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Privacy Policy

Last updated: June 2022

This is our privacy notice in relation to all parties who are not AIS staff or AIS Group members or product suppliers with membership and trading agreements. The policy is in line with the new data protection legislation (known as General Data Protection Regulation - GDPR) with effect from 25th May 2018.

The policy includes:

  • The data that we hold

  • How we use it

  • Why we need it

  • Who has access to it

  • What your rights are

  • Details of who to contact with any queries

Background

Associated Independent Stores Limited (AIS Ltd) based at Cranmore Park, Cranmore Avenue, Shirley, Solihull, B90 4LF is primarily a member Buying Group although with other business interests such as property rental and as an events venue for Conferences, Meetings and Exhibitions. It is committed to protecting the data it collects and using it fairly in relation to its business interests and applies the current laws, which are known as the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

Wholly owned subsidiaries and divisions of AIS Ltd will be adhering to this privacy policy including: Cenpac (AIS) Ltd, Intersport UK Ltd, AIS Property Ltd, as well as Flooring One, plaY-room, Cranmore Park and Cranmore Place.

Data obtained through any of the above entities of AIS Ltd can be shared within the Group as per the "How we process your data" section of this policy.

How the law protects you

Your privacy is protected by law. This section explains how this works.

Data Protection law says that we are allowed to use personal information only if we have a proper reason to do so. This includes sometimes sharing it outside AIS Ltd. The law says we must have one or more of these reasons:

  • To fulfil a contract we have with you, or

  • When it is our legal duty, or

  • When it is in our legitimate interest, or

  • When you otherwise consent to it

  • A legitimate interest is when we have a business or commercial reason to use your information in our normal course of business and as verified by our legitimate interest assessment (although even then it must not unfairly go against what is right and best for you).

Information we may collect about you

We will primarily hold business related information, although that may include some personal data about you, including for example your name, address, telephone/mobile number(s) and email address.

If we are running an event or training course that you, or any of your teams, are personally attending, then we may collect more sensitive data such as dietary requirements or access needs if applicable

Examples of the sources of data we collect about you or your company:

  • business enquiry or application;

  • 3rd party client contract or agreement;

  • other application or registration forms for shows, events, training courses;

  • when you talk to us on the telephone, personally or communicate with us via social media or website;

  • in emails and letters;

  • financial reports;

  • business accounts;

  • bank details;

  • when you use our website;

  • cookies (click here for more detailed information);

  • when you interact on social media;

  • email tracking facilities;

  • in surveys;

  • payment and transactional data;

  • the internet;

  • publicly available information;

What personal data do we collect for business purposes?

AIS Ltd or one of its subsidiaries or associated businesses may collect the following information about you:

  • your name;

  • your business contact details: postal address including billing and delivery addresses, telephone numbers (including mobile numbers) and e-mail address;

  • purchases and orders made by you;

  • your on-line browsing activities on our websites, including aistores.co.uk and Members Net sites, as well as other related product and show websites owned by AIS Ltd;

  • your password(s);

  • when you make a purchase or place an order with us, your payment card details;

  • your communication and marketing preferences;

  • your product interests, preferences, feedback and survey responses;

  • your location;

  • your correspondence and communications with AIS Ltd.

How we process your data

GDPR law says that we can only use your personal information if we have a proper reason to do so. This includes sharing your data with third parties. We may process your personal data for the following purposes, if relevant:

  • to administer your business relationship with AIS Ltd and to manage interactions with you or your business;

  • to provide services to you;

  • to tailor your experience on our websites;

  • to manage any registered account(s) that you hold with us;

  • to verify your identity;

  • for crime and fraud prevention, detection and related purposes;

  • with your agreement, to contact you electronically about services which we think may interest you;

  • for research and statistical analysis;

  • to carry out marketing activities in a business context, e.g. Events;

  • to allow you to interact with AIS, or any of its business divisions, and relevant service or preferred suppliers;

  • to provide you with information about other services we are offering;

  • where we have a legal right or duty to use or disclose your information (for example in relation to an investigation by a public authority or in a legal dispute).

  • to communicate with you about industry news and events, updates to your supplier relationship and other activities we are involved in and believe you would be interested in

  • to provide advice or guidance about using our services

  • to collect and recover money that is owed to us

  • to communicate with you via social media

We process this data on the basis of our legitimate interest to run AIS Ltd in an efficient and proper way. This includes managing our financial position, planning, audit, communications, business capability and to exercise our rights set out in agreements and contracts. We also process your personal data where required to comply with laws and regulations that apply to us.

How will we protect information we hold?

AIS Ltd has various data and security policies in place to ensure the safe-keeping of the data that we collect. Staff are trained and regularly updated to ensure they are treating your data within the guidelines of this notice.

Data is stored securely within AIS Ltd’s systems to prevent unauthorised access. To deliver products and services to you, it is sometimes necessary for AIS Ltd to share your data outside of the European Economic Area.

This will typically occur when service providers are located outside the EEA or if you are based outside the EEA. These transfers are subject to special rules under data protection laws. If this happens, we will ensure that the transfer will be compliant with data protection law and all personal data will be secure. Our standard practice is to use ‘standard data protection clauses’ which have been approved by the European Commission for such transfers.

Retention Period

There are various lengths of time that data is kept for depending on need and other laws that we adhere to. You have the right to be forgotten within our database as long as there isn't an over-riding legitimate business need.

Unless we explain otherwise to you, we'll hold your personal information based on the following retention periods for personal data:

  • Events - 2 years after the event you attended

  • Training records - 12 months after the course or event ends

  • Financial records & contracts - 7 years

  • Enquiry logs and user databases - 7 years

  • CCTV - 30 days

When we may share your information

We will treat your personal information as private and confidential, but may share it with each other and disclose it outside of the AIS Ltd group of companies if:

  • allowed by any agreement entered into by you;

  • you consent;

  • needed by our agents, advisers or others involved in running accounts and services for you or collecting what you owe to other companies;

  • needed by third parties to help manage your records (such as our IT suppliers who run our computer systems) - please note we will have appropriate separate service contracts in place with these firms;

  • governmental bodies, regulators, law enforcement agencies, courts/tribunals and insurers where we are required to do so:-

  • to comply with our legal obligations;

  • to exercise our legal rights (for example in court cases);

  • for the prevention, detection, investigation of crime or prosecution of offenders; and

  • for the protection of our employees.

Please note that where we have a relationship with a third party involving your data, we will have a signed data controller/processor agreement with them.

What are your rights?

You have the right to ask us to provide you with access to and rectification or erasure of your personal data providing there isn’t a legitimate business need by virtue of your business with AIS Ltd. Providing you with this information is free of charge, but charges may apply for excessive requests. You have the right to ask us to provide you or a third party with the personal data you have provided to us in an electronic format.

You have the right to object to certain purposes for processing.

If you wish to stop us from providing you with marketing or information communications then you can opt out at any time by ticking the appropriate boxes within an email or mailing or by contacting us directly.

If you have any questions about how AIS Ltd use your personal data that are not answered here, or if you want to exercise your rights regarding your personal data, please contact us by either of the following means:

email us at: dataprotection@aistores.co.uk

write to us at Cranmore Park, Cranmore Avenue, Shirley, Solihull, West Midlands, B90 4LF

You have the right to lodge a complaint with the Information Commissioner’s Office. Further information, including contact details, is available at https://ico.org.uk.

Changes to this policy

Any changes we make to this policy in the future will be communicated to you by email or letter. The full notice (as it currently stands) is available on request via the above email address.

Breaches

In the event that we believe there is a serious breach to our systems or data we will inform the Information Commissioner's Office within 72 hours and will inform the affected parties as soon as practically possible thereafter.

This policy was last updated in May 2018.


AIS LTD Member Privacy Notice

This is our member privacy notice in line with the new data protection legislation (known as General Data Protection Regulation - GDPR) with effect from 25th May 2018.

The policy includes:

  • The data that we hold

  • How we use it

  • Why we need it

  • Who has access to it

  • What your rights are

  • Details of who to contact with any queries

Background

Associated Independent Stores Limited (AIS Ltd) based at Cranmore Park, Cranmore Avenue, Shirley, Solihull, B90 4LF is a member Buying Group and is committed to protecting the data it collects and using it fairly to contact existing and potential members with business relevant information. It applies the current laws, which are known as the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

Wholly owned subsidiaries and divisions of AIS Ltd will be adhering to this privacy policy including: Cenpac (AIS) Ltd, Intersport UK Ltd, AIS Property Ltd, as well as Flooring One and plaY-room.

Data obtained through any of the above entities of AIS Ltd can be shared within the Group as per the "How we process your data" section of this policy.

How the law protects you

Your privacy is protected by law. This section explains how this works.

Data Protection law says that we are allowed to use personal information only if we have a proper reason to do so. This includes sometimes sharing it outside of AIS Ltd. The law says we must have one or more of these reasons:

  • To fulfil a contract (i.e. the Member Agreement) we have with you, or

  • When it is our legal duty, or

  • When it is in our legitimate interest, or

  • When you otherwise consent to it

  • A legitimate interest is when we have a business or commercial reason to use your information in our normal course of business and as verified by our legitimate interest assessment (although even then it must not unfairly go against what is right and best for you).

Information we may collect about you

We will primarily hold business related information, although that may include some personal data about you, including for example your name, address, telephone/mobile number(s) and email address.

If we are running an event or training course that you, or any of your teams, are personally attending, then we may collect more sensitive data such as dietary requirements or access needs if applicable

Examples of the sources of data we collect about you or your company:

  • membership application form;

  • membership agreement;

  • other application or registration forms for shows, events, training courses;

  • when you talk to us on the telephone, personally or communicate with us via social media or website;

  • emails and letters;

  • financial reports;

  • business accounts;

  • bank details/guarantees;

  • when you use our website;

  • cookies (click here for more detailed information);

  • when you interact on social media;

  • email tracking facilities;

  • in surveys;

  • payment and transactional data;

  • the internet;

  • publicly available information;

What personal data do we collect for business purposes?

AIS Ltd may collect the following information about you:

  • your name;

  • your business contact details: postal address including billing and delivery addresses, telephone numbers (including mobile numbers) and e-mail address;

  • purchases and orders made by you;

  • your on-line browsing activities on our websites, including aistores.co.uk and Members Net sites, as well as other related product and show websites owned by AIS Ltd;

  • your password(s);

  • your communication and marketing preferences;

  • your product interests, preferences, feedback and survey responses;

  • your location;

  • your correspondence and communications with AIS Ltd.

How we process your data

GDPR law says that we can only use your personal information if we have a proper reason to do so. This includes sharing your data with third parties. We may process your personal data for the following purposes, if relevant:

  • to administer your membership with AIS Ltd and to manage interactions with your business;

  • to provide goods and services to you;

  • to tailor your experience on our websites and Members.Net sites;

  • to manage any registered account(s) that you hold with us;

  • to verify your identity;

  • for crime and fraud prevention, detection and related purposes;

  • with your agreement, to contact you electronically about promotional offers and products and services which we think may interest you;

  • for research and statistical analysis;

  • to carry out marketing activities in a business context, e.g. Conference, Shows and Bulletins;

  • to allow you to use service providers and preferred suppliers;

  • to provide you with information about other goods and services we are offering;

  • where we have a legal right or duty to use or disclose your information (for example in relation to an investigation by a public authority or in a legal dispute).

  • to communicate with you about industry news and events, updates to your membership and other activities we are involved in as a Buying Group and believe you would be interested in

  • to provide advice or guidance about using our services

  • to collect and recover money that is owed to us

  • to communicate with you via social media

We process this data on the basis of our legitimate interest to run AIS Ltd in an efficient and proper way for the benefit of our members. This includes managing our financial position, planning, audit, communications, business capability and to exercise our rights set out in agreements and contracts. We also process your personal data where required to comply with laws and regulations that apply to us.

How will we protect information we hold?

AIS Ltd has various data and security policies in place to ensure the safe keeping of the data that it collects. Staff are trained and regularly updated to ensure that they are treating your data within the guidelines of this notice.

Data is stored securely within AIS Ltd’s systems to prevent unauthorised access. To deliver products and services to you, it is sometimes necessary for AIS Ltd to share your data outside of the European Economic Area.

This will typically occur when service providers are located outside the EEA or if you are based outside the EEA. These transfers are subject to special rules under data protection laws. If this happens, we will ensure that the transfer will be compliant with data protection law and all personal data will be secure. Our standard practice is to use ‘standard data protection clauses’ which have been approved by the European Commission for such transfers.

Retention Period

There are various lengths of time that data is retained depending on need and other laws that we adhere to. You have the right to be forgotten within our database as long as there is not an over-riding legitimate business need.

Unless we explain otherwise to you, we will hold your personal information based on the following retention periods for personal data:

  • Membership records - throughout your membership and no less than 12 months after leaving

  • Events - 2 years after the event you attended

  • Training records - 12 months after the course or event ends

  • Financial records - 7 years

  • Related company - 3 years

  • CCTV - 30 days

  • New Member enquiries - 7 years

When we may share your information

We will treat your personal information as private and confidential but may share it with each other and disclose it outside of the AIS Ltd group of companies if:

  • allowed by any agreement entered into by you;

  • you consent;

  • needed by our agents, advisers or others involved in running accounts and services for you or collecting what you owe to other companies;

  • needed by third parties to help manage your records (such as our IT suppliers who run our computer systems) - please note that we will have appropriate separate service contracts in place with these firms;

  • governmental bodies, regulators, law enforcement agencies, courts/tribunals and insurers where we are required to do so:-

  • to comply with our legal obligations;

  • to exercise our legal rights (for example in court cases);

  • for the prevention, detection, investigation of crime or prosecution of offenders; and

  • for the protection of our employees.

Please note that where we have a relationship with a third party involving your data, we will have a signed data controller/processor agreement with them.

What are your rights?

You have the right to ask us to provide you with access to and rectification or erasure of your personal data providing that there is not a legitimate business need by virtue of you remaining a member of AIS Ltd. Providing you with this information is free of charge but charges may apply for excessive requests. You have the right to ask us to provide you or a third party with the personal data you have provided to us in an electronic format.

You have the right to object to certain purposes for processing.

If you wish to stop us from providing you with marketing or information communications then you can opt out at any time by ticking the appropriate boxes within an email or mailing or contacting our Membership Department directly.

If you have any questions about how AIS Ltd use your personal data that are not answered here, or if you want to exercise your rights regarding your personal data, please contact us by either of the following means:

email us at: dataprotection@aistores.co.uk or angela.jones@aistores.co.uk

write to us at Cranmore Park, Cranmore Avenue, Shirley, Solihull, West Midlands, B90 4LF

You have the right to lodge a complaint with the Information Commissioner’s Office. Further information, including contact details, is available at https://ico.org.uk.

Changes to this policy

Any changes we make to this policy in the future will be communicated to you by email or letter. The full notice (as it currently stands) will be available on members.net as well as available on request by contacting the Membership Department.

Breaches

In the event that we believe that there is a serious breach to our systems or data we will inform the Information Commissioner's Office within 72 hours and will inform the affected parties as soon as practically possible thereafter.

This policy was last updated in May 2018.


AIS LTD Supplier Privacy Notice

This is our supplier privacy notice in line with the new data protection legislation (known as General Data Protection Regulation - GDPR) with effect from 25th May 2018.

The policy includes:

  • The data that we hold

  • How we use it

  • Why we need it

  • Who has access to it

  • What your rights are

  • Details of who to contact with any queries

Background

Associated Independent Stores Limited (AIS Ltd) based at Cranmore Park, Cranmore Avenue, Shirley, Solihull, B90 4LF is a member Buying Group and is committed to protecting the data it collects and using it fairly to contact existing and potential members with business relevant information and applies the current laws, which are known as the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

Wholly owned subsidiaries and divisions of AIS Ltd will be adhering to this privacy policy including: Cenpac (AIS) Ltd, Intersport UK Ltd, AIS Property Ltd, as well as Flooring One and plaY-room.

Data obtained through any of the above entities of AIS Ltd can be shared within the Group as per the "How we process your data" section of this policy.

How the law protects you

Your privacy is protected by law. This section explains how this works.

Data Protection law says that we are allowed to use personal information only if we have a proper reason to do so. This includes sometimes sharing it outside AIS Ltd. The law says we must have one or more of these reasons:

  • To fulfil a contract (i.e. the Supplier Agreement) we have with you, or

  • When it is our legal duty, or

  • When it is in our legitimate interest, or

  • When you otherwise consent to it

  • A legitimate interest is when we have a business or commercial reason to use your information in our normal course of business and as verified by our legitimate interest assessment (although even then it must not unfairly go against what is right and best for you).

Information we may collect about you

We will primarily hold business related information, although that may include some personal data about you, including for example your name, address, telephone/mobile number(s) and email address.

If we are running an event or training course that you, or any of your teams, are personally attending, then we may collect more sensitive data such as dietary requirements or access needs if applicable

Examples of the sources of data we collect about you or your company:

  • supplier application form;

  • supplier agreement;

  • other application or registration forms for shows, events, training courses;

  • when you talk to us on the telephone, personally or communicate with us via social media or website;

  • in emails and letters;

  • financial reports;

  • business accounts;

  • bank details;

  • when you use our website;

  • cookies (click here for more detailed information);

  • when you interact on social media;

  • email tracking facilities;

  • in surveys;

  • payment and transactional data;

  • the internet;

  • publicly available information;

  • What personal data do we collect for business purposes?

  • AIS Ltd may collect the following information about you:

  • your name;

  • your business contact details: postal address including billing and delivery addresses, telephone numbers (including mobile numbers) and e-mail address;

  • purchases and orders made by you;

  • your on-line browsing activities on our websites, including aistores.co.uk and Members Net sites, as well as other related product and show websites owned by AIS Ltd;

  • your password(s);

  • your communication and marketing preferences;

  • your product interests, preferences, feedback and survey responses;

  • your location;

  • your correspondence and communications with AIS Ltd.

How we process your data

GDPR law says that we can only use your personal information if we have a proper reason to do so. This includes sharing your data with third parties. We may process your personal data for the following purposes, if relevant:

  • to administer your supplier realtionship with AIS Ltd and to manage interactions with your business;

  • to provide services to you;

  • to tailor your experience on our websites;

  • to manage any registered account(s) that you hold with us;

  • to verify your identity;

  • for crime and fraud prevention, detection and related purposes;

  • with your agreement, to contact you electronically about services which we think may interest you;

  • for research and statistical analysis;

  • to carry out marketing activities in a business context, e.g. Conference, Shows and Bulletins;

  • to allow you to interact with AIS Group members and relevant service or preferred suppliers;

  • to provide you with information about other services we are offering;

  • where we have a legal right or duty to use or disclose your information (for example in relation to an investigation by a public authority or in a legal dispute).

  • to communicate with you about industry news and events, updates to your supplier relationship and other activities we are involved in as a Buying Group and believe you would be interested in

  • to provide advice or guidance about using our services

  • to collect and recover money that is owed to us

  • to communicate with you via social media

We process this data on the basis of our legitimate interest to run AIS Ltd in an efficient and proper way for the benefit of our members and suppliers. This includes managing our financial position, planning, audit, communications, business capability and to exercise our rights set out in agreements and contracts. We also process your personal data where required to comply with laws and regulations that apply to us.

How will we protect information we hold?

AIS Ltd has various data and security policies in place to ensure the safe-keeping of the data that we collect. Staff are trained and regularly updated to ensure they are treating your data within the guidelines of this notice.

Data is stored securely within AIS Ltd’s systems to prevent unauthorised access. To deliver products and services to you, it is sometimes necessary for AIS Ltd to share your data outside of the European Economic Area.

This will typically occur when service providers are located outside the EEA or if you are based outside the EEA. These transfers are subject to special rules under data protection laws. If this happens, we will ensure that the transfer will be compliant with data protection law and all personal data will be secure. Our standard practice is to use ‘standard data protection clauses’ which have been approved by the European Commission for such transfers.

Retention Period

There are various lengths of time that data is kept for depending on need and other laws that we adhere to. You have the right to be forgotten within our database as long as there isn't an over-riding legitimate business need.

Unless we explain otherwise to you, we'll hold your personal information based on the following retention periods for personal data:

  • Supplier records - throughout the commercial relationship and no less than 12 months after that should end

  • Events - 2 years after the event you attended

  • Training records - 12 months after the course or event ends

  • Financial records - 7 years

  • Related company accounts to agreements - 3 years

  • New supplier enquiries - 7 years

  • CCTV - 30 days

When we may share your information

We will treat your personal information as private and confidential, but may share it with each other and disclose it outside of the AIS Ltd group of companies if:

  • allowed by any agreement entered into by you;

  • you consent;

  • needed by our agents, advisers or others involved in running accounts and services for you or collecting what you owe to other companies;

  • needed by third parties to help manage your records (such as our IT suppliers who run our computer systems) - please note we will have appropriate separate service contracts in place with these firms;

  • governmental bodies, regulators, law enforcement agencies, courts/tribunals and insurers where we are required to do so:-

  • to comply with our legal obligations;

  • to exercise our legal rights (for example in court cases);

  • for the prevention, detection, investigation of crime or prosecution of offenders; and

  • for the protection of our employees.

Please note that where we have a relationship with a third party involving your data, we will have a signed data controller/processor agreement with them.

What are your rights?

You have the right to ask us to provide you with access to and rectification or erasure of your personal data providing there isn’t a legitimate business need by virtue of you remaining a member of AIS Ltd. Providing you with this information is free of charge, but charges may apply for excessive requests. You have the right to ask us to provide you or a third party with the personal data you have provided to us, in an electronic format.

You have the right to object to certain purposes for processing.

If you wish to stop us from providing you with marketing or information communications then you can opt out at any time by ticking the appropriate boxes within an email or mailing or contacting us directly.

If you have any questions about how AIS Ltd use your personal data that are not answered here, or if you want to exercise your rights regarding your personal data, please contact us by either of the following means:

email us at: dataprotection@aistores.co.uk

write to us at Cranmore Park, Cranmore Avenue, Shirley, Solihull, West Midlands, B90 4LF

You have the right to lodge a complaint with the Information Commissioner’s Office. Further information, including contact details, is available at https://ico.org.uk.

Changes to this policy

Any changes we make to this policy in the future will be communicated to you by email or letter. The full notice (as it currently stands) will be available on our website (www.aistores.co.uk) as well as available on request via the above email address.

Breaches

In the event that we believe there is a serious breach to our systems or data we will inform the Information Commissioner's Office within 72 hours and will inform the affected parties as soon as practically possible thereafter.

This policy was last updated in May 2018.


AIS LTD Applicants Privacy Notice

Data Controller: Associated Independent Stores (AIS), Cranmore Park, Cranmore Avenue, Shirley, Solihull, B90 4LF

As part of any recruitment process, the company collects and processes personal data relating to job applicants. The company is committed to being transparent about how it collects and uses that data and to meeting its data protection obligations.

What information does the company collect?

The company collects a range of information about you. This includes:

  • your name, address and contact details, including email address and telephone number;

  • details of your qualifications, skills, experience and employment history;

  • information about your current level of remuneration, including benefit entitlements;

  • whether or not you have a disability for which the company needs to make reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process;

  • information about your entitlement to work in the UK; and

  • equal opportunities monitoring information, including information about your ethnic origin, sexual orientation, health and religion or belief.

The company may collect this information in a variety of ways. For example, data might be contained in application letters, CVs or resumes, obtained from your passport or other identity documents, or collected through interviews or other forms of assessment including tests.

The company may also collect personal data about you from third parties, such as references supplied by former employer’s information. The company will seek information from third parties only once a job offer to you has been made and will inform you that it is doing so.

Data will be stored in a range of different places, including on your application record, in both a paper and electronic file, HR management systems and on other IT systems (including email).

Why does the company process personal data?

The company needs to process data to take steps at your request prior to entering into a contract with you. It may also need to process your data to enter into a contract with you.

In some cases, the company needs to process data to ensure that it is complying with its legal obligations. For example, it is required to check a successful applicant's eligibility to work in the UK before employment starts.

The company has a legitimate interest in processing personal data during the recruitment process and for keeping records of the process. Processing data from job applicants allows the company to manage the recruitment process, assess and confirm a candidate's suitability for employment and decide to whom to offer a job. The company may also need to process data from job applicants to respond to and defend against legal claims.

The company may process information about whether or not applicants are disabled to make reasonable adjustments for candidates who have a disability. This is to carry out its obligations and exercise specific rights in relation to employment.

Where the company processes other special categories of data, such as information about ethnic origin, sexual orientation, health or religion or belief, this is for equal opportunities monitoring purposes.

If your application is unsuccessful, the company may keep your personal data on file in case there are future employment opportunities for which you may be suited. The company will ask for your consent before it keeps your data for this purpose and you are free to withdraw your consent at any time. Please see details below with regards to retention periods.

Who has access to data?

Your information may be shared internally for the purposes of the recruitment exercise. This includes members of the Personnel & Training department, interviewers involved in the recruitment process, managers in the business area with a vacancy and IT staff if access to the data is necessary for the undertaking of their roles.

The company will not share your data with third parties, unless your application for employment is successful and it makes you an offer of employment. The company will then share your data with former employers to obtain references for you or verify qualifications required for the role. At the point of appointment the AIS Privacy Notice for Employees will apply.

The company will not transfer your data outside the European Economic Area.

How does the company protect data?

The company takes the security of your data seriously. It has internal policies and controls in place to ensure that your data is not lost, accidentally destroyed, misused or disclosed, and is not accessed except by our employees in the proper performance of their duties.

For how long does the company keep data?

If your application for employment is unsuccessful, the company will hold your data on file for 13 months after the end of the relevant recruitment process. With speculative applications, if you agree to allow the company to keep your personal data on file, the company will hold your data on file for 13 months for consideration for future employment opportunities. At the end of that period or once you withdraw your consent, your data is deleted or destroyed.

If your application for employment is successful, personal data gathered during the recruitment process will be transferred to your personnel file and retained during your employment. The periods for which your data will be held will be provided to you in the Privacy Notice for Employees.

CCTV

We operate CCTV and other surveillance camera devices. Images are monitored and recorded for the purpose of prevention and public safety. The CCTV system and the images produced by it are controlled by the relevant employees of AIS who are responsible for how the system is used and for notifying the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) about the CCTV system and its purpose.

AIS is committed to ensuring that the CCTV system is operated in line with the ICO’s CCTV code of practice to ensure compliance with our legal obligations under current data protection legislation. The current retention period for CCTV footage is 30 days.

Your rights

As a data subject, you have a number of rights. You can:

  • access and obtain a copy of your data on request;

  • require the company to change incorrect or incomplete data;

  • require the company to delete or stop processing your data, for example where the data is no longer necessary for the purposes of processing; and

  • object to the processing of your data where the company is relying on its legitimate interests as the legal ground for processing.

If you would like to exercise any of these rights, please contact dataprotection@aistores.co.uk.

If you believe that the company has not complied with your data protection rights, you can complain to the Information Commissioner (ICO). For further information visit ico.org.uk.

What if you do not provide personal data?

You are under no statutory or contractual obligation to provide data to the company during the recruitment process. However, if you do not provide the information, the company may not be able to process your application properly or at all.

Automated decision-making

Recruitment processes are not based on automated decision-making.

Changes to this privacy notice

The Company reserves the right to update or amend this privacy notice at any time, including where the Company intends to further process your personal information for a purpose other than that for which the personal information was collected or where we intend to process new types of personal information. We will issue you with a new privacy notice when we make significant updates or amendments. We may also notify you about the processing of your personal information in other ways.

Contact

If you have any questions about this privacy notice or how we handle your personal information, please email dataprotection@aistores.co.uk.


AIS LTD Applicants Privacy Notice

Data Controller: Associated Independent Stores (AIS), Cranmore Park, Cranmore Avenue, Shirley, Solihull, B90 4LF

As part of any recruitment process, the company collects and processes personal data relating to job applicants. The company is committed to being transparent about how it collects and uses that data and to meeting its data protection obligations.

What information does the company collect?

The company collects a range of information about you. This includes:

  • your name, address and contact details, including email address and telephone number;

  • details of your qualifications, skills, experience and employment history;

  • information about your current level of remuneration, including benefit entitlements;

  • whether or not you have a disability for which the company needs to make reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process;

  • information about your entitlement to work in the UK; and

  • equal opportunities monitoring information, including information about your ethnic origin, sexual orientation, health and religion or belief.

The company may collect this information in a variety of ways. For example, data might be contained in application letters, CVs or resumes, obtained from your passport or other identity documents, or collected through interviews or other forms of assessment including tests.

The company may also collect personal data about you from third parties, such as references supplied by former employer’s information. The company will seek information from third parties only once a job offer to you has been made and will inform you that it is doing so.

Data will be stored in a range of different places, including on your application record, in both a paper and electronic file, HR management systems and on other IT systems (including email).

Why does the company process personal data?

The company needs to process data to take steps at your request prior to entering into a contract with you. It may also need to process your data to enter into a contract with you.

In some cases, the company needs to process data to ensure that it is complying with its legal obligations. For example, it is required to check a successful applicant's eligibility to work in the UK before employment starts.

The company has a legitimate interest in processing personal data during the recruitment process and for keeping records of the process. Processing data from job applicants allows the company to manage the recruitment process, assess and confirm a candidate's suitability for employment and decide to whom to offer a job. The company may also need to process data from job applicants to respond to and defend against legal claims.

The company may process information about whether or not applicants are disabled to make reasonable adjustments for candidates who have a disability. This is to carry out its obligations and exercise specific rights in relation to employment.

Where the company processes other special categories of data, such as information about ethnic origin, sexual orientation, health or religion or belief, this is for equal opportunities monitoring purposes.

If your application is unsuccessful, the company may keep your personal data on file in case there are future employment opportunities for which you may be suited. The company will ask for your consent before it keeps your data for this purpose and you are free to withdraw your consent at any time. Please see details below with regards to retention periods.

Who has access to data?

Your information may be shared internally for the purposes of the recruitment exercise. This includes members of the Personnel & Training department, interviewers involved in the recruitment process, managers in the business area with a vacancy and IT staff if access to the data is necessary for the undertaking of their roles.

The company will not share your data with third parties, unless your application for employment is successful and it makes you an offer of employment. The company will then share your data with former employers to obtain references for you or verify qualifications required for the role. At the point of appointment the AIS Privacy Notice for Employees will apply.

The company will not transfer your data outside the European Economic Area.

How does the company protect data?

The company takes the security of your data seriously. It has internal policies and controls in place to ensure that your data is not lost, accidentally destroyed, misused or disclosed, and is not accessed except by our employees in the proper performance of their duties.

For how long does the company keep data?

If your application for employment is unsuccessful, the company will hold your data on file for 13 months after the end of the relevant recruitment process. With speculative applications, if you agree to allow the company to keep your personal data on file, the company will hold your data on file for 13 months for consideration for future employment opportunities. At the end of that period or once you withdraw your consent, your data is deleted or destroyed.

If your application for employment is successful, personal data gathered during the recruitment process will be transferred to your personnel file and retained during your employment. The periods for which your data will be held will be provided to you in the Privacy Notice for Employees.

CCTV

We operate CCTV and other surveillance camera devices. Images are monitored and recorded for the purpose of prevention and public safety. The CCTV system and the images produced by it are controlled by the relevant employees of AIS who are responsible for how the system is used and for notifying the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) about the CCTV system and its purpose.

AIS is committed to ensuring that the CCTV system is operated in line with the ICO’s CCTV code of practice to ensure compliance with our legal obligations under current data protection legislation. The current retention period for CCTV footage is 30 days.

Your rights

  • As a data subject, you have a number of rights. You can:

  • access and obtain a copy of your data on request;

  • require the company to change incorrect or incomplete data;

  • require the company to delete or stop processing your data, for example where the data is no longer necessary for the purposes of processing; and

  • object to the processing of your data where the company is relying on its legitimate interests as the legal ground for processing.

If you would like to exercise any of these rights, please contact dataprotection@aistores.co.uk.

If you believe that the company has not complied with your data protection rights, you can complain to the Information Commissioner (ICO). For further information visit ico.org.uk.

What if you do not provide personal data?

You are under no statutory or contractual obligation to provide data to the company during the recruitment process. However, if you do not provide the information, the company may not be able to process your application properly or at all.

Automated decision-making

Recruitment processes are not based on automated decision-making.

Changes to this privacy notice

The Company reserves the right to update or amend this privacy notice at any time, including where the Company intends to further process your personal information for a purpose other than that for which the personal information was collected or where we intend to process new types of personal information. We will issue you with a new privacy notice when we make significant updates or amendments. We may also notify you about the processing of your personal information in other ways.

Contact

If you have any questions about this privacy notice or how we handle your personal information, please email dataprotection@aistores.co.uk.