Privacy Policy

This website is brought to you by Ashtons Franchise Consulting Limited. We take the privacy of our website users very seriously. We ask that you read this privacy policy (Policy) carefully as it contains important information about how we will use your personal data.

For the purposes of the Data Protection Act 1998, Ashton Franchise Consulting Limited (Company Number 09341386) of Trafalgar House Meridian Way, Meridian Business Park, Norwich, NR7 0TA ('we' or 'us') is the 'data controller' (the company who is responsible for, and controls the processing of, your personal data).

Personal data we may collect about you

We will obtain personal data about you such as your name, address, telephone number and email address whenever you complete an online form.

For example, we will obtain your personal data when you register to use this website, send us feedback, post material, contact us for any reason, sign up to a service or enter a competition. We may also obtain sensitive personal data about you if you volunteer it during the completion of an online form. If you volunteer such information, you will be consenting to our processing it for the purpose of dealing with your request in respect of which you have submitted the information.

We may monitor your use of this website through the use of cookies and similar tracking devices. For example, we may monitor how many times you visit, which pages you go to, traffic data, location data and the originating domain name of a user's internet service provider. This information helps us to build a profile of our users. Some of this data will be aggregated or statistical, which means that we will not be able to identify you individually. For further information on our use of cookies, please see our cookie policy.

Occasionally we may receive information about you from other sources, which we will add to the information we already hold about you in order to help us provide services and improve and personalise our service to you.

How we use your personal data

We will use your personal data for the purposes set out below and the purposes described in the data protection notice that was given to you at the time your data were obtained. These purposes include:

• to help us identify you and any accounts you hold with us;
• administration;
• research, statistical analysis and behavioural analysis;
• customer profiling and analysing your preferences;
• marketing—see 'Marketing and opting out', below;
• fraud prevention and detection;
• billing and order fulfilment;
• customising this website and its content to your particular preferences;
• to notify you of any changes to this website or to our services that may affect you;
• security vetting; and
• improving our services/

Marketing and opting out

We will only contact you by post, email, phone, or SMS about our products, services or promotions if you have asked us to do so. If you have changed your mind and would prefer us not to contact you, then you can opt out at any time. See 'Your rights', below for further information.

Disclosure of your personal data

We may disclose your personal data to:

• our shareholders and any other companies or organisations within our group from time to time;
• our agents, consultants and service providers;
• law enforcement agencies in connection with any investigation to help prevent unlawful activity;
• our business partners in accordance with the 'Marketing and opting out' section above; and
• to a third party in the event there is a proposed sale of shares in the Company or the assets of the business.

Keeping your data secure

We will use technical and organisational measures to safeguard your personal data, for example:

• we store your personal data on secure servers.

While we will use all reasonable efforts to safeguard your personal data, you acknowledge that the use of the internet is not entirely secure and for this reason we cannot guarantee the security or integrity of any personal data that are transferred from you or to you via the internet.

Monitoring

We may monitor and record communications with you (such as telephone conversations and emails) for the purpose of quality assurance, training, fraud prevention and compliance.

Information about other individuals

If you give us information on behalf of someone else, you confirm that the other person has appointed you to act on his/her behalf and has agreed that you can:

• give consent on his/her behalf to the processing of his/her personal data;
• receive on his/her behalf any data protection notices; and
• give consent to the processing of his/her information.

Your rights

You have the right, subject to the payment of a small fee (currently £10), to request access to personal data that we may process about you. If you wish to exercise this right, you should:

• put your request in writing to Ashtons Franchise Consulting Limited, Trafalgar House Meridian Way, Meridian Business Park, Norwich, NR7 0TA or by email to enquiry@ashtonsfranchise.com;
• include proof of your identity and address (e.g. a correctly certified copy of your driving licence or passport, and a recent utility or credit card bill);
• attach a cheque in the amount of £10 made payable to Ashtons Franchise Consulting Limited; and
• specify the personal data you want access to, including any account or reference numbers where applicable.

You have the right to require us to correct any inaccuracies in your data free of charge. If you wish to exercise this right, you should:

• put your request in writing to Ashtons Franchise Consulting Limited, Trafalgar House Meridian Way, Meridian Business Park, Norwich, NR7 0TA or by email to enquiry@ashtonsfranchise.com;
• provide us with enough information to identify you (e.g. full name, address, telephone number); and
• specify the information that is incorrect and what it should be replaced with.

You also have the right to ask us to stop processing your personal data for direct marketing purposes. If you wish to exercise this right, you should:

• put your request in writing (an email sent to enquiry@ashtonsfranchise.com with a header that says 'Unsubscribe' is acceptable);
• provide us with enough information to identify you (e.g. full name, address, telephone number); and
• if your objection is not to direct marketing in general, but to direct marketing by a particular channel (e.g. email or telephone), please specify the channel you are objecting to.

Our contact details

We welcome your feedback and questions. If you wish to contact us, please send an email to enquiry@ashtonsfranchise.com or you can write to us at Trafalgar House Meridian Way, Meridian Business Park, Norwich, NR7 0TA which is our registered office address or call us on 01603 703254.

We may change this privacy policy from time to time. You should check this policy occasionally to ensure you are aware of the most recent version that will apply each time you access this website.