How we obtain personal data

Personal data is any information relating to an identified or identifiable living person. We only collect such personal data that is necessary for us to perform our services or inform you about our services and we ask customers only to share such personal data as required for that purpose. Where we identify that a customer has provided us with unnecessary personal data, we either return that information to its source or destroy it, considering the customer’s preference wherever possible.

Personal data that you provide to us by:

Personal data that we collect from publicly available sources

  • From credit reference agencies and other company information providers;
  • From national business administration authorities, such as Companies House in the UK;
  • From social media such as LinkedIn®;
  • From our own research activities such as reviewing websites.

Personal data that we receive from referrals

  • We may receive unsolicited personal data in the form of a business-to-business referrals. We will seek consent before processing such personal data any further;
  • We may receive personal data submitted as a referral from one of our own employees. We will seek consent before processing such personal data any further.