Privacy Policy
Searchant Privacy Policy
This privacy policy will explain how our organization uses the personal data we collect from you when you use our website.
What data do we collect?
Our Company collects the following data:
Personal identification information (Name, email address, phone number, etc.)
How do we collect your data?
You directly provide Our Company with most of the data we collect. We collect data and process data when you:
Register online or place an order for any of our products or services.
Voluntarily complete a customer survey or provide feedback on any of our message boards or via email.
Use or view our website via your browser’s cookies.
Searchant may also receive your data indirectly from third party sources.
How will we use your data?
Our Company collects your data so that we can:
Process your order and manage your account.
Email you with special offers on other products and services we think you might like.
If you agree, Our Company will share your data with our partner companies so that they may offer you their products and services.
When Our Company processes your order, it may send your data to, and also use the resulting information from, credit reference agencies to prevent fraudulent purchases.
Marketing
Our Company would like to send you information about products and services of ours that we think you might like, as well as those of our partner companies.
If you have agreed to receive marketing, you may always opt out at a later date.
You have the right at any time to stop Our Company from contacting you for marketing purposes or giving your data to other members of the Our Company Group.
What are your data protection rights?
Our Company would like to make sure you are fully aware of all of your data protection rights.
Every user is entitled to the following:
The right to access – You have the right to request Our Company for copies of your personal data. We may charge you a small fee for this service.
The right to rectification – You have the right to request that Our Company correct any information you believe is inaccurate. You also have the right to request Our Company to complete the information you believe is incomplete.
The right to erasure – You have the right to request that Our Company erase your personal data, under certain conditions.
The right to restrict processing – You have the right to request that Our Company restrict the processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
The right to object to processing – You have the right to object to Our Company’s processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
The right to data portability – You have the right to request that Our Company transfer the data that we have collected to another organization, or directly to you, under certain conditions.If you make a request, we have one month to respond to you.
If you would like to exercise any of these rights, please contact us at our email:
Call us at: +44 7736 931154
Or write to us: marcus@searchant.co
Cookies
Cookies are text files placed on your computer to collect standard Internet log information and visitor behavior information.
When you visit our websites, we may collect information from you automatically through cookies or similar technologyFor further information, visit allaboutcookies.org.
How do we use cookies?
Our Company uses cookies in a range of ways to improve your experience on our website, including:
Keeping you signed in
Understanding how you use our website
What types of cookies do we use?
There are a number of different types of cookies, however, our website uses:
Functionality – Our Company uses these cookies so that we recognize you on our website and remember your previously selected preferences. These could include what language you prefer and location you are in. A mix of first-party and third-party cookies are used.
Advertising – Our Company uses these cookies to collect information about your visit to our website, the content you viewed, the links you followed and information about your browser, device, and your IP address. Our Company sometimes shares some limited aspects of this data with third parties for advertising purposes. We may also share online data collected through cookies with our advertising partners. This means that when you visit another website, you may be shown advertising based on your browsing patterns on our website.
How to manage cookies
You can set your browser not to accept cookies, and the above website tells you how to remove cookies from your browser. However, in a few cases, some of our website features may not function as a result.
Privacy policies of other websites
The Our Company website contains links to other websites. Our privacy policy applies only to our website, so if you click on a link to another website, you should read their privacy policy.
Changes to our privacy policy
Our Company keeps its privacy policy under regular review and places any updates on this web page. This privacy policy was last updated on 9 November 2021.
How to contact us
If you have any questions about Our Company’s privacy policy, the data we hold on you, or you would like to exercise one of your data protection rights, please do not hesitate to contact us.
Email us at: marcus@searchant.co
Call us: +44 7736 931154
How to contact the appropriate authority
Should you wish to report a complaint or if you feel that Our Company has not addressed your concern in a satisfactory manner, you may contact the Information Commissioner’s Office.
Email: marcus@searchant.co
Effective date: January 1, 2022
Searchant Limited (“us”, “we”, or “our”) operates the https://www.searchant.co/ website (hereinafter referred to as the “Service”).
This page informs you of our policies regarding the collection, use and disclosure of personal data when you use our Service and the choices you have associated with that data.
We use your data to provide and improve the Service. By using the Service, you agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this policy. Unless otherwise defined in this Privacy Policy, the terms used in this Privacy Policy have the same meanings as in our Terms and Conditions, accessible from https://www.searchant.co/
Definitions
- Service. Service is the https://www.searchant.co website operated by Acme SEO
- Personal Data. Personal Data means data about a living individual who can be identified from those data (or from those and other information either in our possession or likely to come into our possession).
- Usage Data. Usage Data is data collected automatically either generated by the use of the Service or from the Service infrastructure itself (for example, the duration of a page visit).
- Cookies. Cookies are small files stored on your device (computer or mobile device).
- Data Controller. Data Controller means the natural or legal person who (either alone or jointly or in common with other persons) determines the purposes for which and the manner in which any personal information are, or are to be, processed. For the purpose of this Privacy Policy, we are a Data Controller of your Personal Data.
- Data Processors (or Service Providers) Data Processor (or Service Provider) means any natural or legal person who processes the data on behalf of the Data Controller. We may use the services of various Service Providers in order to process your data more effectively.
- Data Subject (or User) Data Subject is any living individual who is using our Service and is the subject of Personal Data.
Information Collection and Use
We collect several different types of information for various purposes to provide and improve our Service to you.
Types of Data Collected
Personal Data
While using our Service, we may ask you to provide us with certain personally identifiable information that can be used to contact or identify you (“Personal Data”). Personally identifiable information may include, but is not limited to:
- Email address
- First name and last name
- Phone number
- Address, State, Province, ZIP/Postal code, City
- Cookies and Usage Data
We may use your Personal Data to contact you with newsletters, marketing or promotional materials and other information that may be of interest to you. You may opt out of receiving any, or all, of these communications from us by following the unsubscribe link or instructions provided in any email we send or by contacting us.
Usage Data
We may also collect information on how the Service is accessed and used (“Usage Data”). This Usage Data may include information such as your computer’s Internet Protocol address (e.g. IP address), browser type, browser version, the pages of our Service that you visit, the time and date of your visit, the time spent on those pages, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data.
Tracking & Cookies Data
We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to track the activity on our Service and we hold certain information.
Cookies are files with a small amount of data which may include an anonymous unique identifier. Cookies are sent to your browser from a website and stored on your device. Other tracking technologies are also used such as beacons, tags and scripts to collect and track information and to improve and analyse our Service.
You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, if you do not accept cookies, you may not be able to use some portions of our Service.
Examples of Cookies we use:
- Session Cookies. We use Session Cookies to operate our Service.
- Preference Cookies. We use Preference Cookies to remember your preferences and various settings.
- Security Cookies. We use Security Cookies for security purposes.
Use of Data
Searchant Limited uses the collected data for various purposes:
- To provide and maintain our Service
- To notify you about changes to our Service
- To allow you to participate in interactive features of our Service when you choose to do so
- To provide customer support
- To gather analysis or valuable information so that we can improve our Service
- To monitor the usage of our Service
- To detect, prevent and address technical issues
- To provide you with news, special offers and general information about other goods, services and events which we offer that are similar to those that you have already purchased or enquired about unless you have opted not to receive such information
Legal Basis for Processing Personal Data under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)
If you are from the European Economic Area (EEA), Searchant Limited legal basis for collecting and using the personal information described in this Privacy Policy depends on the Personal Data we collect and the specific context in which we collect it.
Searchant Limited may process your Personal Data because:
- We need to perform a contract with you
- You have given us permission to do so
- The processing is in our legitimate interests and it is not overridden by your rights
- For payment processing purposes
- To comply with the law
Retention of Data
Searchant Limited will retain your Personal Data only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. We will retain and use your Personal Data to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations (for example, if we are required to retain your data to comply with applicable laws), resolve disputes and enforce our legal agreements and policies.
Searchant Limited will also retain Usage Data for internal analysis purposes. Usage Data is generally retained for a shorter period of time, except when this data is used to strengthen the security or to improve the functionality of our Service, or we are legally obligated to retain this data for longer periods.
Transfer of Data
Your information, including Personal Data, may be transferred to – and maintained on –computers located outside of your state, province, country or other governmental jurisdiction where the data protection laws may differ from those of your jurisdiction.
Your consent to this Privacy Policy followed by your submission of such information represents your agreement to that transfer.
Searchant Limited will take all the steps reasonably necessary to ensure that your data is treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy Policy and no transfer of your Personal Data will take place to an organisation or a country unless there are adequate controls in place including the security of your data and other personal information.
Disclosure of Data
Disclosure for Law Enforcement
Under certain circumstances, Searchant Limited may be required to disclose your Personal Data if required to do so by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities (e.g. a court or a government agency).
Legal Requirements
Searchant Limited may disclose your Personal Data in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to:
- To comply with a legal obligation
- To protect and defend the rights or property of Searchant Limited
- To prevent or investigate possible wrongdoing in connection with the Service
- To protect the personal safety of users of the Service or the public
- To protect against legal liability
Security of Data
The security of your data is important to us but remember that no method of transmission over the Internet or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. While we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your Personal Data, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.
Your Data Protection Rights under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)
If you are a resident of the European Economic Area (EEA), you have certain data protection rights. Searchant Limited aims to take reasonable steps to allow you to correct, amend, delete or limit the use of your Personal Data.
If you wish to be informed about what Personal Data we hold about you and if you want it to be removed from our systems, please contact us.
In certain circumstances, you have the following data protection rights:
- The right to access, update or delete the information we have on you. Whenever made possible, you can access, update or request deletion of your Personal Data directly within your account settings section. If you are unable to perform these actions yourself, please contact us to assist you.
- The right of rectification. You have the right to have your information rectified if that information is inaccurate or incomplete.
- The right to object. You have the right to object to our processing of your Personal Data.
- The right of restriction. You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal information.
- The right to data portability. You have the right to be provided with a copy of the information we have on you in a structured, machine-readable and commonly used format.
- The right to withdraw consent. You also have the right to withdraw your consent at any time where Searchant Limited relied on your consent to process your personal information.
Please note that we may ask you to verify your identity before responding to such Requests.
You have the right to complain to a Data Protection Authority about our collection and use of your Personal Data. For more information, please contact your local data protection authority in the European Economic Area (EEA).
Service Providers
We may employ third party companies and individuals to facilitate our Service (“Service Providers”), provide the Service on our behalf, perform Service-related services or assist us in analysing how our Service is used.
These third parties have access to your Personal Data only to perform these tasks on our behalf and are obligated not to disclose or use it for any other purpose.
Analytics
We may use third-party Service Providers to monitor and analyse the use of our Service.
- Google Analytics Google Analytics is a web analytics service offered by Google that tracks andreports website traffic. Google uses the data collected to track and monitor the use of our Service. This data is shared with other Google services. Google may use the collected data to contextualise and personalise the ads of its own advertising network. You can opt-out of having made your activity on the Service available to Google Analytics by installing the Google Analytics opt-out browser addon. The add-on prevents the Google Analytics JavaScript (ga.js, analytics.js and dc.js) from sharing information with Google Analytics about visits activity. For more information on the privacy practices of Google, please visit the Google Privacy & Terms web page: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en
Payments
We may provide paid products and/or services within the Service. In that case, we use third-party services for payment processing (e.g. payment processors).
We will not store or collect your payment card details. That information is provided directly to our third-party payment processors whose use of your personal information is governed by their Privacy Policy. These payment processors adhere to the standards set by PCI-DSS as managed by the PCI Security Standards Council, which is a joint effort of brands like Visa, MasterCard, American, Express and Discover. PCI-DSS requirements help ensure the secure handling of payment information.
The payment processors we work with are:
- Stripe. Their Privacy Policy can be viewed at https://stripe.com/us/privacy
Links to Other Sites
Our Service may contain links to other sites that are not operated by us. If you click a third party link, you will be directed to that third party’s site. We strongly advise you to review the Privacy Policy of every site you visit.
We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies or practices of any third party sites or services.
Children's Privacy
Our Service does not address anyone under the age of 18 (“Children”).
We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of 18. If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your Child has provided us with Personal Data, please contact us. If we become aware that we have collected Personal Data from children without verification of parental consent, we take steps to remove that information from our servers.
Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page.
We will let you know via email and/or a prominent notice on our Service, prior to the change becoming effective and update the “effective date” at the top of this Privacy Policy.
You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.
Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us:
- By visiting this page on our website: https://www.searchant.co/contact/
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Privacy Policy
This policy explains how Searchant Limited collects, uses, and protects your personal data.
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Who we are
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Information we collect about you
These are the categories of data we may process:
- Contact DetailsReal name, email address, address, telephone number, social media username, title, physical address.
- Financial DataCredit card number, CCV, credit card expiry date, bank account number, billing address, transaction code (TAN), income information, VAT number, credit score.
- Identifiers and Legal DocumentsPublic health number, passport, proof of residence, right to work status, visa status, social security / national insurance number, driver's licence data, national identification document, signature.
- Personal CharacteristicsSex, nationality, date of birth, gender, academic qualifications, height, age.
- Location DataTracking data, approximate location.
- Communications DataInstant messaging data, social media posts, postal content.
- Images and RecordingsCCTV footage, photos, videos, voice recordings, profile picture.
- Views and OpinionsSurvey responses, testimonials/references, opinions (non-political/religious/philosophical).
- Work-related DataName of employer, occupation, completed tasks, details of grievance, disciplinary proceedings, curriculum vitae / resume.
- Technical IdentifiersIP address, MAC address, usernames, passwords, browser data, other device identifiers, unique identifier.
- Activity and BehaviouralStatistical or demographic data for any purpose.
Aggregated Data could be derived from your personal data but is not considered personal data in law as this data will not directly or indirectly reveal your identity. However, if we combine or connect Aggregated Data with your personal data so that it can directly or indirectly identify you, we treat the combined data as personal data which will be used in accordance with this Privacy Policy.
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Legal justifications we rely on to process personal data
We process personal data for the purposes described in this policy, based on the following legal bases:
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Consent
The individual has given clear consent for us to process their personal data for a specific purpose.
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Legitimate Interests
We have a business or commercial reason to process your personal data, so long as this is not overridden by the individuals' own rights and interests.
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Contractual Obligations
The processing is necessary for a contract we have with the individual, or because they have asked us to take specific steps before entering into a contract.
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Legal Obligations
The processing is necessary for us to comply with the law.
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How we process personal data of our Customers
| Purpose | Personal Data Category | Legal Justification |
|---|---|---|
| Accounts Receivable | Contact Details, Financial Data | Contractual Obligations |
| Authenticating Users | Contact Details, Technical Identifiers | Contractual Obligations |
| B2B Email/Text Digital Marketing (existing customers) | Contact Details, Personal Characteristics, Views and Opinions | Legitimate Interest |
| Business Intelligence & Analytics | Activity and Behavioural, Contact Details, Personal Characteristics, Technical Identifiers, Views and Opinions | Legitimate Interest |
| Customer Relationship Management (CRM) | Activity and Behavioural, Contact Details, Personal Characteristics | Legitimate Interest |
| Customer Support | Contact Details, Personal Characteristics, Views and Opinions | Legitimate Interest |
| Digitally Signing Documents | Contact Details, Technical Identifiers | Contractual Obligations |
| Infrastructure & File Storage | Contact Details | Contractual Obligations |
| Meeting Recording & Transcribing | Contact Details, Images and Recordings, Views and Opinions | Consent |
| Onboarding & Product Demos | Activity and Behavioural, Contact Details, Views and Opinions | Legitimate Interest |
| Product Surveys and Gathering Insights | Contact Details, Personal Characteristics, Technical Identifiers, Views and Opinions | Consent |
| Targeted Advertising | Activity and Behavioural, Contact Details, Location Data, Personal Characteristics | Legitimate Interest |
| Website Tracking / Webapp tracking | Activity and Behavioural, Technical Identifiers | Consent |
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How we process personal data of our Leads
| Purpose | Personal Data Category | Legal Justification |
|---|---|---|
| B2B Email/Text Digital Marketing (prospective customers) | Contact Details, Personal Characteristics, Views and Opinions | Consent |
| Business Intelligence & Analytics | Activity and Behavioural, Contact Details, Personal Characteristics, Technical Identifiers, Views and Opinions | Legitimate Interest |
| Customer Relationship Management (CRM) | Activity and Behavioural, Contact Details, Personal Characteristics | Legitimate Interest |
| Infrastructure & File Storage | Contact Details | Contractual Obligations |
| Lead Generation | Contact Details | Consent |
| Meeting Recording & Transcribing | Contact Details, Images and Recordings, Views and Opinions | Consent |
| Onboarding & Product Demos | Activity and Behavioural, Contact Details, Views and Opinions | Legitimate Interest |
| Product Surveys and Gathering Insights | Contact Details, Personal Characteristics, Technical Identifiers, Views and Opinions | Consent |
| Targeted Advertising | Activity and Behavioural, Contact Details, Location Data, Personal Characteristics | Legitimate Interest |
| Website Tracking / Webapp tracking | Activity and Behavioural, Technical Identifiers | Consent |
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How we process personal data of our Website Visitors
| Purpose | Personal Data Category | Legal Justification |
|---|---|---|
| Bot/Spam Prevention | Activity and Behavioural, Technical Identifiers | Legitimate Interest |
| Consent Management | Activity and Behavioural, Technical Identifiers | Legal Obligations |
| Customer Relationship Management (CRM) | Activity and Behavioural, Contact Details, Personal Characteristics | Legitimate Interest |
| Displaying Custom Fonts | Technical Identifiers | Legitimate Interest |
| Infrastructure & File Storage | Contact Details | Contractual Obligations |
| Tag Management | Activity and Behavioural, Technical Identifiers | Consent |
| Targeted Advertising | Activity and Behavioural, Contact Details, Location Data, Personal Characteristics | Legitimate Interest |
| Website Hosting | Technical Identifiers | Legitimate Interest |
| Website Tracking / Webapp tracking | Activity and Behavioural, Technical Identifiers | Consent |
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How we process personal data of our Contractors
| Purpose | Personal Data Category | Legal Justification |
|---|---|---|
| Accounts Payable | Contact Details, Financial Data | Contractual Obligations |
| Digitally Signing Documents | Contact Details, Technical Identifiers | Contractual Obligations |
| Internal Communication | Communications Data, Contact Details | Legitimate Interest |
| Project Management | Contact Details, Work-related Data | Legitimate Interest |
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How we process personal data of our Staff
| Purpose | Personal Data Category | Legal Justification |
|---|---|---|
| Digitally Signing Documents | Contact Details, Technical Identifiers | Contractual Obligations |
| Guides and Tutorials | Contact Details, Technical Identifiers, Views and Opinions, Work-related Data | Legitimate Interest |
| Infrastructure & File Storage | Contact Details | Contractual Obligations |
| Internal Communication | Communications Data, Contact Details | Legitimate Interest |
| Internal Note Taking | Contact Details, Technical Identifiers, Views and Opinions | Legitimate Interest |
| Leave & Absence Management | Contact Details, Work-related Data | Legitimate Interest |
| Meeting Recording & Transcribing | Contact Details, Images and Recordings, Views and Opinions | Consent |
| Payroll | Contact Details, Financial Data, Identifiers and Legal Documents | Contractual Obligations |
| Project Management | Contact Details, Work-related Data | Legitimate Interest |
| Recruitment | Contact Details, Personal Characteristics | Legitimate Interest |
| SEO Keyword Mapping | Contact Details, Technical Identifiers | Contractual Obligations |
| Staff Training | Contact Details, Work-related Data | Legitimate Interest |
| Timesheet & Shift Management | Contact Details, Work-related Data | Legitimate Interest |
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How we process personal data of our Job Applicants
| Purpose | Personal Data Category | Legal Justification |
|---|---|---|
| Infrastructure & File Storage | Contact Details | Contractual Obligations |
| Recruitment | Contact Details, Personal Characteristics | Legitimate Interest |
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How your personal data is collected
We use different methods to collect personal data from and about you including through:
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Direct interactions
You may give us information on your Contact Details, Identifiers, Financial Data and other categories by filling in forms or by corresponding with us by post, phone, email, via our website or otherwise. This includes personal data you provide when you: apply for our products or services; create an account with us; subscribe to publications; request marketing to be sent to you; or give us feedback or contact us.
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Automated technologies or interactions
As you interact with our website and services, we will automatically collect Technical, Profile and Usage Data about your equipment, browsing actions, and patterns.
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Third parties or publicly available sources
We might receive personal data about you from various third parties or publicly available sources, including: work-related data from online recruitment platforms or professional networks; and identity and contact data from publicly available sources.
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Third Parties & Sub-Processors
We might store or send personal data about you to various third parties set out below.
| Third Party | Encryption | Data Residency |
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| Google Analytics | Encryption in Transit, Encryption at Rest | United States |
| Google Tag Manager | Encryption in Transit, Encryption at Rest | United States |
| Google Fonts | Encryption in Transit, Encryption at Rest | United States |
| LinkedIn Insight Tag | Encryption in Transit, Encryption at Rest | United States |
| LinkedIn Sign-in | Encryption in Transit, Encryption at Rest | United States |
| Cloudflare | Encryption in Transit, Encryption at Rest | United States |
| Webflow | Encryption in Transit, Encryption at Rest | United States |
| Google Firebase | Encryption in Transit, Encryption at Rest | European Economic Area |
| LinkedIn Ads | Encryption in Transit, Encryption at Rest | European Economic Area |
| Pipedrive | Encryption in Transit, Encryption at Rest | Germany |
| BrightHR | Encryption in Transit, Encryption at Rest | United Kingdom |
| Notion | Encryption in Transit, Encryption at Rest | United States |
| Xero | Encryption in Transit, Encryption at Rest | United States |
| Stripe | Encryption in Transit, Encryption at Rest | United States |
| Wise | Encryption in Transit, Encryption at Rest | United Kingdom |
| GoCardless | Encryption in Transit, Encryption at Rest | Global |
| Paypal | Encryption in Transit, Encryption at Rest | United States |
| Slack | Encryption in Transit, Encryption at Rest | United States |
| Zoom | Encryption in Transit, Encryption at Rest | United States |
| Google Meets | Encryption in Transit, Encryption at Rest | United States |
| Google Gmail | Encryption in Transit, Encryption at Rest | United States |
| Loom | Encryption in Transit, Encryption at Rest | United States |
| Clarity Flow | — | United States |
| Signaturely | — | United States |
| Google Drive | Encryption in Transit, Encryption at Rest | United States |
| Asana | Encryption in Transit, Encryption at Rest | United States |
| Airtable | Encryption in Transit, Encryption at Rest | United States |
| Grammarly | Encryption in Transit, Encryption at Rest | United States |
| Skype | Encryption in Transit, Encryption at Rest | United States |
| Microsoft Teams | Encryption in Transit, Encryption at Rest | United States |
| Tl;dv | — | Germany |
| Ahrefs | — | Singapore |
| Google Data Studio | Encryption in Transit, Encryption at Rest | United States |
| Pitchbox | — | United States |
| Google Forms | Encryption in Transit, Encryption at Rest | United States |
| reCAPTCHA | Encryption in Transit, Encryption at Rest | United States |
| Facebook Pixel | Encryption in Transit, Encryption at Rest | United States |
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International Transfers
Some of our external third parties are based outside the UK and EEA so their processing of your personal data will involve a transfer of data outside the UK or EEA.
Whenever we transfer your personal data out of the UK or EEA, we ensure a similar degree of protection is afforded to it by ensuring at least one of the following safeguards is implemented:
The country to which personal data is being transferred has been deemed to provide an adequate level of protection for personal data; or
We use appropriate transfer mechanisms such as Standard Contractual Clauses or the UK International Data Transfer Agreement.
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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. In addition, we limit access to your personal data to those employees, agents, contractors, and other third parties who have a business need to know. They will only process your personal data on our instructions and they are subject to a duty of confidentiality.
We have put in place procedures to deal with any suspected personal data breach and will notify you and any applicable regulator of a breach where we are legally required to do so.
Where you have chosen a password that enables you to access certain parts of our applications, you are responsible for keeping this password confidential. We ask you not to share the password with anyone.
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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. We may retain your personal data for a longer period in the event of a complaint or if we reasonably believe there is a prospect of litigation with respect to our relationship with you.
To determine the appropriate retention period for personal data, we consider the amount, nature, and sensitivity of the personal data, the potential risk of harm from unauthorised use or disclosure of your personal data, the purposes for which we process your personal data and whether we can achieve those purposes through other means, and the applicable legal, regulatory, tax, accounting, or other requirements.
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Automated decision-making and profiling
Your personal data is not used in any automated decision making (a decision made solely by automated means without any human involvement) or profiling (automated processing of personal data to evaluate certain conditions about an individual).
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Your Legal Rights
You have the right to:
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Request access to your personal data
Commonly known as a "data subject access request". This enables you to receive a copy of the personal data we hold about you and to check that we are lawfully processing it.
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Request correction of your personal data
This enables you to have any incomplete or inaccurate data we hold about you corrected, though we may need to verify the accuracy of the new data you provide to us.
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Request erasure of your personal data
This enables you to ask us to delete or remove personal data where there is no good reason for us to continue to process it. Note, however, that we may not always be able to comply with your request of erasure for specific legal reasons which will be notified to you, if applicable, at the time of your request.
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Object to processing of your personal data
Where we are relying on a legitimate interest and there is something about your particular situation which makes you want to object to processing on this ground as you feel it impacts on your fundamental rights and freedoms. You also have the right to object where we are processing your personal data for direct marketing purposes.
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Request restriction of processing
This enables you to ask us to suspend the processing of your personal data in certain scenarios, for example if you want us to establish the data's accuracy or where our use of the data is unlawful but you do not want us to erase it.
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Request the transfer of your personal data
We will provide to you, or a third party you have chosen, your personal data in a structured, commonly used, machine-readable format. Note that this right only applies to automated information which you initially provided consent for us to use or where we used the information to perform a contract with you.
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Withdraw consent at any time
Where we are relying on consent to process your personal data. However, this will not affect the lawfulness of any processing carried out before you withdraw your consent. If you withdraw your consent, we may not be able to provide certain products or services to you.
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Make a complaint
You have the right to make a complaint at any time to the relevant regulator.
You will not have to pay a fee to access your personal data (or to exercise any of the other rights). However, we may charge a reasonable fee if your request is clearly unfounded, repetitive, or excessive.
We try to respond to all legitimate requests within one month. Occasionally it could take us longer than a month if your request is particularly complex or you have made several requests. In this case, we will notify you and keep you updated.
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Third-Party Links
This website may include links to third-party websites, plug-ins and applications. Clicking on those links or enabling those connections may allow third parties to collect or share data about you. We do not control these third-party websites and are not responsible for their privacy statements. When you leave our website, we encourage you to read the Privacy Policy of every website you visit.
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Cookie Policy
Our website uses cookies to distinguish you from other users of our website. This helps us to provide you with a good experience when you browse our website and also allows us to improve our site.
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Type of cookies we use
We use the following cookies:
These are cookies that are required for the operation of our website. They include cookies that enable you to log into secure areas of our website, use a shopping cart or make use of e-billing services.
These are used to recognise you when you return to our website. This enables us to personalise our content for you, greet you by name and remember your preferences (for example, your choice of language or region).
These allow us to recognise and count the number of visitors and to see how visitors move around our website when they are using it. This helps us to improve the way our website works.
These cookies record your visit to our website, the pages you have visited and the links you have followed. We will use this information to make our website and the advertising displayed on it more relevant to your interests.
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Third Party Cookies
Please note that the following third parties may also use cookies, over which we have no control. These third-party cookies are likely to be analytical, performance, or targeting cookies.
Strictly Necessary Cookies
| Cookie Name | Purpose | More Information |
|---|---|---|
| Google Tag Manager | Manage when certain tags and pixels are added to the website. | Click here |
Functionality Cookies
| Cookie Name | Purpose | More Information |
|---|---|---|
| Google Fonts | Used to load the fonts of this website. | Click here |
| Google Firebase | Used by Google Firebase for mobile and web application development. | Click here |
Targeting Cookies
| Cookie Name | Purpose | More Information |
|---|---|---|
| Google Analytics | Generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the website. | Click here |
| LinkedIn Insight Tag | Used by LinkedIn to track who visits our website. | Click here |
| LinkedIn Ads | Used by LinkedIn Ads for conversion tracking, advertising, remarketing, and optimisation. | Click here |
| Facebook Pixel | Used by Facebook to track effectiveness of their ads. | Click here |
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Managing Your Preferences
If you want to restrict or block the cookies that are set by our website, you can do so through your browser settings. Alternatively, you can visit www.internetcookies.org, which contains comprehensive information on how to do this on a wide variety of browsers and devices.
Please note, however, that if you delete cookies or refuse to accept them, you might not be able to use all of the features that we offer or store your preferences and some of our pages might not display properly.
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Searchant is an SEO agency based in North Yorkshire, UK.