Privacy Notice and GDPR

Disclosure of your information

We may share your personal information with any member of Forest Communications.

We may share your information with selected third parties including:

Business partners, suppliers and sub-contractors for the performance of any contract we enter into with them or you. Sharing of information will comply with the GDPR legislation (25 May 2018).

to provide you with information about other products and services we offer that are similar to those that you have already purchased or enquired about.

To notify you about changes to our products and services.

Data Security

Cloud Services

Forest Communications suppliers use leading cloud infrastructure providers for hosting and storing client data. We ensure any cloud provider they use meets industry standards for data security.

By submitting your personal data, you agree to this transfer, storing or processing. Forest Communications will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that your data is treated securely and in accordance with our privacy policies.

Unfortunately, the transmission of information via the internet is not completely secure. Although we will do our best to protect your personal data, we cannot guarantee the security of your data transmitted to our websites; any transmission is at your own risk. Once we have received your information, we will use strict procedures and security features to try to prevent unauthorised access.

Data Backup

Regular backups are taken for company and client data. Tests are conducted regularly to ensure reliability and ease of recovery.

Data Encryption

Sensitive data will always be encrypted in transit. Data stored within our Cloud Platforms will also be encrypted in storage.

Protection and Detection

Throughout our and suppliers IT infrastructure there is a variety of anti-malware solutions. These are intended to detect and protect against unauthorized intrusion or access of data.

Data Retention

Data is only retained for the time necessary to process it for the purpose provided. While the purpose of processing data will vary, should you require information on retention times on any type of data, please contact us.

Forest Communications will be complying with the GDPR as a processor and controller of data.

We have developed a GDPR notice, which all employees have been trained to follow, and which will be reviewed regularly.

Forest Communications already has a strict regime with regards to the treatment of data, such as retention and shredding, in order to comply with the Data Protection Act.

No data is retained or obtained unless legitimately required to enable a service, billing, comply with lawful requirements or to enable a payment to be made. All information obtained is treated with integrity and confidentiality at all times. This includes offline and electronically stored data.

Where relevant and related, we will be using all reasonable endeavours to ensure that our third party and suppliers are complying with GDPR.

Our supplier’s technology platforms are regularly scrutinised and tested to check that their operation has the highest level security.

We have appointed a Data Protection Officer, who should be contacted on 02087330000 in the first instance if you suspect a breach has occurred or have any questions relating to our GDPR notice.

Changes to This Privacy Notice

Forest Communications reserves the right to make changes to this privacy notice at any time by giving notice to its users on this page. It is strongly recommended you check this page often, referring to the date of the last modification listed at the bottom.

Unless stated otherwise, the current privacy notice applies to all personal data Forest Communications . holds about its clients, its clients’ end user customers, its prospective customers.