1. Your personal data – what is it?

Personal data relates to a living individual who can be identified from that data.  Identification can be by the information alone or in conjunction with any other information in the data controller’s possession or likely to come into such possession. The processing of personal data is governed by the General Data Protection Regulation (the “GDPR”).

2. Who are we?

Rootstock is the data controller (contact details below) and decides how your personal data is processed and for what purposes.

3. How do we process your personal data?

Rootstock complies with its obligations under the “GDPR” by keeping personal data up to date; by storing and destroying it securely; by not collecting or retaining excessive amounts of data; by protecting personal data from loss, misuse, unauthorised access and disclosure and by ensuring that appropriate technical measures are in place to protect personal data.

We use your personal data for the following purposes:-

• To contact you if you have submitted a job enquiry;
• To inform you of Plant of the Month and Blog updates.

4. What is the legal basis for processing your personal data?

Explicit consent of the data subject so that we can keep you informed about posts and services.

5. Sharing your personal data

Your personal data will be treated as strictly confidential and will not be shared without your consent.

6. How long do we keep your personal data?

We keep data for as long as you are willing to be subscribed to our mailing list or for the duration of a commissioned project.

7. Your rights and your personal data 

Unless subject to an exemption under the GDPR, you have the following rights with respect to your personal data:-

• The right to request a copy of your personal data;
• The right to request that Rootstock corrects any personal data if it is found to be inaccurate or out of date;
• The right to request your personal data is erased;
• The right to withdraw your consent to the processing at any time
• The right, where there is a dispute in relation to the accuracy or processing of your personal data, to request a restriction is placed on further processing;
• The right to lodge a complaint with the Information Commissioners Office.

8. Further processing

If we wish to use your personal data for a new purpose, not covered by this Data Protection Notice, then we will provide you with a new notice explaining this new use prior to commencing the processing and setting out the relevant purposes and processing conditions. Where and whenever necessary, we will seek your prior consent to the new processing.

9. Contact Details

To exercise all relevant rights, queries of complaints please in the first instance email Rootstock .

You can email the Information Commissioner’s Office or call on 0303 123 1113 or write to the Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire SK9 5AF.