PRIVACY POLICY
This website is operated by BRETT ESTRY. I am the data controller for the personal information collected through this website.
Our contact details are:
Brett Estry
Email: brett@beact.co.uk
Telephone: 07503 780633
If you are based in the United Kingdom, your data is processed in accordance with the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR) and the Data Protection Act 2018.
We may collect personal data that you provide directly, including when you:
• Fill in a contact or enquiry form on our website
• Subscribe to a newsletter or mailing list
• Create an account or register with us
• Place an order for goods or services
• Correspond with us by email, telephone, or post
The personal data you provide may include your name, email address, postal address, telephone number, and any other information you choose to submit.
When you visit our website, we may automatically collect certain technical information, including:
• Your IP address
• Browser type and version
• Operating system
• Referring website
• Pages visited and time spent on those pages
• Date and time of your visit
This information is collected through server logs and is used solely for security monitoring and to keep our website running properly. It is not used for marketing or profiling purposes.
We use your personal data only where we have a lawful basis to do so under the UK GDPR. The purposes for which we process your personal data, and the corresponding lawful bases, are set out below:
Purpose
Lawful Basis FOR PROVIDING PROFESSIONAL SERVICES
Data Held
DOCUMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN PROVIDED TO US AND RECORDS OF VERBAL COMMUNICATIONS
Responding to your enquiries and correspondence
Legitimate interests / Contract
Name, email, message content
Providing goods or services you have ordered
Contract performance
Name, address
Sending newsletters or marketing emails (where you have opted in)
Consent
Name, email address
Maintaining the security and operation of our website
Legitimate interests
IP address, server log data
Complying with legal obligations
Legal obligation
As required by law
We will only send you marketing communications where you have given your explicit consent to receive them. You may withdraw your consent at any time by clicking the unsubscribe link in any marketing email we send you, or by contacting us directly at brettestr@gmail.com.
Withdrawing your consent will not affect the lawfulness of any processing we carried out before you withdrew it.
We do not sell, rent, or trade your personal data. We may share your data with trusted third parties only where necessary:
• IT service providers and hosting companies who store or process data on our behalf, under strict data processing agreements
• Payment processors, where you make a purchase through our website
• Professional advisers (such as solicitors) where required
• Law enforcement or regulatory bodies, where we are legally obliged to disclose information
All third parties with whom we share data are required to keep it secure and to use it only for the purposes we specify.
We aim to keep your data within the United Kingdom. Where we use service providers located outside the UK (for example, cloud hosting services), we ensure appropriate safeguards are in place, such as UK adequacy regulations or standard contractual clauses, before transferring your data.
We retain personal data only for as long as is necessary for the purposes for which it was collected, and in accordance with our legal obligations. Specifically:
• Enquiry and correspondence data: up to [X] years after the matter is resolved
• Customer/order data: up to [X] years, as required for tax and accounting purposes
• Newsletter subscriber data: until you unsubscribe or withdraw consent
• Website server logs: up to [X] months for security purposes
When personal data is no longer required, it is securely deleted or anonymised.
You have the following rights regarding your personal data:
• Right of access – to request a copy of the personal data we hold about you
• Right to rectification – to ask us to correct inaccurate or incomplete data
• Right to erasure – to request that we delete your data in certain circumstances
• Right to restriction of processing – to ask us to limit how we use your data
• Right to data portability – to receive your data in a structured, machine-readable format
• Right to object – to object to processing based on legitimate interests or for direct marketing
• Rights relating to automated decision-making – not to be subject to solely automated decisions that significantly affect you
To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at brett@beaccountant.uk. We will respond within one calendar month. There is no charge for making a request.
If you are not satisfied with how we handle your request or your data, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), the UK supervisory authority for data protection:
• Website:
• Telephone: 0303 123 1113
• Post: Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF
We take appropriate technical and organisational measures to protect your personal data against accidental loss, unauthorised access, alteration, or disclosure. Access to your personal data is restricted to those who have a genuine business need to access it.
Although we take reasonable steps to safeguard your information, no transmission over the internet is completely secure. We cannot guarantee the security of data you transmit to us.
Our website may contain links to third-party websites. This Privacy Policy applies only to our website. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of any third-party sites, and we encourage you to read their privacy policies before providing any personal data.
Our website is not directed at children under the age of 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal data from children. If you believe we have inadvertently collected information about a child, please contact us and we will delete it promptly.
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices or legal requirements. When we do, we will update the “Last updated” date at the top of this page. We encourage you to review this policy periodically.
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or how we handle your personal data, please contact us:
Brett Estry
07503 780633
Cookie policy
1. What Are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files that are placed on your device (computer, smartphone, or tablet) when you visit a website. They are widely used to make websites work efficiently and to provide information to website owners.
Cookies can be “session” cookies, which are deleted when you close your browser, or “persistent” cookies, which remain on your device for a set period or until you delete them manually.
This website uses only strictly necessary cookies. We do not use any cookies for advertising, analytics, social media tracking, or any other non-essential purpose.
Because we use only strictly necessary cookies, we are not required to obtain your consent before placing them on your device under the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations 2003 (PECR) and the UK GDPR. However, we explain below exactly what cookies we set and why.
Strictly necessary cookies are essential for the website to function properly. Without them, services you have requested (such as logging in or completing a form) cannot be provided. They cannot be switched off.
We confirm that this website does not use:
• Analytics cookies (such as Google Analytics or similar)
• Advertising or targeting cookies
• Social media tracking cookies (such as Facebook Pixel)
• Any third-party tracking or profiling cookies
If this changes in the future, we will update this Cookie Policy accordingly and implement an appropriate consent mechanism.
Although this website uses only strictly necessary cookies, you can still manage and delete cookies through your browser settings. Please be aware that disabling strictly necessary cookies may prevent the website from functioning correctly.
Instructions for managing cookies in the most common browsers:
• Google Chrome: Settings → Privacy and security → Cookies and other site data
• Mozilla Firefox: Settings → Privacy & Security → Cookies and Site Data
• Safari: Preferences → Privacy → Manage Website Data
• Microsoft Edge: Settings → Cookies and site permissions
For further information about cookies and how to manage them, visit
or
www.ico.org.uk/for-the-public/online/cookies
.
Our use of cookies is governed by:
• The Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations 2003 (PECR)
• The UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR)
• The Data Protection Act 2018
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) is the UK supervisory authority for data protection and cookie compliance. More information is available at
.
We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes to the cookies we use or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons. Please revisit this page regularly to stay informed. The “Last updated” date at the top of this page indicates when the policy was last revised.
If you have any questions about our use of cookies, please contact us:
Brett Estry
Email: brettestr@gmail.com