SUMO Developments will be what is known as the 'Controller' of the personal data you provide to us. SUMO Development's registration number is 10649274 and our registered address is Cheadle Royal Business Park, Brooks Dr, Cheadle SK8 3TD.

SUMO Developments is committed to protecting and respecting your privacy. This notice sets out the basis on which any personal data we collect from you, or that you provide us, will be processed by us.

Who we are and what we do

We are a property development business and collect personal data from the following types of people to allow us to undertake our business:

  • Supplier contacts to support our services
  • Estate Agents (companies and employees)
  • Employees, consultants, temporary workers (current and potential)
  • Sellers and Buyers of our properties

How do we obtain your information?

  • When you register your interest for one of our properties
  • When you correspond with us by phone, email or otherwise
  • When you apply for jobs with us
  • When you provide us with your estate agency services
  • When we purchase products or services from you
  • When you use our website
  • When we purchase a property from you
  • When you purchase one of our properties, either through SUMO or an estate agency

How Do We Use Your Data?

All personal data is processed and stored securely, for no longer than is necessary in light of the reason(s) for which it was first collected, or for other essential purposes such as complying with our legal obligations, resolving disputes and enforcing our policies. After it is no longer necessary for us to retain your personal information, we will dispose of it in a secure manner.

Data will therefore be retained for the following periods (or its retention will be determined on the following bases):

  • For the length of the contract or business relationship, or for such longer period as we believe, in good faith, that the law or relevant regulators require us to preserve your data
  • Beyond the length of the contract or business relationship should you wish to receive continued marketing or information from SUMO Developments

Our use of your personal data will always have a lawful basis, either because it is necessary for our performance of a contract with you, because you have consented to our use of your personal data, or because it is in ours (and yours) legitimate interests. Specifically, we may use your data for the following purposes:

  • Supplying our properties or services to you
  • Receiving products and services from you
  • Replying to emails from you
  • Supplying you with emails that you have opted into
  • Analysing your use of our site and gathering feedback to enable us to continually improve our Site and your user experience;

With your permission and/or where permitted by law, we may also use your data for marketing purposes which may include contacting you by email, telephone, text message and post with information on our properties or services.

You have the right to withdraw your consent to us using your personal data at any time, and to request that we delete it.

How Do We Store Your Data?

All of the personal data we hold about you will be processed by our staff in the United Kingdom, and accessed by our cloud-based CRM system, Bullhorn (UK data centre). We take all reasonable steps to ensure that your personal data is processed securely and prevent unauthorised access to, and misuse of your personal data.

Legal Basis for Processing

Our legal basis for the processing of personal data is contract, legal obligation and consent for specific uses of data.

We will rely on contract if we are negotiating or have entered into an agreement with you or your organisation or any other contract to provide services to you or receive services from you or your organisation.

We will rely on legal obligation if we are legally required to hold information on to you to fulfil our legal obligations.

We will, in some circumstances, rely on consent for particular uses of your data and you will be asked for your express consent, if legally required.

Who do we share your data with?

Unless you specify otherwise, we may share your information with any of our group companies or estate agents where we feel this will help us to provide you with the best possible service, relevant to your initial dealings with us.

As required under GDPR, we will only share your information with other third parties with your express consent.

Marketing

We would like to send you information about SUMO Development properties, as well as properties from other companies in our group which may be of interest to you. Please click here to opt-in to marketing.

If you have consented to receive marketing, you may opt-out at a later date. You have a right at any time to stop us from contacting you for marketing purposes or giving your information to other members of the group.

If you no longer wish to be contacted for marketing purposes, please click here.

Access to your information and correction

You may ask us to confirm what information we hold about you at any time, and request us to modify, update or delete such information. If you wish to access your data at any time, there will be no administration charge (unless the request is excessive) and the request should be fulfilled within 30 days.

To make such a request, please email [email protected]

Cookies

Cookies are text files placed on your computer to collect standard internet log information and visitor behaviour information. This information is used to track visitor use of the website and to compile statistical reports on website activity. You can view our cookie policy here.

For further information visit www.aboutcookies.org or www.allaboutcookies.org. You can set your browser not to accept cookies and the above websites tell you how to remove cookies from your browser. However, in a few cases some of our website features may not function as a result.

Changes to our privacy notice

Any changes we make to our privacy notice in the future will be posted on this page and, where appropriate, notified to you by email. Please check back frequently to see any updates or changes to our privacy notice.

Contact

Questions, comments or requests regarding this privacy notice are welcomed and should be addressed to [email protected]