Cleaners Barnes Privacy Policy
This Privacy Policy explains how Cleaners Barnes collects, uses, stores and shares personal data when you use our cleaning services. It applies to all Cleaners Barnes customers and prospective customers in the Barnes area, as well as people who contact us with enquiries or interact with us in connection with our services.
We are committed to protecting your privacy and handling your personal data in a lawful, fair and transparent manner in accordance with the UK General Data Protection Regulation and applicable data protection laws.
Who we are
Cleaners Barnes is a cleaning services provider operating in the Barnes area. For the purposes of data protection law, Cleaners Barnes is the data controller in relation to the personal data described in this Privacy Policy. This means we decide how and why your personal data is used.
Personal data we collect
We collect and process personal data that is necessary to provide our services, manage our business and meet our legal obligations. The categories of personal data we may collect include:
Identification and contact details such as name, title, billing address, service address, correspondence address, and communication preferences.
Contact information such as email address and other communication channel identifiers that you choose to share when you contact us or complete a booking or enquiry.
Service information such as details of the services you request or receive, the dates and times of bookings, access instructions for your property where provided by you, and any special requirements relevant to the service.
Payment and transaction details such as records of payments made and received, method of payment and billing history. We do not store full payment card details; where card payments are used, these are processed by third party payment processors.
Communication records such as emails, messages, and notes made by our team about your enquiries or bookings, including any complaints or feedback.
Technical and usage data where relevant, such as basic information about how you interact with our website or online booking tools, including date and time of visits and pages viewed. We do not seek to identify you from this information unless it is necessary for security, fraud prevention or to handle a specific enquiry.
Any other information you choose to provide to us that is relevant to the provision of our services, for example instructions about your property or information about your preferences.
Lawful bases for processing
We process your personal data only when we have a lawful basis to do so. Depending on the context, we may rely on the following lawful bases:
Performance of a contract. We process your personal data when it is necessary to enter into and perform a contract with you, including to handle enquiries, create and manage bookings, provide cleaning services, process payments and communicate with you about your services.
Legitimate interests. We process personal data when it is necessary for our legitimate interests and when these interests are not overridden by your rights. This includes managing and improving our services, responding to queries, protecting our business against fraud or misuse, maintaining records, and promoting similar services to existing customers where permitted by law.
Legal obligations. We process personal data where it is necessary to comply with legal or regulatory requirements, including accounting, taxation and responding to lawful requests from public authorities.
Consent. In some cases we may rely on your consent, for example where required to send you certain types of marketing communications or to process particular categories of data not otherwise covered by the bases above. When we rely on consent, you can withdraw it at any time.
How we use your personal data
We use the personal data we collect for the following purposes:
To provide and manage cleaning services, including handling enquiries, providing quotes, confirming bookings, delivering services, managing access arrangements and following up as needed.
To manage our relationship with you, including communicating about changes to services, terms and policies, responding to questions or complaints and handling customer service issues.
To process payments, issue invoices and receipts, maintain financial records and manage debt recovery where necessary.
To manage and improve our business operations, including internal administration, quality assurance, staff training, service planning and performance monitoring.
To send you service related communications, such as booking confirmations, reminders, service updates or notifications about changes that may affect your booking.
To send marketing communications about our own services where we are permitted to do so and you have not opted out. You may opt out of marketing at any time.
To maintain the security of our systems, prevent and detect fraud or misuse of our services and protect our rights, property and safety and that of our staff and customers.
To comply with legal obligations and respond to lawful requests from regulators, enforcement authorities or courts.
Data sharing and processors
We do not sell your personal data. We may share your personal data with trusted third parties where necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy and where appropriate safeguards are in place.
Service providers and processors. We may share data with companies that provide services to us, such as payment processing, accounting, information technology support, booking or scheduling systems, secure data storage, and communication tools. These organisations act as data processors and are only permitted to process your personal data on our instructions and for specified purposes.
Cleaning personnel and contractors. Where relevant to the performance of a booking, we may share limited information such as your name, service address, access instructions and service details with cleaning staff or contractors engaged by us, so they can provide the services you have requested.
Professional advisers. We may share data with our professional advisers, such as accountants, auditors, insurers or legal advisers, where this is necessary for the services they provide to us.
Public authorities and law enforcement. We may disclose personal data when required to do so by law or when we believe that disclosure is necessary to protect our rights or the safety of our customers, staff or others.
If any sharing involves transfers of personal data outside the United Kingdom or the European Economic Area, we will ensure appropriate safeguards are in place, such as standard contractual clauses or equivalent mechanisms, to protect your data.
Data retention
We keep your personal data only for as long as necessary for the purposes for which it was collected, including for the purpose of meeting legal, accounting or reporting requirements.
Customer records and service information are generally retained for the duration of your relationship with us and for a period afterwards to enable us to respond to queries, manage our business and comply with legal obligations. In many cases this will be up to six years after the end of the relevant financial year or contract, in line with legal limitation and record keeping periods.
Communication records are retained for as long as necessary to deal with your enquiry or complaint and for an appropriate period afterwards for our legitimate interests and legal purposes.
If you request that we stop sending you marketing communications, we will keep a record of your preference so we can respect your choice in the future.
When we no longer need personal data, we will securely delete or anonymise it.
Your data protection rights
Under data protection law, you have a number of rights in relation to your personal data. These rights may be subject to conditions and exemptions, but we will always respond to any request in accordance with legal requirements.
Right of access. You have the right to request confirmation of whether we process your personal data and to request a copy of the personal data we hold about you.
Right to rectification. You have the right to request that inaccurate or incomplete personal data is corrected or updated.
Right to erasure. In certain circumstances, you have the right to request the deletion of your personal data, for example where it is no longer necessary for the purposes for which it was collected, or where you withdraw consent and there is no other legal basis for processing.
Right to restriction. You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal data in certain situations, for example while we are considering a request to rectify or erase your data.
Right to object. You have the right to object to processing based on our legitimate interests and to object at any time to the use of your personal data for direct marketing.
Right to data portability. In some cases, you have the right to receive personal data that you have provided to us in a structured, commonly used and machine readable format and to request that it is transferred to another controller where technically feasible.
Where we rely on consent as the lawful basis for processing, you have the right to withdraw your consent at any time. Withdrawal of consent does not affect the lawfulness of processing carried out before consent was withdrawn.
You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the relevant data protection authority if you are unhappy with how we handle your personal data. We encourage you to contact us first so we can try to resolve any concerns.
Security of your personal data
We take appropriate technical and organisational measures to protect your personal data against unauthorised access, accidental loss, disclosure or destruction. These measures include access controls, secure storage and staff training on data protection and confidentiality. While we strive to protect your information, no system can be completely secure, and you should take care when sharing information with us.
Changes to this Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices, services or legal requirements. Any significant changes will be communicated in an appropriate way. The most current version of the Privacy Policy will apply to the personal data we hold and process.