Privacy Policy
This is privacy notice of Simon Kerss Consultancy Limited.
We respect your privacy and are determined to protect your personal data. The purpose of this
privacy notice is to inform you as to how we look after your personal data when you visit our website
(regardless of where you visit it from). We’ll also tell you about your privacy rights and how the data
protection law protects you.
This privacy notice is provided in a layered format so you can click through to the specific areas set
out below.
1. WHO WE ARE AND IMPORTANT INFORMATION
2. THE PERSONAL DATA WE COLLECT ABOUT YOU
3. HOW WE COLLECT YOUR PERSONAL DATA
4. HOW WE USE YOUR PERSONAL DATA
5. WHO WE SHARE YOUR PERSONAL DATA WITH
6. INTERNATIONAL TRANSFERS
7. DATA SECURITY
8. DATA RETENTION
9. YOUR LEGAL RIGHTS
10. CHANGES TO THIS NOTICE AND YOUR DUTY TO INFORM US OF CHANGES
11. QUERIES, REQUESTS OR CONCERNS
What is the purpose of this privacy notice?
This privacy notice aims to give you information on how we collect and process your personal data
through your use of this website, including any data you may provide through this website when you
contact us through the website.
This website is not intended for children, and we do not knowingly collect data relating to children.
You must read this privacy notice together with any other privacy notice we may provide on specific
occasions when we are collecting or processing personal data about you so that you are fully aware
of how and why we are using your data. This privacy notice supplements the other notices and is not
intended to override them.
Data controller(s)
Simon Kerss Consultancy Limited is the controller and responsible for your personal data in this privacy notice. Our contact details are Simon Kerss Consultancy Limited, 50 Princes Street, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP1 1RJ. For all data matters contact
Simon Kerss at simon.kerssconsultancy@gmail.com
Third-party links outside of our control
This website may include links to third-party websites, plug-ins and applications. Clicking on those
links or enabling those connections may allow third parties to collect or share data about you. We do
not control these third-party websites and are not responsible for their privacy statements.
When you leave our website, we encourage you to read the privacy notice of every website you visit.
2. THE PERSONAL DATA WE COLLECT ABOUT YOU
Personal data, or personal information, means any information about an individual from which that
person can be identified. You can find out more about personal data from the Information
Commissioners Office.
We may collect, use, store and transfer different kinds of personal data about you which we have
grouped together follows:
Identity Data includes [FIRST NAME/LAST NAME/ USERNAME]
Contact Data includes [BILLING ADDRESS/DELIVERY ADDRESS/EMAIL ADDRESS/
TELEPHONE NUMBERS].
[WE ALSO COLLECT, USE AND SHARE AGGREGATED DATA SUCH AS STATISTICAL OR
DEMOGRAPHIC DATA FOR ANY PURPOSE. AGGREGATED DATA MAY BE DERIVED FROM
YOUR PERSONAL DATA BUT IS NOT CONSIDERED PERSONAL DATA IN LAW AS THIS DATA
DOES NOT DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY REVEAL YOUR IDENTITY. FOR EXAMPLE, WE MAY
AGGREGATE YOUR USAGE DATA TO CALCULATE THE PERCENTAGE OF USERS ACCESSING
A SPECIFIC WEBSITE FEATURE. HOWEVER, IF WE COMBINE OR CONNECT AGGREGATED
DATA WITH YOUR PERSONAL DATA SO THAT IT CAN DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY IDENTIFY
YOU, WE TREAT THE COMBINED DATA AS PERSONAL DATA WHICH WILL BE USED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THIS PRIVACY NOTICE.]
We do not collect any Special Categories of Personal Data about you (this includes details about
your race or ethnicity, religious or philosophical beliefs, sex life, sexual orientation, political opinions,
trade union membership, information about your health and genetic and biometric data). Nor do we
collect any information about criminal convictions and offences.
If you fail to provide personal data
Where we need to collect your personal data by law, or under the terms of a contract we have with
you and you fail to provide that data when requested, we may not be able to perform the contract we
have or are trying to enter into with you (for example, to provide you with goods or services). In this
case, we may have to cancel a product or service you have with us but we will notify you if this is the
case at the time.
3. HOW WE COLLECT YOUR PERSONAL DATA
We use different methods to collect data from and about you including through:
Directly. You may give us your [IDENTITY AND CONTACT] by filling in forms or by corresponding
with us by post, email or otherwise. This includes personal data you provide when you:
Apply for our services;
Request marketing to be sent to you.
4. HOW WE USE YOUR PERSONAL DATA
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:
Performance of Contract this means processing your data where it is necessary for the
performance of a contract to which you are a party or to take steps at your request before
entering into such a contract.
Legitimate Interest this means the interest of our business in conducting and managing our
business to enable us to give you the best service/product and the most secure experience. We
make sure we consider and balance any potential impact on you (both positive and negative) and
your rights before we process your personal data for our legitimate interests. We do not use your
personal data for activities where our interests are overridden by the impact on you (unless we
have your consent or are otherwise required or permitted to by law). You can obtain further
information about how we assess our legitimate interests against any potential impact on you in
respect of specific activities by contacting simon.kerssconsultancy@gmail.com.
Comply with a legal or regulatory obligation this means processing your personal data where
it is necessary for compliance with a legal or regulatory obligation that we are subject to.
[GENERALLY WE DO NOT RELY ON CONSENT AS A LEGAL BASIS FOR PROCESSING YOUR
PERSONAL DATA OTHER THAN IN RELATION TO SENDING THIRD PARTY DIRECT
MARKETING COMMUNICATIONS TO YOU VIA EMAIL OR TEXT MESSAGE. YOU HAVE THE
RIGHT TO WITHDRAW CONSENT TO MARKETING AT ANY TIME BY CONTACTING US AT
SIMON.KERSSCONSULTANCY@GMAIL.COM].
PURPOSES FOR WHICH WE WILL USE YOUR PERSONAL DATA
We have set out below, in a table format, a description of all the ways we plan to use your personal
data, with the legal bases we rely on to do so.
Note that we may process your personal data for more than one lawful ground depending on the
specific purpose for which we are using your data. Please contact
us simon.kerssconsultancy@gmail.com if you need details about the specific legal grounds, we are
relying on to process your personal data where more than one ground has been set out in the table
below.
Purpose/Activity Type of data Lawful basis for processing including
basis of legitimate interest
To register you as a new
customer
(a) Identity
(b) Contact
Performance of a contract with you
Cookies Policy
You can set your browser to refuse all or some browser cookies, or to alert you when websites set or
access cookies. If you disable or refuse cookies, please note that some parts of this website may
become inaccessible or not function properly. Our website uses cookies to distinguish you from other
users of our website. This helps us to provide you with a good experience when you browse our
website and also allows us to improve our site.
Change of purpose
We will only use your personal data for the purposes for which we collected it, unless we reasonably
consider that we need to use it for another reason and that reason is compatible with the original
purpose. If you wish to get an explanation as to how the processing for the new purpose is compatible
with the original purpose, please contact simon.kerssconsultancy@gmail.com.
If we need to use your personal data for an unrelated purpose, we will notify you and we will explain
the legal basis which allows us to do so.
Please note that we may process your personal data without your knowledge or consent, in
compliance with the above rules, where this is required or permitted by law.
5. WHO WE SHARE YOUR PERSONAL DATA WITH
We do not share your personal data with third parties.
6. INTERNATIONAL TRANSFERS
WE DO NOT TRANSFER YOUR PERSONAL DATA OUTSIDE THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AREA
(EEA).
7. DATA SECURITY
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. 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.
We have put in place procedures to deal with any suspected personal data breach and will notify you
and any applicable regulator of a breach where we are legally required to do so.
8. 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.
To determine the appropriate retention period for personal data, we consider the amount, nature, and
sensitivity of the personal data, the potential risk of harm from unauthorised use or disclosure of your
personal data, the purposes for which we process your personal data and whether we can achieve
those purposes through other means, and the applicable legal requirements.
9. YOUR LEGAL RIGHTS
Unless subject to an exemption under the data protection laws, you have the following rights with
respect to your personal data:
The right to request a copy of the personal data which we hold about you;
The right to request that we correct any personal data if it is found to be inaccurate or out of date;
The right to request your personal data is erased where it is no longer necessary to retain such
data;
The right to withdraw your consent to the processing at any time, where consent was the lawful
basis for processing your data;
The right to request that we provide you with your personal data and where possible, to transmit
that data directly to another data controller, (known as the right to data portability), where
applicable i.e. where our processing is based on consent or is necessary for the performance of
our contract with you or where we process your data by automated means);
The right, where there is a dispute in relation to the accuracy or processing of your personal
data, to request a restriction is placed on further processing;
The right to object to our processing of personal data, where applicable i.e. where processing is
based on our legitimate interests (or in performance of a task in the public interest/exercise of
official authority); direct marketing or processing for the purposes of scientific/historical research
and statistics).
If you wish to exercise any of the rights set out above, please contact
simon.kerssconsultancy@gmail.com.
No fee required – with some exceptions
You will not have to pay a fee to access your personal data (or to exercise any of the other rights).
However, we may charge a reasonable admin fee if your request is clearly unfounded, repetitive or
excessive. Alternatively, we may refuse to comply with your request in these circumstances.
What we may need from you
We may need to request specific information from you to help us confirm your identity and ensure
your right to access your personal data (or to exercise any of your other rights). This is a security
measure to ensure that personal data is not disclosed to any person who has no right to receive it.
We may also contact you to ask you for further information in relation to your request to speed up our
response.
Time limit to respond
We try to respond to all legitimate requests within one month. Occasionally it may take us longer than
a month if your request is particularly complex or you have made a number of requests. In this case,
we will notify you and keep you updated.
10. CHANGES TO THIS NOTICE AND YOUR DUTY TO INFORM US OF CHANGES
This version was last updated on 15 November 2024.
Please keep us informed if your personal data changes during your relationship with us. It is important
that the personal data we hold about you is accurate and current.
11. QUERIES, REQUESTS OR CONCERNS
To exercise all relevant rights, queries or complaints in relation to this policy or any other data
protection matter between you and us, please in the first instance contact
simon.kerssconsultancy@gmail.com.
If this does not resolve your complaint to your satisfaction, you have the right to lodge a complaint
with the Information Commissioners Office on 03031231113 or via email
https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/email/ or at the Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House,
Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF, England, UK.
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