1. Introduction
1.1 Important information and who we are
Welcome to DCE-Int Limited’s Privacy and Data Protection Policy (“Privacy Policy”).
At DCE-Int Limited (“we”, “us”, or “our”) we are committed to protecting and respecting your privacy and Personal Data in compliance with the United Kingdom General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”), the Data Protection Act 2018 and all other mandatory laws and regulations of the United Kingdom.
This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, process and keep your data safe. It tells you about your privacy rights, how the law protects you, and informs our employees and staff members of their obligations and protocols when processing data.
The individuals from which we may gather and use data can include customers and any other people that the organisation has a relationship with or may need to contact. This Privacy Policy applies to all our employees and staff members and all Personal Data processed at any time by us.
1.2 Your Data Controller
DCE-Int Limited is your Data Controller and responsible for your Personal Data. We are not obliged by the GDPR to appoint a data protection officer and have not voluntarily appointed one at this time. Any inquiries about your data should be sent by email to info@dce-int.com or by post to First Floor, Cql House Alington Road, Little Barford, St. Neots, PE19 6YH, United Kingdom.
You have the right to make a complaint at any time to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), the UK supervisory authority for data protection issues ( www.ico.org.uk). We would, however, appreciate the chance to deal with your concerns before you approach the ICO so please contact us in the first instance.
1.3 Processing data on behalf of a Controller
In discharging our responsibilities as a Data Controller we have employees who will deal with your data on our behalf (known as “Processors”). The Data Controller and our Processors have the following responsibilities:
- Ensure that all processing of Personal Data is governed by one of the legal bases laid out in the GDPR.
- Ensure that Processors authorised to process Personal Data have committed themselves to confidentiality or are under an appropriate statutory obligation of confidentiality.
- Implement appropriate technical and organisational measures to ensure a level of security appropriate to the risk associated with the processing of Personal Data.
- Obtain the prior specific or general authorisation of the Controller before engaging another Processor.
- Assist the Controller in responding to requests for exercising data subjects’ rights.
- Make available to the Controller all information necessary to demonstrate compliance with GDPR obligations.
- Maintain a record of all categories of processing activities carried out on behalf of a Controller.
- Cooperate, on request, with the supervisory authority in the performance of its tasks.
- Ensure that any person acting under the authority of the Processor who has access to Personal Data does not process it except on instructions from the Controller.
- Notify the Controller without undue delay after becoming aware of a Personal Data Breach.
2. Legal Basis for Data Collection
2.1 Types of data / Privacy policy scope
“Personal Data” means any information about an individual from which that person can be identified. It does not include data where the identity has been removed (anonymous data).
We may collect, use, store and transfer different kinds of Personal Data about you, including:
- Profile/Identity Data: first name, last name, gender, date of birth.
- Contact Data: phone number, addresses, email addresses.
We do not collect any Special Categories of Personal Data about you (including details about your race or ethnicity, religious or philosophical beliefs, sex life, sexual orientation, political opinions, trade union membership, information about your health, and genetic and biometric data). Nor do we collect any information about criminal convictions and offences.
2.2 The Legal Basis for Collecting That Data
The main avenues we rely on are:
- Consent: when you tick a box confirming you are happy to receive email newsletters from us, or opt in to a service.
- Contractual Obligations: information required to fulfil our contractual obligations and provide the promised service.
- Legal Compliance: data we are required by law to collect and process, such as fraudulent activity or other illegal actions.
- Legitimate Interest: information needed to meet our legitimate interests, reasonably expected as part of running our business, that will not have a material impact on your rights, freedom or interests.
3. How We Use Your Personal Data
We will only use your Personal Data when the law allows us to. We will only use it for the purposes for which we collected it, unless we reasonably consider that we need to use it for another reason and that reason is compatible with the original purpose. If you wish to get an explanation as to how processing for a new purpose is compatible with the original purpose, please contact us.
If we need to use your Personal Data for an unrelated purpose, we will notify you and explain the legal basis which allows us to do so. We may process your Personal Data without your knowledge or consent, in compliance with the above rules, where this is required or permitted by law.
4. Your Rights and How You Are Protected
4.1 Your legal rights
Under certain circumstances, you have the following rights under data protection laws in relation to your personal data:
- Right to be informed. You have a right to be informed about our purposes for processing your personal data, how long we store it for, and who it will be shared with.
- Right of access. This enables you to receive a copy of the personal data we hold about you and to check that we are lawfully processing it.
- Right to rectification. You have a right to request correction of the personal data that we hold about you.
- Right to erasure. You have the right to ask us to delete or remove personal data where there is no good reason for us continuing to process it.
- Right to object. You can object to the processing of personal data we hold about you in certain circumstances.
- Right to restrict processing. You have the right to request the restriction or suppression of your personal data in certain circumstances.
- Right to data portability. You have the right to request the transfer of your personal data to you or to a third party in a structured, commonly used, machine-readable format.
If you wish to make a request under any of these rights, please contact us at info@dce-int.com.
4.2 How DCE-Int Limited protects your Personal Data
Any Personal Data collected by us is only accessible by a limited number of employees who have special access rights to such systems and are bound by obligations of confidentiality. If and when we use subcontractors to store your data, we will not relinquish control of your Personal Data or expose it to security risks that would not have arisen had the data remained in our possession. However, no transmission of data over the internet is guaranteed to be completely secure. While we strive to protect your Personal Data, we cannot ensure or warrant the security of any Personal Data you transmit to us. Any such transmission is done at your own risk. If you believe that your interaction with us is no longer secure, please contact us.
4.3 How to request your data
You will not have to pay a fee to access your Personal Data (or to exercise any of the other rights). However, if your request is clearly unfounded, we could refuse to comply with your request. We may need to request specific information from you to help us confirm your identity and ensure you have the right to access your Personal Data.
5. Your Data and Third Parties
We may share Personal Data with interested parties in the event that DCE-Int Limited anticipates a change in control or the acquisition of all or part of our business or assets, or in connection with the licensing of our technology. If DCE-Int Limited is sold or makes a sale or transfer, we may transfer, sell or assign your Personal Data to a third party as part of or in connection with that transaction. Upon such transfer, the Privacy Policy of the acquiring entity may govern the further use of your Personal Data.
We may share your Personal Data at any time if required for legal reasons or in order to enforce our terms or this Privacy Policy.
6. How Long We Retain Your Data
We will only retain your Personal Data for as long as reasonably necessary to fulfil the purposes we collected it for. We may retain your Personal Data for a longer period than usual in the event of a complaint or if we reasonably believe there is a prospect of litigation in respect to our relationship with you.
7. Age Limit for Our Users
You must not use DCE-Int Limited unless you are aged 16 or older. If you are under 16 and you access DCE-Int Limited by lying about your age, you must immediately stop using DCE-Int Limited. This website is not intended for children and we do not knowingly collect data relating to children.
8. International Transfer of Data
Your information may be stored and processed in the US or other countries or jurisdictions outside the US where DCE-Int Limited has facilities. By using DCE-Int Limited, you are permitting and consenting to the transfer of information, including Personal Data, outside of the US.
9. Notification of Changes and Acceptance of Policy
We keep our Privacy Policy under review and will place any updates here. This version is dated 10 August 2026.
By using DCE-Int Limited, you consent to the collection and use of data by us as set out in this Privacy Policy. Continued access or use of DCE-Int Limited will constitute your express acceptance of any modifications to this Privacy Policy.
10. Interpretation
All uses of the word “including” mean “including but not limited to” and the enumerated examples are not intended to in any way limit the term which they serve to illustrate. Any email addresses set out in this policy may be used solely for the purpose for which they are stated to be provided, and any unrelated correspondence will be ignored. Unless otherwise required by law, we reserve the right to not respond to emails, even if they relate to a legitimate subject matter for which we have provided an email address.
Our staff are not authorised to contract on behalf of DCE-Int Limited, waive rights or make representations. If anything contained in an email from a DCE-Int Limited address contradicts anything in this policy, our terms or any official public announcement on our website, or is inconsistent with or amounts to a waiver of any DCE-Int Limited rights, the email content will be read down to grant precedence to the latter. The only exception to this is genuine correspondence expressed to be from the DCE-Int Limited legal department.