Privacy Policy
1. About this policy
My Direct Property Services, also known as My DPS, is committed to protecting your privacy and ensuring your personal information is processed safely and responsibly. This policy outlines how we aim to achieve this and includes the information collected when:
- You use our website (https://my-dps.co.uk/)
- You make enquiries via our website
- Someone is interested in working with us
Using our website, you consent to My DPS collecting and using your personal information as detailed in this Privacy Policy.
2. Definition of personal data
Personal Data means any data related to an identifiable person who can be directly/indirectly identified from that data. In this case, it means personal data that you give to us via our site or any other communication channel such as telephone.
By providing your data, you agree that we can use your data following this policy.
Ensure you understand this policy in its entirety and take your time to read it.
3. Who are we?
My Direct Property Services are a leading independent service and maintenance company.
My Direct Property Services is a company incorporated in England and Wales with registered:
Our registered office and main trading address is:
4. How do we collect information from you?
We collect information from you:
- When you make a booking
- When you browse our website (see our Cookie Policy here)
- When you leave feedback or a review
- When you sign up for marketing emails
5. What type of information is collected from you?
When you make a booking, you will be asked to submit personal information. We collect this information to fulfil your booking and provide you with outstanding service.
When you make a booking, we collect information such as:
- Your name
- Your address
- Your telephone number
- Your email address (used for estimates, booking confirmation, and feedback emails)
- Your billing information taken for deposits or holding credit card information for use in the case of cancellations
- Any comments/feedback you submit
- Marketing preferences (whether you opt-in or opt-out)
When you access our website:
There is “Device Information” about your computer hardware and software that is collected automatically by My Direct Property Services. This information can include:
- Device type (e.g. mobile, computer, laptop, tablet)
- Cookies
- Operating system
- IP address
- Browser information (e.g., type, language, and history)
- Access times
- Settings
- Referring website addresses
- Other data about your device to provide the services as otherwise described in this policy
- Location information (we may receive your generic location, such as city or neighbourhood)
6. Recruitment
You may submit your CV if you’re interested in working for us to recruitment@my-dps.co.uk. This information may include:
- Personal details (name, address, phone numbers, email address, etc)
- Education details
- Employment history
- Salary history
- Other relevant details
We will use this information to assess your application. All unsuccessful applications are destroyed within 30 working days.
Should you wish to be considered for future positions, we can keep your information on record for up to 12 months, given your written consent. Of course, you are free to withdraw your consent at any time in writing.
You can view our full privacy notice for applicants here.
7. How is your information used?
Our use of your personal data will always have a lawful basis, either because it is necessary to complete a booking or because you have consented to our use of your data (e.g. by subscribing to emails), or because it is in our legitimate interests.
We require the information outlined in the previous section to understand your needs and provide you with a better service, and in particular for the following reasons:
- Internal record keeping
- Sending you service emails (estimates, booking confirmation, feedback and service reminders)
- Improving our products and services
- Sending marketing communications if you have opted in to receive them
We may use the information to customise the website according to your interests.
8. Who has access to your information?
We employ various technologies to protect the information maintained on our systems from loss, misuse, unauthorised access or disclosure, alteration, or destruction. We will not sell, distribute, or lease your personal information to third parties. Personal information we request from you will be safeguarded under current legislation.
We will endeavour to take all reasonable care, in so far as it is possible to do so, to keep your information secure. However, in the absence of negligence, we cannot be held liable for any loss if a third party procures unauthorised access to any data we hold.
You may choose to restrict the collection or use of your personal information at any point. Please refer to the ‘Your Choices’ section of this Privacy Policy for details.
9. How and where do we store data?
All information collected from users of this site is owned solely by “My Direct Property Services”.
We only keep your data for as long as we have your permission to keep it to use as described in this Privacy Policy.
Including marketing emails, where you have opted-in verbally, with our call team, or digitally through our chosen e-marketing platform provider.
10. Profiling
We may analyse your personal information to create a profile of your interests and preferences to contact you with information relevant to you.
11. Your choices
We will not contact you for marketing purposes by email, phone or text message unless you have given prior consent. We will not pass your details to any third parties. Furthermore, you can change your marketing preferences at any time by contacting us by email at: privacy@my-dps.co.uk.
You have a right to request a copy of the personal information we hold about you and to have any inaccuracies corrected. Any such requests should be made by email to: privacy@my-dps.co.uk.
You have the right to withdraw your consent to us using your data at any time and to request that we delete it. However, we do not keep your data any longer than is necessary for the reason(s) it was collected.
We use customer feedback to develop and improve our services. Therefore, we may post your comments about our services on our feedback page. If you do not wish to have your comments posted on our website, please indicate your desire not to be included by appending the comments section.
12. Changes to this Statement
My Direct Property Services will occasionally update this Privacy Policy to reflect company and customer feedback. Therefore, My-DPS encourages you to periodically review this Statement to be updated on how My-DPS is protecting your information. This policy was last updated in December 2021.
13. Contact information
My-DPS welcomes your comments regarding this Privacy Policy. If you believe that My-DPS has not adhered to this Privacy Policy, please contact us. We will aim to use commercially reasonable efforts to determine and remedy the problem promptly.
If you have a question or query regarding the information collected on this website, please email us at: privacy@my-dps.co.uk.
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