MRAG Ltd privacy notice
This privacy notice tells you what to expect us to do with your personal information
Contact details
Post: MRAG Ltd, 18 Queen Street, LONDON, W1J 5PN, GB
Telephone: 02072557755
Email: dpo@mrag.co.uk
What information we collect, use, and why?
We collect or use the following information to provide and improve our services for clients:
- Names and contact details
- Addresses
- Gender
- Pronoun preferences
- Occupation
- Date of birth
- Marital status
- Third party information (such as family members or other relevant parties)
- Payment details (including card or bank information for transfers and direct debits)
- Financial data (including income and expenditure)
- Transaction data (including details about payments to and from you and details services you have purchased)
- Usage data (including information about how you interact with and use our website, and services)
- Information relating to compliments or complaints
- Video recordings
- Audio recordings (eg calls)
- Records of meetings and decisions
- Account access information
- Website user information
We collect or use the following personal information for the operation of client or customer accounts:
- Names and contact details
- Addresses
- Purchase or service history
- Account information, including registration details
- Information used for security purposes
- Marketing preferences
- Technical data, including information about browser and operating systems
We collect or use the following personal information for information updates or marketing purposes:
- Names and contact details
- Addresses
- Profile information
- Marketing preferences
- Purchase or account history
- Website and app user journey information
- IP addresses
We collect or use the following personal information for research or archiving purposes:
- Names and contact details
- Addresses
- Purchase or client account history
- Website and app user journey information
- IP addresses
We collect or use the following personal information to comply with legal requirements:
- Contact information
- Identification documents
- Client account information
- Health and safety information
- Any other personal information required to comply with legal obligations
We collect or use the following personal information to protect client welfare:
- Names and contact information
- Client account information
We collect or use the following personal information for recruitment purposes:
- Contact details (eg name, address, telephone number or personal email address)
- Date of birth
- Copies of passports or other photo ID
- Employment history (eg job application, employment references or secondary employment)
- Education history (eg qualifications)
- Right to work information
We collect or use the following personal information for dealing with queries, complaints or claims:
- Names and contact details
- Addresses
- Payment details
- Account information
- Purchase or service history
- Call recordings
- Photographs
- Relevant information from previous investigations
- Customer or client accounts and records
- Financial transaction information
- Information relating to health and safety (including incident investigation details and reports and accident book records)
- Correspondence
How do we collect your data?
- Directly from you
- Regulatory authorities
- Publicly available sources
- Providers of marketing lists and other personal information
- Suppliers and service providers
Lawful bases and data protection rights
Under UK data protection law, we must have a “lawful basis” for collecting and using your personal information. There is a list of possible lawful bases in the UK GDPR. You can find out more about lawful bases on the ICO’s website. Which lawful basis we rely on may affect your data protection rights which are set out in brief below. You can find out more about your data protection rights and the exemptions which may apply on the ICO’s website:
- Your right of access - You have the right to ask us for copies of your personal information. You can request other information such as details about where we get personal information from and who we share personal information with. There are some exemptions which means you may not receive all the information you ask for. Read more about the right of access.
- Your right to rectification - You have the right to ask us to correct or delete personal information you think is inaccurate or incomplete. Read more about the right to rectification.
- Your right to erasure - You have the right to ask us to delete your personal information. Read more about the right to erasure.
- Your right to restriction of processing - You have the right to ask us to limit how we can use your personal information. Read more about the right to restriction of processing.
- Your right to object to processing - You have the right to object to the processing of your personal data. Read more about the right to object to processing.
- Your right to data portability - You have the right to ask that we transfer the personal information you gave us to another organisation, or to you. Read more about the right to data portability.
- Your right to withdraw consent – When we use consent as our lawful basis you have the right to withdraw your consent at any time. Read more about the right to withdraw consent.
If you make a request, we must respond to you without undue delay and in any event within one month.
To make a data protection rights request, please contact us using the contact details at the top of this privacy notice.
Our lawful bases for the collection and use of your data
Our lawful bases for collecting or using personal information to provide and improve products and services for clients are:
- Consent - we have permission from you after we gave you all the relevant information. All of your data protection rights may apply, except the right to object. To be clear, you do have the right to withdraw your consent at any time.
- Contract – we have to collect or use the information so we can enter into or carry out a contract with you.
All of your data protection rights may apply except the right to object.
Our lawful bases for collecting or using personal information for the operation of client or customer accounts are:
- Consent - we have permission from you after we gave you all the relevant information. All of your data protection rights may apply, except the right to object. To be clear, you do have the right to withdraw your consent at any time.
- Contract – we have to collect or use the information so we can enter into or carry out a contract with you. All of your data protection rights may apply except the right to object.
- Legal obligation – we have to collect or use your information so we can comply with the law. All of your data protection rights may apply, except the right to erasure, the right to object and the right to data portability.
Our lawful bases for collecting or using personal information for information updates or marketing purposes are:
- Consent - we have permission from you after we gave you all the relevant information. All of your data protection rights may apply, except the right to object. To be clear, you do have the right to withdraw your consent at any time.
Our lawful bases for collecting or using personal information for research or archiving purposes:
- Consent - we have permission from you after we gave you all the relevant information. All of your data protection rights may apply, except the right to object. To be clear, you do have the right to withdraw your consent at any time.
- Contract – we have to collect or use the information so we can enter into or carry out a contract with you. All of your data protection rights may apply except the right to object.
- Legal obligation – we have to collect or use your information so we can comply with the law. All of your data protection rights may apply, except the right to erasure, the right to object and the right to data portability.
Our lawful bases for collecting or using personal information to comply with legal requirements:
- Consent - we have permission from you after we gave you all the relevant information. All of your data protection rights may apply, except the right to object. To be clear, you do have the right to withdraw your consent at any time.
- Contract – we have to collect or use the information so we can enter into or carry out a contract with you. All of your data protection rights may apply except the right to object.
- Legal obligation – we have to collect or use your information so we can comply with the law. All of your data protection rights may apply, except the right to erasure, the right to object and the right to data portability.
Our lawful bases for collecting or using personal information to protect client welfare are:
- Consent - we have permission from you after we gave you all the relevant information. All of your data protection rights may apply, except the right to object. To be clear, you do have the right to withdraw your consent at any time.
- Contract – we have to collect or use the information so we can enter into or carry out a contract with you. All of your data protection rights may apply except the right to object.
Our lawful bases for collecting or using personal information for recruitment purposes are:
- Consent - we have permission from you after we gave you all the relevant information. All of your data protection rights may apply, except the right to object. To be clear, you do have the right to withdraw your consent at any time.
- Contract – we have to collect or use the information so we can enter into or carry out a contract with you. All of your data protection rights may apply except the right to object.
- Legal obligation – we have to collect or use your information so we can comply with the law. All of your data protection rights may apply, except the right to erasure, the right to object and the right to data portability.
Our lawful bases for collecting or using personal information for dealing with queries, complaints or claims are:
- Consent - we have permission from you after we gave you all the relevant information. All of your data protection rights may apply, except the right to object. To be clear, you do have the right to withdraw your consent at any time.
- Contract – we have to collect or use the information so we can enter into or carry out a contract with you. All of your data protection rights may apply except the right to object.
How long we keep information
If we no longer need your data, we will delete it or make it anonymous by removing all details that identify a person. Our retention schedule for personnel records is 5 years after leaving employment for financial records is 10 years.
Sharing information outside the UK
Where necessary, we may transfer personal information outside of the UK. When doing so, we comply with the UK GDPR, making sure appropriate safeguards are in place.
For further information or to obtain a copy of the appropriate safeguard for any of the transfers below, please contact us using the contact information provided above.
Organisation name: MRAG Europe
Category of recipient: consultants
Country the personal information is sent to: Countries of the European Union
How the transfer complies with UK data protection law: The country or sector has been assessed as providing adequate protection to data subjects (also known as Adequacy Regulations or UK data bridge)
Changes to our privacy policy
Our Company keeps its privacy policy under regular review and places any updates on this web page. This privacy policy was last updated on 17 July 2025.
How to complain
If you have any concerns about our use of your personal data, you can make a complaint to us using the contact details at the top of this privacy notice.
If you remain unhappy with how we’ve used your data after raising a complaint with us, you can also complain to the ICO.
The ICO’s address:
Information Commissioner’s Office
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF
Helpline number: 0303 123 1113
Website: https://www.ico.org.uk/make-a-complaint