framptonaccountants.co.uk
Privacy | GDPR | Cookie Policy | T&C

Frampton & Co | L.E.Ross



• Frampton & Co is the trading name of Frampton & Co (Sussex) Limited; Registration No. 04812805 - and we are committed to safeguarding the privacy of our website visitors to framptonaccountants.co.uk.
• This policy applies where we are acting as a data controller with respect to the personal data of such persons; in other words, where we determine the purposes and means of the processing of that personal data.
• We use cookies on our website. Insofar as those cookies are not strictly necessary for the provision of our website and services, we will ask you to consent to our use of cookies when you first visit our website.
• In this policy, "we", "us" and "our" refer to a) Frampton & Co Chartered Accountants; and b) our "representative" L.E.Ross - who acts as our website developer.



GDPR | Introduction to the law



• The GDPR requires that controllers disclose to data subjects detailed information about the purposes and legal bases of their processing of personal data.
• "Personal data" is defined in Article 4(1) of the GDPR: as 'any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person ('data subject'); an identifiable natural person is one who can be identified, directly or indirectly, in particular by reference to an identifier such as a name, an identification number, location data, an online identifier or to one or more factors specific to the physical, physiological, genetic, mental, economic, cultural or social identity of that natural person'.
• Article 13(1) of the GDPR provides that: 'Where personal data relating to a data subject are collected from the data subject, the controller shall, at the time when personal data are obtained, provide the data subject with all of the following information: ... (c) the purposes of the processing for which the personal data are intended as well as the legal basis for the processing; (d) where the processing is based on point (f) of Article 6(1), the legitimate interests pursued by the controller or by a third party'.
• Article 14(1) of the GDPR provides that: 'Where personal data have not been obtained from the data subject, the controller shall provide the data subject with the following information: ... (c) the purposes of the processing for which the personal data are intended as well as the legal basis for the processing ...'.
• Article 6(1)(f) of the GDPR, which is referred to in Articles 13 and 14, provides that: '(1) Processing shall be lawful only if and to the extent that at least one of the following applies: ... (f) processing is necessary for the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by the controller or by a third party, except where such interests are overridden by the interests or fundamental rights and freedoms of the data subject which require protection of personal data, in particular where the data subject is a child.'
• Article 13(2) of the GDPR provides that, where personal data is collected from a data subject, certain information about data subject rights must be provided: 'In addition to the information referred to in paragraph 1, the controller shall, at the time when personal data are obtained, provide the data subject with the following further information necessary to ensure fair and transparent processing: ... (b) the existence of the right to request from the controller access to and rectification or erasure of personal data or restriction of processing concerning the data subject or to object to processing as well as the right to data portability; (c) where the processing is based on point (a) of Article 6(1) or point (a) of Article 9(2), the existence of the right to withdraw consent at any time, without affecting the lawfulness of processing based on consent before its withdrawal; ...'.



COOKIE POLICY | Defining Cookies



• A cookie is a file containing an identifier (a string of letters and numbers) that is sent by a web server to a web browser and is stored by the browser. The identifier is then sent back to the server each time the browser requests a page from the server.
• Cookies may be either "persistent" cookies or "session" cookies: a persistent cookie will be stored by a web browser and will remain valid until its set expiry date, unless deleted by the user before the expiry date; a session cookie, on the other hand, will expire at the end of the user session, when the web browser is closed.
• Cookies may not contain any information that personally identifies a user, but personal data that we store about you may be linked to the information stored in and obtained from cookies.



COOKIE POLICY | Data we may collect during your visit to framptonaccountants.co.uk



• We may process information contained in or relating to any communication that you send to us ("communication data"). The communication data may include content and metadata associated with the communication. Our website will generate the metadata associated with communications made using the website contact form at "www.framptonaccountants.co.uk/Frampton_Accountants_Sussex_Contact-Us".
• We may process data about your use of our website and services ("usage data"). The usage data may include your IP address, geographical location, browser type and version, operating system, referral source, length of visit, page views and website navigation paths, as well as information about the timing, frequency and pattern of your service use. The source of the usage data is our analytics tracking system.



COOKIE POLICY | The purpose of collecting this data



• Operations - We may process your personal data for the purposes of a) effectively operating our website, and b)making alterations to the source code in order to improve the visitor experience. The legal basis for this processing is our legitimate interest, namely the proper administration of our website.
• Relationships and communications - We may process contact data given via the contact form at "www.framptonaccountants.co.uk/Frampton_Accountants_Sussex_Contact-Us" for the purposes of managing our relationships with existing and potential clients who use our contact form, i.e. email, SMS, post (if you specify your postal address), fax and/or telephone, for the purposes of providing support services and complaint handling. The legal basis for this processing is our legitimate interest, namely communications with our website visitors, service users, individual customers and customer personnel, the maintenance of relationships, and the proper administration of our website, services and business.
• Research and analysis - We may process usage data for the purposes of researching and analysing the use of our website and services, as well as researching and analysing other interactions with our business. The legal basis for this processing is our legitimate interest, namely monitoring, supporting, improving and securing our website, services and business generally.
• Security - We may process your personal data for the purposes of security and the prevention of fraud and other criminal activity. This data may include your IP address, geographical location, browser type and version, operating system, referral source, length of visit, page views and website navigation paths, as well as information about the timing, frequency and pattern of your service use. The legal basis of this processing is our legitimate interests, namely the protection of our website, services and business, and the protection of others.



COOKIE POLICY | Where this data is stored



• All data in relation to visits to framptonaccountants.co.uk is held in our website database and is stored securely on the servers of our hosting services providers at Blackknight Hosting.



COOKIE POLICY | When this data is shared



• We do not pass on data collected from our website to 3rd parties for marketing or analytical purposes under any circumstances - however we may disclose some or all data where such disclosure is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which we are subject, or in order to protect your vital interests or the vital interests of another natural person.



COOKIE POLICY | Your right to access this data



• You retain the right of access - you can request for an electronic copy of the data we have collected via cookies from your visit(s) to framptonaccoutants.co.uk by emailing L.E.Ross
• You retain the right of erasure - you can request that we erase the data we have collected via cookies from your visit(s) to framptonaccoutants.co.uk by emailing L.E.Ross.
• You retain the right of complaint - you can complain to any relevant supervisory authority in relation to the data we have collected via cookies from your visit(s) to framptonaccoutants.co.uk.



COOKIE POLICY | How long this data is stored for



• All data in relation to visits to framptonaccountants.co.uk is held in our website database for analyses for a period of 5 years - you retain the right to erase data collected from your visit(s) at any time by emailing L.E.Ross.



COOKIE POLICY | How to disable cookies on your browser



• Most browsers allow you to refuse to accept cookies and to delete cookies, however this will have a negative impact upon the usability of many websites and you will not be able to use all the features available. The methods of disabling cookies vary from browser to browser, and from version to version. You can however obtain up-to-date information about blocking and deleting cookies via these links:


• Disable Cookies on Chrome
• Disable Cookies on Firefox
• Disable Cookies on Opera
• Disable Cookies on Internet Explorer
• Disable Cookies on Safari
• Disable Cookies on Edge



WEBSITE TERMS & CONDITIONS | Introduction



• These terms and conditions shall govern your use of our website - framptonaccountants.co.uk
• By using our website, you accept these terms and conditions in full; accordingly, if you disagree with these terms and conditions or any part of these terms and conditions, you must not use our website.



WEBSITE TERMS & CONDITIONS | Copyright



• framptonaccountants.co.uk is subject to Copyright (c) 2023 [first publication] Frampton & Co Chartered Accountants.
• Frampton & Co Chartered Accountants own and control all the copyright and other intellectual property rights in our website and the material on our website; and (b) all the copyright and other intellectual property rights in our website and the material on our website are reserved.



WEBSITE TERMS & CONDITIONS | Permission to use website



• View pages from our website in a web browser
• Download pages from our website for caching in a web browser
• Print pages from our website [for your own personal and non-commercial use] providing that such printing is not systematic or excessive
• We reserve the right to suspend or restrict access to our website, to areas of our website and/or to functionality upon our website. We may, for example, suspend access to the website [during server maintenance or when we update the website]. You must not circumvent or bypass, or attempt to circumvent or bypass, any access restriction measures on the website.



WEBSITE TERMS & CONDITIONS | Misuse of website



• You must not use our website in any way or take any action that causes, or may cause, damage to the website or impairment of the performance, availability, accessibility, integrity or security of the website.
• You must not use our website in any way that is unlawful, illegal, fraudulent or harmful, or in connection with any unlawful, illegal, fraudulent or harmful purpose or activity.
• You must not hack or otherwise tamper with our website.
• You must not probe, scan or test the vulnerability of our website without our permission.
• You must not circumvent any authentication or security systems or processes on or relating to our website.
• You must not use our website to copy, store, host, transmit, send, use, publish or distribute any material which consists of (or is linked to) any spyware, computer virus, Trojan horse, worm, keystroke logger, rootkit or other malicious computer software.
• You must not impose an unreasonably large load on our website resources (including bandwidth, storage capacity and processing capacity).
• You must not conduct any systematic or automated data collection activities (including without limitation scraping, data mining, data extraction and data harvesting) on or in relation to our website without our express written consent.
• You must not access or otherwise interact with our website using any robot, spider or other automated means, except for the purpose of search engine indexing.
• You must not use data collected from our website for any direct marketing activity (including without limitation email marketing, SMS marketing, telemarketing and direct mailing).



WEBSITE TERMS & CONDITIONS | Accessibility



• We reserve the right to discontinue or alter any or all of our website services, and to stop publishing our website, at any time in our sole discretion without notice or explanation.