Privacy & Cookie Policy
Privacy & Cookie Policy
Brigantes Consulting Ltd (“Brigantes”, “we”, “us” or “our”) is committed to protecting the privacy and security of personal information.
This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, store and protect personal information when you visit the Brigantes website, contact us, engage with our services, attend an event or otherwise interact with us.
Brigantes is a specialist defence procurement and military equipment distribution company serving professional users, defence organisations and NATO-aligned markets. We work with specialist equipment manufacturers, distributors, procurement organisations and end users to provide equipment and capability for demanding operational environments.
This policy explains your rights under applicable UK data protection law, including the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR) and the Data Protection Act 2018.
Brigantes Consulting Ltd is a limited company registered in England and Wales.
Registered number: 8834019
Registered office: Alum Chine House, 5 Alum Chine Road, Westbourne, Bournemouth, Dorset BH4 8DT
For the purposes of UK data protection law, Brigantes Consulting Ltd is the data controller responsible for personal information processed in connection with this website and our business activities.
If you have any questions about how we use your personal information, please contact us using the contact details provided on our website.
Brigantes is part of the Halo International group of companies. Where appropriate, personal information may be shared with other companies within the group in accordance with this Privacy Policy.
Depending on how you interact with us, we may collect the following types of personal information:
Contact information, such as your name, job title, organisation, email address, telephone number and business address.
Professional information, such as your role, organisation, area of responsibility and information relevant to a procurement, product or business enquiry.
Enquiry information, including the contents of messages, requests, correspondence and other information you choose to provide to us.
Business relationship information, including information relating to customers, suppliers, manufacturers, distributors, procurement organisations and other business contacts.
Event and engagement information, where you provide information to us when attending exhibitions, trade shows, demonstrations, meetings or other industry events.
Website and technical information, such as IP address, browser type, device type, operating system, approximate location, pages visited and information about how you use our website.
Cookie and similar technology information, as described in our Cookie Policy.
Information from publicly available sources, including professional websites, company websites and professional networking platforms, where this is appropriate and lawful for business-to-business purposes.
We ask that you do not submit classified information, sensitive operational information, security credentials, export-controlled technical information or other information that you are not authorised to disclose through our website contact forms.
We may use personal information to:
respond to enquiries and requests for information;
communicate with customers, prospective customers, suppliers, manufacturers, distributors and other business contacts;
provide information about Brigantes' products, capabilities and services;
support defence procurement and business development activities;
manage and administer our relationships with customers and business partners;
arrange meetings, demonstrations, events and other business activities;
process and manage orders, quotations and commercial relationships;
communicate with professional users and relevant procurement organisations;
assess and develop business opportunities;
provide customer and technical support;
improve, maintain and secure our website and IT systems;
understand how visitors use our website and improve its content and functionality;
maintain appropriate business, financial and regulatory records;
comply with applicable legal and regulatory requirements; and
meet requirements relating to defence procurement, export controls, sanctions, trade controls, end-user requirements and other governmental or regulatory obligations where applicable.
Under the UK GDPR, we rely on one or more of the following legal bases:
Consent – where you have provided consent for us to process your information for a specific purpose, such as certain types of marketing or non-essential cookies.
Legitimate interests – where processing is necessary for our legitimate business interests, including responding to business enquiries, managing professional relationships, developing our business, maintaining website security and communicating with relevant business contacts, provided those interests are not overridden by your rights and interests.
Contract – where processing is necessary to enter into or perform a contract with you or your organisation, or to take steps at your request before entering into a contract.
Legal obligation – where processing is necessary for us to comply with a legal or regulatory obligation.
As a company operating within the defence and specialist equipment sector, Brigantes may be required to process personal information in connection with legitimate procurement, compliance and regulatory activities.
This may include information necessary to:
establish and manage professional relationships;
conduct appropriate customer, supplier or end-user checks;
comply with applicable export-control and trade-control requirements;
comply with applicable sanctions and restricted-party requirements;
meet contractual or governmental procurement requirements;
maintain records relating to transactions and business relationships; and
respond to requests from competent governmental, regulatory or law-enforcement authorities.
We only process personal information for these purposes where there is an appropriate lawful basis for doing so.
We may receive personal information from sources other than directly from you.
These may include:
your employer or organisation;
customers, suppliers or business partners;
manufacturers and distribution partners;
procurement organisations;
event organisers;
publicly available professional or company information;
professional networking platforms;
regulatory or governmental bodies; and
other lawful business information sources.
Where required by law, we will provide appropriate privacy information when personal information is obtained from another source.
We may share personal information where necessary and lawful with:
other companies within the Halo International group;
manufacturers, suppliers and distribution partners;
customers and prospective customers where necessary to provide our services or progress a business enquiry;
professional advisers and business service providers;
website hosting, IT, communications and analytics providers;
payment, accounting and administrative service providers where applicable;
regulatory, governmental or law-enforcement authorities where required or permitted by law; and
other parties where necessary to establish, exercise or defend our legal rights.
Where third-party service providers process personal information on our behalf, we take appropriate steps to ensure that suitable contractual and data protection safeguards are in place.
We do not sell personal information to third parties.
As a business-to-business defence organisation, we may communicate with professional contacts about Brigantes' products, capabilities, services, industry developments, events and other relevant business information.
Where required by law, we will obtain consent before sending electronic marketing communications.
You can ask us to stop sending marketing communications at any time. Where an unsubscribe facility is provided, you can use this to opt out.
We may continue to send essential service or business communications where these are necessary and are not marketing communications.
Some of our group companies, suppliers or service providers may process personal information outside the UK or European Economic Area.
Where personal information is transferred internationally, we take appropriate steps to ensure that suitable safeguards are in place in accordance with applicable UK data protection law. These safeguards may include the UK International Data Transfer Agreement, the UK Addendum to EU Standard Contractual Clauses, adequacy regulations or another lawful transfer mechanism.
We retain personal information only for as long as necessary for the purposes for which it was collected.
The length of time information is retained depends on factors including:
the nature of our relationship with you or your organisation;
the purpose for which the information was collected;
contractual requirements;
legal, accounting and regulatory requirements;
defence, export-control or compliance requirements; and
our legitimate business needs.
When information is no longer required, we will securely delete or anonymise it where appropriate.
Our website uses cookies and similar technologies to operate effectively, remember preferences and, where permitted, understand how visitors use our website.
These may include:
Strictly necessary cookies – required for the website to operate.
Functional cookies – used to remember choices and preferences.
Analytics cookies – used to understand website usage and improve our website.
Where required by law, we will obtain consent before placing non-essential cookies on your device.
Further information about the cookies used on our website, their purposes and how you can manage your preferences will be provided in our Cookie Policy.
We take appropriate technical and organisational measures to protect personal information against unauthorised access, loss, misuse, alteration, disclosure or destruction.
However, no internet transmission or electronic storage system can be guaranteed to be completely secure.
Subject to certain legal conditions and exemptions, you have rights under UK data protection law, including the right to:
request access to the personal information we hold about you;
request correction of inaccurate or incomplete information;
request erasure of your personal information in certain circumstances;
request restriction of processing in certain circumstances;
object to certain types of processing, including processing based on legitimate interests;
request portability of certain personal information;
withdraw consent where we rely on consent as our lawful basis; and
object to direct marketing.
You will not normally have to pay a fee to exercise your rights. We may need to verify your identity before responding to a request.
To exercise your rights, please contact us using the contact details provided on our website.
You also have the right to complain to the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) if you believe that your personal information has been handled unlawfully.
We do not currently use personal information to make decisions based solely on automated processing, including profiling, that produce legal or similarly significant effects on individuals.
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our business, website, data-processing practices or applicable legal and regulatory requirements.
Any changes will be published on this page together with an updated revision date.
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, how we handle personal information, or wish to exercise your data protection rights, please contact Brigantes Consulting Ltd through the contact details provided on our website.
Brigantes Consulting Ltd
Bradninch Hall
Castle Street
Exeter
Devon
EX4 3PL
Registered in England and Wales
Company registration number: 8834019
