Proballer needs to gather and use certain information about individuals. These can include customers, suppliers, business contacts, employees and other people the organisation has a relationship with or may need to contact. This policy describes how this personal data must be collected, handled and stored to meet the company's data protection standards - and to comply with the law.
This data protection policy ensures Proballer:
The General Data Protection Regulation that came into effect in May 2018 describes how organisations – including Proballer – must collect, handle and store personal information.
These rules apply regardless of whether data is stored electronically, on paper or on other materials.
To comply with the law, personal information must be collected and used fairly, stored safely and not disclosed unlawfully.
The GDPR, is underpinned by eight important principles. These say that personal data must:
This policy applies to:
It applies to all data that the company holds relating to identifiable individuals, even if that information technically falls outside of the Data Protection Act 1998 or GDPR. This can include:
This policy helps to protect Proballer from some very real data security risks, including:
Everyone who works for or with Proballer has some responsibility for ensuring data is collected, stored and handled appropriately.
Each team, person or contractor that works for Proballer that handles personal data must ensure that it is handled and processed in line with this policy and data protection principles.