Website Privacy Statement.

Neil Fogarty Research treats privacy and data ethics as core to the work, not a compliance chore. This Website Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use and protect personal data when you use our website (the “Website”) or contact us through it.

By using the Website, you acknowledge this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree with it, please do not use the Website.

“Neil Fogarty Research”, “we”, “us” or “our” means Neil Fogarty Research, Guild Road, Henley‑in‑Arden, Warwickshire, B95 6JA. “You” means the individual using the Website, whether on your own behalf or for an organisation.

1. What data we collect

We deliberately minimise the personal data collected through this Website. We may collect:

• Information you provide in forms on the Website (for example when you complete a contact form or request a briefing).
• Technical information about your visit (such as IP address, browser type, pages visited and time spent) collected via cookies or similar technologies.

We do not ask you to provide special category or sensitive data (for example information about health, race, political opinions, religion, sexual orientation or criminal history) via the Website and request that you do not submit this information.

2. How we use your data

We use personal data collected via the Website for:

• Responding to your enquiries and messages.
• Operating, securing and improving the Website, including understanding how it is used.

We favour aggregated or pseudonymised data wherever possible and do not use Website data to profile or evaluate individual employees on behalf of clients.

Our legal bases under GDPR are:

• Legitimate interests – to operate, secure and improve the Website and respond to contact requests.
• Consent – where you have agreed to optional cookies or specific uses we cannot rely on legitimate interests for.

We will not use personal data collected via the Website for materially different purposes without informing you and, where required, obtaining your consent.

3. Cookies and analytics

We use cookies and similar technologies to make the Website work and to understand how it is used.

• Strictly necessary cookies are required for basic site functionality.
• Analytics cookies help us understand which pages are useful so we can improve the site. These are optional and only set with your consent.

Our cookie banner lets you accept all, reject non‑essential cookies or customise your choices. You can change your preferences at any time via the “Cookie settings” link in the footer.

We do not use advertising or social‑media tracking cookies on this Website.

4. Sharing your data

We do not sell your personal data. We may share it with:

• Service providers who host the Website or provide analytics and related services. They act only on our instructions and cannot use your data for their own purposes.
• Event or webinar providers where you use a link on our Website to register for their event. In that case their own privacy policy will apply.
• Public authorities or professional advisers where required to comply with law, enforce our terms or protect our rights.

In the event of a business transfer, personal data may be transferred as part of the relevant assets, subject to the protections in this Policy and applicable law.

External sites linked from our Website have their own privacy policies. We are not responsible for their content or practices and encourage you to review their policies before submitting personal data.

5. International transfers

Personal data we collect may be stored or processed in the UK, the EEA, the United States or other countries where our service providers operate.

Where data is transferred outside the UK or EEA, we use appropriate safeguards (such as adequacy decisions or standard contractual clauses) to protect it, in line with data protection law.

We take reasonable technical and organisational measures to protect personal data against unauthorised access, loss, misuse or alteration, including secure servers and access controls. No system is perfectly secure, but we design our controls to reduce risk rather than shift it to you.

6. How long we keep your data

We keep personal data collected via the Website only for as long as needed for the purposes described above or to meet legal, regulatory or reporting requirements. As a guide:

• Contact form enquiries are generally retained for up to one year, unless they lead to an ongoing relationship where different retention rules apply.
• Technical logs may be kept for shorter or longer periods where necessary for security, troubleshooting or legal reasons.

When data is no longer needed, we delete it or anonymise it.

7. Your rights

Under the UK GDPR (and, where applicable, EU GDPR), you have rights in relation to your personal data, subject to certain conditions:

• Right of access – to obtain a copy of your personal data.
• Right to rectification – to have inaccurate or incomplete data corrected.
• Right to erasure – to request deletion of your personal data in certain circumstances.
• Right to restrict processing – to limit how we use your data in certain cases.
• Right to data portability – to receive certain data in a structured, commonly used format and transmit it to another controller.
• Right to object – to certain types of processing, including direct marketing.
• Rights in relation to automated decision‑making and profiling – we do not carry out automated decisions with legal or similarly significant effects via this Website.
• Right to withdraw consent – where processing is based on consent, you may withdraw it at any time.

To exercise these rights, please contact:

Email: privacy@neilfogarty.com
Post: Data Privacy Request, Neil Fogarty Research, Guild Road, Henley‑in‑Arden, Warwickshire, B95 6JA.

You also have the right to lodge a complaint with your local data protection authority. In the UK, this is the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO).

8. Changes to this Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time, for example to reflect changes in law, guidance or our services. When we do, we will post the updated version on this page with a new “last updated” date. Where changes are material, we may also highlight them on the Website. Your continued use of the Website after changes have been made will be taken as acceptance of the updated Policy.

9. Contact

If you have questions, concerns or complaints about how we use personal data in connection with this Website, please contact us at privacy@neilfogarty.com. We will respond and seek to resolve your concerns as part of our commitment to ethics beyond mere compliance.