Privacy Policy
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Privacy Policy

Adept Contracts Ltd Customer Privacy Notice

Registered name: Adept Contracts Limited

This privacy notice tells you what to expect us to do with your personal information.

Contact details

Post

16 Victoria Road, London, Buckhurst Hill, IG9 5ES, GB

Telephone

02088078179

Email

contact@adeptcontracts.co.uk

What information we collect, use, and why

We collect or use the following information to comply with legal requirements:

  • Name
  • Contact information
  • Identification documents
  • Financial transaction information
  • Criminal offence data (including Disclosure Barring Service (DBS), Access NI or Disclosure Scotland checks)
  • Health and safety information

We also collect or use the following information to comply with legal Health and safety requirements in Construction industry:

  • Health information

We collect or use the following information for recruitment purposes:

  • Contact details (eg name, address, telephone number or personal email address)
  • Date of birth
  • National Insurance number
  • Copies of passports or other photo ID
  • Employment history (eg job application, employment references or secondary employment)
  • Education history (eg qualifications)
  • Right to work information
  • Details of any criminal convictions (eg Disclosure Barring Service (DBS), Access NI or Disclosure Scotland checks)
  • Security clearance details (eg basic checks and higher security clearance)

Lawful bases and data protection rights

Under UK data protection law, we must have a “lawful basis” for collecting and using your personal information. There is a list of possible lawful bases in the UK GDPR. You can find out more about lawful bases on the ICO’s website.

Which lawful basis we rely on may affect your data protection rights which are in brief set out below. You can find out more about your data protection rights and the exemptions which may apply on the ICO’s website:

  • Your right of access – You have the right to ask us for copies of your personal information. You can request other information such as details about where we get personal information from and who we share personal information with. There are some exemptions which means you may not receive all the information you ask for. You can read more about this right here.
  • Your right to rectification – You have the right to ask us to correct or delete personal information you think is inaccurate or incomplete. You can read more about this right here.
  • Your right to erasure – You have the right to ask us to delete your personal information. You can read more about this right here.
  • Your right to restriction of processing – You have the right to ask us to limit how we can use your personal information. You can read more about this right here.
  • Your right to object to processing – You have the right to object to the processing of your personal data. You can read more about this right here.
  • 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. You can read more about this right here.
  • Your right to withdraw consent – When we use consent as our lawful basis you have the right to withdraw your consent at any time. You can read more about this right here.

If you make a request, we must respond to you without undue delay and in any event within one month.

To make a data protection rights request, please contact us using the contact details at the top of this privacy notice.

Our lawful bases for the collection and use of your data

Our lawful bases for collecting or using personal information for legal requirements are:

  • Consent – we have permission from you after we gave you all the relevant information. All of your data protection rights may apply, except the right to object. To be clear, you do have the right to withdraw your consent at any time.
  • Contract – we have to collect or use the information so we can enter into or carry out a contract with you. All of your data protection rights may apply except the right to object.
  • Legal obligation – we have to collect or use your information so we can comply with the law. All of your data protection rights may apply, except the right to erasure, the right to object and the right to data portability.

Where we get personal information from

  • Directly from you

How long we keep information

RecordPeriod (years)Held
Application Form40*Personnel Files
Contract of Sponsorship40*Personnel Files
Client Feedback Form1Contract File
SHEQ Site Inspection Report1Inspection File
Supplier Questionnaire1Contract File
Non-Conformance Report1NCR File
Accident/Incident Report Form40Accident File
First-Aid Risk Assessment1Server
Briefing Record Form1Briefing File
Record of Medication Form1*Personnel Files
PPE Issue Sheet1Personnel Files
Exceedance Assessment and Authority Form1Contract File
Document Transmittal Form1Doc Control File
Sub-sponsorship Agreement1*Personnel File
Manual Handling Assessment1*Personnel Files
Document change / Issue Request1Doc Control File
Company Induction Record40*Personnel Files
Competency certificates & cards1*Personnel Files
Negative Drugs & Alcohol Screening Certificates10Personnel Files
Positive Drugs & Alcohol Screening CertificatesIndefiniteD&A File
Medical Certificates4*Personnel Files
Medical Surveillance Records4**Personnel Files
Audit reports1Server
Management Review Minutes1Server
Insurance Certificates and Schedules6Insurance Files
Contractual documents and records6*Contract Files
Contractual documents and records (construction contracts signed “under deed” or “under seal”12*Contract Files
    Drivers Hours Record1Fleet Manager
    Working Time Records2Fl. Manager/HR
    Stationary Annual Vehicle Check15 monthsFleet Manager
    Vehicle Nil Defect Record14 weeksFleet Manager
 Vehicle safety inspections, defects and maintenance15monthsFleet Manager

*Denotes the record is held for duration of employment / contract, then archived at the end of contract for the period stated.

*Denotes for medical surveillance records must be kept for 40 years.

Periods stated are minimum period that records shall be retained.

Who we share information with

Others we share personal information with

  • Other relevant third parties:
    • Clients

How to complain

If you have any concerns about our use of your personal data, you can make a complaint to us using the contact details at the top of this privacy notice.

If you remain unhappy with how we’ve used your data after raising a complaint with us, you can also complain to the ICO.

The ICO’s address:           

Information Commissioner’s Office
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF

Helpline number: 0303 123 1113

Website: https://www.ico.org.uk/make-a-complaint

Last updated

28 January 2025