Data Protection

 

In the course of providing services to you, Merlin Land Planning and Development Ltd (Merlin) may collect or receive personal information relating to you and(where the client is a company) your employees, officers and shareholders or (where the client is an individual) members of your family. We will also use such information for related purposes, such as updating our client records, carrying out identity checks for money laundering purposes and credit checks. 

If you have any queries about how we use your personal information please contact our Data Protection Manager at our registered office.

 

Merlin respects your privacy and therefore will never sell your personal data to anyone for any reason.  We may however in the following circumstances share your Personal Data with third parties in the natural course of the business that we conduct these are:

 When we are required by law or court order to share your Personal Data, this might include background checks (such as credit reference checks through agencies) or fulfilling other regulatory purposes;

 When you tell us to share your Personal Data or otherwise give us your express consent to share it, for example, where you ask us to share your details with your solicitor;

 When the nature of the services we are providing to you requires that we share your personal data, for example, if you wish to view a property, we will likely have to share your name and details with the vendor or landlord.

Upon your request we will promptly provide you with details of exactly who your Personal Data has been shared with and why.

 

When you provide us with your Personal Data we will process it using our systems, meaning your details will be inputted into our secure databases. We have security measures in place to ensure that your data is not lost, stolen, accessed by unauthorised third parties, or tampered with in any way. Internally, your personal data will only be accessible by those members of our staff that have a need to see your data.

 

All data that we collect and hold about you as an individual (your “Personal Data”), which might include your name, address, email and telephone number, is held and processed by us in accordance with the law and in accordance with our Privacy Statement. This means that Merlin will only ever use your Personal Data for the purposes for which it is collected and only keep it for as long as necessary to fulfil those purposes (unless legally obliged to keep it for longer). 

 

For further information concerning what Personal Data we hold about you, how you can access it and our use of Personal Data please contact our Data Protection Manager at our registered office.