In this website privacy policy we describe how Burke Accountancy Services (“we”, “our”, “us”) protects and makes use of the information you give the company when you use this website.
By using this website, you are agreeing to the use of your information as described in this privacy policy.
This policy is subject to periodic review and any changes will be included in this section of the website. You will be deemed to have accepted the amended policy if you continue to use our website afterwards. You should therefore regularly review this policy.
Your rights
As a data subject under the General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”), which governs the collection, processing and disposal of personal data by organisations such as ours, you have certain rights.
In relation to personal data about you, you have the right:
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to be informed about how and why we collect and use the data
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to be given access to the data we hold
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to have any inaccurate or incomplete data rectified
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to ask us to delete personal data, earlier than we might dispose of it
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to prevent us from processing the data further
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to object to us using the data for particular purposes
We provide contact details at the end of this policy for you to use if you have any complaint about our processing of your personal data. If you are not satisfied with the way we deal with this issue, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the Information Commissioner’s Office (“ICO”), which is the body in charge of supervising personal data use in the UK.
Information collection
We do not require registration in order for you to access our website, but if you participate in any of the activities or services offered by the website, we will collect the personal data that we need in order to provide you with those services. This may include your name, job title, company name and address, email address and telephone.
Visitors are also able to send an email to us through the website. Their messages will contain the user’s screen name and email address, as well as any additional information the user may wish to include in the message.
We do not seek to collect any sensitive personal information from you on our website, such as information in respect of your race or ethnic origin, political opinions, religious or other similar beliefs, physical or mental health, sexual orientation or criminal record. Where you provide sensitive personal information to us voluntarily, your doing so will constitute your explicit consent to us using that information in connection with the purpose for which it has been provided.
Use of data
We will process and store your data securely, and we will only keep it for as long as we need it for the purpose(s) for which it was collected.
Typically, personal data is collected to:
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Enquire for further information
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Contact you in response to a specific enquiry
Unless we are asked not to, we may also use your data to contact you with information about our business, services and other information which may be of interest to you. You have the right to withdraw your consent to our use of your personal data at any time, and to request that we delete it.
We will never lease, distribute or sell your personal information to third parties unless we have your permission or the law requires us to.
Storage of data
We will only keep your data as long as we need it for the purpose(s) for which it is collected, and/or for as long as we have your permission to hold it.
Your data will only be stored in the UK and the European Economic Area (“EEA”).
Security of data
We have put in place commercially reasonable and appropriate security 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 employees, agents, contractors and other third parties who have a business need to know. They will only process your personal data on our instructions and they are subject to a duty of confidentiality.
Accessing your data
You are entitled to make a Subject Access Request (“SAR”) under the GDPR. This means that you may request a copy of any personal data we hold about you, free of charge. We will provide any or all information in response to your request if you contact us using the contact us link or the details below.
Contact Details
If you have any questions regarding this notice or if you would like to speak to us about the manner in which we process your personal data, please email our Data Protection Point of Contact at tara@burkeaccountancyservices.co.uk.