Privacy Policy

INTRODUCTION 

This document sets out the privacy policy for Matter Partners Limited. 

Matter Partners respects your privacy and is committed to protecting your personal data. This privacy policy will inform you as to how we look after your personal data and tell you about your privacy rights and how the law protects you. 

This privacy policy aims to give you information on how Matter Partners collects and processes your personal data. 

 

Third-party links 

Our 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. 

 

Your data 

You may choose to send us your personal information via our website, for example, if you are requesting information on our services or subscribing to our newsletters. Should you choose to contact us via email or enter your personal information, the data you supply will be processed in Microsoft Outlook and Microsoft OneDrive for Matter Partners purposes only, including; 

  • Providing information to you 

  • Contacting you 

  • Sharing latest events, newsletters, and market information with you 

Matter Partners will not use your personal information for any other purposes unless we have your specific consent to do so. Your decision to disclose your personal data is voluntary, and by doing so, you provide us with specific consent to use your personal data only for the purposes for which you have disclosed it to us. 

 

The data we collect about you 

Personal data, or personal information, means any information about an individual from which that person can be identified. It does not include data where the identity has been removed (anonymous data). 

We may collect, use, store and transfer various kinds of personal data about you which we have grouped together as follows: 

  • Identity Data includes first name, birth name, last name, username, or similar identifier 

  • Contact Data includes email addresses and telephone numbers 

  • Technical Data includes the time you spent on the matter. website and the pages you visited 

  • Usage Data includes information about how you use the matter. website 

  • Marketing and Communications Data includes your preferences in receiving marketing from us and your communication preferences 

 

Marketing 

We strive to provide you with choices regarding certain personal data uses, particularly around marketing and advertising. We may use your Identity, Contact, and Marketing and Communications data to provide you with newsletters. You can opt out of this at any time, as explained below. 

 

Opting out 

You can ask us to stop sending you marketing messages by contacting us at any time or by following the opt-out links on any marketing message sent to you, as relevant. 

 

Cookies 

Our website uses cookies to distinguish you from other users of our website. This helps us to provide you with an enjoyable experience when you browse our website and allows us to improve our site. 
A cookie is a small file which asks permission to be placed on your computer’s hard drive. Once you agree, the file is added, and the cookie helps analyse web traffic or lets you know when you visit a particular site. Cookies allow web applications to respond to you as an individual. The web application can tailor its operations to your needs, likes and dislikes by gathering and remembering information about your preferences. 
We use Google Analytics, a web analytics service offered by Google that tracks and reports website traffic and which relies on cookies to do so. You can opt-out of having made your website activity available to Google Analytics. For more information on the privacy practices of Google, please visit the Google Privacy & Terms web page at https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en. 
Overall, cookies help us provide you with a better website, by enabling us to monitor which pages you find useful and which you do not. A cookie in no way gives us access to your computer or any information about you, other than the data you choose to share with us.  

Session-based cookies last only while your browser is open and are automatically deleted when you close your browser. Persistent cookies last until you or your browser deletes them, or until they expire. 
You can choose to accept or decline cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. This may prevent you from taking full advantage of the website. 

 

Controller 

Matter Partners is the controller and responsible for your personal data (collectively referred to as “matter.”, “we”, “us”, or “our” in this privacy policy). 

If you have any questions about this privacy policy, including any requests to exercise your legal rights, please contact the data privacy manager using the details set out below. 

 

Contact Details 

Full name of legal entity: Matter Partners Ltd 

Contact details: hello@matterpartners.co.uk  

You have the right to make a complaint at any time to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), the UK supervisory authority for data protection issues (www.ico.org.uk). We would, however, appreciate the chance to deal with your concerns before you approach the ICO so please contact us in the first instance. 

 

Changes to the privacy policy and your duty to inform us of changes 

We keep our privacy policy under regular review. It is important that the personal data we hold about you is accurate and current. Please keep us informed if your personal data changes during your relationship with us.