Speers Consulting Limited

Email: sarah@speersconsulting.co.uk

We are the data controller for information collected through this website.

Website analytics (via Squarespace)

When you visit our site, Squarespace automatically collects:

• Browser, device and network information

• IP address

• Pages you visit before and during your session

• Clicks, scrolling, searches and timestamps

Contact forms

If you contact us, we collect:

• Your name

• Email address

• Any information you include in your message

• Cookies

• Necessary cookies (always active)

• Analytics cookies (only used if you accept them via our cookie banner)

We use your information to:

• Run and improve our website

• Understand site traffic and performance

• Respond to enquiries

• Maintain security

• Lawful bases: legitimate interests, consent (for analytics cookies), and contract (when enquiries relate to services).

• We do not use your data for automated decision‑making or profiling.

We only share data with trusted service providers who help us run our business:

• Squarespace (website hosting and analytics)

• Microsoft 365 (email services)

• They process data on our behalf and do not use it for their own marketing.

• We never sell or rent your personal information.

Squarespace and Microsoft may store data outside the UK.

They use approved safeguards (such as Standard Contractual Clauses) to keep your data protected.

• Contact form submissions: up to 12 months

• Email correspondence: up to 24 months

• Analytics data: kept according to Squarespace’s standard retention periods

After this, data is securely deleted.

You have the right to:

• Access your data

• Correct or delete it

• Object to or restrict processing

• Withdraw consent (for cookies)

• Request a copy of your data

To exercise your rights, email sarah@speersconsulting.co.uk.

You can also contact the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) at ico.org.uk.

We use cookies to run the site and understand how visitors use it.

Analytics cookies only run if you accept them.

You can manage cookies through your browser settings at any time.

We use secure servers, access controls and SSL encryption to protect your information.

This website is not intended for children under 16.

We may update this policy occasionally. The version number at the top shows the latest update.