If you would like to read our Privacy policy on how data is collected, stored and used, please scroll down. If you have any questions in relation to this Policy, you can contact us directly to further answer your queries.
SUMMARY
COLLECTION AND USE
We only obtain personal information that you provide to us through application forms, phone conversations, emails, contact us request forms on our website, property news and occasionally social network private messaging.
The following sections will describe whose data we collect and how we store the information for Landlords, Tenants, Vendors, Viewers and Website Visitors.
Landlords
As a Home Management Services Landlord, we collect from you a telephone number, an email address, a home address and bank details for rental payments. This data is held in a secure database which is encrypted, and password protected. We do not share your data with 3rd parties unless legal or legitimate reasons.
Tenants
As a tenant of a Home Management Services Rental Property we collect from you your previous address, full name, telephone numbers, email address, next of kin and sometimes even a Guarantor. Bank details, passport number, national insurance numbers are also collected on the application forms but are not kept on record once background checks have been completed. This information is shredded and destroyed. The information we do retain will be held in our secure database which is encrypted and password protected. We will only share your personal information with 3rd parties who are working alongside us in provide a service, i.e annual boiler servicing, repair work, general maintenance. These 3rd parties will not keep your data and will delete your contact number or email address after use.
Vendors
As a 3rd party vendor to Home Management Services we collect from you a home address, personal references, bank details for payment, telephone number and email address. Your personal data is held in a secure database which is encrypted and password protected. Your telephone number may be shared at your consent to a tenant, landlord or another Vendor for a legitimate business reason.
Viewers
As a viewer of a Home Management Services property, we collect from you: your name and telephone number to arrange a time to meet for a viewing of a property and to confirm the appointment. We then ask you to send us an email requesting an application form which then provides us with personal data to apply for a property.
Website Data Collection
Our website address is: http://hmsni.co.uk.
Comments, Contact Forms and Cookies
When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.
If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.
If you have an account and you log in to this site, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.
When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select "Remember Me", your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.
If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.
Content from 3rd Party Websites
Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.
These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracing your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
RETENTION AND DELETION
We review our retention periods for personal data on a regular basis. We are legally required to hold some types of information for certain prescribed periods to fulfil our statutory obligations. Outside of specific statutory obligations, we will hold your personal data on our systems for as long as is necessary for the relevant purposes for which we use it.
We will not retain data for longer than is necessary to fulfil the purposes for which it was collected or as required by applicable laws or regulations.
OUR LEGAL OBLIGATION TO DISCLOSE PERSONAL DATA
We will not sell or rent your information to third parties.
We may pass your information to third party service providers, including but not limited to:
When we use third party service providers, we disclose only the personal information that is necessary to deliver the service and we have a contract in place that requires them to keep your information secure and otherwise use your information in accordance with applicable data protection law.
We may disclose your personal information where such disclosure is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which we are subject, or to protect your vital interests or the vital interests of another person, or for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims, whether in court proceedings or in an administrative out-of-court procedure.
We will not disclose any personal data for advertising purposes or to any unapproved 3rd parties.
YOUR RIGHTS AND CONTACTING HOME MANAGEMENT SERVICES
In this section we have summarised the rights that you have under data protection law.Some of the rights are complex, applying only in certain circumstances and subject to certain exceptions, and in the interests of keeping this policy concise, not all of the details have been included in our summaries.Accordingly, you should read the relevant laws and guidance from the regulatory authorities for a full explanation of these rights.Your rights can be found at https://ico.org.uk/for-organisations/guide-to-the-general-data-protection-regulation-gdpr/individual-rights/
You have the right:
For any subject requests, or to know more information on the data we hold on you, please contact Home Management Services[email protected]
We will keep this Policy under regular review. If we change or amend our Privacy Policy, the changes will be posted on this page and we may place notices on other sections of the website and/or notify you by email.
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