Business B4 Work privacy policy

Business B4 Work is a longstanding business network group based in the South Staffordshire area. It was started well over a decade ago and has survived the ravages of time and Covid. The group is structured so that there can only be one member in a given business sector. For example, we can only allow one member whose business is selling office supplies.

We at Business B4 Work do not keep personal data for any purpose other than to administer the group for its members and to provide any potential small business owner with the opportunity to come along to the group and, perhaps, to join.

This policy explains when and why we collect personal data about people, particularly those who visit the website; how the data is used; the conditions under which the data may be disclosed to others and how it is kept secure.

This policy may change from time to time so please check this page occasionally to ensure that you’re happy with any changes. By using the website, Business B4 Work understands that you agree to the terms of this policy.

Any questions regarding this policy and our privacy practices should be sent by email to hello@businessb4work.co.uk

 

How personal data is collected

If you are a visitor to the Business B4 Work website and if you send us any personal data (for example through the ‘Get in Touch’ facility) then you have positively chosen to interact with our website and this policy will apply.

Personal data is collected when a person puts their details into our ‘Get in Touch’ page. Personal data may also be collected when we receive email correspondence from you or if you make contact through our published phone number. The data provided should be minimal at that stage – simply enough for making contact.

Further information may be collected automatically because of the functioning of our website. For instance the website may collect an IP address and information regarding what pages are accessed and when.

 

Use of ‘cookies’

Like many other websites, the Business B4 Work website uses cookies. ‘Cookies’ are small pieces of information sent by an organisation to your computer and stored on your hard drive to allow that website to recognise you when you visit. They collect statistical data about your browsing actions and patterns on the website and do not identify you as an individual. For example, Business B4 Work uses cookies to store your country preference. This helps to improve the website and deliver a better more efficient service. For information regarding the cookies used by the Business B4 Work website, please visit: www.wordpress.org/support/article/cookies

It is possible to switch off cookies by setting your browser preferences. For more information on how to switch off cookies on your computer, visit our full cookies policy. Turning cookies off may result in a loss of functionality when using our website.

 

Google Analytics cookies used on our site

Google Analytics – these cookies are used to collect information about how visitors use the website. The information helps to provide strategies for improving the website.

The cookies collect information in an anonymous form, including the number of visitors to the site, where visitors have come to the site from and the pages they visited. For more information on the Google Analytics privacy policy, please visit policies.google.com and policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites

 

Use of information

We may use your information to:

• Contact you regarding queries raised in the ‘Get in Touch’ form
• Respond to any request by you for more information
• Send you specific communications which you have requested

Retention periods for personal information will be reviewed on a regular basis. Personal information will be held only in accordance with this policy. Initial contact data will be removed from our host server 6 months after it has been received unless the data subject has gone on to become a member of the group or has some other continuing relationship with us. In such a case the data will be kept until 6 months after the membership or relationship has ended.

 

Access to your information

Do not forget that Business B4 Work is a business networking group. We welcome visitors to the group meetings (subject to a limit of 3 visits) but you should know that it is usual for the current members to be given the opportunity to review your information in order to identify whether your business may conflict with the business of a current member.

Also, when considering applications for membership, it is usual that all of the current members will be given the opportunity to review the fact that you have applied.

 

Third party service providers

This website is hosted by Raphael Design Ltd. The information you choose to provide in the contact form will pass to the servers managed by Raphael Design Ltd.

Email addresses for Business B4 Work are managed by Five Computing Ltd, another team member.

Further, if you make phone contact with us, that call will initially be handled by another team member, Effective Business Management Ltd (“EBM”). EBM will field any calls and provide information about the group and the regular meetings. EBM may store your information through their phone system subject to their own privacy policy.

Please be reassured that information will not be released to third parties beyond as described unless you have requested that it should be, or that disclosure is required by law, by a court order or for the purposes of prevention of fraud or other crime or by the office of the Information Commissioner.

 

How you can access and update your information

The accuracy of your information is important. You have the right to request a copy of the personal data and relevant information that Business B4 Work holds about you so that you can ensure its accuracy. You can do this by emailing hello@businessb4work.co.uk

 

Right to erasure

You can request at any time that all records of your personal data held by Business B4 Work are destroyed. It is our policy to do that, in any event, within 3 months of the conclusion of any contact with you. If you are still dealing with a mentor during that time, you will be doing so under their own privacy policy.

If you wish to have your personal data and other information destroyed or to confirm that it has been done, please contact hello@businessb4work.co.uk or call our published telephone number.

Security precautions in place to protect the loss, misuse or alteration of your information

Personal information is treated securely. Business B4 Work does not receive or process any personal data which is within any special category so please do not include any such data in any correspondence.

Non-sensitive details (for instance your email address) are transmitted normally over the Internet, and this can never be guaranteed to be 100% secure. As a result, it cannot be guaranteed that your personal information is without risk when transmitted through the website or by email. Please understand that you send such material at your own risk.

 

Links to other websites

The Business B4 Work website may contain links to other websites run by other organisations. This privacy policy applies to the Business B4 Work website alone so you are encouraged to read the privacy statements of any other websites you visit.

In addition, if you linked to this website from a third party site, that party is responsible for privacy policies and practices and it is recommended that you check the policy of that third party site.

 

Children and young persons

All users of the website and persons who contact us should be persons of 18 years of age or more.

 

Transferring your information outside of the United Kingdom

Personal data will not be transferred out of the United Kingdom.

 

Review of this policy

We keep this policy under regular review. This policy was last updated in March 2023.