Privacy Notice

Introduction

AHB Advisory ("we", "us", or "our") is committed to protecting your privacy and handling your personal data responsibly. This privacy notice explains how we collect, use, and protect information when you use our website or engage with our services.

We are registered in England and Wales and operate in accordance with the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR) and the Data Protection Act 2018.

Data Controller

AHB Advisory is the data controller for personal data collected through this website. For any questions about this notice or our data practices, please contact us at:

Information We Collect

We may collect and process the following types of personal data:

• →Contact information: name, email address, company name, and any other information you provide when contacting us via the website.
• →Account and access data (limited): if you create an account or use client access features, we may store basic details required to provide access (for example: name, email address, and authentication identifiers).
• →Technical and usage data: device and browser information, approximate location (country/region), and event data such as page views and load performance metrics.
• →Engagement data: information related to our professional relationship if you become a client.

How We Use Your Information

We use personal data for the following purposes:

• →To respond to enquiries and provide information about our services
• →To provide and administer access to client-facing features (where enabled)
• →To deliver our advisory services under engagement agreements
• →To send relevant communications about our services (where you request or consent to receive them)
• →To comply with legal obligations and professional requirements

Legal Basis for Processing

We process personal data under the following legal bases:

• →Contractual necessity: to fulfil our obligations under engagement agreements and to provide agreed services.
• →Legitimate interests: to respond to enquiries, maintain the security and reliability of our website, and manage our business relationships.
• →Consent: where you have explicitly agreed to receive marketing communications or where consent is required for certain tracking technologies.
• →Legal obligation: to comply with applicable laws and regulations.

Analytics and Performance Monitoring

We use lightweight analytics and performance monitoring tools to help us understand and improve the reliability, availability, and load performance of this website.

These tools provide aggregated technical information such as page load timing, browser type, and approximate location (country or region). We do not use analytics for advertising, profiling, or cross-site tracking, and we do not intentionally collect personal information through analytics.

Where analytics tools are provided by third parties, data may be processed outside the UK or EU subject to appropriate safeguards.

Cookies and Similar Technologies

We may use cookies (or similar technologies) to support core website functionality and security, and to enable limited client access features where available. We do not use advertising cookies or technologies intended to profile visitors across websites.

Data Storage and Processors

Enquiries submitted via the website and limited client access data may be stored using Google Cloud services. Access is restricted and we take reasonable technical and organisational measures to protect personal data.

Data Retention

We retain personal data only for as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes for which it was collected. Website enquiry data is retained for a reasonable period to allow us to respond and manage business records. Engagement-related records are typically retained for seven years after conclusion.

Your Rights

Under UK data protection law, you have rights including: access, rectification, erasure, restriction, data portability, and objection to processing.

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at privacy@ahbadvisory.co.uk.

Complaints

If you are unhappy with how we have handled your personal data, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) at ico.org.uk.