Progression accountancy: our Website & cookies

Introduction

We are committed to safeguarding the privacy of our website visitors.

This policy applies where we are acting as a data controller with respect to the personal data of our website visitors; in other words, where we determine the purposes and means of the processing of that personal data.

We use cookies on our website. Insofar as those cookies are not strictly necessary for the provision of our website, we will ask you to consent to our use of cookies when you first visit our website.

Our website is on Squarespace & we use those analytics.

In this policy, "we", "us" and "our" refer to Progression Accountancy [ For more information about us, please see *our details* below].

 

Credit

This document was created using a template from SEQ Legal

 

How we use your data

We may process data about your use of our website ("usage data").  The usage data may include: your geographical location, browser type and version, operating system, referral source, length of visit, page views and website navigation paths, as well as information about the timing, frequency and pattern of your service use.  We will not process data that constitutes PII (personally identifiable information), such as your IP address. This usage data will only be processed for our legitimate interests, namely for the purposes of monitoring the use of our website, to improve our website and our services.

We may process information that you post for publication on our website or through our services by leaving a comment on our blog ("publication data"). This publication data may be processed for the purposes of enabling such publication and administering our website and services.  The legal basis for this processing is our legitimate interests, namely the proper administration of our website and business.  You acknowledge that personal data that you submit for publication through our website may be available, via the internet, around the world. We cannot prevent the use (or misuse) of such personal data by others.

We may process information contained in any enquiry you submit to us regarding our services ("enquiry data"). The enquiry data will only be processed in order to reply to your enquiry.

 

How we share your data

We will only share data when we are legally obliged to, for example, to law enforcement agencies, Companies House or HMRC. We will always check that any requests are legitimate & wholly necessary.

 

Retaining your data

Personal data that we process for any purpose or purposes shall not be kept for longer than is necessary for that purpose or those purposes:

  • "Usage data" will be kept for as long as is necessary in the continuing monitoring and improving of our website.

  • "Publication data" will be available for as long as the blog to which it attaches to is available for viewing.

  • "Enquiry data" will be kept during the time that we are communicating with you about your enquiry, and subsequently if you engage us to provide services

  • Notwithstanding the other provisions here, we may retain your personal data where such retention is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which we are subject, or in order to protect your vital interests or the vital interests of another person.

 

Your rights

You have the right to request what data we hold about you, and confirmation of how we are currently using this data.

Your principal rights under data protection law are:

  • The right to access data

  • The right to rectify data

  • The right to erasure

  • The right to restrict processing of your data

  • The right to object to our processing of your data

  • The right to data portability

  • The right to complain to a supervisory authority

  • The right to withdraw consent.

Please email us, using "data information request" in the subject line.

 

Our details

This website is owned and operated by Progression Accountancy (Derbyshire) Ltd. We are registered in England and Wales,under registration number 09495206, and our registered office is at 28 Talbot Crescent, Hasland, Chesterfield, Derbyshire, S41 0AW.

You can contact us:

  • by calling Scott on 07890525638

  • by calling Hayley on 07793318755

  • by email

Our data protection officer's contact details are:
Hayley Bradshaw, please email here.

 

About cookies

A cookie is a file containing an identifier (a string of letters and numbers) that is sent by a web server to a web browser and is stored by the browser. The identifier is then sent back to the server each time the browser requests a page from the server.

Cookies may be either "persistent" cookies or "session" cookies: a persistent cookie will be stored by a web browser and will remain valid until its set expiry date, unless deleted by the user before the expiry date; a session cookie, on the other hand, will expire at the end of the user session, when the web browser is closed.

Cookies do not typically contain any information that personally identifies a user, but personal information that we store about you may be linked to the information stored in and obtained from cookies.

 

Managing cookies

Most browsers allow you to refuse to accept cookies and to delete cookies. The methods for doing so vary from browser to browser, and from version to version. You can however obtain information via these links:

How to clear cookies

How to disable cookies

Blocking all cookies will have a negative impact upon the usability of many websites. If you block cookies, you will not be able to use all the features on our website.

 

Cookies that we use

We may use cookies for the following purposes:

  • authentication - to identify you when you visit our website and as you navigate our website

  • status - to help us to determine if you are logged into our website

  • personalisation - to store information about your preferences and to personalise the website for you

  • security - as an element of the security measures used to protect user accounts, including preventing fraudulent use of login credentials, and to protect our website and services generally

  • analysis - to help us to analyse the use and performance of our website and services

  • cookie consent - to store your preferences in relation to the use of cookies more generally

 

 

Cookies used by our service providers

Our service providers use cookies and those cookies may be stored on your computer when you visit our website.

The information gathered relating to our website is used to create reports about the use of our website.


 

Updates to this policy

We may update this policy from time to time by publishing a new version on our website.  You should check this page occasionally to ensure you are happy with any changes.