HALO is a product of Micropress Printers Ltd. Registered Company 1460152. HALO is a CRM solution that operates within the B2B market worldwide. We are committed to respecting the personal information you supply to us.
This Privacy Policy refers to personal data, this is defined as information concerning any living person (a natural person) that is not already in the public domain. We are providing this statement to be transparent about how we collect, store and process an individual’s and organisational data. We want you to understand your enhanced rights and our increased accountability when we process and store your information.
We act as a Data Controller when personal data is provided by the individual; given as a referral; purchased through a third party or is public information that we have researched. Where the data is provided by an employer, we will act as Data Processor if specifically requested by them. This data will be held on our systems, these are protected by firewalls, secure passwords and encryption. The information we collect is for use in a business-to-business context, and unless provided by you, we will not hold any home addresses or non-business information, unless specifically requested to.
Our head office is based in Reydon, Suffolk (UK).
At any point whilst we are in possession of or processing your personal data, subject to acceptable proof of identification, you have the following rights:
1.1 Right to restriction of processing
1.2 Right of access
You have the right to request a copy of the information that we hold about you. At your request, we can confirm what information we hold about you and how it is processed. We will accept the following forms of ID when information on your personal data is requested:
A copy of your driving licence or passport with confirmation of your business address. If we are dissatisfied with the quality, further information may be sought before personal data can be released. This information will be held on file along with your request for the information.
All requests should be made to privacy@halo-crm.co.uk or by writing to us at the address below.
In the event that we refuse your request under rights of access, we will provide you with a reason as to why, which you have the right to legally challenge.
1.3 Right of rectification
You have a right to correct data that we hold about you that is inaccurate or incomplete. Please email us to change this information – privacy@halo-crm.co.uk
1.4 Right to be forgotten
In certain circumstances you can ask for the data we hold about you to be erased from our records, this will include contact information, opt-out requests, previous communications and evidence of events attended, financial records will be kept for legal purposes. This will not prevent us from repurchasing your contact data. Financial records are stored on a limited access, secure system. Please email if you would like us to action this instruction - privacy@halo-crm.co.uk. To prevent us repurchasing your contact information it is more effective for you to opt-out of any or all forms of communication. This will mean your information remains stored on our database but marked with a suppression. You can do this at any time on our marketing emails or by emailing us with your opt-out instruction – privacy@halo-crm.co.uk
1.5 Right of portability
You have the right to have the data we hold about you transferred to another organisation. Please email us to request this – privacy@halo-crm.co.uk
1.6 Right of object
You have the right to object to certain types of processing such as direct marketing. You can opt-out of any or all forms of communication at any time on our marketing emails or by emailing us with your instruction – privacy@halo-crm.co.uk
1.7 Right to object to automated processing, including profiling
We profile your data to contact you with personalised and targeted services. We use third-party services, Google Analytics, to collect details of visitor behaviour patterns, including records of the online content you access or visit, and the products attended or enquired about. We merge this with our central database, we do this using cookies. You can stop cookies being installed on your computer. More information on how to do this can be found at ‘allaboutcookies.org’ (external site)
The information we collect and store about you and your business encompasses all the details we hold about you. It includes sales transactions and will be combined with third-party information we have obtained about you from public sources and our own suppliers such as credit reference agencies and list brokers.
We do not sell, rent or give your information to any other organisation for them to use it to sell or market to you. Other organisations will receive your information when they provide a service for us, which may benefit you (e.g. our Intelligent Flatplan Integration; allowing you to plan your magazine production using HALO; or a mailing house to send you a brochure – a full list is available on request). We only provide them with the information that they need to be able to provide the service, not sell access to your records held with us.
We collect the following information (each may have varying degrees of data):
Name, title, company name, company address, company turnover and number of employees, industry type.
Contact information including email address, phone number, Twitter and LinkedIn URLs.
A record of events and products enquired about, purchased or attended.
Copies of contracts and business correspondence between us.
Other information that you enter on forms or surveys - before, during or after our events, on this website or on our partner websites.
Information about your activity on our websites and emails (using cookies).
A record of any communication or activity with us, on our events or whilst on our website.
We collect the information needed to be able to provide you with the products and services purchased and promotional marketing correspondence. We do not sell, rent or give your information to any other organisation for them to use to sell or market to you. Coincidentally there may be times when your information could be contained in data that we have been given (when you have been referred), purchased from a third-party list broker, or received from your organisation so that we can fulfil contractual agreements.
The information we collect will be relevant to the purposes for which it is to be used:
Where legally required – For reporting on financial and legal obligations where required by UK and International law.
To fulfil and record contractual agreements with you and/or your employer – To respond to enquiries, supply requested information, deliver our products and services: pre-, during and post-event.
To measure the effectiveness of, and develop new products and services – Allowing us to ensure what we are offering is suitable for you and the current marketplace. We will do this through Legitimate Interest.
To advise and inform you of our events and services – Those that are relevant to you in your job. Our solution HALO, is proven to help streamline businesses with managing sales, lead tracking, and streamlining workflows. This is the basis that we will promote our products and services to you (Legitimate Interest). All marketing communication provides a means to unsubscribe.
To ensure we suppress you from contact – When you’ve requested not to receive information from us, or our information is no longer relevant, or are no longer employed by your organisation.
If you are employed by us or providing services to us – We will collect, process and store this information as a part of our relationship and any contractual agreements we have in place.
We will do our utmost to ensure that such data will be accurate, complete and kept up-to-date. If we have the wrong information for you please let us know and we will correct it. Please email us to change this information – privacy@halo-crm.co.uk
We do not need, collect or store sensitive information that includes age, sexuality, religious or spiritual information. Such information will be immediately destroyed if it is received.
5.1 When you contact us
5.2 When you buy from us
When you purchase any of our products or services we will record the financial elements of the sale onto our accountancy software Sage. There will be identifiable information (contact name, telephone and email; company name; finance address; what purchased and the amounts paid) collected, processed and stored to be able to legally keep these financial records, this is in addition to the records created on our database. This information will be used to send invoices, reminders and financial statements. It will be shared with our third-party management accountant and when required by legislative bodies (e.g. HMRC). This information is held securely with limited access and is not used for marketing purposes.
5.3 Our website
When you visit our website we use third-party services, Google Analytics, to collect standard internet log information, details of visitor behaviour patterns, form and survey completions. We also collect information regarding which pages users access or visit using cookies. This information helps us to ensure we are providing the most relevant information to you. You can stop cookies being installed on your computer at any time. More information on how to do this can be found at ‘allaboutcookies.org’ (external site). See our Cookie Policy.
Click here (external site) for more information about the way Google processes your information. If you wish to disable Google Analytics on your browser, please follow these steps (external site).
Our Web servers collect the domain names of visitors to our sites. This information is aggregated to determine number of visits, average time spent, pages viewed, etc. We use this information to measure site usage, as well as to improve the content and value of our site.
Our website is hosted by Rochen Ltd. Personal information is collected on the site and held in our database when you enquire, request a demo or a sign up. This information is then transferred to our main database. We do not store any payment information on the website.
Credit/Debit card information is collected and stored by our payment partner Sage Pay. We do not hold any credit/debit card information on our website or database. If credit/debit card information is taken in hard copy this information is entered into our PDQ machine and database, then destroyed.
5.4 When you complete a form or survey
We gather statistics around form completion and clicks using industry standard technologies including clear gifs to help us monitor and improve the ways we communicate.
This information will be electronically stored with personally identifiable information. We use this information to contact and market to you under Legitimate Interest. To prevent further contact you can unsubscribe from marketing emails at any time using the link on the email.
We sometimes share the information provided on forms and surveys in our marketing. When the information is shared or used collectively for marketing and statistical purposes, it will be anonymised.
5.5 Purchasing data
We may receive information about you from other sources, including publicly available databases or third parties from whom we have purchased data. We may combine this data with information we already have about you. This helps us to de-dupe, update, expand and analyse our records, identify new customers, and provide products and services that may be of interest to you using Legitimate Interest. If you provide us personal information about others, or if others give us your information, we will only use that information for the specific reason for which it was provided to us. We record the initial source of your data and additional updates. This information is available on request.
5.6 When we research your information
We often use the internet and business directories to research organisations and their people. It should be noted that current data protection legislation does not apply to information already in the public domain such as Companies House data. When we find this information we will record it and use it to market to you under Legitimate Interest. You still have the same rights regarding your data and can unsubscribe from marketing emails at any time. We record the initial source of your data and additional updates. This information is available on request.
5.7 Before and after events
If you are booked to attend one of our events we will record your information. We will also record your attendance or non-attendance to our events.
5.8 Events evaluation forms
At the end of every event we may request that you complete a evaluation form. This information will help us to measure the effectiveness of our trainers, the training materials and improvements required to our solution.
5.9 Online workshops, meetings and webinars
We use a number of third-party platforms to deliver online workshops, meetings and webinars. Any information collected, processed or stored by these third-party platforms shall be limited to the purpose of providing and operating the services for HALO.
Zoom Meeting and Zoom Webinars (http://www.zoom.us) – we only use paid for Zoom platforms. We recommend setting up your own Zoom account so that you can manage the information that you provide within it. Zoom takes your privacy extremely seriously and only collects the data from individuals using the Zoom platform required to provide the service and ensure it is delivered effectively. The full Zoom privacy policy can be viewed here: https://zoom.us/docs/en-us/privacy-and-security.html
Microsoft Teams delivery plattform – (when installed on the users IT) - this platform collects, process and store event-based information. https://privacy.microsoft.com/en-gb/privacystatement
Online training materials – we use a number of third-party online hosting platforms to provide online training materials. These providers all comply with GDPR regulations. Delegates will be asked to provide their personal information to register and download their materials. The providers will take the responsibility as data processors and host their own privacy statements. HALO is not able to access the information given to these providers.
5.10 At public exhibitions and events
We often attend public exhibitions and events where we may have a physical presence or sponsorship package. Your details will be collected, processed and sorted. We will use this information to answer any queries you had or to market to you with Legitimate Interest. To prevent further contact you can unsubscribe at any time using the link on our emails or by contacting us.
5.10 Data collected through third-parties
We work with third-parties to promote our products and services. By providing your details to them they are obliged to pass them to us to answer any queries you had or to market to you with Legitimate Interest. To prevent further contact you can unsubscribe at any time using the link on our emails or by contacting us.
We use Rochen Ltd to help maintain the security and performance of our websites. To deliver this service it processes the IP addresses of visitors to the websites.
Our databases and third-party IT providers are all industry standard and provide high-levels of encrypted security. We use passwords and multi-factor authentication to access systems, servers and any electronic devices used. Our database is password and location controlled. We have the ability to revoke access should the need arise to any systems that contain personal information.
Our IT equipment is firewall and password protected, running up-to-date virus software.
When you visit our website we use two third-party services, Google Analytics, to collect standard internet log information, details of visitor behaviour patterns, form and survey completions. We also collect information regarding which pages users access or visit using cookies. This information helps us to ensure we are providing the most relevant information to you. You can stop cookies being installed on your computer at any time. More information on how to do this can be found at ‘allaboutcookies.org’ (external site). See our Cookie Policy.
8.1 Disclose
We may on occasions pass your personal information to third parties exclusively to process work on our behalf. We require these parties to agree to process this information based on our instructions and requirements consistent with this Privacy Policy and UK Legislation. We do not sell, rent or give your information to any other organisation for them to market their own products and services. However, we may disclose your personal information to meet legal obligations, regulations or valid governmental request. We may also enforce our Terms and Conditions, including investigating potential violations of our Terms and Conditions to detect, prevent or mitigate fraud or security or technical issues; or to protect against imminent harm to the rights, property or safety of Micropress Printers Ltd, our clients and/or the wider community.
8.2 Retention
We will process personal data during the duration of any contract and will continue to store only the personal data needed for 10 years after our last contact with you. This is to meet any legal obligations and historical requests from you. After 10 years any personal data not being used to contact you under contractual obligation or used under legitimate interest to market to you will be deleted.
We will keep opt-out information indefinitely (unless you ‘Request to be forgotten’). This will prevent us from buying your data in from another source or marketing to you because we’ve deleted your information. We will need to retain minimal contact information (name, job title, company name, postal address, email address, phone number(s)) to ensure we do not contact you. We will also retain any contractual information we hold legal obligations and historical requests from you. We will delete all other information 10 years after our last contact with you.
If you have attended one of our workshops we will keep this information, with minimal contact information indefinitely (unless you advise us otherwise). This is so that we can identify you and reissue attendance certificates at you or your organisation’s request.
Employee records will be held for six years after termination of employment. Records for those candidates who have applied for positions with us, having been unsuccessful or having declined a position, will be held for six months. It will then be destroyed.
8.3 Data Storage
Our business servers are in the United Kingdom, EU. Our supplier databases are worldwide, with information securely stored and encrypted. Our contract with our US data storage providers reference their Binding Corporate Rules, Privacy Shield certification, and the European Commission’s model clauses, legalising transfers of EU personal data outside of the EU. The transfer of data is for back-up and storage purposes, we are not transferring data for the sole use of that organisation.
8.4 Right to be forgotten
In certain circumstances you can ask for the data we hold about you to be erased from our records, this will include contact information, opt-out requests, previous communications and evidence of events attended, financial records will be kept for legal purposes. This will not prevent us from repurchasing your contact data. Financial records are stored on a limited access, secure system. Please email if you would like us to action this instruction - privacy@halo-crm.co.uk. To prevent us repurchasing your contact information it is more effective for you to opt-out of any or all forms of communication. This will mean your information remains stored on our database but marked with a suppression. You can do this at any time on our marketing emails or by emailing us with your opt-out instruction – privacy@halo-crm.co.uk
8.5 Right of portability
You have the right to have the data we hold about you transferred to another organisation. Please email us to request this – privacy@halo-crm.co.uk
8.6 Right of object
You have the right to object to certain types of processing such as direct marketing. You can opt-out of any or all forms of communication at any time on our marketing emails or by emailing us with your instruction – privacy@halo-crm.co.uk
8.7 Right to object to automated processing, including profiling
We profile your data to contact you with personalised and targeted services. We use third-party services, Google Analytics, to collect details of visitor behaviour patterns, including records of the online content you access or visit, and the products attended or enquired about. We merge this with our central database, we do this using cookies. You can stop cookies being installed on your computer. More information on how to do this can be found at ‘allaboutcookies.org’ (external site)
We work with other individuals, third-parties and contractors to deliver our products, services and marketing activities. We only provide them with the information they require to be able to fulfil their contract with us. These partners include:
Our service suppliers (e.g. IT providers, mailing houses, venues, management accountants etc.) who are necessary to fulfil a contract we have with you or who supply us with marketing fulfilment services. In order for them to work with us we command the same stringent data security as us.
Should you request an event or trial or a demo of HALO it may be necessary to pass your details to the chosen partner. We will do this with your permission. In order for them to work with us we command the same stringent data security as us.
We profile your data to contact you with personalised and targeted services. We use third-party service, Google Analytics to collect details of visitor behaviour patterns, which pages users access or visit, and the products attended or enquired about. We do this using cookies. This information helps us to ensure we are providing the most relevant information to you. You can stop cookies being installed on your computer at any time. More information on how to do this can be found at ‘allaboutcookies.org’ (external site).
Credit/debit card information is collected and stored by our payment partner (Sage Pay). We do not hold any credit/debit card information on our website or database. If credit/debit card information is taken in hard copy this information is entered into our PDQ machine, then securely shredded. We do not store your credit/debit card number. Copies of receipts and payment confirmations are securely held in our finance system (Sage) and with the processing company (Sage Pay).
We want our customers and prospective customers to feel comfortable with the way we collect, store and process their data. As a business we have the following Openness Principle for our prospects, customers, employees and partners. We will be open about:
In the event that you wish to make a complaint about how your personal data is being processed by us or our partners, you have the right to complain to Micropress Printers Limited’s Commercial Director. If you do not get a response within 30 days you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office.
The details for each of these contacts are:
Commercial Director, Micropress Printers Limited, Fountain Way, Reydon, Suffolk, IP18 6SZ, United Kingdom +44 (0)1502 725800 or email privacy@halo-crm.co.uk
ICO, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, SK9 5AF, United Kingdom Telephone +44 (0)303 123 1113 or online