Cookie Policy
1. Purpose of this Notice
Quest Medical have created this Privacy Notice to ensure compliance with legal and regulatory requirements regarding the Personal Data collected about you. This Privacy Notice explains what personal data might be collected, how and why it would be collected, who it might be shared with and how it is protected.
Appendix A outlines how you can complain to us or the Supervisory Authority, if you have concerns that this notice is not being applied in relation to your personal data.
2. What personal information could be collected, and how?
The information collected about you is information that you have provided to us by enquiring about our services or by entering a service contract with us, and you may have provided the data by email, in writing, by telephone or in person; or any updates to that information you have provided since. The legal basis we use for the processing is for the performance of a contract and to meet our legal obligations The data we collect may include the following, in accordance with the role you hold or the purposes for which you have provided the information;
- Name
- Job title
- Contact details, including company address, email address and contact telephone number(s)
- Cookies – only when using our website, please see our cookies policy for more information
This information is retained for the duration of your use of our service(s) plus 6 years thereafter, other than where there is a legal requirement to retain it for longer in accordance with a specified role or purpose as per the requirements of our data retention policy.
3. How is your information stored and accessed?
Your information is stored and processed using the Quest Medical secure servers and cloud-based applications. Access to this information is only provided to the following:
- Employees of Quest Medical who are responsible for conducting services in relation to your enquiry or contract.
4. How will Quest Medical use your information?
Quest Medical will use your personal information to maintain accurate records for contacting you for the following purposes;
- To deliver business services as per contractual requirements
- To answer service enquiries
- To deal with feedback regarding our services
- To keep you updated with news about Quest Medical
We do not use your data for automated decision-making or profiling.
5. Sharing your information
Quest Medical will not sell or disclose your information to third parties other than those needed to meet contractual or legal obligations.
The information Quest Medical holds about you will only be used for the purposes stated and will be retained in line with the requirements of our retention policy, which is available to all. Quest Medical may disclose your information to the following third parties;
- To law enforcement agencies & authorities to prevent and detect criminal activity - this excludes private investigators. Quest Medical will not disclose Personal Data in this instance.
6. How will Quest Medical protect your information?
Quest Medical use a range of security techniques to protect personal data, these are, but are not limited to;
- security policy;
- control of mobile devices;
- employee, volunteer and worker security training program(s);
- robust and up to date anti-malware programs are utilised;
- secure data disposal;
- access control;
- network security monitoring and alerts.
7. Your Rights
You have several rights regarding your Personal Data, and Quest Medical upholds and complies with these rights by ensuring that you can have access, upon request, to any of the data we hold about you. You have other rights regarding your Personal Data that you may exercise if Quest Medical have no legal basis to reject your request, these rights are:
- You may object or restrict our handling of your data.
- You may have your data delivered to you in a portable, readable, and useable format.
- You may have your data corrected or updated at any time if you believe the data we hold is incorrect.
- You may have your data erased from our systems when we have no legal reason for retaining it.
Appendix A
The contact information provided below is to enable anyone to exercise their rights regarding their personal data that we hold or process. If you wish to exercise your rights as detailed above, please contact us on the below email address and we will respond to you within 30 days.
Relevant contact information:
Roxanne Purkiss – info@questmedical.biz
If you wish to make a complaint about the way Quest Medical handles your data, please contact the Information Commissioners Office (ICO) on the below contact details:
Wycliffe House, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF, Tel: 0303 123 1113 (local rate)
Or you can use the online service which allows you to make a complaint using the online form. You can report a breach, a concern or even just request more information. The ICO online can be found here:
