Boss Profit ("we," "us," or "our") is committed to protecting and respecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, and safeguard your personal data when you visit our website (bossprofit.co.uk) or get in touch about our services.
For the purposes of the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR) and the Data Protection Act 2018, the Data Controller is Adrienne Ellis, trading as Boss Profit.
1. The Data We Collect From You
When you interact with our website or submit information through our forms, we may collect and process the following personal data:
- Identity Data: First name, last name, and business role/title.
- Contact Data: Email address, phone number, and social media handles (e.g., Instagram or LinkedIn handles used during outreach).
- Commercial & Business Data: Company name, business model, annual turnover, years trading, approximate profit, current accounting systems, and details regarding your current financial situation.
- Technical Data: IP address, browser type, time zone setting, and operating system collected automatically via essential website functionality.
2. How and Why We Use Your Data (Legal Basis)
Under the UK GDPR, we must have a lawful basis to process your personal data. We use your information for the following purposes:
- To assess your eligibility for our services: We process your Commercial and Contact Data based on Performance of a Contract (taking steps at your request before entering into a contract).
- To communicate with you: We use your data to respond to enquiries under our Legitimate Interests to operate and grow our business.
3. How Long We Keep Your Data
We will only retain your personal data for as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes we collected it for. If you enquire and become a client, your data is held securely as part of your client file. If your enquiry does not proceed, your form data is deleted within 6 months.
4. Third-Party Processors & Data Security
We do not sell your data. To run our website and correspondence, we share data with trusted, contractually-bound third-party processors:
- Form Processing: Formspree, to securely capture and deliver form submissions to us.
- Website Hosting: WordPress.com (via GoDaddy Managed WordPress), to host and serve our website.
- Direct Correspondence: We currently correspond with enquirers directly by email, rather than through a separate email marketing platform. If this changes, this policy will be updated to name the platform used.
Data transferred through our website uses HTTPS encryption.
5. Your Legal Rights
Under UK data protection law, you have rights we fully uphold, including:
- The right to access the personal data we hold about you.
- The right to rectification if your data is incorrect or incomplete.
- The right to erasure ("the right to be forgotten") to remove your data from our active systems.
- The right to restrict or object to our data processing.
To exercise any of these rights, please contact us directly at info@bossprofit.co.uk. If you believe we have not handled your data correctly, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO), the UK supervisory authority for data protection.