Hamilton wood & co is a trading name of hamilton wood and company manchester

Hamilton Wood & Co. Privacy Policy

Hamilton Wood & Co. are a trading style of Hamilton Wood & Company (Manchester) Limited which are a Research and Development (R&D) Tax Credit, Capital Allowance Specialists and Commercial Finance Brokers based in Manchester and whose registered office is Trimble House 9 Bold Street, Warrington, WA1 1DN.

What data do we collect?

Our Company collects the following data:

  • Personal identification information (Name, email address, phone number, etc.)
  • Feedback
  • Testimonials
  • References
  • Tax information and filed accounts
  • Management accounts
  • Bank statements

How do we collect your data?

You directly provide Our Company with most of the data we collect. We collect data and process data when you:

  • Register online or other communication methods for our services.
  • Voluntarily complete a customer survey or provide feedback on any of our message boards or via email.
  • Use or view our website via your browser’s cookies.
  • Respond to any marketing material displayed on third-party websites and/or social media platforms.

Our Company may also receive your data indirectly from the following sources:

  • Official records stored at Company’s House or another data provider in the UK authorised to resell or display/publish this data.
  • Clearbit Connect
  • Information published in the public domain e.g. newspapers, any website, radio broadcast, television programs and the like.

How will we use your data?

Our Company collects your personal and business data so that we can:

  • Process your application and manage your request.
  • Contact you with special offers on other products and services we think you might like.

DATA TYPE

DATA USE

Business Information (Company Name, Your Name and Role, Email, Phone Number etc.)

To verify you are authorised to enter into an agreement with Hamilton Wood and Company.

Computer Cookies


To enhance your user experience when using our Company website.  To allow us to deliver personalised marketing to you.

Tax Information

To perform our services

Bank statements, filed accounts

To perform our services

If you agree, Our Company will share your data with our partner companies so that they may offer you their products and services.

When it is necessary to divulge our lending partners to you we will do so on a case-by-case basis and only when client terms have been signed.

When Our Company processes your data, it may send your data to, and also use the resulting information from, credit reference agencies to prevent fraudulent purchases.

How do we store your data?

Our Company securely stores your data at HubSpot’s Secure Data Centres in the USA.  UK GDPR permits the transfer of data to the USA.  For more info visit this link.

All information is stored securely in the cloud with two-factor authentication or on encrypted servers, rendering the information contained therein useless should a device or drive be stolen.

Our Company will keep your personal and business records for only as long as necessary. With loan products with extensive terms such as commercial mortgages, this period could be as long as up to Twenty-Five Years. The data is kept to help combat a crime e.g. fraud or to assist in litigation matters. Once this time period has expired, we will delete your data by Manual Review.

DATA TYPE

DURATION

DATA DELETION METHOD

Business Name and Officer Details

Twenty-Five Years

Manual Review

Computer Cookies

Maximum of 12 months

Automatic

Emails

Until unsubscribed or invalid

Automatic/Manual

Marketing

Our Company would like to send you information about products and services of ours that we think you might like, as well as those of our partner companies.

On occasion, it may be necessary to pass your details onto a third-party company e.g. should we introduce you to a loan provider in order to fulfil our financial services.

Should it be necessary to introduce you to a third-party company, not acting under Hamilton Wood and Company, we will make this known to you when relevant.  As a self-accredited ISO9001 Company, some of our processes are protected and our lending partnerships fall under the scope of this policy.

If you have agreed to receive marketing, you may always opt out at a later date.

You have the right at any time to stop Our Company from contacting you for marketing purposes or giving your data to other members of the Our Company Group.

What are your data protection rights?

Our Company would like to make sure you are fully aware of all of your data protection rights. Every user is entitled to the following:

The right to access

You have the right to request Our Company for copies of your personal data. We may charge you a small fee for this service.

The right to rectification

You have the right to request that Our Company correct any information you believe is inaccurate. You also have the right to request Our Company to complete the information you believe is incomplete.

The right to erasure

You have the right to request that Our Company erase your personal data, under certain conditions.

The right to restrict processing

You have the right to request that Our Company restrict the processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.

The right to data portability

You have the right to request that Our Company transfer the data that we have collected to another organization, or directly to you, under certain conditions.

If you make a request, we have one month to respond to you. If you would like to exercise any of these rights, please contact us at our email:

Email us at: info [ at ] hamiltonwoodandco.co.uk

Call us at: 03330 16 9002

Or write to us: Hamilton Wood & Co. Trimble House 9 Bold Street, Warrington, WA1 1DN

Cookies

Cookies are text files placed on your computer to collect standard Internet log information and visitor behaviour information. When you visit our websites, we may collect information from you automatically through cookies or similar technology

For further information, visit allaboutcookies.org.

How do we use cookies?

Our Company uses cookies in a range of ways to improve your experience on our website, including:

  • Understanding how you use our website

What types of cookies do we use?

There are a number of different types of cookies, however, our website uses:

Functionality

Our Company uses these cookies so that we recognize you on our website and remember your previously selected preferences. These could include what language you prefer and location you are in. A mix of first-party and third-party cookies are used.

Advertising

Our Company uses these cookies to collect information about your visit to our website, the content you viewed, the links you followed and information about your browser, device, and your IP address. Our Company sometimes shares some limited aspects of this data with third parties for advertising purposes. We may also share online data collected through cookies with our advertising partners. This means that when you visit another website, you may be shown advertising based on your browsing patterns on our website. Cookies 1, Cookies 2, Cookies 3.

How to manage cookies

You can set your browser not to accept cookies, and the above website tells you how to remove cookies from your browser. However, in a few cases, some of our website features may not function as a result.

Privacy policies of other websites

Our privacy policy applies only to our website, so if you click on a link to another website, you should read their privacy policy.

Changes to our privacy policy

Our Company keeps its privacy policy under regular review and places any updates on this web page. This privacy policy was last updated on 31/12/2021

How to contact us

If you have any questions about Our Company’s privacy policy, the data we hold on you, or you would like to exercise one of your data protections rights, please do not hesitate to contact us.

Email us at: info [ at ] hamiltonwoodandco.co.uk

Call us: 03330 16 9002

Or write to us at our registered office: 152 Manchester Road, Ince, Wigan, WN2 2EA

Check out our ultimate guide to Research and Development (R&D) Tax Credits by clicking this link