The Development Company UK ltd (DCo) operates the site www.developmentco.com to provide information on our services including: Bespoke Development Programmes, Assessment Centres and Development Centres, Facilitation and Keynote Speaking, Executive Coaching and Mentoring, and Psychometric Testing.
The Development Company UK ltd also publish white papers, case studies, blog posts and podcast episodes on www.developmentco.com regularly to provide further information on topics surrounding the learning and development industry.
The Development Company UK ltd is committed to protecting users’ privacy and addressing potential privacy concerns. The following information has been posted to help you, the consumer, understand what private information we collect and how your information is used.
WHY YOUR DATA MATTERS TO US
At The Development Company UK ltd we take your privacy seriously. We will only use your information to administer your account, communicate with you about our services and provide the products and services you have requested from us.
TYPES OF PRIVATE INFORMATION COLLECTED
To best serve your needs, we collect the following types of information when you visit www.developmentco.com via CTA’s and forms located across multiple areas of the website.
Personal information
We collect the following personal information from our users:
- Name
- Mailing address
- Phone number
- Email address
- Work email address
- Organisation/company
- Job role
You can always choose to provide less information. However, omitting some of this personal information may limit your ability to access all of the benefits of our website and services. For example, we will not be able to respond to any inquiries that don’t have a phone number or email address.
Automatically Collected Data
We automatically collect data on how our users visit www.developmentco.com, such as your IP address, location, browser, browser language, operating system, device identifiers, and cookies. This data is monitored using Google Analytics.
Our website currently uses cookies to enhance its functionality. You may disable cookies in your web browser, but this may limit your experience on www.developmentco.com.
Social Media Information
The Development Company UK ltd also collects information via lead generation forms across our official social media channels. Depending on the social media network, this can include your username, name, email address, friends list, and more. In addition, we collect demographic data when users interact with The Development Company UK ltd social media accounts.
We will never use lead generation forms on our social media channels that ask for sensitive information or payment for any services. Furthermore, we will only use our official accounts to publish lead generation forms.
The official social media accounts for The Development Company UK ltd are as follows:
- Facebook – developmentco
- Instagram – @developmentcoUK
- LinkedIn – The Development Company UK
- X – @developmentco
Policy on Collecting Sensitive Information
The Development Company UK ltd does not gather any of your sensitive personal information, such as your social security/national insurance number, driver’s license number, race, ethnicity, religion, health metrics, political associations, or details on your criminal background.
Embedded Content from Other Websites
Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.
These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
HOW THE INFORMATION COLLECTED IS USED
We only use your personal information to help you utilise everything The Development Company UK ltd has to offer. This includes:
- Creating and maintaining an account with us
- Developing your organisations bespoke programmes
- Fulfilling user inquiries
- Communicating our sales and promotions
- Contacting you regarding updates to our company policies
- Making all of The Development Company UK ltd’s services and resources available to you in a convenient manner
- To share and communicate marketing initiatives and campaigns
- Evaluating analytics to see how our customers engage with www.developmentco.com
- To contact clients for testimonial, recommendations, and likeness for marketing purposes
WHO WE SHARE YOUR DATA WITH
All personal data is processed by staff at The Development Company UK ltd in the United Kingdom, however, for the purposes of IT hosting and maintenance this information is located on servers within the European Union. Some of our phone calls are recorded, stored and processed for training purposes and to be able to clarify supplied information.
Data is stored on secure and established sales and marketing CMS platforms, and is regularly cleansed and updated to ensure all data is correct.
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
If you are attending a development programme, The Development Company UK ltd may share specific information with third party suppliers for this to occur. The data sharing is to enable you to receive the service you have requested from us, and is in the interest of your wellbeing and/or safety. You will always know and be asked for your consent when this is the case.
HOW LONG WE RETAIN YOUR DATA
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognise and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.
We have a Data Protection regime in place to oversee the effective and secure processing of your personal data and we keep your information for as long as it is necessary to honour the terms of our contract with you or your organisation.
If you have filled out a form and consented to further communications, we will store your data until you wish to update it or unsubscribe from any further communications. This information is not stored with third parties and you can request that we remove you from our contacts list at any time via phone, email, our website or the unsubscribe link at the bottom of our emails. You can also request to see this information and have it corrected or deleted at any time.
INFORMATION SECURITY
We do our best to keep your private information secure and safe. Most of your personal information is encrypted and is therefore protected from being accessed by outside users. However, data leaks and malicious attacks do happen. Please understand that while we do our best to protect your data, providing your personal information is at your own risk.
ABILITY TO DECLINE OR PROVIDE PRIVATE INFORMATION
You can, of course, decline to disclose your personal information to us. However, the failure to provide us with pertinent information may limit your ability to fully benefit from The Development Company UK ltd and all of its offerings. Remember, we only ask for personal information that can help us fully provide our services to our clients.
ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS
If you have questions regarding this privacy policy, feel free to contact us at datacontrol@developmentco.com. A DCo representative will respond to your privacy policy questions as soon as possible.