Privacy Policy

A legal disclaimer

Effective Date: 6/8/2025

1. Introduction

DM Finance & Consulting Ltd ("we", "us", "our") is committed to protecting and respecting your privacy.

This policy explains what personal data we collect from you when you visit our website www.dm-consulting.uk (the "Website"), how we use and protect that data, and your rights in relation to it.

This policy applies only to our Website. If you become a client, you will be provided with a separate privacy notice as part of our client engagement process.

2. Who We Are (The Data Controller)

For the purpose of the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR), the data controller is:

Company Name: DM Finance & Consulting Ltd
Address: 59 Mount Close, Wickford, Essex, Postcode]
Email: daniel@dm-consulting.uk

3. The Data We Collect About You

We may collect, use, store, and transfer different kinds of personal data about you which we have grouped together as follows:

Identity Data: Includes first name and last name.
Contact Data: Includes email address and telephone numbers, provided by you through our contact form.
Technical Data: Includes internet protocol (IP) address, browser type and version, time zone setting and location, browser plug-in types and versions, operating system, and platform.
Usage Data: Includes information about how you use our Website, such as which pages you visit and for how long.

We do not collect any Special Categories of Personal Data about you (this includes details about your race or ethnicity, religious or philosophical beliefs, sex life, sexual orientation, political opinions, trade union membership, information about your health, and genetic and biometric data) through this Website.

4. How We Collect Your Personal Data

We use different methods to collect data from and about you, including:

Direct interactions: You may give us your Identity and Contact Data by filling in our online contact form or by corresponding with us by post, phone, or email.
Automated technologies or interactions: As you interact with our Website, we will automatically collect Technical Data about your equipment and Usage Data about your Browse actions. We collect this personal data by using cookies and other similar technologies. Please see our Cookie Policy for further details.

5. How We Use Your Personal Data (Lawful Basis for Processing)

We will only use your personal data when the law allows us to. Most commonly, we will use your personal data in the following circumstances:

Purpose/ActivityType of DataLawful Basis for Processing

To respond to an enquiry submitted via our contact formIdentity, ContactOur legitimate interest to respond to enquiries and grow our business.

To administer and protect our business and this WebsiteTechnical, UsageOur legitimate interest for running our business, provision of IT services, network security.

To use data analytics to improve our Website and servicesTechnical, UsageOur legitimate interest to define types of customers for our services and to keep our Website updated and relevant.

To send you marketing communications (e.g., a newsletter)Identity, ContactYour explicit consent. You can withdraw consent at any time.

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6. Cookies

Our Website uses cookies to distinguish you from other users. This helps us to provide you with a good experience when you browse our Website and also allows us to improve our site.

7. Data Security

We have put in place appropriate security measures to prevent your personal data from being accidentally lost, used, or accessed in an unauthorised way, altered, or disclosed.

8. Data Retention

We will only retain your personal data for as long as reasonably necessary to fulfil the purposes we collected it for, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal, regulatory, tax, accounting, or reporting requirements. For data collected via our website contact form, we will typically retain it for [e.g., 12 months] after the enquiry is resolved, unless you become a client.

9. Data Sharing and Third Parties

We may share your data with trusted third parties, including:

IT and website administration service providers.
Analytics providers such as Google Analytics.
Professional advisers including lawyers, bankers, auditors, and insurers.
HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) and other authorities.

We require all third parties to respect the security of your personal data and to treat it in accordance with the law.

10. International Transfers

Some of our external third parties (e.g., Google Analytics) may be based outside the UK, so their processing of your personal data will involve a transfer of data outside the UK. Whenever we transfer your personal data out of the UK, we ensure a similar degree of protection is afforded to it by ensuring that the transfer is to a country that has been deemed to provide an adequate level of protection for personal data by the UK.

11. Your Legal Rights

Under data protection law, you have rights including:

Right of access: To request a copy of the personal data we hold about you.
Right to rectification: To request the correction of inaccurate personal data.
Right to erasure: To request that we delete your personal data.
Right to restrict processing: To request that we suspend the processing of your personal data.
Right to data portability: To request the transfer of your personal data to another party.
Right to object: To object to our processing of your personal data.

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us using the details in Section 2. You will not have to pay a fee to access your personal data (or to exercise any of the other rights).

12. How to Complain

You have the right to make a complaint at any time to the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO), the UK supervisory authority for data protection issues (www.ico.org.uk). We would, however, appreciate the chance to deal with your concerns before you approach the ICO, so please contact us in the first instance.

ICO Contact Details: Information Commissioner’s Office Wycliffe House, Water Lane Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF Telephone: 0303 123 1113 Website: https://ico.org.uk/concerns

13. Changes to this Privacy Policy

We keep our privacy policy under regular review. This version was last updated on the date shown at the top of this policy.