Privacy Policy

General

The Walter Property Group is made up of Walter Property Limited, Alocacia Limited, Oscar Holdings Limited, Divad Limited, Foxtail Limited, GDM Car Part Limited. Trade Savers CI Limited and Le Vieux Moulin Limited.   The Group is administered from Guernsey by the directors of Walter Property Limited and has a small administrative staff.  The subsidiaries are property holding companies with the exception of Alocacia Limited that is a service company and employs staff.  The function is to administer  and develop the assets for the benefit of the shareholders.

This Privacy Notice sets out how the Walter Property Group(the Company) processes data, whether on individuals (including personal data in respect of individuals who are clients, intermediaries or other third parties the Company interacts with, or any individual who is connected to those parties) or otherwise. Where the data held are on individuals, this document also sets out the rights of those individuals in respect of that personal data.

Any questions in relation to this Privacy Notice or requests in respect of personal data should be directed to the Company via our website: www.wpl.gg,in the first instance.

The Company is the “data controller” for information collected about you. This means that we are responsible for deciding how we hold and use personal information about you.

This notice does not form part of any contract to provide services.

It is important that you read this notice, together with any other privacy notice we may provide on specific occasions when we are collecting or processing personal information about you, so that you are aware of how and why we are using such information.

The data we hold

The Company processes data in order to provide corporate administration services. The type of data we may collect and process includes:

How we collect this data

We collect your personal information when you contact us by email, letter, telephone or in person, or by entering your details in any forms provided to you. We will collect the data to enable us to deal with your enquiry or provide you with the relevant services.

We may sometimes collect additional information from third parties including clients, client advisers, credit reference agencies or public open sources.

We will collect additional personal information in the course of service-related activities throughout the period of providing services to you.

Purposes of processing

We use data (including personal data of individuals) for the following purposes (the below also confirming the lawful basis we are relying on in each case):

Purpose

Lawful Basis for Processing

To enter into client relationships and provide administration services

Any one or more of the following:

The legitimate interests of the Company as a provider of corporate administration services to process personal data for the purpose of providing those services

In instances where an individual has been provided with this Privacy Notice and provides personal data thereafter, the processing may be carried out on the basis of consent. Consent may be withdrawn at any time by writing to the Company via our website www.wpl.gg

The processing is necessary for legal proceedings, the obtaining of legal advice or establishing, exercising or defending legal rights (including conflicts of interest checks, anti-financial crime procedures, client and matter management including billing and debt collection)

Where the client is an individual: to fulfil the contract we have entered into with the individual to provide corporate administration services

To manage our client, intermediary and other business relationships

The legitimate interests of the Company to seek to ensure its business is conducted efficiently and with a view to enhancing client service

To ensure the security of the Company systems, staff and premises

The legitimate interests of the Company in protecting its systems, staff and premises from being misused or the victim of any criminal activity

To meet all legal, regulatory and ethical obligations applicable to the Company

The legitimate interests of the Company as a provider of corporate administration services to process data to the extent necessary to ensure it meets all legal, regulatory and ethical obligations incumbent on it. This may include but not be limited to;

    • the assessment of legal, regulatory and financialrisks
    • internal financial and marketinganalysis
    • service providers, including, but not limited to our auditors, advisers, insurers and providers of
      telecommunications and information technology facilities

In certain instances, the processing of data may also be necessary for the exercise of functions of public authorities and/or necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which the Company is subject

For the purposes of internal know-how and training

The legitimate interests of the Company as a provider of administration services to process data for the purposes of internal know-how and staff training. The Company will use reasonable endeavours to ensure any personal data contained in the material which is not integral to the understanding of the material is redacted.

In certain instances, personal data processed may include “Special Category Data” (which includes information on a person’s race, ethnic origin, political opinions, religious or philosophical beliefs, trade union membership, genetic or biometric data processed for the purpose of uniquely identifying a natural person, health data, data on a person’s sex life or sexual orientation or data relating to a person’s criminal record or alleged criminal activity). In such instances, legal bases for processing that data may include explicit consent (where the Special Category Data has been provided to the Company by the data subject for any of the above-listed purposes) or the processing being necessary for compliance with a legal obligation or the purposes of legal proceedings or legal advice.

If you fail to provide personal information

If you fail to provide certain information when requested, we may not be able to perform the contract we have entered into with you or we may be prevented from complying with our legal obligations. Any instances where you do not wish to provide personal information, we will aim to work with you to understand any concerns you have and seek to agree a way forward.

Change of purpose

We will only use your personal information for the purposes for which we collected it, unless we reasonably consider that we need to use it for another reason and that reason is compatible with the original purpose. If we need to use your personal information for an unrelated purpose, we will notify you and we will explain the legal basis which allows us to do so.

Please note that we may process your personal information without your knowledge or consent, in compliance with the above rules, where this is required or permitted by law.

Data sharing and recipients

We may need to share your data with third parties, including third-party service providers including:

We ask third-party service providers to take appropriate security measures to protect your personal information in line with our policies. We do not allow our third-party service providers to use your personal data for their own purposes. We only permit them to process your personal data for specified purposes and in accordance with ourinstructions.

Transferring information outside the EEA

In certain instances, information will be sent to third parties outside the EEA (for example where our clients and intermediaries are outside the EEA) but this personal information will usually be limited and you will be aware of the transfer.

Where more detailed personal information is to be transferred, we will only send your personal information outside the Company to follow your instructions, comply with a legal duty, work with our suppliers, agents and advisers who we use to help manage your relationship with us or who provide services to us and to share data within the Company. Where we transfer data outside of European Economic Area (EEA), we will, where possible, make sure that it is protected in the same way by implementing appropriate safeguards and this would be notified to you.

Keeping data secure

We have put in place appropriate security measures to prevent your personal information from being accidentally lost, used or accessed in an unauthorised way, altered or disclosed. In addition, we limit access to your personal information to those employees, agents, contractors and other third parties who have a business need to know. They will only process your personal information on our instructions and they are subject to a duty of confidentiality.  Details of these measures may be obtained from the Company from time to time.

We will notify you and any applicable regulator of a suspected breach where we are legally required to do so.

Retention

We only keep data for as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes (as set out above) for which we collected it. We will retain documents and data relating to the corporate activities of the Group for whatever period may be stipulated by the Directors of Walter Property Limited.  The time period for destruction of other documents will vary according to their type and source.  Further details may be obtained from the Directors of Walter Property via our website: www.wpl.gg

In some circumstances we may anonymise your personal information so that it can no longer be associated with you, in which case we may use such information without further notice to you.

Automated decision-making

We do not envisage that any decisions will be taken about you using automated means, however we will notify you in writing if this position changes.

Rights to access, correction, erasure, and restriction

By law you have the right to:

If you want to review, verify, correct or request erasure of your personal information, object to the processing of your personal data, or request that we transfer a copy of your personal information to another party, please contact the Directors of Walter Property Limited via our website: www.wpl.gg

Right to withdraw consent

In the limited circumstances where you may have provided your consent to the collection, processing and transfer of your personal information for a specific purpose, you have the right to withdraw your consent for that specific processing at any time. To withdraw your consent, please contact the Directors of Walter Property Limited via our website: www.wpl.gg. Once we have received notification that you have withdrawn your consent, we will no longer process your information for the purpose or purposes you originally agreed to, unless we have another legitimate basis for doing so in law.

Concerns or queries

Any questions about the contents of this notice or our use of personal data should be addressed tothe Directors of Walter Property Limited via our website: www.wpl.gg

Issues or concerns individuals have regarding their personal data can also be brought to the attention of the applicable supervisory authority in your country, where you live or work, or the location where the data protection issue arose.

Third Party Service Providers

Whereyour personal data is provided to or required for access to any third party service (for example when logging onto an external website) you should review the third party privacy notice. If you have any concerns in this regard please refer them to the Directors of Walter Property Limited via our website: www.wpl.gg

Changes to this privacy notice

We keep this Privacy Notice under review. We last updated this Privacy Notice in February 2021.