Privacy Policy

Data policy

USER PRIVACY AND DATA PROTECTION

• We have a duty of care to anybody mentioned within our data

• Data is a liability, it should only be collected and processed only when absolutely necessary

• We loathe spam as much as you do!

• We will never sell, rent or otherwise distribute or make public your personal information

RELEVANT LEGISLATION

Along with our business and internal computer systems, this website is designed to comply with the following national and international legislation with regards to data protection and user privacy:

• UK Data Protection Act 1988 (DPA)

• EU Data Protection Directive 1995 (DPD)

• EU General Data Protection Regulation 2018 (GDPR)

This site’s compliance with the above legislation, all of which are stringent in nature, means that this site is likely compliant with the data protection and user privacy legislation set out by many other countries and territories as well. If you are unsure about whether this site is compliant with your own country of residences’ specific data protection and user privacy legislation you should contact us for clarification.

ABOUT THIS WEBSITE’S SERVER

This website is hosted by Nethosted Ltd hosting company. All traffic (transferral of files) between this website and your browser is encrypted and delivered over HTTPS. The Nethosted Ltd hosting operations team is responsible for patching and resolving security vulnerabilities identified on customer sites. Their priorities include:

• Patching software vulnerabilities to exceed security standards

• Creating and maintaining documentation around malware patterns and protection efforts

• Scanning for, identifying, and cleaning up malware

• Ensuring operational security during every update, patch, and process

• Notifying customers of identified vulnerabilities and necessary updates

• Detecting outdated WordPress themes, plugins, or other services with vulnerabilities

DATA BREACHES

We will report any unlawful data breach of this website’s database or the database(s) of any of our third party data processors to any and all relevant persons and authorities within 72 hours of the breach if it is apparent that personal data stored in an identifiable manner has been stolen.

DATA CONTROLLER

The data controller of this website is Andrew Garfield. Enquiries should be emailed to andrew@garfieldadvisory.com

CHANGES TO OUR PRIVACY POLICY

This privacy policy may change from time to time inline with legislation or industry developments. We will not explicitly inform our clients or website users of these changes. Instead, we recommend that you check this page occasionally for any policy changes. Specific policy changes and updates are mentioned in the change log below.