Privacy Policy
Privacy Policy
This privacy policy was last updated on: [December 2025]
Introduction
Matthew Gaunt Associates (organisation number 12386148 and registered office address The Clock House. Station Approach, Marlow, SL7 1NT is committed to respecting and protecting our stakeholders' privacy.
This policy applies where we act as a data controller with respect to your personal data, in other words, where we determine the purposes and means of processing such personal data. We may capture personal data entered across all channels: through our website, in person or via our email communications or social media accounts. This policy also provides certain legally required information and lists some of yaour rights concerning your personal data.
Please read this policy carefully to understand our views regarding your personal data and how we will treat it.
This policy relates to personal information that identifies “you”, meaning suppliers, individuals who browse our website and other individuals outside our organisation with whom we interact. If you are an employee, contractor or otherwise engaged in work for us or applying to work for us, a separate privacy notice applies to you instead.
This policy is not intended for children, and we do not knowingly collect personal data relating to children.
Marketing preferences
By messaging us, you can specify whether you would like to receive direct marketing communications and limit the use of your information.
How to contact us
If you need to contact us in connection with our use or processing of your personal data or gain access to it, then our contact details are matthew@matthewgauntassociates.co.uk
Categories of personal data
In this section, we outline the categories of personal data which we may collect, use, store, share and transfer. Usually, the personal data we process falls into one or more of the following categories:
Order, Account and Billing Data – this includes information relating to any transactions (including payment) with us and information which we need to fulfil orders, such as your name, date of birth, bank account or card details, information which we collect for the purposes of the prevention of fraud billing address, delivery address, phone number, email address and purchase history, some of which we may not receive directly as payment processors may collect it;
Internal Social Data – this includes information that you post for publication on our website, such as wall posts or reviews.
Usage Data – this includes information about your use of our website and reaction to our emails and services, such as your device ID, IP address, geographical location, browser type and version, operating system, length of visit, page views and website pages viewed, as well as information about the timing, frequency, and pattern of your use.
Communication Data – this includes information contained in any communication, enquiry or complaint you submit to us regarding goods and/or services and personal data we create about you in relation to the same as well as any information in any survey you complete for us.
Marketing Data – this includes your advertising preferences, such as your preferences in receiving marketing materials from us and/or our third parties (such as our media and marketing agencies), your name, email address, billing address, phone number, date of birth, gender, and the user ID of any social platforms you have connected with us on;
Aggregated Data – we also obtain and use aggregated data such as statistical or demographic data. Aggregated Data may be derived from your personal data but does not directly or indirectly reveal your identity. For example, we may aggregate your usage data to calculate the percentage of users accessing a specific feature on our website. However, if we re-combine or re-connect Aggregated