We’re committed to protecting you and your family's personal data and information. This policy applies to any personal information or “personal data” that we collect from you.
It covers how we:
- Collect your personal data.
- Use your personal data.
- Destroy/Remove your personal data.
It also includes the use of cookies on our websites and how you can control these, in addition to how you can contact us. Please read this policy carefully. By using any of our websites, and any services we offer via our websites, you are agreeing to the processing of your data as set out below. We sometimes use your data to provide additional marketing services but you can always opt out. For more information, see section 6 contacting you for marketing purposes below.
Cornell Group Ltd is a family-run business specializing in maximizing the value of land for landowners through comprehensive planning, disposal, and development strategies. In addition, we act on behalf of a number of Joint Ventures and Site Assessments, in which we hold a material interest. In this policy, “we” refers to all of the above.
We are committed to safeguarding your personal information and we comply with all data protection laws including:
- The Data Protection Act 2018;
- The UK GDPR – General Data Protection Regulation as implemented in the UK;
- Any regulations made under or to supplement either of the above, relating to the personal information that we collect about you.
We may collect personal information when you:
- Visit/access one of our websites or platforms.
- Contact us by telephone, email, SMS, letter or any other form of messaging.
- Visit any of our offices or sites.
- Complete any of our website forms for a service request.
- Access information about our partnered developments via a third-party provider.
- Whenever you enter into any transaction with us, whether it’s in person or any other way.
- If you request information from us with a view to entering into a transaction with us.
This may include, for example, your:
- Name
- Email address
- Postal address
- Telephone or mobile number
As well as information about:
- Your use of our website.
- The purpose of your visit to our website or the reason you made contact with us.
This policy also covers our use of any of your personal information, whether provided to us in person, over the phone, via email, SMS or any social messaging, via website forms, or in other correspondence.
Requests for additional information
Sometimes we will require you to provide further personal information. This may be if you are seeking our services to maximize the value of your land, or if you ask us to contact you with strategies or developments that may be of interest to you. Whenever we do this, we will tell you why we are collecting this information and how we will use it.
IP addresses
If you contact us online, we may monitor the type of device used by you. This may include specific identification, such as your IP address.
CCTV and call monitoring
Our offices use CCTV to make sure we provide a safe and secure environment for all visitors to our premises and to ensure the protection of our employees and property.
We do not sell customers' personal data to third parties and will only use your personal information to provide you with details of our own products or services which we believe will be of interest to you. In addition, we may use your information to:
Contact you:
- If you have indicated a service for your land, a specific interest in a development, or a particular area in which we have opportunities available.
- Provide a relevant service: If you have contacted us for a specific purpose or accessed our services by completing a website form and not opted out, we'll take into account your perceived preferences for our services. In the event that you do not wish to receive this personalized service, you can unsubscribe from our emails or similarly contact us as set out in section 10 of this policy.
- Improve our service: We may provide information to third parties for research and analytical purposes, so that we can improve the services we offer you.
Please rest assured that any personal information given to us for a specific use or purpose will not be used for any other purpose without your notification and (where appropriate) permission. See section 10.
We may contact you:
- For legitimate purposes aligned with our contract.
- In relation to a previous communication from you. This includes any comment or complaint concerning us, our services, or any previous contact we may have had with you.
- If you requested further information or signed up to a service or development opportunity, whether directly through us or via a third-party provider.If you have expressed an interest in a specific service or development.
- To provide you with additional information concerning a specific service, development opportunity, or similar services to those in which you have expressed an interest.
- For marketing purposes if you have chosen to receive a service from us by completing one of our website forms and not opted out, in accordance with this policy; see section 6.
We will only contact you for marketing purposes, via email, SMS, or phone, if you have agreed to this or where you have requested a service from us and not opted out. You can easily unsubscribe from any of those sources at any time.
We will deem a service request to be any of the following:
Arrange a site visit: To request a site visit. In this instance, we will call you to arrange a suitable time for us to visit your land.
Call-back request: When you request us to call you back to provide more services for your land.
Information emails/SMS/phone calls:
We offer regular information by emails, telephone, and SMS communications concerning your land and development opportunities.
Tailoring our service to you:
We may personalize our communications with you based on the information you provide to us and the information we obtain when you use our platforms.
Your information will be kept private and confidential, except where we are obliged/permitted to share it with third parties by law (e.g., government bodies, law enforcement agencies, and similar). We will retain your information within our group of companies, except:
At your request:
- If you have requested that we share the information with you or have given your permission.
To fulfil our contractual/similar obligations to you: For example, in connection with any land you have worked with us. This could include:
- To our solicitors, your solicitors, or other advisers for the purposes of progressing a project or dealing with any issue you may have.
- To a third party for the purposes of carrying out a survey in relation to your experience with us.
- With a consultant or a subcontractor appointed to carry out/required to carry out work on your land.
- To any of your advisers in connection with any contract or transaction entered into with us for the purposes of performance of our obligations.
- For statistical or similar analysis in relation to the services we provide.
When you enter into a contract with us, we will set out, as comprehensively as possible, the purposes for which we may use your personal information in order to fulfil our contract with you and address any issues relating to our performance.
If you are under the age of 18, you should obtain your parents’ or guardians’ permission before you contact us. It is unlikely that we will be in a position to provide you with any information which may assist you or be relevant to you until you reach the age of 18—this is simply because of the nature of the legal obligations involved in entering into contracts related to land development.
This is dependent upon its purpose or the amount of time set out in the contract you enter into with us.
Engaging our services:
If you enter into a contract with us, we will hold your information for a maximum of 12 years from the date of completion of that contract.
Anti-money laundering:
In the event that you provide us with personal information so that we can fulfil any anti-money laundering obligations, we will retain such information for a period of 5 years—this is to fulfil our legal obligations.
If you contact us:
If you get in touch regarding any of our services or development opportunities—whether we receive such contact directly from you or via a third party—we will retain your personal information until whichever of the below happens first:
- You request that we delete it: We will need to retain a record of your request to be deleted.
- A maximum period of 2 years: From the date that you last made contact with us—directly or via a third party—in relation to any of our services or development opportunities.
We will use all reasonable efforts to delete (aside from the note of your request to be deleted) all information in our possession which constitutes, in our reasonable opinion, personal data belonging to you.
Deletion of personal data “Right to be forgotten”
It is your right to request the deletion of your personal data from our records, except (as explained above) if it is necessary for us to perform our legal obligations or contractual obligations to you or another third party.
Keeping your details accurate
You have the right to ask us to rectify any personal data we hold about you which is inaccurate or incomplete.
Sending a request
A request for the deletion or correction of personal data should be addressed to the Data Protection Manager at Cornell Group Ltd at our registered office, or by email to info@cornellgroup.co.uk
Please note that while we always strive to comply with any requests you make, we cannot guarantee to action any request for the deletion or rectification of your personal data if it is not made using the method outlined above.
What do we do?
Within reason, we will aim to make anonymous and/or delete any of the personal data which we hold in relation to you. It is in the nature of digital or computer records that we cannot guarantee that every trace or record of your personal data will be removed, but we will delete it as far as it is reasonably possible for us to do so.
Third-party platforms
If you wish to be deleted from or want to ensure your details are accurate with any third-party owned platform, you will need to contact them directly. These third-party websites have their own privacy policies and are also likely to use cookies, and we therefore advise you to review them.
Finding out what personal information we hold
Under the current Data Protection Act and UK GDPR, you have the right to request a copy of any personal information we hold about you and to have any inaccuracies corrected. We may require you to prove your identity (with two documents of approved identification) before searching our records.
At the present time, the information will be provided to you within one month of whichever of the following comes last:
- The date of submission of your request.
- Establishment of your identity.
Identification that we accept
The following are examples of the type of identification that we can accept in order to process your information request:
Driving licence.
Birth or marriage certificate.
Utility bill (from the past 3 months).Current vehicle registration document.
Bank statement (from the past 3 months).
Rent book or similar tenancy agreement (that covers the past 3 months).
Please note, if we have previously established your identity and it matches the information you provide, this may be sufficient for the purposes of actioning your request. If you have not previously provided us with identification, then we may require you to provide copy documentation of the examples listed above in order to process your request.
The amount we charge and the period of time in which we are able to action your request may alter by law. If so, this policy will be amended.
So that we avoid any delays to your application, please address any questions concerning our privacy and cookies policy to the Data Protection Manager at the registered office of Cornell Group Ltd set out below or using the email address provided in this policy.
Depending upon your location, different privacy rules may apply as a matter of law. These are presently harmonised within the EU, but you should note that any personal information that we use or process is done so in accordance with the law applicable in England, Wales, or Scotland, as appropriate.
What is a cookie?:
A cookie contains a small amount of data and (typically) a unique identifier. When you access any of our websites or platforms (or those of third-party providers) a cookie will be sent to your device. The cookie records information about your online preferences and therefore allows us to tailor our websites and any contact with you to your specific interests.
Why do we use cookies?:
The information we obtain by monitoring all visits to our websites enables us to improve, through anonymous analysis, our services to our customers and visitors. Many websites use cookies in order to see whether a device has visited the website before. Any repeat visit is verified by finding the cookie left previously. By using cookies in this way, we can provide a better and more personal user experience. It also enables us to recognise whether you have already signed up to receive information from us—thus avoiding duplication.Your web browser may also provide us with information concerning your device, such as an IP address or details about the browser you are using. For example, if you are looking at a specific location or development opportunity, we may use your location to ensure that any web pages or communications are tailored to you. Please note, you are able to change your cookies settings to control access to any device you are using.
Your web browser may also provide us with information concerning your device, such as an IP address or details about the browser you are using. For example, if you are looking at a specific location or property, we may use your location to ensure that any web pages or communications are tailored to you. Please note, you are able to change your cookies settings to control access to any device you are using.
Information about other websites: We cannot control any information concerning websites other than those operated by us. You must refer to those websites for their terms and conditions and privacy policies.
We may make changes and update our privacy and cookies policy from time to time and in accordance with updated legislation. Any such changes will be shown here as part of our privacy and cookies policy and will apply from the date that they are published. We are unable to contact you directly to inform you of these changes, other than in response to a specific request made to our Data Protection Manager as referred to above.
Any contact you wish to make with us concerning this policy or how it works in practice should be directed to the Data Protection Manager. Please either write using the email address provided, or via post to our registered office:
Cornell Group Ltd
Holcombe Brook Sports & Tennis Club
Hazel Hall Ln
Ramsbottom
Bury
BL0 9FS
