PDI Europe is fully committed to full compliance with the requirements of the General Data Protection Regulation. The business will therefore follow procedures which aim to ensure that all employees, consultants, partners, suppliers or other or agents of the business (collectively known as data users) who have access to any personal data held by or on behalf of the company are fully aware of and abide by their duties under the General Data Protection Regulation

 

Statement of Policy

 

The business needs to collect and use information about people with whom it works in order to operate and carry out its functions. These may include current, past and prospective employees, clients and customers and suppliers. This personal information must be handled and dealt with properly however it is collected, recorded and used and whether it is on paper, in computer records or recorded by other means. 

PDI regards the lawful and appropriate treatment of personal information as very important to its successful operations and essential to maintaining confidence between the company and those with whom it carries out business. The company therefore fully endorses and adheres to the Principles of the General Data Protection Regulation.

 

Handling personal data

 

PDI will, through management and use of appropriate controls, monitoring and review:

 

  • Use personal data in the most efficient and effective way to deliver better services 
  • Strive to collect and process only the data or information which is needed 
  • Use personal data for such purposes as are described at the point of collection, or for purposes which are legally permitted 
  • Strive to ensure information is accurate 
  • Not keep information for longer than is necessary 
  • Securely destroy data which is no longer needed 
  • Take appropriate technical and organisational security measures to safeguard information (including unauthorised or unlawful processing and accidental loss or damage of data) 
  • Ensure that information is not transferred abroad without suitable safeguards 
  • Ensure that the rights of people about whom information is held can be fully exercised under the General Data Protection Regulation

 

These rights include:

 

  • The right to be informed
  • The right of access to personal information
  • The right to request rectification
  • The right to request erasure 
  • The right to restrict processing in certain circumstances 
  • The right to data portability
  • The right to object to processing