Privacy Notice
Registered name
Common Practice Studio Ltd.

Contact details
86 Princess Street, Manchester M1 6NG

0161 531 1471
hello@commonpractice.studio

This privacy notice tells you what to expect us to do with your personal information.

What information we collect, use, and why

We collect or use the following information to provide and improve products and services for clients:

Names and contact details
Addresses
Payment details (including card or bank information for transfers and direct debits)
Transaction data (including details about payments to and from you and details of products and services you have purchased)
Information relating to compliments or complaints
Records of meetings and decisions

We collect or use the following personal information for the operation of client or customer accounts:

Names and contact details
Addresses
Purchase or service history
Account information, including registration details
Information about client properties and how they are used for briefing purposes.
Measured plans of client properties for the design and adapation of those properties.

We collect or use the following personal information for information updates or marketing purposes:

Names and contact details

We collect or use the following personal information for dealing with queries, complaints or claims:

Names and contact details
Address
Payment details
Account information
Purchase or service history

Lawful bases and data protection rights

Under UK data protection law, we must have a “lawful basis” for collecting and using your personal information. There is a list of possible lawful bases in the UK GDPR. You can find out more about lawful bases on the ICO’s website.

Which lawful basis we rely on may affect your data protection rights which are in brief set out below. You can find out more about your data protection rights and the exemptions which may apply on the ICO’s website:

Your right of access - You have the right to ask us for copies of your personal information. You can request other information such as details about where we get personal information from and who we share personal information with. There are some exemptions which means you may not receive all the information you ask for. You can read more about this right here.

Your right to rectification - You have the right to ask us to correct or delete personal information you think is inaccurate or incomplete. You can read more about this right here.

Your right to erasure - You have the right to ask us to delete your personal information. You can read more about this right here.

Your right to restriction of processing - You have the right to ask us to limit how we can use your personal information. You can read more about this right here.

Your right to object to processing - You have the right to object to the processing of your personal data. You can read more about this right here.

Your right to data portability - You have the right to ask that we transfer the personal information you gave us to another organisation, or to you. You can read more about this right here.

Your right to withdraw consent – When we use consent as our lawful basis you have the right to withdraw your consent at any time. You can read more about this right here.

If you make a request, we must respond to you without undue delay and in any event within one month.

To make a data protection rights request, please contact us using the contact details at the top of this privacy notice.

Our lawful bases for the collection and use of your data

Our lawful bases for collecting or using personal information to provide and improve products and services for clients are:

Contract – we have to collect or use the information so we can enter into or carry out a contract with you. All of your data protection rights may apply except the right to object.

Our lawful bases for collecting or using personal information for the operation of client or customer accounts are:

Contract – we have to collect or use the information so we can enter into or carry out a contract with you. All of your data protection rights may apply except the right to object.

Our lawful bases for collecting or using personal information for information updates or marketing purposes are:

Contract – we have to collect or use the information so we can enter into or carry out a contract with you. All of your data protection rights may apply except the right to object.

Our lawful bases for collecting or using personal information for dealing with queries, complaints or claims are:

Contract – we have to collect or use the information so we can enter into or carry out a contract with you. All of your data protection rights may apply except the right to object.

Where we get personal information from

Directly from you

How long we keep information

We maintain records of your project for as long as we are employed by you, and as long as we are required to do so for insurance and liability purposes. In the UK this is presently 15-years.

Who we share information with

Professional consultants, only with your prior permission.

How to complain

If you have any concerns about our use of your personal data, you can make a complaint to us using the contact details at the top of this privacy notice.

If you remain unhappy with how we’ve used your data after raising a complaint with us, you can also complain to the ICO.

The ICO’s address:

Information Commissioner’s Office
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF

Helpline number: 0303 123 1113

Website: https://www.ico.org.uk/make-a-complaint

Last updated
21 April 2025

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