Privacy & Cookie Policy

1. Who We Are

The Collaborative Construction Collective Group (CCCG) operates the website at thecccg.co.uk. We are the data controller for personal data collected through this website. If you have any questions about this policy, please contact us at info@thecccg.co.uk.

2. What Data We Collect

We may collect the following categories of personal data:

• Contact information — name, email address, phone number, and company name when you submit an enquiry or membership application.
• Usage data — pages visited, time spent on site, browser type, and device information, collected via analytics cookies (only with your consent).
• Communications — the content of messages you send us through our contact or enquiry forms.

3. How We Use Your Data

We use your personal data to:

• Respond to your enquiries and membership applications.
• Send you information about CCCG events, news, and updates (where you have consented or have a legitimate interest).
• Improve our website and services through anonymised analytics.
• Comply with our legal obligations.

4. Legal Basis for Processing

We process your personal data on the following legal bases under UK GDPR:

• Consent — for analytics cookies and marketing communications.
• Legitimate interests — for responding to enquiries and improving our services.
• Contractual necessity — for processing membership applications.
• Legal obligation — where required by law.

5. Cookies

We use cookies to improve your experience on our website. Cookies are small text files stored on your device. We use the following types of cookies:

You can manage or delete cookies through your browser settings. For more information, visit aboutcookies.org.

6. Data Sharing

We do not sell your personal data. We may share data with trusted third-party service providers who assist us in operating our website and business (e.g. email delivery, analytics), subject to appropriate data processing agreements. We will disclose data if required by law.

7. Data Retention

We retain personal data only for as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes for which it was collected, or as required by law. Enquiry data is typically retained for up to 2 years. Membership data is retained for the duration of membership and up to 6 years thereafter.

8. Your Rights

Under UK GDPR, you have the right to:

• Access — request a copy of the personal data we hold about you.
• Rectification — ask us to correct inaccurate or incomplete data.
• Erasure — request deletion of your personal data in certain circumstances.
• Restriction — ask us to restrict processing of your data.
• Portability — receive your data in a structured, machine-readable format.
• Object — object to processing based on legitimate interests.
• Withdraw consent — at any time, where processing is based on consent.

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at info@thecccg.co.uk. We will respond within 30 days.

9. Complaints

If you are unhappy with how we handle your personal data, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the UK Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) at ico.org.uk.

10. Changes to This Policy

We may update this policy from time to time. Any changes will be posted on this page with an updated date. We encourage you to review this policy periodically.