Privacy Policy

Registered Office: 3 Pancras Square, Kings Cross, London N1C 4AG

H/Advisors is committed to ensuring that your privacy is protected. This Policy explains when and why we collect personal information about you, how we use it, the conditions under which we may disclose it to others and how we keep it secure.

H/Advisors may change this policy from time to time by updating this page. You should check this page from time to time to ensure that you are happy with any changes.

Any questions regarding this Policy and our privacy practices should be sent by email to Jeremy Dorling or by writing to Data Protection Officer, H/Advisors, 3 Pancras Square, Kings Cross, London N1C 4AG

H/Advisors represents the H/Advisors network of Communications Consultancies. H/Advisors is registered company no. 10791283. The registered office is 3 Pancras Square, Kings Cross, London N1C 4AG.

Directly from you.

For example, if you submit your details directly on our website, provide us with business cards or other information, register for our events and/or as a result of your relationship with one or more of our staff and clients. This could include your name and email address. and mobile number. For further information about what data we have about you please email Jeremy Dorling or write to the Data Protection Officer, H/Advisors, 3 Pancras Square N1C 4AG.

From 3rd Parties.

We collect personal information about you indirectly from our clients, suppliers or other market contacts. We may also collect information about you from public sources, including social media sites such as LinkedIn as well as via your subscriptions to 3rd Party contact databases, newsletters and/or publications.

Through your use of our website.

We use cookies and other technologies, such as pixel tags on our websites and in our emails to collect information about your usage.

Email response information.

In relation to emails we send you, we may use cookies and other technologies, such as pixel tags to collect information on how you respond to such emails, for example, the number of times the email is opened or the links in them are clicked etc. We partner with third parties who may also use such cookies and other technologies in our emails. All emails that you have requested will have an option to unsubscribe. Unsubscribe requests are fulfilled within minutes and no further communications will be sent to users who have stated that they do not wish to receive the specified information.

If you want to see the data we hold about you simply email Jeremy Dorling

H/Advisors respects the rights of each individual, employee, candidate or customer to have his privacy and personal data protected.

We frequently engage with journalists and other individuals who work in the media sphere on behalf of clients as an integral part of the services we provide. Where we obtain the personal information of journalists and others in the media sphere, we use this information to:

• send you communications which you have requested and that may be of interest to you;
• to respond to direct questions or queries made to us;
• to carry out obligations arising from any contracts between us and you; with clients; with suppliers; or with third parties;
• to invite you to events and briefings that we run for our clients;
• process a job application;
• send company press releases;
• share insights with respect to possible areas of interest and topics that we think may be relevant.

H/Advisors will observe the following principles when processing your personal information:

• Processing your personal information fairly, lawfully and in a transparent manner;
• Collecting your personal information for specified, legitimate purposes and not processing further in ways incompatible with those purposes;
• Collecting your personal information which is relevant to and not excessive for the purposes for which it is collected and used. We may render information anonymous when feasible and appropriate, depending on the nature of the data and the risks associated with the intended uses;
• Maintaining your personal information accurate, and where necessary, kept up-to-date. We will take reasonable steps to rectify or delete data that is inaccurate or incomplete;
• Keeping your personal information only as long as it is necessary for the purposes for which it was collected and processed;
• Processing your personal information in accordance with the individual’s legal rights;
• Taking appropriate technical, physical and organizational measures to keep your data safe and prevent unauthorized access, unlawful processing, and unauthorized or accidental loss, destruction, or damage to personal information;
• Processing your personal information based on the following legal basis:
  • You have unambiguously given your consent; or
  • The processing is necessary for the performance of a contract to which you are party or in order to take steps at your request prior to entering into a contract; or
  • The processing is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which H/Advisors is subject; or
  • The processing is necessary in order to protect your vital interests or the vital interest of another natural personal;
  • The processing is necessary for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority vested in H/Advisors; or
  • The processing is necessary for the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by H/Advisors or by a third party except where such interests are overridden by your interests or your fundamental rights and freedoms.

Information submitted by you is stored on secure servers. If you want to see the data we hold about you on this database simply email Jeremy Dorling.

We review our retention periods for personal information on a regular basis. We will hold your personal information on our systems for as long as is necessary for the relevant activity, or as long as is set out in any relevant contract you hold with us.

A cookie is a small file which asks permission to be placed on your computer’s hard drive. Once you agree, the file is added and the cookie helps analyse web traffic or lets you know when you visit a particular site. Cookies allow web applications to respond to you as an individual. The web application can tailor its operations to your needs, likes and dislikes by gathering and remembering information about your preferences.

Overall, cookies help us provide you with a better website, by enabling us to monitor which pages you find useful and which you do not. A cookie in no way gives us access to your computer or any information about you, other than the data you choose to share with us.

You can choose to accept or decline cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. This may prevent you from taking full advantage of the website.

H/Advisors websites or services may provide links to third-party applications, products, services, or websites for your convenience and information. If you access those links, you will leave the H/Advisors website. H/Advisors does not control those third-party websites or their privacy practices, which may differ from H/Advisors practices. We do not endorse or make any representations about third-party websites. The personal information you choose to provide to or that is collected by these third parties is not covered by the H/Advisors Data Protection Policy. We encourage you to review the privacy policy of any website you interact with before allowing the collection and use of your personal information.

We may also provide social media links that enable you to share information with your social networks and to interact with H/Advisors on various social media sites. Your use of these links may result in the collection or sharing of information about you, depending on the feature. We encourage you to review the privacy policies and settings on the social media sites with which you interact to make sure you understand the information that may be collected, used, and shared by those sites.

If you post, comment, indicate interest, or share personal information, including photographs, to any public forum, social network, blog, or other such forum, please be aware that any personal information you submit can be read, viewed, collected, or used by other users of these forums, and could be used to contact you, send you unsolicited messages, or for purposes that neither you nor H/Advisors have control over H/Advisors is not responsible for the personal information you choose to submit in these forums.

If you do provide personal information to us, either directly or through a reseller or other business partner, we will:

• take commercially reasonable precautions to protect the information from loss, misuse and unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration and destruction;
• not use or disclose the information except:
• we may pass your information to our third party service providers, agents, subcontractors and other associated organizations’ for the purposes of completing tasks and providing services to you on our behalf. However, when we use third party service providers, we disclose only the personal information that is necessary to deliver the service and we have a contract in place that requires them to keep your information secure and not to use it for their own direct marketing purposes.
• in other ways described in this Data Protection policy or to which you have otherwise consented;
• in the aggregate with other information in such a way so that your identity cannot reasonably be determined (for example, statistical compilations);
• as required by law, for example, in response to a subpoena or search warrant;
• to outside auditors who have agreed to keep the information confidential;
• as necessary to enforce the Terms of Service;
• as necessary to protect the rights, safety, or property of H/Advisors, its users, or others; this may include (for example) exchanging information with other organizations or public authorities for identification, fraud protection and/or risk reduction.

For more information please email Jeremy Dorling

By providing us with your personal information and/or using the websites and/or entering into a contract with us, you consent to our processing your Personal data for the above purposes. You also consent to our transferring your information to countries or jurisdictions which do not provide the same level of data protection as the EU, if necessary for the above purposes. If we do make such a transfer, we will provide appropriate safeguards to ensure that your information is duly protected. If you provide us with information about another person, you confirm that they have appointed you to act for them, to consent to the processing of their Personal data including sensitive personal data and that you have informed them of our identity and the purposes (as set out above) for which their Personal data will be processed. We do not process Personal data of minors under 16 without the express consent of their parents or legal representatives.

Right of access

As data subjects, you may inquire as to the nature of the personal data stored or processed about you by Maitland. You will be provided access to your Personal data regardless of the location of the data processing and storage.

Right to rectification

If your Personal data is inaccurate or incomplete, you may request that the data be amended.

Right to object

You have the right to object at any time to the processing of your Personal data for the purposes of H/Advisors legitimate interests or for direct marketing purposes.

Right to erasure

You can ask for the deletion of your Personal data when it is allowed by applicable data protection laws and regulations.

Right to restriction of processing

You have the right to require a restriction of the processing of your Personal data when it is authorized by applicable data protection laws and regulations.

Right to data portability

If you meet the conditions settled by the applicable data protection laws and regulation, you have the right to receive a subset of your Personal data and to transmit them from H/Advisors to another data Controller. You can also require the direct transmission from H/Advisors to another Controller when it is technically feasible.

Right to lodge a complaint

You have the right to lodge complaint with the competent supervisory authority.

All requests for access, rectification, limitation, erasure, restriction or portability of your Personal data, and any questions regarding this Data Protection Policy, may be sent to: Jeremy Dorling

We keep this Policy under regular review. This Policy was last updated in February 2021