Data & Privacy

Working with you

Data & Privacy

Any data – including information we hold on you – is sacrosanct here at the Institute; we may from time to time contact you about business matters of course, and any data is strictly secured. We have consolidated systems and are limiting our use of outsourced services, to ensure our data is wholly contained within our company’s systems. Our systems are moving and developing to enhance compliance with the shifting requirements GDPR.

Data we hold

We only hold data to allow us to communicate with you, and keep you up to date and connected with the Edinburgh Institute. That data is basic, your name, contact details, how you connected with the Institute and where we have communicated and why; this information is stored for processing and delivery of our services to you, and only seen by our people. All data is business related and never shared with any third party.

How we use data

We collect data through online forms, or where you have otherwise offered your details by way of introduction. This means that your data is held compliance with GDPR requirements – held on a domain/servers within the EU and used solely by the Institute to perform services to you as you would expect. | Use of this site, communication with the Institute or use of our App, connection with our staff through LinkedIn, are all reasonable uses of data and we remain harmless for all use of data, information, advice and content we provide as we are not responsible for resulting use.

Your rights

You have the right to request what we hold on you, at no cost to you. We will offer the full data entry upon request; where you do not wish us to keep your data on record, or wish that data to be deleted, we can do that through a simple request. Our new GDPR-compliant system ensures that once a contact is identified as no longer wishing to be contacted using it, they are removed and no contact is permitted thereafter. To request a copy of any data we hold on you, please contact us using the form on the top right of this page.

We do connect through online services like LinkedIn, where you may be a primary connection, so may contact you through there or using email, if your email is public and therefore an anticipated means to connect and communicate.

Safe & Secure

In line with GDPR requirements, your data belongs to you. As an Institute and company, we recognise the importance of data, privacy and custodianship of your data, and can be assured we will handle it to the best of our ability, whether this concerns this website, your communication with us, or use of our smartphone App.