Privacy Policy // Your Data

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Professional Consulting & Business Coaching UK ("we", "us", or "our") is committed to protecting and respecting your privacy. This policy explains how we collect, use, and safeguard your personal data in compliance with the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR) and the Data Protection Act 2018.

1. Information We Collect

We may collect and process the following data about you:

  • Information you give us. This is information you provide by filling in forms on our site or by corresponding with us by phone, e-mail or otherwise. It includes information you provide when you inquire about our services, subscribe to our newsletter, or submit a contact form. The information may include your name, address, e-mail address, and phone number.
  • Information we collect automatically. With regard to each of your visits to our site, we may automatically collect technical information, including the Internet protocol (IP) address used to connect your computer to the Internet, browser type and version, time zone setting, browser plug-in types and versions, and operating system and platform.
  • Cookie Information. Our website uses cookies to distinguish you from other users. This helps us to provide you with a good experience when you browse our website and also allows us to improve our site.

2. How We Use Your Information

We use information held about you in the following ways:

  • To provide you with the information and services that you request from us.
  • To carry out our obligations arising from any contracts entered into between you and us.
  • To notify you about changes to our service.
  • To ensure that content from our site is presented in the most effective manner for you and for your computer.
  • For internal operations, including troubleshooting, data analysis, testing, research, statistical and survey purposes.

3. Legal Basis for Processing

Our legal basis for collecting and using the personal information described above will depend on the personal information concerned and the specific context in which we collect it. We will normally collect personal information from you only where we have your consent to do so, where we need the personal information to perform a contract with you, or where the processing is in our legitimate interests and not overridden by your data protection interests or fundamental rights and freedoms.

4. Data Storage and Security

All information you provide to us is stored on our secure servers. We have put in place appropriate security measures to prevent your personal data from being accidentally lost, used or accessed in an unauthorised way, altered or disclosed. However, the transmission of information via the internet is not completely secure. Although we will do our best to protect your personal data, we cannot guarantee the security of your data transmitted to our site; any transmission is at your own risk.

5. Data Retention

We will only retain your personal data for as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes we collected it for, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal, accounting, or reporting requirements.

6. Your Data Protection Rights

Under UK GDPR, you have the following rights:

  • The right to be informed about the collection and use of your personal data.
  • The right of access to your personal data.
  • The right to rectification of inaccurate personal data.
  • The right to erasure (to be forgotten).
  • The right to restrict processing.
  • The right to data portability.
  • The right to object to processing.
  • Rights in relation to automated decision making and profiling.

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us using the details provided in the "Contact" section below.

7. Cookies

Our website uses cookies. A cookie is a small file of letters and numbers that we put on your computer if you agree. These cookies allow us to distinguish you from other users of our website, which helps us to provide you with a good experience and also allows us to improve our site. You can accept or decline cookies via the consent banner on your first visit.

8. Changes to Our Privacy Policy

Any changes we make to our privacy policy in the future will be posted on this page and, where appropriate, notified to you by e-mail. Please check back frequently to see any updates or changes to our privacy policy.

9. Contact

Questions, comments and requests regarding this privacy policy are welcomed and should be addressed to our Data Protection Officer via email at [email protected] or by post at our registered address.