Privacy Policy

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A Bland Surveyor – Privacy Policy

Our contact details: 

Name: A Bland Surveyor

Address: Tapton Park Innovation Centre, Brimington Road, Tapton, Chesterfield, S41 0TZ.

Phone Number: 01246 541952

E-mail: admin@ablandsurveyor.co.uk

Policy Amended: 28thNovember 2023.

The type of personal information we collect: 

We currently collect and process the following information:

• Personal identifiers, contacts and characteristics including but not limited to:
• Name, address, telephone number(s), email address(es);
• Property information, relative to the nature of the service provided;

How we get the personal information and why we have it:

Most of the personal information we process is provided to us directly by you for one of the following reasons:

• In connection with the provision of surveying and valuation services;
• In connection with other property related matters. 

We also receive personal information indirectly, from the following sources in the following scenarios:

• Panel surveying companies who instruct us on behalf of third parties or companies;
• Professional advisers acting on your behalf or on behalf of other parties related to you or in dispute with you;  

We use the information that you have given us or we have received in order to provide valuation and surveying services or other professional services relating to property.  With your prior consent, we may share this information with other professional advisers acting on your behalf.

Under the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR), the lawful bases we rely on for processing this information are:  

(a) Your consent.  You may remove your consent at any time.  You can do this by contacting: 

In writing to: 

• A Bland Surveyor, Tapton Park Innovation Centre, Brimington Road, Tapton, Chesterfield, S41 0TZ.
• By Email to: admin@ablandsurveyor.co.uk

(b) We have a contractual obligation;

(c) We have a legitimate interest.

How we store your personal information 

Your information is securely stored electronically within password protected, on-line storage, provided by Microsoft (One Drive).  Access is available to A Bland Surveyor staff only.

We keep any personal information collected for a period of six years following completion of the service provided.  We then will dispose of your information by deleting all electronic files relating to the service or services provided.

Your data protection rights:

Under data protection law, you have rights including:

Your right of access - You have the right to ask us for copies of your personal information. 

Your right to rectification - You have the right to ask us to rectify personal information you think is inaccurate.  You also have the right to ask us to complete information you think is incomplete. 

Your right to restriction of processing - You have the right to ask us to restrict the processing of your personal information in certain circumstances. 

Your right to object to processing - You have the the right to object to the processing of your personal information in certain circumstances.

Your right to data portability - You have the right to ask that we transfer the personal information you gave us to another organisation, or to you, in certain circumstances.

You are not required to pay any charge for exercising your rights.  If you make a request, we have one month to respond to you.

Please contact us at:

Name: A Bland Surveyor

Address: Tapton Park Innovation Centre, Brimington Road, Tapton, Chesterfield, S41 0TZ.

Phone Number: 01246 541952

E-mail: admin@ablandsurveyor.co.uk

How to complain

If you have any concerns about our use of your personal information, you can make a complaint to us using any of the contact arrangements listed above.

You can also complain to the ICO if you are unhappy with how we have used your data.

The ICO’s address: 

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

Helpline number: 0303 123 1113

ICO website: https://www.ico.org.uk