We may collect, store and use the following kinds of personal data:

• Data about you, such as your name, email address, telephone number and business information.
• Data that you provide to us for the purpose of engaging with us 
• Data that you provide to us for the purpose of subscribing to our newsletters.
• Any other data that you choose to send to us.

A cookie consists of data sent by a web server to a web browser and stored by the browser. The data is then sent back to the server each time the browser requests a page from the server. This enables the web server to identify and track the web browser.

We may use both session cookies and persistent cookies on the website. We will use the session cookies to: keep track of you whilst you navigate the website. 

Session cookies will be deleted from your computer when you close your browser. Persistent cookies will remain stored on your computer until deleted, or until they reach a specified expiry date.

Most browsers allow you to reject all cookies, whilst some browsers allow you to reject just third-party cookies. 

Personal data submitted to us will be used for the purposes specified in this privacy policy or in relevant parts of the services we provide.

We may use your personal data to: 

• Enable your use of the services
• Send you communications
• Send you email notifications which you have requested or are required to alert you to important business documents
• Send to you our newsletter and other marketing communications relating to our business which we think may be of interest to you by email 
• Deal with enquiries made by you in relation to our services
• We will not provide your personal data to any third parties for the purpose of direct marketing.

Please let us know if the personal data that we hold needs to be corrected or updated. Email us at mike@thecotswoldaccountants.co.uk 

The Cotswold Accountants is registered under the data protection laws in the UK and takes all reasonable care to prevent any unauthorised access to your personal data. We may disclose information about you to our employees, officers, agents, suppliers or subcontractors when necessary for the purposes of engaging in business as set out in this privacy policy.

In addition, we may disclose your personal data:

• To the extent that we are required to do so by law;
• In connection with any legal proceedings or prospective legal proceedings;
• In order to establish, exercise or defend our legal rights (including providing data to others for the purposes of fraud prevention and reducing credit risk);
• To the purchaser (or prospective purchaser) of any business or asset which we are (or are contemplating) selling; and
• To any person who we reasonably believe may apply to a court or other competent authority for disclosure of that personal data where, in our reasonable opinion, such court or authority would be reasonably likely to order disclosure of that personal data.
• Except as provided in this privacy policy, we will not provide your data to third parties.

Our team will take precautions to prevent the loss, misuse or alteration of your personal data.

Any personal data you provide will be password- and firewall- protected on our server. All electronic transactions will be encrypted using SSL technology.

Sensitive data transmitted over the Internet will be posted to our client portal, which is protected using encryption. 

Clients are responsible for keeping any portal access password and user details confidential. 

Please note, data transmission over the internet is inherently insecure and we can’t guarantee the security of data sent this way. 

We may update this privacy policy from time-to-time by posting a new version on our website. We may also notify you of changes to our privacy policy by email.

You may instruct us to provide you with any personal data we hold about you. Provision of such data will be subject to:

• The supply of appropriate evidence of your identity. We will accept a photocopy of your passport certified by a solicitor or bank plus an original copy of a utility bill showing your current address for this. 
• We may withhold such personal data to the extent permitted by law.
• You may instruct us not to process your personal data for marketing purposes by email at any time. In practice, you will usually either expressly agree in advance to our use of your personal data for marketing purposes, or we will provide you with an opportunity to opt-out of the use of your personal data for marketing purposes.
• You may instruct us to remove personal data under your rights of the General Data Protection Regulation. Any removal will be limited to regulatory compliance and what is permitted by law.

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