Privacy Policy

Privacy Policy

Sempar Accountancy and Tax Limited (“we”, “our”, “us”) respects your privacy.  We understand that how your personal data is used and shared online matters to you, and we take the privacy of those who visit our website (“the site”) very seriously.  We will not collect any data other than when you contact us, and we will always process that data in compliance with the law. Our site may contain links to other sites, and be aware that if you choose to click on those links, your data may be processed by other organisations hosting those sites. We cannot control or monitor this, and you should have regard to their privacy policies.

Please read this privacy policy carefully, and ensure you understand it. When you first use our site, this is taken to be agreement to this policy. If you do not accept the policy, then you should stop using the site immediately.

 

Who we are

• The site is owned and operated by Sempar Accountancy and Tax Limited, Lymedale Business Centre, Hooters Hall Road, Newcastle under Lyme, ST5 9QF.

• Our VAT number is 234064630.

• We are regulated by Association of Chartered Certified Accountants.

 

Your rights

You have certain rights as a data subject under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which governs the collection, processing and disposal of personal data by organisations such as ours.

In relation to personal data about you, you have the right:

• to be informed about how and why we collect and use the data

• to be informed about who may receive your data, where it may be transferred and how long it will normally be retained

• to be given access to the data we hold

• to have any inaccurate or incomplete data rectified

• to ask us to delete personal data earlier than we might already dispose of it

• to prevent us from processing the data further

•to object to us using the data for particular purposes.

 

We provide contact details at the end of this policy for you to use if you have any complaint about our processing of your personal data. If you are not satisfied with the way we deal with this issue, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), which is the body in charge of supervising personal data use in the UK.

What data do we collect?

 

If you communicate with us by email via our website, we will collect your name, email address and any other content that you send to us in the body of the mail. We do not collect any other personal data by any other method and, in particular, we do not place cookies on our site.

How is your data used?

 

We will process and store your data securely, and we will only keep it for as long as we need it for the purpose(s) for which it was collected.

In relation to the data we do collect, as laid out in the section above, we may use it as follows:

• to reply to your email regarding a specific query

• to carry out your instructions

• to improve our services

• to offer other services we believe you may benefit from unless you ask us not to.

 

You have the right to withdraw your consent to our use of your personal data at any time, and to request that we delete it.

We will not share your personal data with anyone at any time.

How and where do we store your data?

We will only keep your data as long as we need it for the purpose(s) for which it is collected, and/or for as long as we have your permission to hold it.

Your data will only be stored in the UK.

OR

Your data will only be stored within the European Economic Area (EEA).

OR

Some or all of your data may be stored outside of the EEA. If we do store data outside this area, we will take all reasonable steps to ensure that your data is as safe and secure as it would be within the UK, and is treated lawfully and in accordance with the GDPR.

We have data protection policies in place to ensure our compliance with the data protection laws and that your personal data is controlled and processed securely.

Accessing your data

You are entitled to make a subject access request under the GDPR. This means that you may request a copy of any personal data we hold about you, free of charge. We will provide any or all information in response to your request if you contact us on steve@www.sempar.co.uk. 

 

Contact details

If you have any questions about the site or this policy, or you wish to make a subject access request, then please contact us as follows, making your request or query clear:

Email: steve@Sempar.co.uk

Telephone: 03302233660

Postal address: Lymedale Business Centre, Hooters Hall Road, Newcastle under Lyme, ST5 9QF

 

Amending the policy

We may change this policy from time to time, in response to changes in the law or for operational reasons. Any changes will immediately be posted on the site and you will be deemed to have accepted the amended policy if you continue to use the site afterwards. You should therefore regularly review this policy.

It was last reviewed in May 2018.

Legal

NO RELIANCE ON INFORMATION

The content on our site is provided for general information only. It is not intended to amount to advice or serve as a substitute for any audit, advisory, tax or other professional advice, consultation or service.

 

Although we make reasonable efforts to update the information on our site, we make no representations, warranties or guarantees, whether express or implied, that the content on our site is accurate, complete or up-to-date.

 

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS

We are the owner or the licensee of all intellectual property rights in our site and in the material published on our Site, including but not limited to any concepts, ideas, methods, procedures, processes, know-how, techniques, programs, publications, models, products, templates, technologies, software designs, art work, graphics and information on or described in the Site. Those works are protected by copyright laws and treaties around the world. All such rights are reserved.

Users are encouraged to print or distribute content (e.g. via link on a social network) provided that:

• The use of the content is personal and non-commercial

• All copyright, trademark and similar notices are retained

• The content is not used as or implies that we are providing a testimonial or endorsement of an organisation, its products or services.

 

You must not modify, reproduce, publically display, perform, distribute or use for any public or commercial purposes without explicit written permission from the appropriate content or material provider (including third-party links).

If you print off, copy or download any part of our site in breach of these terms of use, your right to use our site will cease immediately and you must, at our option, return or destroy any copies of the materials you have made.

OUR LIABILITY

To the extent permitted by law, we exclude all conditions, warranties, representations or other terms which may apply to our site or any content on it, whether express or implied, included but not limited to that the site will be uninterrupted, without delay, error-free, omission-free, or free of viruses.

Sempar Accountancy and Tax Limited, its related partners, managing directors, principals, agents or employees will not be liable to any user for any loss or damage arising under or in connection with but not limited to:

• use of, or inability to use, our site;

• or use of, or reliance on, any content displayed on our site.

 

Please note that we only provide our site for general, domestic and non-commercial use. You agree not to use our site for any commercial or business purposes, and we have no liability to you for any loss of profit, savings, data, sales or revenue, loss of business, business interruption or business opportunity or any indirect, incidental, special, exemplary, punitive, consequential or other loss or damage.

 

VIRUSES

We do not guarantee that our site will be secure or free from bugs or viruses and will not be liable for any loss or damage caused by a virus infected either through our site or third party link.

You are responsible for configuring your information technology, computer programmes and platform in order to access our site. You should use your own virus protection software.

You must not misuse our site by knowingly introducing viruses, trojans, worms, logic bombs or other material which is malicious or technologically harmful. You must not attempt to gain unauthorised access to our site, the server on which our site is stored or any server, computer or database connected to our site. You must not attack our site via a denial-of-service attack or a distributed denial-of service attack. By breaching this provision, you would commit a criminal offence under the Computer Misuse Act 1990.

 

LINKING TO OUR SITE

Where our site contains links to other sites and resources provided by third parties, these links are provided for your information and convenience only. We have no control over, and are not responsible for, the contents of those sites or resources.

We reserve the right to withdraw linking permission without notice.

You must not establish a link which

• suggests any form of association, approval or endorsement on our part where none exists;

• links to our site from a website that is not owned by you;

• involves the unauthorised use of our logo; and/ or

 

takes the form of a link that disguises the URL and/ or bypasses the homepage or pages containing the entity copyright, legal disclaimer and online policy statement