DtectSoluti  ns (Gibraltar)

Dtect Solutions Data Protection Policy

 

Dtect Solutions needs to collect and use certain types of information about people with whom it deals in order to operate. These include clients/customers, and others with whom it communicates. Personal information must be dealt with properly, however it is collected, recorded and used – on paper, in a computer, or recorded on other material. There are safeguards to ensure this in the Data Protection Act 2004. We regard the lawful and correct treatment of personal information by Dtect Solutions as very important to successful operations, and to maintaining confidence between those with whom we deal and ourselves. We ensure that our organisation treats personal information lawfully and correctly.

 

To this end we fully endorse and adhere to the Principles of Data Protection, as published in the Data Protection Act 2004. Specifically, the Principles require that personal information:

 

1. Shall be processed fairly and lawfully and, in particular, shall not be processed unless specific conditions are met;

2. Shall be obtained only for one or more specified and lawful purposes, and shall not be further processed in any manner incompatible with that purpose or those purposes;

3. Shall be adequate, relevant and not excessive in relation to the purpose or purposes for which they are processed;

4. Shall be accurate and, where necessary, kept up to date;

5. Shall not be kept for longer than is necessary for that purpose or those purposes;

6. Shall be processed in accordance with the rights of data subjects under the Act;

7. Appropriate measures shall be taken against unauthorised or unlawful processing of personal data and against accidental loss or destruction of, or damage to, personal data;

8. Shall not be transferred to a country or territory outside the European Economic Area unless specific conditions are met.

 

Dtect Solutions will, through appropriate management, strict application of criteria and controls:

 

1. Observe fully conditions regarding the fair collection and use of information;

2. Meet its legal obligations to specify the purposes for which information is used;

3. Collect and process appropriate information, and only to the extent that it is needed to fulfill operational needs or to comply with any legal requirements;

4. Ensure the quality of information used;

5. Apply strict checks to determine the length of time information is held;

6. Ensure that the rights of people about whom information is held, are able to be fully exercised under the Act. (These include: the right to be informed that processing is being undertaken, the right of access to one’s personal information, the right to prevent processing in certain circumstances and the right to rectify, block or erase information regarded as wrong information.);

7. Take effective technical and organisational security measures to safeguard personal information;

8. Ensure that personal information is not transferred abroad without suitable safeguards.

 

In addition, Dtect Solutions will ensure that:

 

1. There is someone with specific responsibility for data protection in the organisation. (Currently, the nominated person is David Smith);

2. Queries about handling personal information are promptly and courteously dealt with;

3. Methods of handling personal information are clearly described;

4. A regular review and audit is made of the way personal information is managed;

5. Methods of handling personal information are regularly assessed and evaluated. and evaluated.