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www.accountaxpoint.com Privacy Policy

Type of website: Accounting Services

Effective date: 18th day of May, 2023

www.accountaxpoint.com (the "Site") is owned and operated by Accountax Point. Accountax Point is the data controller and can be contacted at:

admin@accountaxpoint.com 

01293 307084

Suite 9, Kelvin House, Kelvin Way, Crawley, RH10 9WE

Purpose
The purpose of this privacy policy (this "Privacy Policy") is to inform users of our Site of the following:

1.  The personal data we will collect;

2.  Use of collected data;

3.  Who has access to the data collected;

4.  The rights of Site users; and

5.  The Site's cookie policy.

This Privacy Policy applies in addition to the terms and conditions of our Site.

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GDPR


For users in the European Union, we adhere to the Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016, known as the General Data Protection Regulation (the "GDPR"). For users in the United Kingdom, we adhere to the GDPR as enshrined in the Data Protection Act 2018.

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Consent


By using our Site users agree that they consent to:

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1.  The conditions set out in this Privacy Policy.

When the legal basis for us processing your personal data is that you have provided your consent to that processing, you may withdraw your consent at any time. If you withdraw your consent, it will not make processing which we completed before you withdrew your consent unlawful.

You can withdraw your consent by:contacting us here at Accountax Point

Legal Basis for Processing


We collect and process personal data about users in the EU only when we have a legal basis for doing so under Article 6 of the GDPR.

We rely on the following legal bases to collect and process the personal data of users in the EU:

1.  Users have provided their consent to the processing of their data for one or more specific purposes;

2.  Processing of user personal data is necessary for us or a third pary to pursue a legitimate interest. Our legitimate interest is not overriden by the interests or fundamenal rights and freedoms of users.Personal Data We Collect

We only collect data that helps us achieve the purpose set out in this Privacy Policy. We will not collect any additional data beyond the data listed below without notifying you first.
 

Data Collected Automatically
When you visit and use our Site, we may automatically collect and store the following information:

1.  IP address;

2.  Location; and

3.  Clicked links.

Data Collected in a Non-Automatic Way
We may also collect the following data when you perform certain functions on our Site:

1.  First and last name;

2.  Phone number; and

3.  Auto fill data.

This data may be collected using the following methods:

1.  Through our Wix On-Line forms.

How We Use Personal Data
Data collected on our Site will only be used for the purposes specified in this Privacy Policy or indicated on the relevant pages of our Site. We will not use your data beyond what we disclose in this Privacy Policy.

The data we collect automatically is used for the following purposes:

1.  To privately store on our secure servers - this is not available to the public or shared in any way with third parties.

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Employees
We may disclose user data to any member of our organisation who reasonably needs access to user data to achieve the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy.

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Other Disclosures
We will not sell or share your data with other third parties, except in the following cases:

1.  If the law requires it;

2.  If it is required for any legal proceeding;

3.  To prove or protect our legal rights; and

4.  To buyers or potential buyers of this company in the event that we seek to sell the company.

If you follow hyperlinks from our Site to another Site, please note that we are not responsible for and have no control over their privacy policies and practices.

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How Long We Store Personal Data
User data will be stored for 6 years.

You will be notified if your data is kept for longer than this period.

How We Protect Your Personal Data
Password, all electronic devices and software programs, using two factor authentication protocols

While we take all reasonable precautions to ensure that user data is secure and that users are protected, there always remains the risk of harm. The Internet as a whole can be insecure at times and therefore we are unable to guarantee the security of user data beyond what is reasonably practical.

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Your Rights as a User


Under the GDPR, you have the following rights:

1.  Right to be informed;

2.  Right of access;

3.  Right to rectification;

4.  Right to erasure;

5.  Right to restrict processing;

6.  Right to data portability; and

7.  Right to object.

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Children


We do not knowingly collect or use personal data from children under 16 years of age. If we learn that we have collected personal data from a child under 16 years of age, the personal data will be deleted as soon as possible. If a child under 16 years of age has provided us with personal data their parent or guardian may contact our data protection officer.

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How to Access, Modify, Delete, or Challenge the Data Collected


If you would like to know if we have collected your personal data, how we have used your personal data, if we have disclosed your personal data and to who we disclosed your personal data, if you would like your data to be deleted or modified in any way, or if you would like to exercise any of your other rights under the GDPR, please contact our data protection officer here:

Naeem Shahzad
admin@accountaxpoint.com
01293 307084
Suite 9, Kelvin House, Kelvin Way, Crawley, RH10 9WE

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How to Opt-Out of Data Collection, Use or Disclosure


In addition to the method(s) described in the How to Access, Modify, Delete, or Challenge the Data Collected section, we provide the following specific opt-out methods for the forms of collection, use, or disclosure of your personal data specified below:

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1.  email admin@accountaxpoint.com to opt out. You can opt-out by by sending an email - UNSUBSCRIBE -

Cookie Policy


A cookie is a small file, stored on a user's hard drive by a website. Its purpose is to collect data relating to the user's browsing habits. You can choose to be notified each time a cookie is transmitted. You can also choose to disable cookies entirely in your internet browser, but this may decrease the quality of your user experience.

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We use the following types of cookies on our Site:

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1.  Functional cookies
Functional cookies are used to remember the selections you make on our Site so that your selections are saved for your next visits;

2.  Analytical cookies
Analytical cookies allow us to improve the design and functionality of our Site by collecting data on how you access our Site, for example data on the content you access, how long you stay on our Site, etc; and

3.  Third-Party Cookies
Third-party cookies are created by a website other than ours. We may use third-party cookies to achieve the following purposes:

1.      Wix uses cookies for important reasons, such as: To provide a great experience for your visitors and customers. To identify your registered members (users who registered to your site). To monitor and.

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Modifications


This Privacy Policy may be amended from time to time in order to maintain compliance with the law and to reflect any changes to our data collection process. When we amend this Privacy Policy we will update the "Effective Date" at the top of this Privacy Policy. We recommend that our users periodically review our Privacy Policy to ensure that they are notified of any updates. If necessary, we may notify users by email of changes to this Privacy Policy.

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Complaints


If you have any complaints about how we process your personal data, please contact us through the contact methods listed in the Contact Information section so that we can, where possible, resolve the issue. If you feel we have not addressed your concern in a satisfactory manner you may contact a supervisory authority. You also have the right to directly make a complaint to a supervisory authority. You can lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority by contacting the https://ico.org.uk/.

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Contact Information


If you have any questions, concerns or complaints, you can contact our data protection officer, Naeem Shahzad, at:

admin@accountaxpoint.com
01293 307084
Suite 9, Kelvin House, Kelvin Way, Crawley, RH10 9WE

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This privacy policy is for the website www.accountaxpoint.com and served by Accountax Point who is committed to safeguarding your privacy and governs the privacy of those who use it. The purpose of this policy is to explain to you how we control, process, handle and protect your personal information while browsing or using this website, including your rights under current laws and regulations. If you do not agree to the following policy you may wish to cease viewing / using this website.

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Policy key definitions:

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·     “I”, “our”, “us”, or “we” refer to the business, Accountax Point.

·     “you”, “the user” refer to the person(s) using this website.

·     GDPR means General Data Protection Act.

·     PECR means Privacy & Electronic Communications Regulation.

·     ICO means Information Commissioner’s Office.

·     Cookies mean small files stored on a users computer or device.

 

Processing of your personal data

 

We promise to follow the following data protection principles:

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·     Personal information must be fairly and lawfully processed

·     Personal information must be processed for limited purposes

·     Personal information must be adequate, relevant and not excessive

·     Personal information must be accurate and up to date

·     Personal information must not be kept for longer than is necessary

·     Personal information must be processed in line with the data subjects’ rights

·     Personal information must be secure

·     Personal information must not be transferred to other countries without adequate protection

 

Your individual rights

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Under the GDPR your rights are as follows:

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·     The right to be informed

·     The right of access

·     The right to rectification

·     The right to erasure

·     The right to restrict processing

·     The right to data portability

·     The right to object

·     Rights in relation to automated decision making and profiling.

 

You also have the right to complain to the ICO (www.ico.org.uk) if you feel there is a problem with the way we are handling your data.

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We handle subject access requests in accordance with the GDPR.

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Data we gather

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Information you have provided us with.

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When a visitor requests information from this website using our enquiry form, we collect their name, email address, optionally their phone number and non-personally identifiable information about the request which includes the IP address of the computer making the request and the time and date of the request.

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During the course of being a potential customer or customer we will also hold your address, where and when you are getting married, and your dress and accessories details.

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Information automatically collected about you.

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When a visitor accesses this website, we automatically collect certain non-personally identifiable information about the request. This information is stored by cookies and other session tools. This information includes the IP address of the computer making the request and the time and date of the request, the type of web browser being used, and, sometimes, the page from which the visitor is coming. The information does not contain the visitor’s name or email address.

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How we use your personal data

 

We use your Personal Data in order to:

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·     answer any queries and questions that you may have.

·     fulfil an obligation under law or contract.

 

We use the following lawful bases in order to process your personal data:

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Consent

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You explicitly give your consent to a specific kind of processing of your personal information.

With your consent we process your personal data:

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·     to answer any specific queries or questions

·     for other purposes we have asked your consent for

 

You can at any time request that your personal information is deleted.

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Your personal data under the consent lawful basis is not shared with any third parties.

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We keep your information while you are our customer and afterwards for a variety of reasons. We will only keep it for as long as we need to or you withdraw consent.

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Contract

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On the basis of contractual necessity, we process your personal data for the following purposes:

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·     supplying you with a quote or estimate

·     to communicate either for sales or invoicing

 

Legal obligation

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The processing of the personal data is required for legal reasons (e.g. accounting and tax purposes).

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On the basis of legal obligation we process your personal data on the basis in order to fulfil obligation rising from law and/or use your Personal Data for options provided by law.

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We reserve the right to anonymise personal data gathered and to use any such data. We will use data outside the scope of this Policy only when it is anonymised.

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Additional purposes

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We might process your personal Data for additional purposes that are not mentioned here, but are compatible with the original purpose for which the data was gathered. To do this, we will ensure that:

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·     the link between purposes, context and nature of Personal Data is suitable for further processing

·     the further processing would not harm your interests and

·     there would be appropriate safeguard for processing

 

We will inform you of any further processing and purposes.

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If, as determined by us, the lawful basis upon which we process your personal information changes, we will notify you about the change and any new lawful basis to be used if required. We shall stop processing your personal information if the lawful basis used is no longer relevant.

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Children

 

We do not intend to collect or knowingly collect information from children. We do not target children with our services.

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Cookies we use

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We use cookies on this website to provide you with a better user experience. We do this by placing a small text file on your device / computer hard drive to track how you use the website, to record or log whether you have seen particular messages that we display, to keep you logged into the website where applicable, to display relevant adverts or content, referred you to a third party website.

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Some cookies are required to enjoy and use the full functionality of this website.

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You can remove cookies stored in your computer via your browser settings. Alternatively, you can control some 3rd party cookies by using a privacy enhancement platform such as optout.aboutads.info or youronlinechoices.com. For more information about cookies, visit allaboutcookies.org.

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Data security and protection

 

We do our best to keep your personal data safe.  We use safe protocols for communication and transferring data (such as HTTPS). We use anonymising and pseudonymising where suitable. We monitor our systems for possible vulnerabilities and attacks.

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Even though we try our best we can not guarantee the security of information. However, we promise to notify suitable authorities of data breaches. We will also notify you if there is a threat to your rights or interests. We will do everything we reasonably can to prevent security breaches and to assist authorities should any breaches occur.

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If you have an account with us, note that you have to keep your username and password secret.

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Links to other websites

 

Our website may contain links to other websites of interest. However, once you have used these links to leave our site, you should note that we do not have any control over that other website. Therefore, we cannot be responsible for the protection and privacy of any information which you provide whilst visiting such sites and such sites are not governed by this privacy statement. You should exercise caution and look at the privacy statement applicable to the website in question.

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