Privacy and Cookies Notice
Introduction
Austin, Taylor Chartered Certified Accountants is committed to respecting our customers' privacy and protecting their personal information from misuse or authorised disclosure and complying with privacy laws. Austin, Taylor Chartered Certified Accountants values its reputation and aims to maintain high ethical standards in the conduct of our business affairs.
This privacy policy explains how we use any personal information we collect about you when you use this website.
Business Summary
Austin, Taylor Chartered Certified Accountants is a Professional Services company, specialising in the business area of Accountancy and provide the following services:
We process personal information to enable us to provide accounting, auditing and related services, to maintain our own accounts and records and to support and manage our employees. Specifically we provide the following services:
Bookkeeping, VAT filing, Management accounts, Periodic accounts reviews, Preparation and filing of annual accounts, Preparation and filing of annual tax returns, Company secretarial services, Payroll processing, Company pension processing, Profit improvement consultancy, Personal and business tax planning, Business start-up advice, Business disposals, Business retirement strategies, Cloud accounting services, Taxation and Business guidance Services.
Business Location: Kent and Surrey UK
Organisation Contact Details and data security officer details: 16 Dover Street, Canterbury, Kent, CT1 3HD.
Email Address: [email protected]
Telephone Number: 01227 379876
Data We Collect - Online Services
This Privacy Policy relates to our use of any personal information we collect from you via the following online services:
Our websites: http://www.austintaylor.info
Email you may send to us: [email protected]
Depending on which of our services you use we may collect the following information:
Data Collected "Name, Email Address, Telephone Number, Postal Address, Business Name, Your Comments
When, Why and How we gain Consent
We will not collect any information about you without your explicit consent: We will ask your consent every time we need to collect personal information about you.
We will explain in a clear simple terms why we want to collect your information and what we will do with it before seeking your consent so you are fully informed and you will be given a clear and unambiguous option to opt in to any communications or services we might want to offer you.
Why we Collect Personal Data
We collect information about you to process your requests and manage your account. We may collect and analyse information for the purpose of providing personalised products. We may also use it to recommend things we think you will like. We may use it to notify you about things you’ve told us you like.
We also use it for business, regulatory and legal purposes, like: Dealing with any requests you make or content you submit or getting in touch if we need to tell you about something, like a change to our policies or issues with a service.
Who Processes the Data We Collect (Who are the recipients of your data)
We will store and process your data following industry best practices and security measures. We will take all reasonable steps to ensure that there are appropriate arrangements in place that includes provisions covering the appropriate secure transfer, handling and processing of the personal information by those entities and third parties.
Some of that processing takes place at Austin, Taylor Chartered Certified Accountants in Canterbury and Surbiton in UK, however, some of the processing may take place outside of the UK but within the EEA and covered by GDPR.
Where processing takes place by one of our trusted data processors, we ensure that our contracts with those 3rd parties contain the appropriate GDPR model clauses and that all our 3rd parties are also compliant with the GDPR, this affords your data the same protection away from our organisation, as it does within it.
The data we collect through our online services may be processed by one or more of the following:
Fasthosts Internet Limited, Weebly Inc., Clear Books plc., Sage Plc and Xero.
Where we might send your personal data (Geographically)
We process data within the EEA and countries deemed by the European Union as having adequate safeguards for protecting personal data. These countries are recognised by the EU as having suitable safeguards for the rights and freedoms of individuals and recourse processes by which data subjects can exercise their rights. We will only consider transferring your data outside of the EU if the following conditions are met:
A transfer, or set of transfers, may be made where the transfer is:
The data referenced above in section - Data We collect: Is kept in our active file for 6 months, After 6 months it is move to a dormant state, After 24 months is deleted from our systems
We use Active records for some or all of the activities detailed in the section above - Why We Collect Personal Data. If we have recorded no positive activity from you after 6 months your record will become dormant. If there is no positive activity from you within 12 months we will delete your records. Positive activity means that you open, read, interact with either the website or through any of the communication methods we use to contact you.
It is our responsibility to be able to demonstrate this positive activity and if we cannot, then your details will become dormant and eventually be deleted. We may from time to time request that you create an affirmative action via email or our website to keep your record active, if we are unable to determine it automatically.
Your Rights as an Individual in Respect of the Data We hold
We respect the rights and freedoms of individuals and as such we would like to make you aware of the following. You have the right to:
You also have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority. In this instance the Information Commissioners Office (ICO) and their contact details are as follows: https://ico.org.uk/concerns/handling/ or call the ICO on 0303 123 1113.
Quick Links for exercising your rights
Controller email address: [email protected]
Controller phone number: 01227 379876
Data Sources - where did you get my data?
Any and all data in respect of - Data We Collect, is collected directly from you, the individual.
We do not collect any of your personal data from any other sources. This included any publicly accessible list and or data sources, whether in the public domain or if we have a legitimate interest to be able to access those sources legally.
Do we have a statutory or legal right to hold this data?
We have no statutory or legal right to hold the data you have provided, and detailed in the respect of “Data We Collect - Online Services”. We rely on consent to collect and store this data, and uphold all of the individuals rights and freedoms with respect personal data given by consent.
See section - Your Rights as an Individual in Respect of the Data We hold
Automated Decision Making, Profiling, and what that means for you
Any and all data in “Data We Collect - Online Services” is not subject to any automated decision making.
We do not profile you using your data, any actions taken by us or our systems are as a direct result of explicit requests or consents you have chosen. There are no foreseeable consequences of any significance in respect of providing the data or being removed from the records, except that we will not be able to contact you.
Cookie Policy
In summary
When you visit our website you will be presented with notification that we use cookies and an opportunity to accept our cookie policy. During the course of any visit to the Austin Taylor website, the pages you see, along with a cookie or cookies, are downloaded to your device. Many websites do this, because cookies enable website publishers to do useful things like find out whether the device (and probably its user) has visited the website before. This is done on a repeat visit by checking to see, and finding, the cookie left there on the last visit.
A cookie is a small amount of data, which often includes a unique identifier that is sent to your computer, tablet or mobile phone (all referred to here as a ""device"") web browser from a website's computer and is stored on your device's hard drive. Each website can send its own cookie to your web browser if your browser's preferences allow it. Many websites do this whenever a user visits their website in order to track online traffic flows. Cookies are an important part of the internet.
Some cookies are essential to help your devices download or stream the information, or so you can move around websites and use their features. Without these cookies, content, products or services you've asked for can't be provided.
Here are some examples of essential cookies:
Some are session cookies which make it possible to navigate through the website smoothly, improving your browsing experience. Cookies allow the application or website to remember choices you make, such as your language or region and they provide improved features.
Here are a few examples of just some of the ways that cookies are used to improve your experience on our applications and websites:
Persistent cookies
These cookies remain on a user's device for the period of time specified in the cookie. They are activated each time that the user visits the website that created that particular cookie.
Session cookies
These cookies allow website operators to link the actions of a user during a browser session. A browser session starts when a user opens the browser window and finishes when they close the browser window. Session cookies are created temporarily. Once you close the browser, all session cookies are deleted.
Cookies do lots of different jobs, like letting you navigate between pages efficiently, remembering your preferences, and generally improve the user experience. They can also help to ensure that adverts you see online are more relevant to you and your interests.
Cookies allow the Website to remember choices you make (such as your user name, language or the region you are in) and provide enhanced, more personal features. These cookies can also be used to remember changes you have made to text size, fonts and other parts of web pages that you can customise. They may also be used to provide services you have asked for such as watching a video or commenting on a blog. The information these cookies collect may be anonymised and they cannot track your browsing activity on other websites.
How can I see and manage my cookies in my browser?
Virtually all modern browsers allow you to see what cookies you've got, and to clear them individually or clear all of them. To find out how to do this, go to aboutcookies.org, which contains comprehensive information on how to do this on a wide variety of desktop browsers.
Introduction
Austin, Taylor Chartered Certified Accountants is committed to respecting our customers' privacy and protecting their personal information from misuse or authorised disclosure and complying with privacy laws. Austin, Taylor Chartered Certified Accountants values its reputation and aims to maintain high ethical standards in the conduct of our business affairs.
This privacy policy explains how we use any personal information we collect about you when you use this website.
Business Summary
Austin, Taylor Chartered Certified Accountants is a Professional Services company, specialising in the business area of Accountancy and provide the following services:
We process personal information to enable us to provide accounting, auditing and related services, to maintain our own accounts and records and to support and manage our employees. Specifically we provide the following services:
Bookkeeping, VAT filing, Management accounts, Periodic accounts reviews, Preparation and filing of annual accounts, Preparation and filing of annual tax returns, Company secretarial services, Payroll processing, Company pension processing, Profit improvement consultancy, Personal and business tax planning, Business start-up advice, Business disposals, Business retirement strategies, Cloud accounting services, Taxation and Business guidance Services.
Business Location: Kent and Surrey UK
Organisation Contact Details and data security officer details: 16 Dover Street, Canterbury, Kent, CT1 3HD.
Email Address: [email protected]
Telephone Number: 01227 379876
Data We Collect - Online Services
This Privacy Policy relates to our use of any personal information we collect from you via the following online services:
Our websites: http://www.austintaylor.info
Email you may send to us: [email protected]
Depending on which of our services you use we may collect the following information:
Data Collected "Name, Email Address, Telephone Number, Postal Address, Business Name, Your Comments
When, Why and How we gain Consent
We will not collect any information about you without your explicit consent: We will ask your consent every time we need to collect personal information about you.
We will explain in a clear simple terms why we want to collect your information and what we will do with it before seeking your consent so you are fully informed and you will be given a clear and unambiguous option to opt in to any communications or services we might want to offer you.
Why we Collect Personal Data
We collect information about you to process your requests and manage your account. We may collect and analyse information for the purpose of providing personalised products. We may also use it to recommend things we think you will like. We may use it to notify you about things you’ve told us you like.
We also use it for business, regulatory and legal purposes, like: Dealing with any requests you make or content you submit or getting in touch if we need to tell you about something, like a change to our policies or issues with a service.
Who Processes the Data We Collect (Who are the recipients of your data)
We will store and process your data following industry best practices and security measures. We will take all reasonable steps to ensure that there are appropriate arrangements in place that includes provisions covering the appropriate secure transfer, handling and processing of the personal information by those entities and third parties.
Some of that processing takes place at Austin, Taylor Chartered Certified Accountants in Canterbury and Surbiton in UK, however, some of the processing may take place outside of the UK but within the EEA and covered by GDPR.
Where processing takes place by one of our trusted data processors, we ensure that our contracts with those 3rd parties contain the appropriate GDPR model clauses and that all our 3rd parties are also compliant with the GDPR, this affords your data the same protection away from our organisation, as it does within it.
The data we collect through our online services may be processed by one or more of the following:
Fasthosts Internet Limited, Weebly Inc., Clear Books plc., Sage Plc and Xero.
Where we might send your personal data (Geographically)
We process data within the EEA and countries deemed by the European Union as having adequate safeguards for protecting personal data. These countries are recognised by the EU as having suitable safeguards for the rights and freedoms of individuals and recourse processes by which data subjects can exercise their rights. We will only consider transferring your data outside of the EU if the following conditions are met:
A transfer, or set of transfers, may be made where the transfer is:
- made with your explicit informed consent;
- necessary for the performance of a contract between you and this organisation or for pre-contractual steps we need to take at your request;
- necessary for the performance of a contract made in your interest between this organisation and another person;
- necessary for important reasons of public interest;
- necessary for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims;
- necessary to protect your vital interests or those of other persons, where you are physically or legally incapable of giving consent;
- Or made from a register which under UK or EU law is intended to provide information to the public (and which is open to consultation by either the public in general or those able to show a legitimate interest in inspecting the register)."
The data referenced above in section - Data We collect: Is kept in our active file for 6 months, After 6 months it is move to a dormant state, After 24 months is deleted from our systems
We use Active records for some or all of the activities detailed in the section above - Why We Collect Personal Data. If we have recorded no positive activity from you after 6 months your record will become dormant. If there is no positive activity from you within 12 months we will delete your records. Positive activity means that you open, read, interact with either the website or through any of the communication methods we use to contact you.
It is our responsibility to be able to demonstrate this positive activity and if we cannot, then your details will become dormant and eventually be deleted. We may from time to time request that you create an affirmative action via email or our website to keep your record active, if we are unable to determine it automatically.
Your Rights as an Individual in Respect of the Data We hold
We respect the rights and freedoms of individuals and as such we would like to make you aware of the following. You have the right to:
- Request access to your data
- Request rectification of your data where there are errors or inaccuracies or the data is not current
- Request that the data we hold is removed entirely from our systems
- Request us to restrict processing of your data
- Object to our processing of your data
- Request your data in a format that is commonly used/accepted
- Send your data to another controller
- Withdraw consent already provided - at any time
You also have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority. In this instance the Information Commissioners Office (ICO) and their contact details are as follows: https://ico.org.uk/concerns/handling/ or call the ICO on 0303 123 1113.
Quick Links for exercising your rights
Controller email address: [email protected]
Controller phone number: 01227 379876
Data Sources - where did you get my data?
Any and all data in respect of - Data We Collect, is collected directly from you, the individual.
We do not collect any of your personal data from any other sources. This included any publicly accessible list and or data sources, whether in the public domain or if we have a legitimate interest to be able to access those sources legally.
Do we have a statutory or legal right to hold this data?
We have no statutory or legal right to hold the data you have provided, and detailed in the respect of “Data We Collect - Online Services”. We rely on consent to collect and store this data, and uphold all of the individuals rights and freedoms with respect personal data given by consent.
See section - Your Rights as an Individual in Respect of the Data We hold
Automated Decision Making, Profiling, and what that means for you
Any and all data in “Data We Collect - Online Services” is not subject to any automated decision making.
We do not profile you using your data, any actions taken by us or our systems are as a direct result of explicit requests or consents you have chosen. There are no foreseeable consequences of any significance in respect of providing the data or being removed from the records, except that we will not be able to contact you.
Cookie Policy
In summary
When you visit our website you will be presented with notification that we use cookies and an opportunity to accept our cookie policy. During the course of any visit to the Austin Taylor website, the pages you see, along with a cookie or cookies, are downloaded to your device. Many websites do this, because cookies enable website publishers to do useful things like find out whether the device (and probably its user) has visited the website before. This is done on a repeat visit by checking to see, and finding, the cookie left there on the last visit.
A cookie is a small amount of data, which often includes a unique identifier that is sent to your computer, tablet or mobile phone (all referred to here as a ""device"") web browser from a website's computer and is stored on your device's hard drive. Each website can send its own cookie to your web browser if your browser's preferences allow it. Many websites do this whenever a user visits their website in order to track online traffic flows. Cookies are an important part of the internet.
Some cookies are essential to help your devices download or stream the information, or so you can move around websites and use their features. Without these cookies, content, products or services you've asked for can't be provided.
Here are some examples of essential cookies:
Some are session cookies which make it possible to navigate through the website smoothly, improving your browsing experience. Cookies allow the application or website to remember choices you make, such as your language or region and they provide improved features.
Here are a few examples of just some of the ways that cookies are used to improve your experience on our applications and websites:
- Remembering your preferences and settings, including marketing preferences, such as choosing whether you wish to receive marketing information.
- Showing you information that's relevant to content, products or services that you receive.
- Giving you access to content provided by social-media sites like Facebook or Twitter.
- Showing 'related article' links that are relevant to the information you're looking at.
Persistent cookies
These cookies remain on a user's device for the period of time specified in the cookie. They are activated each time that the user visits the website that created that particular cookie.
Session cookies
These cookies allow website operators to link the actions of a user during a browser session. A browser session starts when a user opens the browser window and finishes when they close the browser window. Session cookies are created temporarily. Once you close the browser, all session cookies are deleted.
Cookies do lots of different jobs, like letting you navigate between pages efficiently, remembering your preferences, and generally improve the user experience. They can also help to ensure that adverts you see online are more relevant to you and your interests.
Cookies allow the Website to remember choices you make (such as your user name, language or the region you are in) and provide enhanced, more personal features. These cookies can also be used to remember changes you have made to text size, fonts and other parts of web pages that you can customise. They may also be used to provide services you have asked for such as watching a video or commenting on a blog. The information these cookies collect may be anonymised and they cannot track your browsing activity on other websites.
How can I see and manage my cookies in my browser?
Virtually all modern browsers allow you to see what cookies you've got, and to clear them individually or clear all of them. To find out how to do this, go to aboutcookies.org, which contains comprehensive information on how to do this on a wide variety of desktop browsers.