Who we are
Grant west is a Virtual Charity and Business Administration service owned and run by Caroline Grant. Grant West is responsible for the collection and storage of your personal information. We can be contacted through our website, https://grantwest.co.uk and via email, caroline@grantwest.co.uk. Registered with the ICO, registration reference ZB725158.
What personal data we collect and why we collect it
An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the gravatar service to see if you are using it. The gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.
Contact forms
By filling in a contact form you are expressly giving permission to access and use your data.
Cookies
If you visit our login page, 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.
Embedded content from other 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 tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
How long we retain your data
For users that message us from our website, we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can request that their information is deleted at any time. Website administrators can also see and edit that information.
What rights you have over your data
You can request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
Where we send your data
Visitor’s forms may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
Your contact information
We will keep your contact information for no longer than a period of 7 years after our contract with you ceases. You have the right to ask to see a copy of the information we hold about you.
How we protect your data
Grant West will never share your data with another party unless given permission to do so by yourself or when permission is implied within the nature of your request. Data is held in secure cloud servers.
What data breach procedures we have in place
In the event of a breach of security leading to the accidental or unlawful destruction, loss, alteration, unauthorised disclosure of, or access to, personal data, Grant West shall promptly assess the risk to people’s rights and freedoms and if appropriate report this breach to the ICO.
What third parties we receive data from
Should Grant West receive data from a third party that includes information about you or your company, permission to apply that information would be requested prior to use.