Open Water Development Ltd is an established leadership development consultancy firm registered at 32 Milton Park, London, N6 5QA, UK. Company registration #06571756. Open Water Development Ltd is ‘The Data Collector” responsible for the processing of personal data as outlined in this privacy statement.
We collect your personal data as you use our services or you have provided us with these data. These can include the following: first name, last name, address, phone number, email address, job title, company name, company address, payment details where relevant, IP address and the geographical location of where you accessed our website. We can also see information about how you interact with our website, information from cookies (if you have consented to their use) and information about your computer or other electronic device (tablet and browser type). We only use cookies to track visits to the website, we don’t use them to store your personal details.
There are several ways we may collect information about you. These include:
Open Water Development Ltd only provides personal data to third parties strictly and only when required for the execution of our services under our assignment with you or when required by law.
We will keep hold of your data for no longer than necessary. The length of time we retain it will depend on any legal obligations we have (such as tax recording purposes), the nature of any contracts we have in place with you, the existence of your consent or our legitimate interests as a business.
When you buy training and development or consultancy from us, we retain that information for a period of six years following the end of the financial year during which you purchased from us. It is our legal obligation to keep these records for tax purposes.
Unless you provide consent for future contact during your enquiry, we will keep your information for as long is required to respond and complete your enquiry, and for a further 12 months, before deleting your information.
Diagnostic information, including assessment results, may be retained for the purposes of benchmarking for a period of 10 years from the time of the engagement
Details on your interactions with Open Water may be used to review the relevance and quality of the products and services we offer. However, we do not undertake any automated profiling or automated decision-making processes.
Alumni information will be retained for a period of 7 years from the time you graduate from an Open Water Program. There will be record that you have been a program alumnus.
Open Water Development Ltd takes protection of personal data very serious and undertakes adequate measures to safeguard against misuse, loss, unauthorized access, undesired publication and any unlawful amendment. Should you be under the impression that your personal data are not properly safe guarded or that there may be an indication of misuse, please contact us at hello@open-water.com
Subject to certain limitations, you have the right to:
If you have concerns or questions over the collection, storage or processing of your data, you are encouraged in the first instance to contact the designated Privacy Protection Officer at Open Water Development Ltd t to discuss and resolve any issues. Currently Marika Cysouw holds this position. Her email address is marika@open-water.com. You also have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority. In the UK, this is the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO). Contact details for the ICO are available here