Privacy Policy

ADDICTION DEPENDENCY SOLUTIONS IS COMMITTED TO SAFEGUARDING YOUR PRIVACY. CONTACT US AT IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR PROBLEMS REGARDING THE USE OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA AND WE WILL GLADLY ASSIST YOU.

By using this site or/and our services, you consent to the Processing of your Personal Data as described in this Privacy Policy.

DATA PROTECTION PRINCIPLES

We promise to follow the following data protection principles:

  • Processing is lawful, fair, transparent. Our Processing activities have lawful grounds. We always consider your rights before Processing Personal Data. We will provide you information regarding Processing upon request.
  • Processing is limited to the purpose. Our Processing activities fit the purpose for which Personal Data was gathered.
  • Processing is done with minimal data. We only gather and Process the minimal amount of Personal Data required for any purpose.
  • Processing is limited with a time period. We will not store your personal data for longer than needed.
  • We will do our best to ensure the accuracy of data.
  • We will do our best to ensure the integrity and confidentiality of data.

YOUR RIGHTS

You have the following rights:

  1. Right to information – meaning you have to right to know whether your Personal Data is being processed; what data is gathered, from where it is obtained and why and by whom it is processed.
  2. Right to access – meaning you have the right to access the data collected from/about you. This includes your right to request and obtain a copy of your Personal Data gathered.
  3. Right to rectification – meaning you have the right to request rectification or erasure of your Personal Data that is inaccurate or incomplete.
  4. Right to erasure – meaning in certain circumstances you can request for your Personal Data to be erased from our records.
  5. Right to restrict processing – meaning where certain conditions apply, you have the right to restrict the Processing of your Personal Data.
  6. Right to object to processing – meaning in certain cases you have the right to object to Processing of your Personal Data. ADS does not do any direct marketing.
  7. Right to object to automated Processing – meaning you have the right to object to automated Processing, including profiling; and not to be subject to a decision based solely on automated Processing. Any profiling that ADS collects is automatically anonymised.
  8. Right to data portability – you have the right to obtain your Personal Data in a machine-readable format or if it is feasible, as a direct transfer from one Processor to another.
  9. Right to lodge a complaint – in the event that we refuse your request under the Rights of Access, we will provide you with a reason as to why. If you are not satisfied with the way your request has been handled please contact us. If you are subsequently unhappy with how we have dealt with your concern, you can report the complaint to the ICO at: If you are subsequently unhappy with how we have dealt with your concern, you can report the complaint to the ICO at: Information Commissioner, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF
  10. Right for the help of supervisory authority – meaning you have the right for the help of a supervisory authority and the right for other legal remedies such as claiming damages.
  11. Right to withdraw consent – you have the right withdraw any given consent for Processing of your Personal Data.

WHAT DATA WE COLLECT

Information you have provided us with
This might be your e-mail address, name, home address, phone number etc – mainly information that is necessary for delivering a service or to enhance your experience with us. We save the information you provide us with in order for you to send us enquiries through this website. This information includes, your name, e-mail address and optionally, your phone number.

Information automatically collected about you
This includes information that is automatically stored by cookies and other session tools. This may include your Internet protocol (IP) address, browser type, Internet service provider (ISP), referring or exit pages, the files viewed on the Site (e.g., HTML pages, graphics, etc.), operating system, date/time stamp, and clickstream data to analyse trends in the aggregate and administer the site, this data is saved into server logs. This information is used to improve your customer experience. When you use our services or look at the contents of our website, your activities may be logged.

Information from our partners
We gather information from our trusted partners with confirmation that they have legal grounds to share that information with us. This is either information you have provided them directly with or that they have gathered about you on other legal grounds.

Publicly available information
We might gather information about you that is publicly available.

HOW WE USE YOUR DATA

We use your Personal Data in order to communicate and interact with you if you send us an enquiry.

We will not:

  • sell or rent your data to third parties
  • share your data with third parties for marketing purposes

We will share your data if we are required to do so by law – for example, by court order, or to prevent fraud or other crime.

HOW LONG WE KEEP YOUR DATA

We will only retain your personal data for as long as:

  • it is needed for the purposes set out in this document
  • the law requires us to

In general, this means that we will only hold your personal data for a minimum of 1 year and a maximum of 7 years.

CHILDREN

We do not intend to collect or knowingly collect information from children. We do not target children with our services.

HOW WE KEEP YOUR DATA SECURE

We are committed to doing all that we can to keep your data secure. We have set up systems and processes to prevent unauthorised access or disclosure of your data – for example, we protect your data using varying levels of encryption.

We also make sure that any third parties that we deal with keep all personal data they process on our behalf secure.

COOKIES

We use cookies and/or similar technologies to analyse customer behaviour, administer the website, track users’ movements, and to collect information about users. This is done in order to personalise and enhance your experience with us.

A cookie is a tiny text file stored on your computer. Cookies store information that is used to help make sites work. Only we can access the cookies created by our website. You can control your cookies at the browser level. Choosing to disable cookies may hinder your use of certain functions.

You can remove cookies stored in your computer via your browser settings. Alternatively, you can control some 3rd party cookies by using a privacy enhancement platform such as optout.aboutads.info or youronlinechoices.com. For more information about cookies, visit allaboutcookies.org.

We use Google Analytics to measure traffic on our website. Google has their own Privacy Policy which you can review here. If you’d like to opt out of tracking by Google Analytics, visit the Google Analytics opt-out page.

CONTACT INFORMATION

Data Protection Officer
Ali Skerrett

CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY

We reserve the right to change this privacy policy. In that case, the ‘last updated’ date at the bottom of this page will also change. Any changes to this privacy policy will apply to you and your data immediately.

Last modification was made 28/05/2018

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