Privacy Policy & Disclaimer

Privacy Policy

SUMMARY OF OUR PRIVACY POLICY

Your privacy is extremely important to Dehshid & Co Accountants and we are committed to protecting your personal data. This privacy notice will inform you how we look after your personal data when you visit our websites or our social media and tell you about your privacy rights and how the law protects you.

PURPOSE OF THIS PRIVACY POLICY

The aim of this privacy policy, which is to give you information on how Dehshid & Co accountants collects and processes your personal data through your use of this website. Including any data you may provide through this website when you request a call back to discuss the services that we may offer you or by filling out forms on our site at www.dehshidandco.com or corresponding with us by phone, email or otherwise.

We do not knowingly collect data relating to children.

It is important that you read this privacy notice together with any other privacy notice or fair processing notice we may provide of specific occasions when we are collecting or processing personal data about you so that you are fully aware of how and why we are using your data.

This privacy notice supplements the other notices. And is not intended to override them. Dehshid & Co Accountants (“we”) are committed to protecting and respecting your privacy.

This policy (together with our terms of use and any other documents referred to in it) sets out the basis on which any personal data we collect from you, or that you provide to us, will be processed by us.

Please read the following carefully to understand our views and practices regarding your personal data and how we will treat it. By visiting any of our sites and/or participating in any of our surveys (as set out in our terms of use) you are accepting and consenting to the practices described in this policy.

For the purpose of the Data Protection Act 1998, the General Data Protection Regulation (EU) 2016/679 and any subsequent UK data protection legislation (the Legislation), the data controller is Dehshid & Co Accountants and Mr Mohammad Reza Dehshid of Suite 101, Hanovia House, 30 Eastman Road, Acton, London, W3 7YG

Information we may collect

We may collect and process the following data about you:

Information you give us

You may give us information about you by filling in forms on our site, using social media logins and/or other plugins, participating in our surveys which may be sent to you from time to time or by corresponding with us by phone, email or otherwise. This includes information you provide when you register to use our site, subscribe to a newsletter or service, order products or services, upload or download content, and/or participate in discussion boards or other social media functions on our site. The information you give us may include (but is not necessarily limited to):

your personal name and address;
your business name and address;
your email address;
your phone number;
your financial and credit card information; and/or
your photograph

Information we collect about you

Each time you visit our site or interact with the emails we send to you, we may automatically collect the following information:

Technical information, including the Internet protocol (IP) address used to connect your computer to the internet, your login information, browser type and version, operating system and platform;
Information about your visit, including the URL clickstream to, through and from our site (including date and time); pages, resources and/or products you viewed or searched for; page response times, errors, length of visits to certain pages, page interaction, and methods used to browse away from the page;
Information about your interaction with our emails, including whether you have opened the email, the number of times the email is accessed, and your interaction with email content including the links you have clicked.
We may also build a picture of your digital data profile, by taking information on you from public sources, such as your publicly available social media information and other third-party sources such as Companies House. We do this to help us direct more targeted information and content to you.

Information we receive from other sources

We may receive information about you if you use any of the other websites. We or any of our group companies operate or the other services we provide. We are also working closely with third parties (including, for example, business partners, sub-contractors in technical, payment and delivery services, advertising networks, analytics providers, search information providers, credit reference agencies) and may receive information about you from them.
We also receive information about you from third party telemarketing companies. We or our partners will only you contact you where you have given the telemarketing companies your consent for us to do so.

Legal basis for processing your data

We may process your data because:

We are legally obliged to e.g. to confirm your identity.

The processing is necessary for the performance of the contract with you to provide our services; or

It is in ours or a third party’s legitimate interests to do so. In some instances, we will rely on your consent to process Personal Data and where we do this, it will be flagged to you at the time.

Uses made of the information

We use information held about you in the following ways:

Information you give to us. We will use this information:

to enable you to access the content and functions available via the site, provide you with any products and services you request, and carry out our obligations arising from any contracts entered into between you and us;
to provide you with information about other resources, materials, goods and services we offer that are similar to those that you have already accessed, purchased or enquired about;
to provide you, or permit selected third parties to provide you, with information about goods or services we feel may interest you. If you are a new user, and where we permit selected third parties to use your data, we (or they) will contact you only if you have consented to this by ticking the relevant box situated on the form on which we collect your data, or you have given your consent to third party telemarketing companies;
to notify you about changes to our service.
to ensure that content from our site is presented in the most effective manner for you and for your computer.

Information we collect about you. We will use this information:

To administer our site and for internal operations, including troubleshooting, data analysis, testing, research, statistical and survey purposes.
To improve our site.
To allow you to participate in interactive features when you choose to do so.
To measure or understand the effectiveness of advertising we serve to you and others, and to deliver relevant advertising to you.
To make suggestions and recommendations to you and other users of our site about content, goods or services that may interest you or them.

Disclosure of your information

We may share your personal information with any member of our group.
We may also share your information (including personal data) with selected third parties including: Business partners, suppliers and sub-contractors who help us deliver the site and our services to you.

This includes (but is not limited to) the following suppliers: Campaign monitor, a supplier which provides us with a cloud-based email system to enable us to provide you with customized newsletters and updates; and Opt-in Monster, a supplier that provides us with a cloud-based email capture tool. Which feeds the email address into our email tool listed above.

Third parties on whose behalf we have conducted surveys, competitions, promotions, and other activities which you have chosen to take part in.
Advertising networks that require the data to select and serve relevant adverts to you and others. We do not disclose information about identifiable individuals to our Advertising networks, but we may provide them with aggregate information about our users. We may also use such aggregate information to help Advertising networks reach the kind of audience they want to target.
Analytics and search engine providers that assist us in the improvement and optimization of our site.
In the event that we sell or buy any business or assets, the prospective seller or buyer of such business or assets.
Parties to whom we are under a duty to disclose or share your personal data in order to comply with any legal obligation. Or in order to enforce or apply our terms of use or terms and conditions of supply and other agreements. Or to whom we disclose or share data in order to protect the rights, property, or safety of the Dehshid & Co Accountants group of companies, our customers, or others. This includes exchanging information with other companies and organizations for the purposes of fraud protection and credit risk reduction.

Marketing

We would like to send you information by post, email, telephone, text message (SMS) or automated call about our products and services, competitions and special offers which may be of interest to you.
Other businesses within our group or [content partners] we work with May also send you similar marketing messages, depending on what you agree with us.
We may send B2B marketing emails to you as a business contact where we believe we have legitimate interests for doing so. Such emails will always give the option to opt-out from future communications.
If you have consented to such receive marketing from us, [[our group] or other businesses,] you can opt out at any time. See ‘What rights do you have?’ below for further information.

Keeping your data secure

We will use technical and organizational measures to safeguard your personal data, for example:

Access to your account is controlled by a password and username that are unique to you
We store your personal data on secure servers; and payment details are encrypted using SSL technology (typically you will see a lock icon or green address bar (or both) in your browser when we use this technology).
Our hosting provider is certified.

While we will use all reasonable efforts to safeguard your personal data, you acknowledge that the use of the internet is not entirely secure and for this reason, we cannot guarantee the security or integrity of any personal data that are transferred from you or to you via the internet. If you have any particular concerns about your information, please contact us by email: [email protected].

What can I do to keep my information safe?

If you want detailed information from Get Safe Online on how to protect your information and your computers and devices against fraud, identity theft, viruses, and many other online problems, please visit www.getsafeonline.org. Get Safe Online is supported by HM Government and leading businesses.

Where we store your personal data

The data that we collect from you may be transferred to, and stored at, a destination outside the European Economic Area (“EEA”). It may also be processed by staff operating outside the EEA who work for us or for one of our suppliers. By submitting your personal data, you agree to this transfer, storing or processing. We will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that your data is treated securely and in accordance with this privacy policy.

Social media

If you use social media plugins or features on our site, including but not limited to the LinkedIn login function, you agree that we may receive information about you from social media sites (including personal information such as your name, gender, date of birth and location) in order to enable us to provide you with an online account and to enable you to use the site and its features. Any information received by us via the use of social media functions shall be stored and used strictly in accordance with this privacy policy.

How long do we keep your personal information?

We keep your personal information for as long as we need to for the purposes for which it was collected or (if longer) for any period for which we are required to keep personal information to comply with our legal and regulatory requirements.

Your rights

You have the right to ask us not to process your personal data or to restrict our processing of your personal data (including for marketing purposes). You can do so at any time by contacting us at [email protected]. Please state the site(s) it is in reference to.

You also have the right to ask us to correct any mistakes or inaccuracies in your information which we hold at any time by contacting us at [email protected]. Please state the site(s) it is in reference to.

Our site may, from time to time, contain links to and from the websites of our partner networks, advertisers and affiliates. If you follow a link to any of these websites, please note that these websites have their own privacy policies and that we do not accept any responsibility or liability for these policies. Please check these policies before you submit any personal data to these websites.

Access to information

You have the right to obtain a copy of the personal data we hold about you. You can make your request here: [email protected]. Once we have received your request and verified your identity and if we have any data from you, we will respond as soon as possible and in any event within one month.

Cookies

A cookie is a small text file written to your hard drive that contains information about your account and use of this site. Cookies enable us to collect useful information and to improve your experience when accessing and using our site.

Our website uses cookies to distinguish you from other users of our website. This helps us to provide you with a good experience when you browse our website and allows us to improve our site.

There is a popup when you visit our website, which asks for your permission for our partners and us to use cookies on our platform (apart from where we have a Legitimate Interest to do so). The consent you give us is stored in a Consent Management Platform and you can remove consent at any time by either clicking “More Options” in the Popup or via the link at the top of this privacy policy.

Google Analytics

We use this this service to improve your experience across the sites

The service:

This service runs in the background and drops one or more cookies to your computer, or handheld device. It helps us measure how you interact with our websites content by tracking your user journey and site interactions. The cookies store non-identifiable information about your browsing history, we use this data to analyze patterns and trends to help improve your experience.

The data Google Analytics stores about you:

Non-identifiable data such as, visits, pages views, time on site, and the journey you take through the site.

For more details on Google Analytics please visit their website http://www.google.com/analytics/

AddThis

We use this service to monitor social sharing of content

The service

As part of the Service, we operate the AddThis sharing platform, this allows you to share our content across social channels. You can find the AddThis feature on all our articles and data is only collected when a user interacts with one or more of the social icon buttons. We collect certain non-personally identifiable information automatically for tracking and analysis purposes. We share this data with AddThis, their terms and conditions can be found on their website http://www.addthis.com/privacy/privacy-policy

The data AddThis stores about you

We collect non-personally Identifiable Information via the AddThis Button for use on the AddThis Platform. For example, when you visit a web page that contains one of the AddThis Buttons, their (AddThis) server logs collect your Internet Protocol address, browser type, browser language, the date and time you visited that web page, and (if you came to a web page where an AddThis Button is enabled via a search engine such as Google), the web search that landed you on that web page.

WordPress or other management system

We use this service as a platform to power our content management system

The service:

Drupal (https://wordpress.com/) is our content management system and sets cookies to store user initiated interface preferences. This helps make your visits easier and the site more useful to you.

Third Party Cookies

Third parties (including, for example, advertising networks and providers of external services like web traffic analysis services) may also use cookies, over which we have no control. These cookies are likely to be analytical/performance cookies or targeting cookies.

Managing cookies

If you do not wish to manage your consent choices through our Consent Management Platform, then you can also do this through your browser settings. The “help” function within your browser should provide information about this. However, if you use your browser settings to block all cookies (including essential cookies) you may not be able to access all or parts of our site.

Changes to our privacy policy

Any changes we may make to our privacy policy in the future will be posted on this page and, where appropriate, notified to you by email. Please check back frequently to see any updates or changes to our privacy policy.

Complaints

If you have any complaints about the way, we use your personal information please contact [email protected] who will try to resolve the issue. If we cannot resolve any issue, you have the right to complain to the data protection authority in your country (the Information Commissioner in the UK).

Contact

Questions, comments, and requests regarding this privacy policy are welcomed and should be addressed to [email protected] and please state the website(s) it is in reference to.

Disclaimer

While we have made every effort to provide accurate and up to date information on our website, the law is constantly changing and affects each person or business in different ways. The information contained within this website is no substitute for specific advice and we will not accept liability if you rely solely on information from the website.

It is important that you read this page as it contains important information regarding accessing our website.

By accessing this website you agree to the terms and conditions set out below:

1 General

1.1 This website is published by Dehshid & Co Accountants. The following statements apply to this website.

1.2 This website is issued in the United Kingdom and is intended for the information and use of United Kingdom residents only.

2 Content

2.1 This website is for information only. Unless otherwise stated it is not intended to offer advice and is not to be taken as, in any way, offering to sell any product or provide any service.

2.3 The pages of this site may not, in whole or in part, be reproduced, copied stored, transmitted or used by any party, except for the purpose of downloading for private, non-commercial, viewing purposes or where we have given our prior written consent. You must not alter anything on this website and no material from this site may be used on any other website. No links may be created to this site without our prior written consent.

2.4 We may make changes to the information contained within this site at any time without updating this site to reflect those changes. We will not be liable for errors, omissions or for information becoming out of date. If you are in any doubt as to the accuracy and currency of any information contained within the pages of this site, or you require any further information, you should contact us.

3 Downloads

3.1 Any software is downloaded at your own risk. We do not warrant the suitability of any software which is downloaded and accept no liability for any problems with your computer that may arise as a result.

4 Liability

4.1 We will not be liable for any claims, penalties, losses, damages, costs or expenses arising from the use of or inability to use, interruption or availability of, this website, its operation or transmission, computer viruses or any unauthorised access to or alteration of the website. We do not warrant that the contents of this website are compatible with all computer systems and browsers.

5 Links

5.1 This website may provide links to other websites from time to time. Linked sites are not under our control and the provision of a linked site is not evidence of any endorsement by us of the material held there. We do not accept responsibility in any way for the content of any linked site, or any link contained within a linked site, or for any material you may encounter when you leave this website (whether knowingly, or not).

6 Emails

6.1 We do not guarantee that any email sent to us will be received or that the contents will remain private during transmission. If you are concerned about this please consider other means of communication. You are responsible for ensuring any electronic message or information you send to us is free from any virus or defect that may harm our systems in any way.

7 Personal Information

7.1 We will use any personal data you have given to provide product and service information requested and to keep you informed of any changes to that information. Any personal data which we collect, record or use in any way whether it is held on paper, on computer or other media will comply with the Data Protection Act 1998. We endorse and adhere to the Data Protection principles as set out in the Data Protection Act 1998. These principles are designed so that we undertake to ensure your data is:

Fairly and lawfully processed
Processed for limited purposes and not in a way incompatible with those purposes
Adequate, relevant and not excessive
Accurate and kept up to date
Not kept for longer than is necessary
Processed in line with the data subject’s rights
Kept secure
Not transferred to a country which does not have adequate data protection laws

7.2 When we collect any personal data from you, we will inform you why we are collecting your data and what we intend to use it for.

7.3 We may need to pass your details to another company outside of Dehshid & Co Accountants purely to transact your requests effectively. However, your data will not be passed outside of Dehshid & Co Accountants for any other purpose.

8 Cookies

8.1 This website uses cookies. A cookie is a small text file stored in your computer containing text data. We use cookies for certain functions to improve the usability of the website. These cookies do not contain any personal information about you. However, enabling cookies in your web browser is necessary if you wish your selections to be remembered for future visits on the same computer. Most web browsers allow some control of most cookies through the browser settings. For more information about cookies and instructions on how to adjust your browser settings to restrict or disable cookies, see the IAB website at www.allaboutcookies.org

Our website and social media channels DO NOT provide any legal or accountancy advice and users of these sites should consult with their own lawyer or accountant for legal and accountancy advice.

This web site (the “Site”) is a general service that provides information over the Internet. The information contained in the Site is general information and should not be construed as advice to be applied to any specific factual situation. If you are unsure whether your particular situation requires that a document be changed, you should consult a lawyer or accountant. Any use of the Site DOES NOT create or constitute an accountant-client relationship between Dehshid & Co Accountants or any employee of or other person associated with Dehshid & Co Accountants and a user of the Site. As the law differs in each legal jurisdiction and may be interpreted or applied differently depending on your location or situation, the information or use of documents on the Site is not a substitute for the advice of a lawyer or accountant.

Any guarantee on the Site is subject to our Terms and Conditions. For the most part, our Terms and Conditions specify that there is no guarantee or warranty and that we are not responsible for any loss, injury, claim, liability, or damage (“damages”) related to your use of the Site, whether from errors or omissions in the content of the Site or any other linked sites. We are not responsible for any damages from the Site being inaccessible to the user and use of the Site is at your own risk. Refer to our Terms and Conditions regarding details of any exceptions such as our Quality Guarantee.

While we have worked to make our Site and all the features on our Site compatible with the most commonly used browsers, we cannot represent or guarantee that every feature will work with your browser.

Dehshid & Co Accountants does not endorse any content provided by any linked sites, nor does it assume any responsibility for the interpretation or application of any information originating from such content. In addition, Dehshid & Co Accountants does not endorse any content contained in any advertising on the Site, nor does it assume any responsibility for the quality or integrity of such work.

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