Retiring Accountant - Privacy Policy

Data Protection and Privacy Policy

We, Retiring Accountant, will become a data controller when provided with your personal data ( your Data). We regard your privacy as very important and any personal information and data which you provide to us through this website will be dealt with in accordance with this Data Protection and Privacy Policy and our Terms and Conditions relating to our Retiring Accountant service and your of use of the website.

This Data Protection and Privacy Policy describes how we will handle your Data and the purpose for our collection of it.

Data Protection

As a data controller, we will take all the necessary steps to comply with the Data Protection Act 1988 and its relevant subordinate legislation when handling your Data. This includes ensuring that data is fairly and lawfully processed; processed for limited purposes; adequate, relevant and not excessive; accurate; not kept longer than necessary; processed in accordance with your rights; secure; and not transferred to countries outside the European Economic Area.

Should you wish to obtain a copy of the personal data which we hold about you, please contact Stephen Hagues at Retiring Accountant, Unit 6, Highfield Business Park, Kearsey Road, Ripon, North Yorkshire, HG4 2RN, enclosing a cheque or postal order for £ 10 made payable to Retiring Accountant, to cover our administration costs. As soon as we are satisfied as to your identity, we will send you, within 40 days a copy of all the data we hold relating to you.

If you believe that any personal data or information which we hold about you is incorrect or incomplete, please write to the same address as set out in the above paragraph. Any information or data which is found to be incorrect will be corrected as soon as practicable.

What personal data do we collect from you and why?

We collect personal data from you such as your name, email address, postal address, and telephone number when you respond to requests to submit personal information about yourself in order to obtain the services which we may be offering through Retiring Accountant. In the event that you no longer wish to receive the products or services for which you have submitted the information, you can at any time send an email to [admin@retiringaccountant.co.uk] in order for your details to be removed from the database.

We will use your Data as authorised by you in your use of our Retiring Accountant service and otherwise to keep a record of the services which you have requested and to send you details about any further services, bulletins or other information which we believe may be of interest to you.

To whom will we supply your personal data?

We will only supply data which personally identifies you to a third party or organisation:

Other than in the circumstances stated above, third parties will not have access to your Data.

Security and Cookies

The servers used for this website are based within the European Economic Area and it is not intended that there will be any transfers of personally identifiable data outside of the European Economic Area.

How we use cookies

In order to improve our website and the services we provide to you, we may use small files commonly known as cookies. A cookie is a small amount of data which often includes a unique identifier that is sent to your computer or mobile phone (referred to in this policy as a 'device') from our website and is stored on your device's hard drive.

A cookie records on your device information relating to your internet activity (such as whether you have visited our website before). The cookies we use on our website won't collect personally identifiable information about you and we won't disclose information stored in cookies that we place on your device to third parties.

How can you control the use of cookies from our website?

If you don't want us to use cookies then our website will not work, you can adjust your internet browser settings not to accept cookies. Your web browser's help function should tell you how to do this. Alternatively, you can find information about how to do this for all the commonly used internet browsers on the website: http://www.aboutcookies.org/default.aspx. This website will also explain how you can delete cookies which are already stored on your device.

We use software called Google Analytics which is a web analytics service provided by Google Inc. in order to understand how visitors to our website use the site. The Google Analytics cookies remember you from one page request to the next, for example to differentiate between 'new' and 'returning' visitors. We receive reports from Google Inc. about website usage (such as the number of visitors to our site or the number of unique page views). Google Analytics cookies do not collect personal information about you.

For more information see: Google Analytics Cookie Concepts

Google Remarketing
The Retiring Accountant Sites use remarketing for online advertising through Google Adwords, google cookies are used to display ads which may be of interest based on your historical navigation of the Foundation Sites. The cookies used for this are anonymous and do not include any information which could be used to personally identify you.

You may opt out of Google's use of cookies at any time by visiting the Ads Preference Manager

Facebook Retargeting
As you browse the Retiring Accountant Sites, advertising cookies will be placed on your computer so that we can understand what you are interested in.  Our display advertising partner, AdRoll, then enables us to present you with retargeting advertising on other sites based on your previous interaction with the Foundation Sites. The techniques our partners employ do not collect personal information such as your name, email address, postal address or telephone number.  You can visit this page to opt out of AdRoll and their partners’ targeted advertising.

Hypertext links to third party websites

This Data Protection and Privacy Policy applies to this website only and does not extend to your use of any other website (including provision of information by you to such other websites) whether accessed by hypertext links contained within this website or otherwise.

Data Protection and Privacy Policy amendments

We reserve the right to make changes to this Data Protection and Privacy Policy at any time without notice and it is your responsibility to revisit this page from time to time to re-read this policy. Any revised terms shall take effect as at the date of posting.

Contacting us

If you have any questions or comments about this Data Protection and Privacy Policy or any other aspect of this website, please contact:

Stephen Hagues
Retiring Accountant Ltd
Unit 6 Highfield Business Park
Kearsey Road
Ripon
HG4 2RN

Tel: 01765 698699

e:admin@retiringaccountant.co.uk