Privacy and Data Protection Policies

General Surveying

I am David Michael Phillip Simmonds of David Simmonds Associates
Building Surveyors, of Kynance, Millards Hill, Midsomer Norton, Radstock BA3 2UX
I am a Building Surveyor and I work as a building surveyor.
 
I want to assure you that I take your privacy very seriously and I only process your personal data where it is necessary to do so.

In order for me to be able to perform my professional duties as a building surveyor, I will need to process some of your personal data, such as your name and address and your phone number and/or email address (as applicable). I will also need to retain that information in case of: (a) any potential complaints or legal proceedings; (b) for taxation purposes; and (c) in order to check for future conflicts of interest. I will therefore, because of the requirements for surveyors and their firms to check for conflicts of interest, before accepting future instructions, need to retain your information: manually for six years; and electronically, indefinitely, after the end of my involvement with you.

The lawful basis for processing your personal data is that it is necessary for me to do so in order to take steps at your request prior to entering into a contract, or, once we have entered a contract, to fulfil my contractual obligations to you as a building surveyor.
 
I will not pass on your personal data to third parties. In particular, I want to assure you that I would never sell your personal data and I will keep your details safe and secure. I store your data in two ways: (i) manually in physical files; and (ii) electronically in an internal database.  You have the right to make various requests in relation to your personal data, e.g. to request access to it, or to object to processing of it, or to rectification or erasure of it, or restriction of its processing.

If you wish to raise a complaint on how I have handled your personal data, please let me know and I will investigate the matter. You are also entitled to make a complaint to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO).

Party Wall Surveying

I am David Michael Phillip Simmonds of David Simmonds Associates
Building Surveyors, of Kynance, Millards Hill, Midsomer Norton, Radstock BA3 2UX
I am a Building Surveyor and I work as a building surveyor.
 
I want to assure you that I take your privacy very seriously and I only process your personal data where it is necessary to do so.

In order for me to be able to perform my professional duties as a party wall surveyor, I will need to process some of your personal data, such as your name and address and your phone number and/or email address (as applicable). I will also need to retain that information in case of: (a) any potential complaints or legal proceedings; (b) for taxation purposes; and (c) in order to check for future conflicts of interest. I will therefore, because of the requirements for surveyors and their firms to check for conflicts of interest, need to retain your information: manually for six years; and electronically, indefinitely, after the end of my involvement with you.

The lawful basis for processing your personal data is that it is necessary for me to do so in order to take steps at your request prior to entering into a contract, or, once we have entered a contract, to fulfil my contractual obligations to you as a party wall surveyor. In addition, where a dispute between you and your neighbour(s) arises or is deemed to arise, and I am appointed or selected to act as a surveyor, section 10 of the Party Wall etc. Act 1996 (‘the 1996 Act’) 1996 Act vests official authority in me to settle the dispute, and imposes legal obligations on me to do so, and it is necessary for me to process your personal data in order to do so.
 
I will not pass on your personal data to third parties other than where this is necessary, for instance with any other surveyors who are appointed or selected to act in your dispute under the 1996 Act. In particular, I want to assure you that I would never sell your personal data and I will keep your details safe and secure. I store your data in two ways: (i) manually in physical files; and (ii) electronically in an internal database.  You have the right to make various requests in relation to your personal data, e.g. to request access to it, or to object to processing of it, or to rectification or erasure of it, or restriction of its processing.

If you wish to raise a complaint on how I have handled your personal data, please let me know and I will investigate the matter. You are also entitled to make a complaint to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO).
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