Privacy Notice

1. Who we are

Golden Sky Consultancy Ltd provides executive operating leadership, business transformation, technology growth and UK market-entry consultancy services.

For the personal information described in this notice, Golden Sky Consultancy Ltd is the data controller.

Company number: 11619521
Registered office: 11 Rivelin Way, Waverley, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, S60 8AX, United Kingdom
Email: graham@goldenskyconsultancy.com
Website: https://goldenskyconsultancy.com

2. What information we collect

When you contact us through our website or by email, we may collect:

• Your name and organisation.
• Your role or job title.
• Your email address and telephone number, where provided.
• The type of support you are seeking.
• Your proposed timing, location and likely commitment, where provided.
• Information you include in your enquiry or subsequent correspondence.
• Relevant business contact and correspondence records.

Our website hosting and security services may also process technical information associated with visits and requests, such as IP addresses and browser or request information.

Please do not include sensitive personal information about yourself or other individuals in the enquiry form.

3. How we use your information

We use personal information to:

• Receive, review and respond to enquiries.
• Understand potential consultancy requirements.
• Arrange discussions and prepare proposals.
• Manage prospective and existing client relationships.
• Deliver agreed services and maintain appropriate business records.
• Protect the website and investigate technical or security issues.
• Comply with applicable legal obligations.

Submitting an enquiry does not automatically subscribe you to a marketing mailing list.

4. Our lawful bases

Under UK data protection law, our lawful bases depend on the purpose for which information is used.

Legitimate interests: Responding to business enquiries, assessing potential assignments, maintaining appropriate business relationships and protecting our website. These activities support the legitimate operation of our consultancy, taking account of individuals' rights and expectations.

Contract or steps before entering into a contract: Where processing is necessary to prepare or perform a contract with an individual.

Legal obligation: Where information must be retained or disclosed to meet applicable legal or regulatory requirements.

Where consent is required for a particular activity, we will obtain it separately.

5. Contact forms and service providers

Our website is hosted using Netlify. Enquiries submitted through the website contact form are processed through Netlify Forms and may generate email notifications to Golden Sky Consultancy Ltd. The website also loads its typefaces from Google Fonts (see section 10).

We may also use business email, document-management and other appropriate service providers to handle correspondence and deliver our services.

We share personal information only where reasonably necessary for these purposes, where legally required, or where otherwise permitted by applicable data protection law.

We do not sell personal information.

6. International processing

Our website host, Netlify, and Google (which provides Google Fonts) are headquartered in the United States, and some other technology and service providers may also process or store information outside the United Kingdom.

Where international transfers of personal data take place, we will ensure that an appropriate legal transfer mechanism or other applicable protection is in place, as required by UK data protection law.

Further information about relevant safeguards can be requested using the contact details above.

7. How long we retain information

We retain personal information only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purpose for which it was collected, taking account of:

• Whether an enquiry develops into a client relationship.
• The need to maintain relevant correspondence and business records.
• Applicable legal, accounting or contractual obligations.
• The need to establish, exercise or defend legal claims.

Enquiries that do not proceed will be reviewed periodically and deleted or anonymised when no longer needed.

Where an enquiry leads to a contract, relevant information may be retained for longer in accordance with applicable business and legal record-keeping requirements.

8. How we protect information

We use reasonable technical and organisational measures to protect personal information against unauthorised access, loss, misuse or disclosure.

Access is limited to those who need the information for legitimate business purposes.

No internet transmission or electronic storage system can be guaranteed to be completely secure.

9. Your data protection rights

Depending on the circumstances, you may have the right to:

• Request access to your personal information.
• Ask for inaccurate information to be corrected.
• Request deletion of information.
• Request restriction of processing.
• Object to processing based on legitimate interests.
• Request data portability where applicable.
• Withdraw consent where processing is based on consent.

These rights are subject to applicable legal conditions and exceptions.

You have the right to object to processing based on legitimate interests.

To exercise your rights, email graham@goldenskyconsultancy.com.

10. Cookies and website technologies

This website does not use analytics, advertising or tracking cookies, and its own pages do not set cookies.

The website loads its typefaces (Inter and Source Serif 4) from Google Fonts. When you visit a page, your browser requests the font files from Google's servers, so Google receives your IP address and browser information. Our hosting and security provider may also process technical information about requests, such as IP addresses, in its server logs.

Should we introduce any non-essential analytics, advertising, tracking or other third-party technologies, we will identify them in this notice and, where legally required, use them only after the appropriate consent has been obtained.

11. Links to other websites

Our website may contain links to external websites, including LinkedIn and third-party resources.

We are not responsible for the privacy practices of those external websites. Their own privacy notices apply when you visit them.

12. Complaints

If you have concerns about how we handle your personal information, please contact us first at graham@goldenskyconsultancy.com.

You also have the right to complain to the UK Information Commissioner's Office.

Website: https://ico.org.uk

13. Changes to this notice

We may update this notice to reflect changes in our services, website, data-processing arrangements or legal obligations.

The latest version will be published on this page with an updated revision date.