Privacy Policy​

• Last updated on 6th May 2021​

• The Virtual UK Services Company Ltd is Trading As: the Virtual Services Company. For reference the Privacy policy will refer to the Virtual Services Company as 'VSC'.  ​

• This Privacy Policy applies to the website and mobile applications (together, the "Site") provided by The Virtual UK Services Company Ltd., a company headquartered in London, United Kingdom,  who act as data controllers[1] with respect to the personal data you share with VSC under this Policy. ​

• The Site includes www.virtualservicescompany.com and additional website or mobile applications produced and managed by the VSC.  ​

• The VSC knows that your privacy is important to you and takes user privacy very seriously. We are committed to protecting your personal data[2] (i.e. any information you provide to us from which you can be identified) in accordance with this Privacy Policy. ​

• VSC reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to alter and update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We therefore invite you to review the current version of the Privacy Policy each time you return to our Site.​

Information we collect and how the VSC uses it

• VSC might collect personal data from you such as your name, contact details, occupation, company or university affiliation, industry, region/country, relationship to VSC, reason for contacting VSC, topics you are interested in and any other information you choose to share. By browsing our Site or sending us information, you explicitly consent to VSC processing your personal data in accordance with this Privacy Policy. VSC might use your personal data to fulfil your request, send you marketing communications. ​ ​

• VSC collects personal data from you when you request information from VSC and/or supply, information through the Site, such as when you fill out a subscription form or consulting expertise inquiry, opt in to receive emails from VSC, agree to participate in surveys. ​

• Personal data we collect might include your name, e-mail address, title, occupation, company or university affiliation, industry, region/country, relationship to VSC, reason for contacting VSC, topics you are interested in, any other background information provided with an application and any other information contained in messages you send us. ​

• By browsing our Site and submitting this information to us, you explicitly agree to the VSC using your personal data for the purposes and in the manner described in this Privacy Policy. Please do not send us any information you do not wish VSC to use. ​

• VSC will use your personal data to fulfil your request, provide you with the information you requested and/or send you marketing communications. If you have applied for a job at VSC, your data will be processed for the purposes of evaluating and processing your application and candidacy for the position to which you have applied. We may also use your information to analyse and improve our recruiting and onboarding processes as well as to communicate with you about VSC events and to send you publications that we think may be of interest to you. More detail can be found in the Job Applicants section. ​

• VSC may collect personal data and may disclose such information to third party service providers in aggregate for marketing and promotional purposes. However, in these situations, we do not disclose to these entities any information that could be used to personally identify you. ​

• You do not have to provide us with any personal data.  However, if you do not, we may be unable to handle your request or to provide you with the services you are requesting. ​

• VSC will keep your personal data for as long as needed to handle your request or for as long as we have a relationship with you. If you have applied for a role with VSC, VSC will keep your personal data associated with your application for a period of up to three years. ​

• Please note that the VSC is not responsible for any information you may disclose publicly in any chat rooms, message boards, or similar web pages, including those hosted on or linked to our Site. You should keep in mind that, whenever you publicly disclose information about yourself online (for example, via message boards or chat rooms), such information could be collected and used by people whom you do not know. In addition, certain message boards and similar user forums may display IP addresses along with the message poster's name and message. VSC bears no responsibility for any action or policies of any third parties who collect any information users may disclose on the message boards, chat areas or other user forums, if any, on the Site.

Use of cookies on the site

• Our Site may use cookies or other technology to obtain certain types of information about you. You can disable or delete cookies by going to the Help section of your browser but certain functionalities of our Site might not work properly if you do so.​

• We may use cookies or other technology (“cookies”) to obtain certain types of information when you browse our Site. "Cookies" are small text files that are stored by your browser on your computer's hard drive. Cookies can be placed on your computer directly by one of our Site (first party cookies) or by another website (third party cookies).​

• We may use cookies to keep track of your visit to our Site, speed up navigation and improve your experience of the site, (for instance by remembering some of your preferences or choices, the last pages you visited or searches you carried out or by keeping you logged in).​

• Our Site may use cookies such as Google Analytics to carry out some analytics on and enhance our Site. These cookies help us understand, for example, how you use our Site, which pages are the most visited or where people visiting our Site are located.​

• We may also use cookies to enable you to share content on networking or social media sites or for marketing and promotional purposes where you have subscribed to our marketing communications from VSC.​

• The "help" section of most browsers will tell you how to prevent your browser from accepting new cookies, how to have the browser notify you when you receive new cookies, and how to disable or delete cookies altogether.

• If you choose to disable cookies, certain functionalities of our Site might not work.

Who we share your personal data with

• We may share your personal data with other companies / associates of the VSC as well as with other third parties that might be located in a different country than your country of residence for client projects for your business. The VSC will not share or sell your data to any third party for their own use.​

• We may share your personal data with others, such as:​

• VSC Approved and Verified Associates.

• carefully selected third party service providers, such as marketing service providers (if you have subscribed to our marketing communications), IT systems providers, recruitment service providers, background check providers, data cleansing providers or event organisers, so they can provide services to VSC;​

• our advisors;​

• law enforcement authorities or other government bodies when we are required to do so.​

• Third parties, other than law enforcement authorities or government bodies, will only handle your personal data on behalf of VSC for the purposes described in this Policy. VSC will not sell or otherwise share your personal data with such third parties for their own use.​

The companies of the VSC group and other third parties we share your information with may be located in other countries, including countries that do not offer the same protection to your personal data as the country in which you reside. Where that is the case, VSC ensures that your personal data is protected by using appropriate legal mechanisms. If you reside in the European Union, such mechanisms include using contracts or wording approved by the European Commission (called “Standard Contractual Clauses”)[3].

Links to other websites

• Our Site may contain links to third party websites that are governed by their own terms and privacy policies. VSC does not bear any liability and responsibility for the content or your use of these websites.​

• The Site may contain links to third party websites, including social network sites. Such websites are governed by their own terms of use and privacy policies, which you should review before browsing or submitting information to them. VSC is not responsible for the privacy practices of such websites. In addition, a link to a third party website does not mean that VSC endorses or accepts any responsibility for the content or the use of such web site. VSC shall not bear any liability and responsibility for such content or for your use of these websites.

Security of your personal data

• VSC has implemented appropriate technical and organisational security measures in order to protect your personal data from loss, misuse, alteration, or destruction.​

• VSC has implemented appropriate technical and organisational security measures in order to protect your personal data from loss, misuse, alteration, or destruction. Such measures include  anonymising [4] or pseudonymising[5] data where possible. Authorised VSC personnel and third parties mentioned above will only have access to your personal data to the extent they need it to do their job or provide their services. Despite these precautions, however, VSC cannot guarantee that unauthorised persons will not obtain access to your information.

Your Rights

• Depending on where you reside you might have the right to request access to, rectification or erasure of your personal data and to object to or ask for the restriction of the processing of your personal data. You might also have the right to withdraw your consent and request that we stop processing or delete your personal data.​

• Depending on where you reside, you may be entitled to certain rights regarding the personal data VSC holds about you. For instance, you may have the right to request access to your information, obtain a copy of it as well as information about how we use it. You have the right to request that we correct incorrect, inaccurate or out-of-date information about you. You may also have the right to request that we stop processing your information and/or withdraw your consent to such processing and to ask us to delete your information.​

• If you receive marketing communications from VSC, you can opt out of receiving future emails from VSC or unsubscribe from participating in our programs through the "preferences" page, which is accessible in every marketing email you receive from VSC.​

• If you wish to make a request about your personal data, please contact us via the Contact us Page. Please note that we will take reasonable steps to check your identity before handling your request.​

• If you think we are handling your information unlawfully, we encourage you to get in touch with us by clicking on the Contact us page. You may also have the right to lodge a complaint with the Information Commissioner’s Office: ICO

Contact Us

• If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or how VSC handles your personal data, please contact VSC Data Protection Officer, by sending an email on the Contact Us. ​

• Post: The UK Virtual Services Company Ltd. 27 Old Gloucester Street, London WC1N 3AF, United Kingdom.

Addendum:

• 1. The data controller is the person or company that, together or jointly with others, determines the purposes (why) and means (how) of the processing of personal data. The Data controller for VSC is Samantha French​

• 2. Personal data is any information that relates to an individual who is identified or identifiable, for instance by reference to a name, an identification number or an online identifier.​

• 3. Standard Contractual Clauses are an agreement that can be entered into by companies for transfers of personal data outside of the European Union. They are a mechanism approved by the European Commission to ensure adequate safeguards to personal data when it is transferred outside of the European Union.​

• 4. Anonymising means transforming data in such a way that it is no longer identifiable, i.e. the data can no longer be linked to an individual, even if combined with other information. Anonymous data is not considered "personal data".​

• 5. Pseudonymising means transforming data in such a way that it is no longer identifiable without the use of additional information. Pseudonymous data is still considered "personal data".