Gauntlet Consulting Ltd Privacy Policy

Gauntlet Consulting Ltd (Gauntlet) is a stand-alone Limited company incorporated in Scotland. This privacy policy will explain how Gauntlet uses the data we collect from you when you use our website.

Topics:

• What data do we collect?
• How do we collect your data?
• How will we use your data?
• How do we store your data?
• Marketing
• What are your data protection rights?
• What are cookies?
• How do we use cookies?
• What types of cookies do we use?
• How to manage your cookies
• Privacy policies of other websites
• Changes to our privacy policy
• How to contact us
• How to contact the appropriate authorities

What data do we collect?

Gauntlet collects the following data:

• Anonymised behavioural data such as website clicks and individual page visits. We do not collect any information tracked by third parties (such as Facebook, Google, Pinterest, etc.).
• Aggregated, anonymized data, as separate from anonymised individual behaviour tracked above, to provide us with website usage insights and metrics and to improve this website’s performance, such as page loading speed.

How do we collect your data?

You directly provide Gauntlet with most of the data we collect. We collect data and process data when you:

• Use or view our website, via your browser’s cookies.
• Gauntlet does not use Google Analytics, Facebook Pixels or Meta Tags

Gauntlet does not receive any data indirectly from other sources.

How will we use your data?

Our Company collects your data so that we can:

• Understand how you use our website
• To improve our website performance, such as improving page loading speeds

Gauntlet will not share your data with any other companies.

• As Gauntlet’s website is hosted by GoDaddy, GoDaddy will have access to the anonymised data.

How do we store your data?

Gauntlet securely stores your data with GoDaddy.

Gauntlet will keep your data for the period as specified by GoDaddy, noting this is specified as within the EU GDPR region and therefore needs to be GDPR compliant by design. Once this time period has expired, we will delete your data.

Marketing

Gauntlet will not send you information about products and services of ours or of our partner companies.

Gauntlet does not track agreements to receive marketing as we do not send marketing.

What are your data protection rights?

Gauntlet would like to make sure you are fully aware of all of your data protection rights, even although we do not gather or track personalised data.

Every user is entitled to the following:

The right to access – You have the right to request Gauntlet 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 Gauntlet correct any information you believe is inaccurate. You also have the right to request Gauntlet to complete the information you believe is incomplete.

The right to erasure – You have the right to request that Gauntlet erase your personal data, under certain conditions.

The right to restrict processing – You have the right to request that Gauntlet restrict the processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.

The right to object to processing – You have the right to object to Gauntlet’s processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.

The right to data portability – You have the right to request that Gauntlet 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 vis the Contact Us page on this Website.

Or write to us: info@gauntletconsulting.com

What are cookies?

Cookies are text files placed on your computer to collect standard Internet log information and visitor behaviour information. When you visit our websites, we may collect information from you automatically through cookies or similar technology.

For further information, visit allaboutcookies.org.

How do we use cookies?

Gauntlet uses cookies in a range of ways to improve your experience on our website, including:

• Understanding how you use our website
• Optimising website performance, such as improving page loading speeds

What types of cookies do we use?

There are a number of different types of cookies, however, our website uses:

• Functionality – Gauntlet uses these cookies to gather anonymised data to understand how you have used our website. A mix of first-party and third-party cookies are used.
• Advanced Tracking – Gauntlet uses these cookies to allow us to know how many people come to our website, optimize how fast the site loads, and receive metrics related to third party integrations, such as the LinkedIn link to Gauntlet’s LinkedIn page. These cookies allow Gauntlet to see insights and metrics on our GoDaddy website dashboard. Gauntlet does not share this data or insights with any other Company or Organisation.

How to manage cookies

You can set your browser to not accept cookies, and the cookies website (linked above) tells you how to remove cookies from your browser. All of our website features will function with cookies disabled. By clicking anywhere but the Accept button on the Gauntlet website cookies pop-up, all of our website cookies will be disabled, irrespective of your browser setting.

Privacy policies of other websites

The Gauntlet 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

Gauntlet keeps its privacy policy under regular review and places any updates on this web page. This privacy policy was last updated on 18 March 2021 and was based on the most up to date EU GDPR template at that time, accessed here: https://gdpr.eu/privacy-notice/.

How to contact us

If you have any questions about Gauntlet’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: info@gauntletconsulting.com

How to contact the appropriate authority

Gauntlet is registered with the UK Information Commissioner’s Office as a Tier 1 organisation. Should you wish to report a complaint or if you feel that Gauntlet has not addressed your concern in a satisfactory manner, you may contact the UK Information Commissioner’s Office, via their website: https://ico.org.uk/make-a-complaint/