Privacy Policy

Introduction

The Cent.re Group Limited collects, stores, and processes a large volume of personal information either as part of and delivering our services and products, or incidentally because our customers store and process personal information using the services we supply.

This document will outline our obligations and commitments to your personal information, and the personal information you may store on our systems, and will clarify what personal information is collected, why it is collected, who we may share it with and the purpose for which, and how long we will keep it for.

The directors of The Cent.re Group Limited are privacy advocates and take their responsibilities very seriously, ensuring that your personal information is treated as they expect other parties to take care of their own. .

This document will refer to personal information in the legal definition under the Data Protection Act 2018.

Our contact details

  • Name: The Cent.re Group Limited trading as Uptime Allies
  • CRN: 11742292
  • VAT: GB312913234
  • ICO Registration Number: ZA558785
  • Address: Centre for Advanced Industry, Coble Dene, North Shields, Tyne and Wear, NE29 6DE.
  • Telephone Number: 0191 825 0100
  • E-Mail Address: dpo@tcg.re
  • Data Protection Officer: Karl Mitchell

The type of personal information we collect

We currently collect and process the following information:

  • Contact details including name, company name, email address, telephone number, and address, address history.
  • Security questions and answers
  • Login and account information, including screen name, password, and unique user ID
  • VAT numbers
  • Company & director registration numbers
  • Payment or credit/debit card information
  • Personal preferences including your marketing and cookie preferences
  • Other personal information you may provide to us on our website, via email, feedback and contact forms, and on the telephone or in person
  • IP address including ISP, Geolocation, and MAC address
  • Employment history, qualifications, and emergency contacts
  • Encrypted backups

How we get personal information and why we have it

Most of the personal information we process is provided to us directly by you for one of the following reasons

  • The ordering, provisioning and delivery of services
  • The ordering, supplying and delivery of products
  • The enquiry of products & services
  • The access to our control panels
  • Provision and supply of license information
  • Job applications and employment
  • Backing up and protecting information
  • The support of services & systems

We may share this information with:

  • Third-party service providers for the purpose of delivering connectivity services such as business broadband and leased lines.
  • Third-party domain registration authorities for the purpose of domain registration
  • Alphabet: for the purpose of website analytics.
  • Third-party vendors for the purpose of provisions of licenses such as Microsoft 365, Veeam, and Datto.
  • Third-party contracts for the purpose of cable installation.
  • Xero, GoCardless, and Stripe: for the purpose of accounting, payment collection and fraud protection.
  • Solicitors, accounts and other professionals for the purpose of operating our business, and accounting.

Under the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR), the lawful bases we rely on for processing this information are:

  • Your consent. You are able to remove your consent at any time. You can do this by contacting dpo@tcg.re
  • We have a contractual obligation
  • We have a legal obligation
  • We have a vital interest
  • We have a legitimate interest

How we store your personal information

We store the personal information you provide us securely within our customer portal, helpdesk and private cloud & storage systems located within the United Kingdom, some of which may be replicated to our accounting system.

We retain the personal information of our customers for a as long as the they remain a customer, plus 7 years. If we obtain information of an individual or company that does not become a customer, we delete that information after 6 months, save for mailing lists, upon which they are removed upon request.

Your data protection rights

Under data protection law, you have rights including:

  • Your right of access - You have the right to ask us for copies of your personal information.
  • Your right to rectification - You have the right to ask us to rectify personal information you think is inaccurate. You also have the right to ask us to complete information you think is incomplete.
  • Your right to erasure - You have the right to ask us to erase your personal information in certain circumstances.
  • Your right to object to processing - You have the the right to object to the processing of your personal information in certain circumstances.
  • Your right to object to processing - You have the the right to object to the processing of your personal information in certain circumstances.
  • Your right to data portability - You have the right to ask that we transfer the personal information you gave us to another organisation, or to you, in certain circumstances.

You are not required to pay any charge for exercising your rights. If you make a request, we have one month to respond to you.

Please contact us using the details as described at the beginning of this document if you wish to make a request.

How to complain

If you have any concerns about our use of your personal information, you can make a complaint to us using the contact details as described at the beginning of this document.

You can also complain to the ICO if you are unhappy with how we have used your data.

The ICO’s contact information:

  • Address: Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF.
  • Helpline number: 0303 123 1113
  • ICO website: https://www.ico.org.uk

Changes to this privacy policy

The Cent.re Group Limited reserves the right to change this privacy policy as we may deem necessary from time to time or as may be required by law. Any changes will be immediately posted on the Website and you are deemed to have accepted the terms of the privacy policy on your first use of the Website following the alterations.