Privacy Policy

Privacy Policy

Last Updated: June 2026

At Ashworth ETS ("we", "us" or "our"), we are committed to protecting and respecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose and safeguard your personal data when you visit our website, engage our consultancy services, or attend our bespoke training and knowledge sessions.

Please read this policy carefully to understand our views and practices regarding your personal data and how we treat it.

1. Information We Collect About You

We may collect and process the following types of personal data:

  • Identity and Contact Data: Name, job title, company name, business email address, phone number and billing/corporate address when you request a quote or engage our services.
  • Consultancy and Case Data: Financial or employment information shared by corporate clients that may incidentally contain personal data (e.g. employee benefits data, payroll structures, or worker classification details necessary for employment tax reviews).
  • Training and Delegate Data: Names, email addresses and professional roles of team members enrolled in our bespoke training sessions or knowledge sharing workshops.
  • Technical and Usage Data: IP address, browser type, time zone setting, operating system and details about how you interact with our website (collected via cookies and analytics tools).

2. How and Why We Use Your Personal Data

We only use your personal data when the law allows us to. Most commonly, we rely on the following legal bases: Performance of a Contract, Legitimate Interests or Compliance with a Legal Obligation.

Purpose/ Activity

 

To deliver consultancy services or advice: Assisting or advising in respect of any of our specialist areas.

 

To deliver bespoke training: Managing registrations, tailoring course content and issuing course completion materials.

To manage our relationship: Notifying you about changes to our terms, requesting feedback, or responding to inquiries. 

To improve our website & services: Adminstering the site, troubleshooting data and conducting usage analysis.

Type of Data

 

Identity, Contact, Consultancy or service offer data.

 

 

 

Identity, Contact, Delegate Data

 

 

Identity, Contact

 

 

 

 

Technical, Usage Data

Lawful Processing Basis

Performance of a contract with your business; Legitimate interests (to deliver expert advisory services).

 

Performance of a contract; Legitimate interests (to upskill your workforce effectively)

 

Performance of a contract; Legal obligation; Legitimate interests (to maintain current records)

 

Legitimate interests (to keep our site secure and optimise our marketing).

3. How We Share Your Personal Data

We do not sell, rent or lease your personal data to third parties. We only share data with trusted entities strictly necessary to run our business:

  • Service Providers: IT and hosting providers, secure data-storage systems and client management platforms that operate under strict confidentiality agreements.
  • Professional Advisers: Auditors, lawyers or insurers when necessary to manage corporate risk or protect our business.
  • Legal Autorities: Regulatory bodies (such as HM Revenue & Customs) or law enforcement, if explicitly required by law.

4. Data Security

We take data security seriously. We have implemented robust technical and organisational measures - including encryption protocols, secure file storage and strict internal access controls - to protect your information from accidental loss, misuse or unauthorised access. Access to your personal or client data is limited strictly to employees or contractors who have a genuine business reason to know.

5. Data Retention

We will only retain your personal data for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes we collected it for, including satisfying any legal, accounting or statutory reporting requirements. :

  • Client & Financial Records: Typically retained for up to 6 years following the conclusion of a contract to comply with regulatory tax guidelines.
  • Enquiry & Marketing Data: Kept for up to 2 years from your last active interaction unless you request erasure earlier.

6. Your Legal Rights

Under UK and EU data protection laws (GDPR), you hold specific rights regarding your personal information. You have the right to:

  • Request Access: Receive a copy of the personal data we hold about you.
  • Request Correction: Correct any incomplete or inaccurate data we hold.
  • Request Erasure: Ask us to delete personal data where there is no good reason for us to continue processing it.
  • Object to Processing: Challenge how we process your data if it relies on a "legitimate interestd" and impacts your fundamental rights.
  • Withdraw Consent: Opt out of marketing communications at any time.

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us using the details below.

7. Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or how we handle your data, please contact our data compliance lead:

  • Email: steve@ashworthets.co.uk
  • Postal address: 

 

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