Privacy Policy

UK Tax Professionals

Introduction

The Data Protection Act 2018 (“DPA 2018”) and the UK General Data Protection Regulation (“UK GDPR”) impose certain legal obligations in connection with the processing of personal data.

UK Tax Professionals Ltd takes your privacy very seriously. Please read this Privacy Policy carefully as it contains important information about what to expect when UK Tax Professionals Ltd collects personal information about you and how we will use your personal data.

UK Tax Professionals Ltd is a controller within the meaning of the UK GDPR. The firm’s contact details are as follows:

UK Tax Professionals Ltd
116 Cann Hall Road, Leytonstone, London,
E11 3NH

The purposes for which we process personal data

We process personal data for the following purposes:

  • to enable us to supply professional services to you as our client
  • to fulfil our obligations under relevant laws in force from time to time (e.g. the Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing (Amendment) Regulations 2019 (MLR 2019))
  • to comply with professional obligations to which we are subject as a member of the Association of Accountants Technicians (AAT)
  • to use in the investigation and/or defence of potential complaints, disciplinary proceedings and legal proceedings
  • to enable us to invoice you for our services and investigate/address any attendant fee disputes that may have arisen
  • to contact you about other services we provide which may be of interest to you if you have consented to us doing so

Persons/organisations to whom we may give personal data

We may share your personal data with:

  • HMRC
  • any third parties with whom you require or permit us to correspond subcontractors
  • an alternate appointed by us in the event of incapacity or death tax insurance providers
  • professional indemnity insurers
  • our professional body (the Association of Accountants Technicians (AAT)) and/or the Office of Professional Body Anti-Money Laundering Supervisors (OPBAS) in relation to practice assurance and/or the requirements of MLR 2019 (or any similar legislation)
  • other professional consultants and service providers

If the law allows or requires us to do so, we may share your personal data with:

  • the police and law enforcement agencies courts and tribunals
  • the Information Commissioner’s Office (“ICO”).

 We may need to share your personal data with the third parties identified above in order to comply with our legal obligations, including our legal obligations to you. If you ask us not to share your personal data with such third parties we may need to cease to act.

Transfers of personal data outside the UK

Your personal data will be processed in the UK only.

How we will use information about you

We collect this information to provide the requested services and respond to your inquiries. We then use the relevant information to communicate with you about any matters generally related to the execution of your instructions.

We may also use aggregated information and statistics to monitor website usage to improve our website and services. We may also provide such aggregated information to third parties. These statistics will not contain any information that could be used to identify you.

Cookies and other technologies for collecting information

Our website uses cookies. Cookies are text files that are saved to your computer to collect standard Internet usage information and visitor behavior information. These cookies allow us to distinguish you from other visitors to our website, which helps us provide you with a good experience while browsing our website and allows us to improve our website.

More information about which cookies we use and how can be found in our Cookie Policy.

How we protect your information

We have implemented the following security procedures and technical and organizational measures to protect your personal information on our website where appropriate: firewalls, browser certification technology, encryption, access restriction, and use of passwords.

We will use all reasonable efforts to protect your personal information. However, you should be aware that using the Internet is not completely secure and therefore we cannot guarantee the security or integrity of any personal information transmitted to you or by you over the Internet.

Accessing, updating, and correcting your information

You have the right to request a copy of the information we hold about you. If you would like a copy of some or all of your personal information, please email our data protection officer at info@uktaxpro.co.uk or write to 116 Can Hall Road, London, E11 3NH. Such a request is free of charge unless it is unreasonable or excessive. We will respond to your request within 1 month.

We want to ensure that your personal information is accurate and up-to-date. If at least some of the information you provided to UK Tax Professionals Ltd has changed, please let us know the correct details by emailing info@uktaxpro.co.uk or by post at 116 Can Hall Road, London, E11 3NH. You may ask us (or we may ask you) to correct information that you or we believe is inaccurate, and you may ask us to remove inaccurate information.

Your consent

By submitting your personal information, you consent to the use of that information as provided for in this policy.

Changes to the Privacy Policy

We are constantly reviewing our Privacy Policy. If we change our Privacy Policy, we will post the changes on this page and also post notices on other pages of the site so that you are always aware of what information we collect and how we use it.

How to contact UK Tax Professionals Ltd

We are interested in hearing your opinion about our website and our Privacy Policy. If you would like to contact us with any questions or comments, please email us at info@uktaxpro.co.uk or write to 116 Can Hall Road, London, E11 3NH.

Complaints

If you believe there is a problem with how we handle your data, please let our Data Protection Officer know at info@uktaxpro.co.uk.

You can also complain to the ICO.

The ICO is the UK’s supervisory authority. You can contact them by e-mail at casework@ico.org.uk.

Information Commissioner’s Office Wycliffe House Water Lane Wilmslow Cheshire SK9 5AF Tel: 0303 123 1113 (local) or if you prefer 01625 545 745 (national) Fax: 01625 524 510