Privacy policy

Before or at the time of collecting personal information, we will identify the purposes for which information is being collected. We will gather and utilise individual data singularly with the target of satisfying those reasons indicated by us and for other good purposes, unless we get the assent of the individual concerned or as required by law.

We will hold individual data the length of essential for the satisfaction of those reasons. We will gather individual data by legal and reasonable means and, where fitting, with the information or assent of the individual concerned.

Personal information ought to be important to the reasons for which it is to be utilised, and, to the degree essential for those reasons, ought to be exact, finished, and updated.

We will protect individual data by security shields against misfortune or burglary, and unapproved access, divulgence, duplicating, use or alteration.

We use a GDPR-compliant email marketing platform for our newsletter and marketing campaigns, where we store your email address and name, when provided. With your permission we may send you emails about our business, new services and other updates. If you wish us to remove your data from our marketing platform please contact hello@sidekickaccounting.co.uk.

We use our own privacy-friendly, first-party analytics to understand how this website is used and to improve it. This records pages viewed, how you arrived (for example a search engine or a link you followed), and general device and country-level information, tied to a random identifier stored in your browser. It does not use advertising cookies, is not shared with data brokers, and is not used to identify you personally. We rely on our legitimate interests in running a safe, useful website as the lawful basis for this processing.

When you first visit we show a notice about this. You can accept or reject non-essential analytics there, and you can change your choice at any time using the “Cookie preferences” link in the footer of every page. Rejecting analytics does not affect your ability to use the site or to contact us.

If you enter your email address to unlock the full results of one of our free tools, we use it to send you those results and occasional insights for agency founders. You can unsubscribe at any time using the link in any email we send, or by contacting hello@sidekickaccounting.co.uk.

Sidekick Accounting Ltd will not transfer data to a country or territory outside the European Economic Area (EEA), unless that country or territory ensures adequate level of protection for the rights and freedoms of data subjects in relation to the processing of personal data, without the explicit consent of the individual.

This also applies to publishing information on the Internet, because transfer of data can include placing data on a website that can be accessed from outside the EEA. Sidekick Accounting Ltd will always seek the consent of individuals before placing any personal data (including photographs) on its website.

Sidekick Accounting Ltd, with your explicit consent, would like to contact you with information about products, services and special offers from us, as well as for market research. If you do not want to be contacted for these purposes, please advise us and we will amend our records. Your contact preferences can be amended at any time. If you wish to be contacted by email or other electronic means you must have provided us with express consent. Please remember, if you choose not to receive this information, we will be unable to tell you about our products, services, special offers or discounts. We do not sell your information on to third parties.

Telephone calls with us may be recorded for training and monitoring purposes. We will promptly provide customers with access to our policies and procedures for the administration of individual data. Individuals have a right to access any personal data relating to them which are held by Sidekick Accounting Ltd. Any individual wishing to exercise this right should apply in writing to Sidekick Accounting Ltd at: 167-169 Great Portland Street, 5th Floor, London W1W 5PF.

Any subject access request received via email should be directed to hello@sidekickaccounting.co.uk. Under the terms of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), any such requests must be complied with within 28 days. We may charge an administration fee (not exceeding the maximum permitted by law) in relation to fulfilling a request for access to personal information.