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Privacy Policy

Privacy Policy 

This privacy policy outlines the way in which your data is used. The data controller is William Watson & Co Accountants Ltd. 
 

What data is collected:
If you complete a contact form, the personal information you provide will be collected, including names, email addresses and phone numbers.

By visiting this wesbite, IP addresses, location data, or browsing history may also be collected for analytic purposes.
 

When you submit information on our website (comment or contact form) as part of the process, we collect personal information you give us such as your name, address and email address. Your personal information will be used for the specific reasons stated above only.

 

We may use software tools to measure and collect session information, including page response times, length of visits to certain pages, page interaction information, and methods used to browse away from the page. We also collect comments, feedback, product reviews, recommendations, and personal profile information.

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We collect such Non-personal and Personal Information for the following purposes:

  1. To provide and operate the Services;

  2. To provide our Users with ongoing customer assistance and technical support;

  3. To be able to contact our Visitors and Users with general or personalized service-related notices and promotional messages;

  4. To create aggregated statistical data and other aggregated and/or inferred Non-personal Information, which we or our business partners may use to provide and improve our respective services; 

  5. To comply with any applicable laws and regulations.

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Data Usage and Sharing:

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Our company is hosted on the Wix.com platform. Wix.com provides us with the online platform that allows us to share information about services to you. Your data may be stored through Wix.com’s data storage, databases and the general Wix.com applications. They store your data on secure servers behind a firewall.  

 

All direct payment gateways offered by Wix.com and used by our company adhere to the standards set by PCI-DSS as managed by the PCI Security Standards Council, which is a joint effort of brands like Visa, MasterCard, American Express and Discover. PCI-DSS requirements help ensure the secure handling of credit card information by our store and its service providers. However, at this time, we do not offer payment for services through our website. 

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Cookies and Tracking: 

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​Cookies and tracking technology may also be used for services, marketing and or analytics. We use google analytics. 

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For more information about how cookies are used, visit: https://allaboutcookies.org/

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The following links explain how to access cookie settings in various browsers:


To opt out of being tracked by Google Analytics across all websites, visit this link: http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.

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Data Transfers:

Wix, the cloud based web-developer platform where this wesbite has its server, does transfer data outside of the UK, including to locations like the US, Ireland, and potentially other countries. Wix utilizes servers and subprocessors globally to provide its services, which necessitates data transfers. However, Wix ensures these transfers comply with relevant data protection regulations, such as the UK GDPR and the EU GDPR, including using mechanisms like Standard Contractual Clauses when necessary according to Wix.com. 
 

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Data Security:

Data is stored securely on the cloud-based platform on wix which is accessed by William Watson & Co Accountants Ltd. It is password protected and uses two-factor authentication. ​Data will be retained unless you request for data deletion. 

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We may contact you to notify you regarding information you share via surveys or questionnaires, to send updates about our company, or as otherwise necessary to contact you to enforce our User Agreement, applicable national laws, and any agreement we may have with you. For these purposes we may contact you via email, telephone, text messages, and postal mail.
 

Your rights: 

If you would like to obtain a copy of any data that is stored, or if you would like your data deleted. Please contact watsonaccountants@googlemail.com with your request. 
 

  • Access: Explain how users can access their personal data. 

  • Rectification: Describe how users can correct inaccurate or incomplete data. 

  • Erasure: Detail how users can request the deletion of their data. 

  • Objection: Explain how users can object to the processing of their data. 

  • Portability: Detail how users can obtain a copy of their data in a usable format. 

  • Withdraw consent: Explain how users can withdraw their consent if processing is based on consent. 

 

 

Contact Information:

For guidance or to make a complaint to the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO), the UK's data protection regulator, please select the following link: https://ico.org.uk/for-the-public/

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