Privacy Policy
Who we are
Our website address is: https://www.maatmann.com.
What personal data we collect?
We will only collect personal data from you that we consider to be necessary in the context and purpose in which it’s given.
Through your use of our services we may also collect personal data from you about someone else. If you provide us with personal data about someone else, you must ensure that you are authorised to disclose that data to us and that, without us taking any further steps required by applicable data protection or privacy laws, we may collect, use and disclose such personal data for the purposes described in this Policy.
You must, therefore, take reasonable steps to ensure that the third party concerned is aware of and consents to the various matters detailed in this Policy, including: the fact that their personal data is being collected; the purposes for which that data is being collected; the intended recipients of that data; and the third party’s right to obtain access to the data (including details of how to request access). Where requested to do so, you must assist us with any requests by the third party to access or update the personal data you have collected from them and provided in connection with our Services.
The type of personal information collected may include full name; phone numbers; email addresses; business type; income; registered office/service address; date of birth; title; nationality; company details, to include share split, person of significant control; authentication data, for example passport number, national insurance number; place of birth; payment card information; usage data and statistics; connection data; other unique identifiers such as IP addresses or device IDs, marketing and advertising responses and preferences.
How we collect it?
Data is collected through online forms; surveys; email; telephone, live chat or in person.
In order to gain more information about Maatmann, you may visit our website or landing pages, or for example speak to one of our advisors. At these times you may voluntarily provide personal information about yourself.
Depending on the type of service you purchase from us you may be asked to share information so we can provide a quote, respond to your enquiry, determine the product best suited for you and to complete the transaction.
If you have asked us to form a limited company on your behalf you will be asked to provide information relating to yourself, the limited company you want to form and related third parties such as additional directors or shareholders, if you have any. This information is needed so your company can be registered with Companies House.
Why we collect it?
To make sure you find the information you’re looking for and for us to make recommendations to you about our products and services. To follow up your enquiry, provide you with discounts on services, give you access to business guides, to share news about industry and Company updates. Additionally, your IP address helps us to understand geographic information about our website visitors.
To carry out our obligations to provide services you’ve engaged us to deliver or to perform. To provide a quote, form policy documents, complete the transaction and to follow up your purchase or enquiry.
To check company name availability and ensure the company is formed correctly with the correct company officers and company information. To comply with legal and regulatory compliance, to include crime prevention. To provide the right guidance, answer your questions and to complete the transaction.
To verify your identity for legal/regulatory compliance and crime prevention. To carry out our obligations to provide services you’ve engaged us to deliver or to perform. To configure your accounting/payroll software correctly and provide the right support and advice. Analysis for management and marketing purposes.
How we use the data?
We also uses the data we collect to provide you with our services and to communicate with you.
We uses the data for the following purposes:
- Providing, and enhancing our products and services
- Compliance
- Security, Safety and issue resolution
- Business Operations
- Communication, Marketing and Advertising
We use data to provide and improve our services and perform essential business operations. This includes operating our services, maintaining and improving the performance of our services, including developing new features, research, testing and providing client support. We may also make aggregated anonymised information available for reporting and for the purposes of surveys.
Compliance
We use data to ensure we comply with relevant regulation and law. This includes needing to verify your identity if you subscribe to our accounting services. This verification involves:
(a) a full electoral roll search (your consent is not required for this); and
(b) credit reference agencies placing a soft search footprint on your electronic file and your data being accessed by third parties for the specific purpose of anti-money laundering, credit assessment, ID verification, debt collection, asset reunification, tracing and fraud prevention.
Security, Safety, and Dispute Resolution
We use data to protect the security and safety of our services and our clients, to detect and prevent fraud, to resolve disputes and enforce our agreements.
Outgoing and incoming telephone calls from and to our advisory or support teams may be recorded for training and monitoring purposes. This process helps us to maintain high standards of service and resolve issues.
Business Operations
We use data to run business operations to provide you with our services, profile our user base and develop anonymised aggregate analysis and business intelligence that enable us to operate, protect, make informed decisions and report on the performance of our business.
Communication, Marketing and Advertising
We use the data we collect to deliver and personalise our communications with you.
For example, we may contact you by email or other means of electronic communication to inform you about our services, invite you to take part in a survey, notify you about promotions, business activities, events and changes to our services.
If you become a member, subscribe to or purchase one of our services you will also receive service-related communications. These will include system and service support communications, policy, security or software updates.
Comments
When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.
An anonymised string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.
Media
If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.
Contact forms
You may be required to provide information using contact forms when learning about Maatmann or Enquiring about Our Services.
Cookies
If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.
If you have an account and you log in to this site, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.
When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.
If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.
Embedded content from other websites
Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.
These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
Analytics
Social Analytics for Sharing
We use Google Analytics to track social shares made at our website. Google automatically collect and store certain information in their server logs which includes device event information such as crashes, system activity, hardware settings, browser type, browser language, the date and time of your request and referral URL, cookies that may uniquely identify your browser or your Google Account, in accordance with their data privacy policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy
Who we share your data with?
We may share your personal data with our processing partners who are contracted to provide customer service known as Sub Processors to the extent that such disclosure is not incompatible with the purposes for which the personal data is collected as mentioned above.
Facebook Like, Facebook Recommend, Facebook Share official buttons
We embed a Facebook widget to allow you to see number of likes/shares/recommends and “like/share/recommend” our webpages. This widget may collect your IP address, your web browser User Agent, store and retrieve cookies on your browser, embed additional tracking, and monitor your interaction with the widget, including correlating your Facebook account with whatever action you take within the widget (such as “liking/sharing/recommending” our webpage), if you are logged in to Facebook. For more information about how this data may be used, please see Facebook’s data privacy policy: https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/update
Twitter Tweet official button
We use a Twitter Tweet widget at our website. As a result, our website makes requests to Twitter’s servers for you to be able to tweet our webpages using your Twitter account. These requests make your IP address visible to Twitter, who may use it in accordance with their data privacy policy: https://twitter.com/en/privacy#update
Linkedin Share official button
We use a Linkedin Share widget at our website to allow you to share our webpages on Linkedin. These requests may track your IP address in accordance with their data privacy policy: https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy
How long we retain your data?
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognise and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.
For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.
What rights you have over your data?
If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
You can find detailed information about your rights under Data Protection legislation on the UK Information Commissioner’s website at ico.org.uk.
You have:
- The right to be informed – You have the right to obtain confirmation whether your personal data is being processed by us or a third party processor. Through this Policy we explain the data we may gather, how it is used and why.
- The right of access – You have the right to access personal data we hold about you. You can make a request for access to the data we hold about you by emailing info@maatmann.com
Additional information
How we protect your data?
We takes all commercially reasonable precautions to adequately prevent others from freely accessing the information you provide or that we compile.
Where we store and process data?
By submitting your personal data, you agree to its transfer, storing and processing. Most personal data is stored electronically on servers or computer systems with controlled access and controlled environments.
Our servers are located within enterprise-grade hosting facilities that employ robust physical security controls to prevent physical access to the servers they house. These controls include monitoring, 24/7 surveillance and on-site security staff.
Other personal data may be kept in paper form within our office, if needed, although in the main copies are destroyed after they have been scanned into computer systems.
We will not transfer personal data outside of the European Economic Area (EEA) without complying with the provisions of the Data Protection Legislation in respect of such transfer.
What data breach procedures we have in place?
As you are no doubt aware, however, despite these precautions, zealous hackers may wrongfully gain access to this information. Although such unauthorized access is unlikely, we feel obligated to inform you of the risk and advise you that we are not liable for any damages caused by such unauthorized access.
What third parties we receive data from?
This policy only addresses our activities from our servers. Other sites (including those that we link to within an advertisement banner or otherwise, and third party sites or services which we co-brand) may have their own policies, which we do not control, and thus are not addressed by this policy.
Industry regulatory disclosure requirements
Unless we tell you otherwise, we do not sell or rent your personal data to any third parties. When involved in a joint marketing partnership, we may share information which you have submitted to us with the partner company which is subject to applicable non-disclosure obligations.
Changes to the Privacy Policy
We may modify or update this Policy when necessary to reflect feedback and changes in our services. Visiting our website and/or using our services after any modification to this Policy will constitute your acceptance of such modification and updates. It is your responsibility to check this policy for any changes made.
