Privacy Policy

Bury St Edmunds Marketing

Effective Date: October 2024
Last Updated: March 2026

1. Introduction

This Privacy Policy explains how Aaron Stiff, trading as Bury St Edmunds Marketing ("we", "us", "our") collects, uses, stores and protects your personal data. We are committed to handling your information responsibly and in accordance with the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR) and the Data Protection Act 2018.

Aaron Stiff is the data controller for personal data collected through this website and in the course of providing services. Our website is hosted by Squarespace, who act as a data processor on our behalf.

For any questions about this policy or to exercise your rights, please contact us at info@burystedmunds.marketing.

2. What Data We Collect

We may collect the following personal data:

  • Contact details — name, email address, phone number

  • Business information — business or trading name, website address

  • Enquiry details — the services you are interested in, your marketing goals, and any additional information you provide through our contact or enquiry forms

  • Marketing preferences — whether you have opted in to receive marketing communications from us

  • Website usage data — collected automatically by Squarespace, including IP addresses, browser type, pages visited and time spent on the site

3. How We Collect Your Data

We collect personal data when you:

  • Submit an enquiry through our contact form

  • Sign up for a free trial

  • Opt in to receive marketing emails via our forms

  • Communicate with us by email or other means

Website usage data is collected automatically by Squarespace when you visit our site.

4. How We Use Your Data

We use your personal data for the following purposes:

  • To respond to your enquiry — processing your contact or trial request and communicating with you about our services

  • To deliver services — if you become a client, to carry out the agreed marketing services

  • To send marketing communications — only where you have explicitly opted in to receive them. You can withdraw your consent at any time by contacting us at info@burystedmunds.marketing or by clicking the unsubscribe link in any marketing email

  • To comply with legal obligations — where required by law

5. Legal Basis for Processing

Under UK GDPR, we process your data on the following legal bases:

  • Contract — where processing is necessary to perform a contract with you or take steps prior to entering into one

  • Legitimate interests — to respond to enquiries and manage our business relationships, where this does not override your rights

  • Consent — for marketing communications, where you have explicitly opted in

6. How Long We Keep Your Data.

We retain personal data only for as long as necessary:

  • Enquiry data — up to 12 months from the date of enquiry if no engagement follows

  • Client data — for the duration of the engagement and up to 6 years thereafter, in line with standard UK business record-keeping requirements

  • Marketing consent records — until you withdraw consent, after which we will remove you from our mailing list within 30 days

7. Who We Share Your Data With

We do not sell or share your personal data with third parties for their own marketing purposes.

Your data may be processed by the following third parties acting as data processors on our behalf:

  • Squarespace — our website host and form processing platform. Data submitted through our website is stored on Squarespace's servers. Please refer to Squarespace's Privacy Policy for details of their data handling practices

We may disclose your data where required to do so by law or by a regulatory authority.

8. Your Rights

Under UK GDPR you have the following rights:

  • Access — to request a copy of the personal data we hold about you

  • Rectification — to request correction of inaccurate or incomplete data

  • Erasure — to request deletion of your personal data, subject to any legal obligations to retain it

  • Restriction — to request that we restrict processing of your data in certain circumstances

  • Objection — to object to processing based on legitimate interests

  • Withdrawal of consent — to withdraw consent for marketing at any time

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at info@burystedmunds.marketing. We will respond within one month of receiving your request.

If you are unhappy with how we have handled your data, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) at www.ico.org.uk.

9. Cookies

We use cookies on our website. For full details of the cookies we use and how to manage them, please refer to our Cookie Policy.

10. Changes to This Policy

We may update this policy from time to time. Any changes will be posted on this page with an updated date. We encourage you to review this policy periodically.

Contact

Aaron Stiff

Bury St Edmunds Marketing

Email: info@burystedmunds.marketing

Website: www.burystedmunds.marketing