Nctar del Verbo
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- Title
- Nctar del Verbo
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- Prada, Maria Rial
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Néctar del verbo nos revela a través de sus versos la comunión entre el alma, el sentir y la percepción que conjuga la autora con el universo.
Explorar sus letras nos traslada a ser testigos del torrente de sentimientos que fluyen en su paso y se desbordan para el deleite nuestro.
Cada poema bosqueja y construye ese paso en la existencia. Y de qué forma enaltece los sentidos, al maravillarnos e inundarnos de su percepción, que de forma grácil expone. Nos permite ese acercamiento íntimo con la naturaleza y sus detalles, a veces imperceptibles. De la misma forma, evoca esa sutil sensación, que el amor brinda por el simple hecho de existir. Ambos concilian su presencia en el universo poético que nos obsequia.
“María Rial Issisora desnuda su espíritu, para que nos embarquemos en sus ríos de inspiración y nos acunemos en su suave voz poética; la que nos guía a una comunión de nuestro ser infinito y el entorno”.
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Néctar del Verbo
Poesía
By María Rial PradaBalboa Press
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Piel de Río
Tú, eterna primavera; dos ríos.
mis manos desnudas que se convierten
en flores, vida, pasión, fuego y sentimiento.
Hoy por ti; el anhelo del alma
levanta el telón de mis párpados,
para que mire el cielo
cuando me despierta tu sonrisa,
dúctil y melodiosa.
Silentes tus ojos, mis manos.
Desnudos ríos de amor nacen de mí
para ti ...
El sol vivo de mis días renace
y nuestros corazones agradecidos, se elevan,
reciben, abrazan; viven enamorados.
Latiendo al unísono.
Éter luminoso, viento y brisa
besando toda la humanidad.
La gota exuberante del creador flota.
El océano de vida enciende su gema destilada.
¡Oh, Tierra mía!
¿De dónde brota tanto amor?
¿De quién es el rocío de esta lágrima diamantina?
¿De quién es el verbo, que se desliza juguetón
sobre tu boca cuando tus labios,
con su sonrisa se evaporan en dulzura?
¿Quién es el cálido alimento de nuestro corazón;
el que corona de besos la luz de la mirada?
Donde renacen mis versos,
entre torrenciales cascadas;
dos besos, cielo y tierra,
y se cristaliza el amor frente a los ojos.
¡Oh!, piel de río ... Llovizna de ternura.
Rostro impregnado de luz y la paz en tu regazo
mientras, caudalosos siguen mis ríos
regalando la generosidad del sol amante,
coloreando de canela, la miel de mis versos.
Recorriéndote; bañándote la vida,
que como alfombra de dulzura,
mi cariño la posa en tu camino.
Entregándote, con el abrazo cálido.
Selva y riqueza, vida;
la exuberante bondad del cielo.
Nuestro hogar anidado a una estrella,
en millones de estrellas se prende el infinito.
Vigilantes de este fastuoso recorrido del amor, algunos
luceros se hacen cómplices, de nuestro universo.
El anhelo del alma llega a ti ...
La pasión desnuda de un espacio abierto de
Dios: Majestuosa sinfonía, creación.
¡Creación!
Donde tú eres un instante precioso;
el ángel que despierta,
el suspiro de un latido intacto,
el amor que se aloja entre mis brazos,
Y como luciérnaga encendida irradia
luz tropical en este gran corazón
de eterna primavera.
Preciosa Arpa
Viaja tu melodía más allá de lo eterno
desterrada del milenario árbol del tiempo.
¡Dios!
Ven ...
Pasa Néctar del Verbo, da vida a la palabra.
¡Resuena tu Preciosa Arpa!
aquí en la tierra ...
... y más allá de lo eterno.
Flor de Rapsodas
Poesía ... pistilos de lengua radiante
nuestros labios; pétalos de tu sutil rocío.
¡Voz de las alturas!
Polen y hálito del vocablo que nutre
de amor cada célula viva.
Poesía ... radiante corona del cuerpo,
de humanidad espiritual.
Espíritu de amor en divina sincronía,
lenguaje del alma.
Poesía en complejidad de correspondencias,
Reina y sierva de bendiciones.
Bendición etérea
la inmaculada fragancia de estos espacios.
Centro del creador, campo de sostén infinito,
manos de gloria.
Dorado trigo tu fiel amistad.
Quien se anida al fuego de la pasión,
y vuelve a su fuente de bienaventuranza.
Sensible semillero de sabiduría es ...
Generación en generación.
¡Alma divina! Substancia de Cristo,
generadora de eternidad.
Preciosidad, es disfrutar el elixir de la paz
al alabar tus principios.
Dios en cada corazón enamorado;
quien destila ternura a la niña de tus ojos
para que no bebas,
del veneno de labios ingratos.
Porque poesía, recorrer tus atrios con gratitud,
es recibir en dicha ...
la grandeza de quien humildemente
por amor te sirve.
Poesía, voz de las alturas.
Pistilo de lengua radiante.
Flor de rapsodas.
¡Gracias!
Fragancia eterna e inmaculada por permitirme
compartir por ti, estos espacios de Dios.
¡Incensaré tus Labios!
Esos labios donde descubro la vertiente de mis ojos.
Suelo inmortal de mi sustento, para viajar
por la esencia de tu aliento.
Entregándote amor, pasión y sentimiento.
Incensaré tus labios
esos labios que me llevan a tu boca generosa,
gentil y complaciente ...
¡Oh!, fuente inagotable de amor.
Prodigalidad de un sagrado germinar
siempre presente.
Incensaré tus labios.
Señuelo divino de mi canto.
Lúdico manantial aturquesado,
despiertas el insinúo de mi alma.
Te conviertes en un mar de prístino sentimiento,
donde se libera el fulgor de verte; amor lejano.
Porque despierto con la alegría del alba; donde
se engrandece la luz con la confluencia
de nuestras miradas ...
¡Oh!, cuenca divina de mi corazón.
Delta acrisolado de mi aura,
rebordeas con tu canto mi cuerpo en movimiento.
Con olas melodiosas me regalas
este beso sutil y cristalino.
Amor gemelo, eterno renaciente.
Inquebrantable
El susurro melodioso del arrullo
donde derramas la vertiente inmaculada
a mi alma almibarada.
Sagrada dádiva de creación,
la que impulsa a posarme
sobre la exaltación de tu iluminado corazón,
y se eterniza la pasión en incontables improvisaciones.
¡Oh!, gestor de ternuras infinitas,
dador inagotable de lo inconcebible de mis días.
Eterno floreciente, amor infatigable;
chispa inmortal de mi sustento.
¡Vida!
La paz me abriga;
al renacer entre tus brazos.
Me concibe, acoge, sostiene ...
El beso, de un eslabón inquebrantable.
¡Oh! amor impredecible, perennemente nombrado
y al mismo tiempo sin nombre.
Jinete del Cielo
¿Dónde está la fuente que me exhala tantas flores?
¿Quién nos regala el inagotable estallido
del gozo de la creación?
¿Dónde habita el origen
del infinito desenvolvimiento
de la abundancia de la Naturaleza?
Las flores y frutos brotan.
Como hoy mi poesía para ti.
Sí; y la fuente está dentro
como esencia amatoria profunda.
Para incorporarla, es preciso convertirnos en
fuente, tener la seguridad, de que el flujo de la
vida emana dicha y abundancia a borbotones
a través de mi ser y tu ser.
Un sólo ser ... íntima existencia.
Suprema, cuando nos impregnamos
por completo de espíritu.
Y liberamos los sueños del alma.
Amor, con la profunda expansión de la entrega,
brota el interno gozo de Dios donde tu alegría
en mi felicidad se multiplica.
Cada encuentro es la luz donde cabalgo
con mi jinete del cielo; al tiempo que el viento
me penetra, ofrendo a Dios
con regocijo, la fragancia dulce de mi alma.
Me fecunda y de vuelta la entrego a la vida,
para que incondicional, vuele a ti,
su canto de amor eterno.
¡Maravilloso!
Vuelas y vuelves amor, como el gozo de la
creación, el regocijo de Dios en mi corazón
te hace presencia ...
Se multiplica la alianza de nuestro instante.
Divinidad hecha carne.
En ti.
Por ti y para ti.
Soy mujer ...
... mientras en
Dios vivo me muevo y tengo mi ser.
Brizna Trovadora
Estriba en la mañana el canto de la aurora.
Resplandece la flora de tu tierna mirada,
como la sutil brisa,
del canto que alivia las asperezas
de la mirada esquiva que enmudece el corazón.
Salto, danzo libre de las zapatillas.
Descalza ...
¡Alzo el vuelo!
Emancipada de impuestas opiniones.
Renuevo la brizna de un trovador.
Rescato la canción de las estrellas,
de las aparentes complicidades entre estados inertes y las múltiples elucubraciones
de las mentes salpicadas por corrientes fatuas.
Porque en el brillo de la sonrisa esquiva
del deslumbre lleno de cosas muertas, estás tú, amor ...
Poesía.
Reina
Princesa
Danzante.
¡L i b e r t a d!
Mi Deleite al Verso Libre
Poesía, reclaman el conocimiento de la métrica.
¿Acaso quieren mantener atadas
las alas del corazón?
¿Sabes quizá, por qué destila por mis manos
el verbo que danza libre de estructuras?
¡Conjeturas quizás!
Sin perder el respeto por tus genuinos baluartes.
Clásica poesía, dime vida ...
Si, sólo con el verbo podemos llenar de amor las letras;
atar al caminar en alegría,
la soltura del ritmo de mi cintura.
Dime clásica poesía,
quiero poetizar millones de sonrisas;
El brillo diamantino en los ojos de niños gloriosos.
El milagro de estar vivos.
El gozo del amado al encontrar la paz, latiendo
amplificada, por la cercanía de dos corazones.
El deleite de saber que existe un instante
de iluminación.
Quiero escribir el placer de las flores ...
al despertar, como caricias de la primavera;
la dicha de una rosa al posarse sutilmente,
como una mariposa en el amado pecho.
Sí ... simples experiencias que exigen
apertura; cambios, adaptaciones.
¡Genuinos encuentros de amor!
Clásica poesía, dime ...
¿Quieres entregar entregar a la puesta del sol,
tu deleite al verso libre?
Si, al beso de amor divino que me llena de humanidad
cuando se hace presencia entre mis labios.
Honrar a Dios y a sus ilustres sabios por
destilar; con ternura, la sapiencia de la vida.
Quizás ... en algún tiempo yo fui tu clásica poesía.
Trascendiendo edades, sonetos, métricas y nombres ...
Para hoy libremente escribir:
Que tu presencia se respira y respirará eternamente.
Porque eres alma mía;
Esencia y eterna perdurarás, mientras exista
el latido de Dios en un corazón vivo.
¡Oh, poesía!
¡En sonetos o como quieras!
Destila, espíritu mío al amor ...
tus métricos vaivenes de eternidad.
Depositarios. Sostengan en el viento el áurico
fuego de mis campos llenos del destilar de las flores.
¡Reinas todas!
Sí ... fragancias de vida divina.
Quizá simples o complejas seamos,
y como el ave que la mecánica de su inteligencia
la creó para volar.
Así, libres recorreremos nuestro amor, poesía.
¿Quién es capaz de enjaular las almas si
nacieron para derramar tu grandeza Dios?
Ojos de luz, plumas del cielo ...
El libre vuelo de mariposas sutiles,
que sólo la gentileza de un "hombre-ángel",
del soplo divino, puede posar en el libro de la vida.
Sabes que por ti busco en la luz el brillo de la vida
y entre un supuesto caos. Por ti, mi caminar palpita,
supera pruebas,
bendice hasta el veneno de los escorpiones.
Elévame, dame tus alas, para que la dureza
de sus garras no lastime mi sensible piel.
Poesía.
Quiero darte las gracias
por regalarme el canto del alba,
el amor del ave que trina dulces aciertos,
cuando habla el sol de mis entrañas.
El elixir de vida, un simple recitar;
la caricia genuina que destila
el perfume sutil de su ternura.
Sí, porque eres tú mi poesía:
Ángel, hombre, espíritu. ¡Dios!
Por ti he buscado en la luz la vida.
Voy y regreso contigo.
Amor. ...
Hoy tan solo quiero preguntarle a
tu verbo amar, clásica poesía:
¿Dónde queda el hogar
de los constructores del viento?
El de mi dulce amor en el tiempo.
Poesía Divina
Eterna esencia,
unión de alto vibrar y colorido,
misterio de sensibilidad.
En una rosa un verso, o un latido.
Poesía, vuelas en las alas del incondicional amor.
Recorres continentes, naciones, pueblos, caseríos.
Llevas, en la fragancia de tus dulces pistilos
celestes sinfonías, que regalas y premias,
a quienes las esperan sin ningún motivo.
¡Oh, poesía!
Acompañas el silencio, con tu espíritu nutriente
alimentas las edades, los caprichos ...
y enriqueces el alma de quien ve luz en letra viva.
Poesía, dulce río de alabanzas,
de quien despertó la esencia de una artista;
que posó su pluma inmaculada en el amor
que hoy le entrega a la vida.
Herencia de Amor
¡Poesía!
Palabras ... palabras.
Mas a los sentimientos vayan estos versos
alineados a la izquierda o a la derecha;
entre algarabía o entre luchas,
centrados al amor se hagan ciertos.
Venga la paz y toque los corazones.
Porque el silencio es el retumbar de su presencia.
¡Oh, Dios! ...
Fuertes raíces sean los pies asidos a este suelo
generación tras generación; y como sonrisas
nuestros niños jueguen sobre tan divino vientre.
Miren cómo hasta las piedras reposan
en su divino vientre, y les da descanso
a los hijos sin aliento.
Cálidos y útiles sean.
Dulces bellos besos de pasión y amor
como hoy mis versos ...
Y a donde lleguen repinten los estruendos.
Atraviese el amor la languidez de
los espacios. Porque Dios,
seguirá dando sus frutos a este mundo.
Si es verdad, que de nosotros es la herencia,
el amor que nos dejaron. También sea verdad,
que de nuestros hijos sea la cosecha nuestra.
Y si en algún momento, se les desvía el camino,
recuerden que no llevan mejor arma
que la siembra del amor en el alma ... y en sí mismos.
Y de lo dulce que es su amor se les aleje
el presuntuoso y mentiroso.
Y sus campos cultivados sean delicias
para los menesterosos.
Por ser tú: Tierra prodigiosa, generosa ...
Mi tierra amada ...
Desierto seas para quien una inicua semilla
de cizaña te sembrara.
Si alguna antigua semilla embravecida les brotara.
¡Alerta, Amor!
Recuérdales que ni de mi alma
ni de mis ojos, tus ojos, sus ojos ...
son la ira ni el enojo.
Entonces, ante su propio perdón, entréguenlas ...
para nunca colocarle
a tan sublime cuerpo esas mordazas.
Que el perdón es mejor que proceder.
Si no creen ... Bueno, practiquen
por la compasión la esperanza; que es
la vida misma, tus hijos, los hijos de tus hijos.
Para que nunca en ellos se les blasfeme
el alma, y en tu nombre Jesús
poesía escriban.
Pues es tu nombre en el libro de la vida
como la naturaleza del creador: ... Belleza.
Y su grandeza, con el universo mismo, bien
claro, así es como Dios nos lo ha dejado escrito.
¡Ay! tierra mía, tuya ... nuestra, vuestra.
Que no se blasfeme más en tu nombre ...
y nuestra seas tierra de paz
para todos nuestros hijos, hijos de amor.
¡Dios! ...
Hoy, donde quiera que estén, bendícelos.
Y cada vez que pregunten por nosotros.
Tú, el amor; les responda.
Madre de un Ángel
¡Ángel, de un te quiero eterno!
Risa del alma, belleza de mi deseo.
El cielo de mis cielos, ternura y serenidad.
El arrullo de mi canto es beso de eternidad.
¡Este amor!
¡Luz divina!
¡Que dentro de mí comienza a brillar!
Madre de un ángel yo soy.
Vestida con el azul de un cielo,
para proteger sus sueños con mi mirada.
Océano de sentimientos y mi humanidad reflejada.
El mimar con mi cariño la riqueza de tu alma,
mi ángel.
Cuando en amor yo le veo, sonriente
y extasiado, mi silente ángel adorado
brota como la dulce armonía
del corazón de mi amado.
Madre de un ángel yo soy,
halagada por el noble sentimiento la gracia ...
Iluminando el momento
cuando un resplandor de Dios
posó su alma en mi vientre,
para perfumar con dicha
mi vida y mi canción.
Mi ángel, dulce río de ternura,
luz que ilumina mi tierno jardín de amor.
Mi José Ángel,
¡hijo!
Tú, el amor; y siempre vigente
nuestro amor.
Canta Ruiseñor
Poesía, alas, viento y fuego.
Manos, ternura; tez lozana.
Plumas de aroma a fiesta y abundancia.
Entre el verdor y la dulce tibieza de mis ríos.
Lágrima en rocío cultivo de divinas alabanzas.
Espíritu de amor.
Ángel que eleva a la cúspide mi alma.
Cuerpo ... sutil volcán de mis anhelos,
ternura que libera mi fragancia.
Flora que viste de esmeraldas a la esposa que un
día tus nardos vistieron, con el tibio perfume
de sentirme entre tus brazos.
¡Canta Ruiseñor de Alto Vuelo!
Donde el sin sentido no puede atar
a un alma que despierta entre luces o nostalgias
nacientes o ponientes, libre vuela, fiel a la templanza
y a la entrega del amor que eterno le acompaña.
Hoy mis cantos silencian la penumbra,
borran los lazos desgastados;
y renacen a la luz en tu regazo.
Para vivir con la calidez de tus abrazos,
cantando lo que el cielo me declama;
por compartir una vida bendecida,
al destilar agradecida, la fragante poesía de tus labios.
Espíritu.
Hombre.
Fuego de Dios.
Éter de Amor ...
... que en mí despiertas.
(Continues...)
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We are committed to protecting the privacy and security of personal data. This policy tells you how we will collect and use your personal data, and what you should expect in respect of the personal information about you that we have collected.
We are PBShop.co.uk Limited (registered in England & Wales with Company No: 9366362). Our registered office is at Swatton Barn, Badbury, Swindon, SN4 0EU, United Kingdom.
The person with responsibility for our data protection compliance is the Managing Director and they can be contacted via email at help@pbshop.store.
We are the data controller of the personal data that we keep and use, and we are therefore responsible for making sure that our systems, processes and people comply with the relevant data protection laws in respect of that personal data.
We will act in respect of personal data to comply with the six principles of the General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”), which are:
Lawfulness, fairness and transparency;
Purpose limitation;
Data minimisation;
Accuracy;
Storage limitation;
Integrity and confidentiality.
You have rights in respect of how your personal data can be processed; these include the right to request:
a copy of your personal data;
that inaccurate data is rectified; and
that your personal data is, in certain circumstances, erased or restricted.
You have the right to complain to the Information Commissioner, which you can do by contacting the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) directly. Full contact details, including a helpline number, can be found on the ICO website (www.ico.org.uk). This website also has useful information on your rights and our obligations. However, please raise any concerns or issues with us first so that we may deal with this as quickly as possible for you.
COLLECTION, USE AND DISCLOSURE OF PERSONAL DATA
We collect and process data for the following reasons:
personal data collected and created in relation to our selling books and other items; and
personal data relating to our people (which means those people working for our company, or providing services to us, or potentially working or providing services to us, including employees, consultants, temporary or casual workers and contractors).
All of our people are required to abide by our Privacy Policy when handling personal data, and are provided with appropriate data protection training. Any breach of data protection will be taken seriously, and may result in disciplinary action.
Selling books and other items
COLLECTION:
We will collect personal information which may include names, addresses and other information for our customers. This will be done for the management of the commercial relationship with our customers.
We may collect this personal data from you directly, and also from third parties, including publicly available third party sources. Additional personal data will be collected as it is created by or supplied to us in the course of anything we do for you.
USE:
We will use the personal data in the course of making sales and to comply with requirements that we are required to undertake.
We will only use your personal data when the law allows us to. Most commonly, we will use your personal data in the following circumstances:
in performance of a contract (the agreement to sell books and other items); and/or
compliance with a legal obligation; and/or
vital interests of the data subject; and/or
where it is necessary for our legitimate interests (or those of a third party) and your interests and fundamental rights do not override those interests.
We may also use your personal data in the following situations, which are likely to be far less common:
where we need to protect your interests (or someone else’s interests);
where it is needed in the public interest or for official purposes.
DISCLOSURE:
We may share personal data with third parties as is necessary in the sale of books and other items, including to third party providers who deliver services to support the operation of our company.
In respect of all disclosures of personal data, we will only share the personal information which is necessary for the particular purpose for which it is provided, or where we have another legitimate interest in doing so, and we will ensure that the personal data is appropriately protected.
RETENTION PERIOD:
We will keep personal data only for as long as is necessary to fulfil the purposes for which we collected it, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal, accounting or reporting requirements. Normally, our retention period for personal data collected for this purpose is a minimum of 6 years after the end of the period that we are selling books and other items.
Our people
COLLECTION:
We will collect names, addresses, contact details, education and employment history, identity and other background checks (which may include appropriate criminal and financial checks and confirmation of the right to work in the UK), marital status and information on next of kin and dependents, financial information (such as bank details and NI numbers), date of birth, gender, a copy of your passport and driving licence, performance information and compensation history, recruitment information (including references), salary, benefits, pension and annual leave information, disciplinary and grievance information, photographs, information about your use of our information and communications systems and CCTV footage or other information obtained through electronic means.
We may collect and use special categories of personal data as required in the carrying out of obligations and exercising specific rights of us or the data subject in the field of employment. This may include information relating to matters such as health, racial origin, religious belief and offences or alleged offences.
Personal data may be collected from you during the selection process (for example via your application form and CV) and during your employment (including holiday forms, expense claims, performance reviews, any disciplinary or grievance processes), or from third parties, including referees, health service providers, background check providers.
USE:
Personal data of our people will be used for HR administration and management, both in respect of the selection of people to work for us (including suitability, eligibility and/or fitness to work), and those who do work for us, to include learning and development, disciplinary and security (of people, offices and data) requirements, providing and liaising with benefits providers, business management and planning (including accounting and auditing), paying you and dealing with tax and NI deductions, assessing and deciding on salary reviews and compensation, conducting performance reviews and managing performance, dealing with legal disputes involving you or others, preventing fraud, monitoring your use of our information and communications systems, ensuring compliance with our policies, and equal opportunities monitoring.
We will only use your personal data when the law allows us to. Most commonly, we will use your personal data in the following circumstances:
In performance of a contract with you; and/or
compliance with a legal obligation; and/or
vital interests of the data subject; and/or
where it is necessary for our legitimate interests (or those of a third party) and your interests and fundamental rights do not override those interests.
We may also use your personal data in the following situations, which are likely to be less common:
where we need to protect your interests (or someone else’s interests);
where it is needed in the public interest or for official purposes.
In respect of all disclosures of personal data, we will only share the personal information which is necessary for the particular purpose for which it is provided, or where we have another legitimate interest in doing so, and we will ensure that the personal data is appropriately protected.
In respect of special categories of personal data, we may process this in the following circumstances:
in limited circumstances with your explicit written consent; and/or
where we need to carry out our legal obligations and in line with our policies; and/or
where it is needed in the public interest (such as for equal opportunities monitoring or in relation to our occupational pension scheme), and in line with our policies; and/or
where it is needed to assess your working capacity on health grounds, subject to appropriate confidentiality safeguards.
Less commonly, we may process this type of information where it is needed in relation to legal claims or where it is needed to protect your (or someone else’s) interests and you are not capable of giving your consent, or where you have already made the information public. We may also process such information about our people (or former people) in the course of our legitimate business activities with the appropriate safeguards.
The special categories of personal data may be used in the following ways:
in relation to leaves of absence, to comply with employment and other laws;
in relation to your physical or mental health, or disability status, to ensure your health and safety in the workplace and to assess your fitness to work, to monitor, manage and administer benefits and absences;
in relation to your race, national or ethnic origin, religious, philosophical or moral beliefs, or your sexual life or sexual orientation, to ensure meaningful equal opportunity monitoring and reporting.
DISCLOSURE:
Personal data may be transferred to service providers who support the operation of our business (such as payroll service providers), to other third parties reasonably necessary in the conduct of our business (including insurers, professional advisors, regulators). These third parties may be acting as processor, or controller of personal data in their own right.
In respect of all disclosures of personal data, we will only share the personal information which is necessary for the particular purpose for which it is provided, or where we have another legitimate interest in doing so, and we will ensure that the personal data is appropriately protected.
RETENTION PERIOD:
We will keep personal data only for as long as is necessary to fulfil the purposes for which we collected it, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal, accounting or reporting requirements. We will normally keep personal data of applicants who we do not employ for six months after we receive it.
We will keep personal data of employees throughout your employment and normally for a minimum of six years after your employment ends.
Changes to your personal data
It is very important that the personal information that we hold about you is accurate and current. Please tell us if your personal information changes during your relationship with us.
Data Security
We have put in place measures to prevent your personal data from being accidentally lost, used or accessed in an unauthorised way, altered or disclosed. In addition, we limit access to your personal data to those of our people and other third parties who have a business need to know. They will only process your personal data on our instructions and where they have agreed to treat the information confidentially and to keep it secure. We have put in place procedures to deal with any suspected data security breach and will notify you and the ICO of a suspected breach where we are legally required to do so.
Where we store your personal data
We principally store data, both electronically and on file, at our office.
Personal data may be transferred outside of the EEA by processors acting on our behalf. For transfers to countries not considered adequate by the EC, we will ensure that personal data is adequately protected, as required by the GDPR. This would include by use of the Standard Contractual Clauses adopted by the EC to protect personal data.
Your rights
Under certain circumstances, you have the right by law to request:
access to your personal data. This enables you to ask to receive a copy of the personal data that we hold about you and to check that we are lawfully processing it.
correction of the personal data that we hold about you.
erasure of your personal data.
object to processing of your personal data where we are relying on our legitimate interest and there is something about your particular situation which makes you want to object to processing on this ground. You also have the right to object where we are processing your personal information for direct marketing purposes.
restriction of processing of your personal data.
transfer of your personal data to another party.
Links from our website
Our website may, from time to time, contain links to and from the websites of third parties that we permit to make such links. If you follow a link to any of these websites, please note that these websites have their own privacy policies and that we do not accept any responsibility or liability for these policies. We recommend that you check these policies before you submit any personal data to these websites.
CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY
Any changes we may make to our privacy policy in the future will be posted on our website, so please ensure that you are viewing the correct version.
Please contact us if you have any questions, comments or requests regarding this Privacy Policy.
Last amended May 2021.