Privacy Policy
Last Updated: November 19, 2025
1. Introduction
Welcome to Staffordshire Business Hub UK ("we," "our," or "us"). We are committed to protecting your personal information and your right to privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our website and use our services.
2. Information We Collect
2.1 Personal Information
We may collect personal information that you voluntarily provide to us when you:
- Fill out our contact form
- Sign up for our advertising services
- Subscribe to our newsletters or updates
- Interact with us on social media
This information may include:
- Name
- Email address
- Business name
- Phone number
- Business address
- Advertising preferences
2.2 Automatically Collected Information
When you visit our website, we automatically collect certain information about your device, including:
- IP address
- Browser type
- Operating system
- Access times
- Pages viewed
- Referring website addresses
2.3 Cookies and Tracking Technologies
We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to track activity on our website and store certain information. You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent.
3. How We Use Your Information
We use the information we collect or receive to:
- Process your advertising requests and bookings
- Send you marketing and promotional communications
- Respond to your inquiries and provide customer support
- Improve our website and services
- Analyze usage patterns and trends
- Send you updates about our monthly digital booklets
- Comply with legal obligations
- Prevent fraudulent activity
4. Sharing Your Information
We may share your information in the following situations:
- Business Transfers: In connection with, or during negotiations of, any merger, sale of company assets, financing, or acquisition of all or a portion of our business.
- Service Providers: We may share your information with third-party service providers who perform services on our behalf (e.g., payment processing, email delivery).
- Legal Requirements: We may disclose your information if required to do so by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities.
- With Your Consent: We may disclose your personal information for any other purpose with your consent.
5. Data Retention
We will retain your personal information only for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this Privacy Policy, unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law. We will retain and use your information to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our agreements.
6. Your Data Protection Rights (GDPR)
If you are a resident of the European Economic Area (EEA) or the UK, you have certain data protection rights:
- Right to Access: You have the right to request copies of your personal data.
- Right to Rectification: You have the right to request correction of inaccurate or incomplete information.
- Right to Erasure: You have the right to request deletion of your personal data.
- Right to Restrict Processing: You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal data.
- Right to Data Portability: You have the right to request transfer of your data to another organization.
- Right to Object: You have the right to object to our processing of your personal data.
To exercise any of these rights, please contact us using the details provided below.
7. Security of Your Information
We use administrative, technical, and physical security measures to protect your personal information. However, no security system is impenetrable, and we cannot guarantee the absolute security of our systems or your information.
8. Third-Party Websites
Our website may contain links to third-party websites (such as our Facebook group). We are not responsible for the privacy practices or content of these third-party sites. We encourage you to review the privacy policies of any third-party sites you visit.
9. Children's Privacy
Our services are not intended for individuals under the age of 18. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 18. If you become aware that a child has provided us with personal information, please contact us.
10. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page and updating the "Last Updated" date. You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes.
11. Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or wish to exercise your data protection rights, please contact us:
- Website: Contact Form
- Facebook: Staffordshire Business Hub Facebook Group