whether we have a business reason to continue to process your personal information;

For more information on how long personal data is retained, please contact Leeds Group’s Data Protection Officer at admin@leedsgroup.plc.uk.

How we secure your personal information                     

We take appropriate technical and organisational measures to secure your personal information and protect it against unauthorised or unlawful processing as well as against its accidental loss or destruction or damage including:

• Using secure servers to store your personal information;
• Verifying the identity of individuals that access your personal information;
• Providing access to the minimum personal data necessary, using appropriate restrictions and anonymisation/pseudonymisation whenever possible.

Transfer of your personal information to other countries           

We may need to transfer your personal information to countries outside the European Economic Area (EEA) or to an international organisation from time to time. Where we transfer tour personal information outside the EEA, the country to which it is transferred will either be subject to an adequacy decision and if not, we will ensure that the transfer takes place on the basis of one or more of the following safeguards:

• Binding Corporate Rule
• Standard contractual clauses adopted by the European Commission
• A Code of Conduct produced by an association or other body approved by the ICO
• An Approved Certification mechanism  

Questions and Concerns                

If you have any question or concern on how we collect, handle, store or secure your personal information, contact our Data Protection Officer using the details below:

Leeds Group, Craven House, 14-18 York Road, Wetherby, Leeds, LS22 6SL

Tel:       01937 547877               

Email: admin@leedsgroup.plc.uk

You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the Supervisory Authority and for the UK this is the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO). The ICO’s contact details are:

Information Commissioner’s Office Wycliffe House Water Lane, Wilmslow Cheshire, SK9 5AF

Tel: 0303 123 1113