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PRIVACY POLICY

Last Updated: 21 July 2025

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Somacon Marketing Consultancy ("we", "us", or "our") is committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, store, and share your personal data in accordance with the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR) and the Data Protection Act 2018.

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1. Who We Are
Somacon Marketing Consultancy
Email: info@somacon.co.uk
Phone: 07710 165301
Website: www.somacon.co.uk
We are the data controller for the purposes of the UK GDPR.

 

2. What Information We Collect
We may collect and process the following data:

  • Identity data: name, title

  • Contact data: email address, phone number

  • Technical data: IP address, browser type and version, operating system

  • Usage data: information about how you use our website

  • Marketing and communications data: your preferences for receiving marketing from us

We collect this data via contact forms, email, cookies, and analytics tools.

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3. Legal Basis for Processing
We process your personal data under the following lawful bases:

  • Consent – when you opt into marketing communications

  • Contract – where processing is necessary for performance of a contract with you

  • Legitimate interests – for improving our website and services (where your rights do not override ours)

 

4. How We Use Your Information
We use your data to:

  • Respond to your enquiries

  • Deliver marketing communications (if you have opted in)

  • Improve our website and services

  • Analyse site usage through tools such as Google Analytics

 

5. Sharing Your Data
We do not sell your data. However, we may share it with trusted third parties who help us operate our business, such as:

  • Web hosting providers

  • Email marketing services (e.g., Mailchimp)

  • Analytics providers (e.g., Google Analytics)

These third parties are contractually bound to protect your data in line with UK GDPR.

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6. International Transfers
If we transfer your data outside the UK (e.g., via cloud-based tools), we ensure safeguards are in place, such as:

  • Adequacy decisions

  • Standard Contractual Clauses approved by the UK ICO

 

7. Data Retention
We retain your data only as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes we collected it for, including legal or reporting obligations. You may request further information by contacting us.

 

8. Your Rights
Under UK GDPR, you have the right to:

  • Access your personal data

  • Rectify inaccurate or incomplete data

  • Erase your data ("right to be forgotten")

  • Restrict or object to processing

  • Data portability

  • Withdraw consent at any time (for consent-based processing)

  • Lodge a complaint with the Information Commissioner’s Office (www.ico.org.uk)

To exercise any of these rights, please contact: info@somacon.co.uk

 

9. Cookies
We use essential and non-essential cookies to enhance your experience. You will be asked for consent to use non-essential cookies when visiting our site.

For full details, see our Cookie Policy (include link).

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10. Security
We implement appropriate technical and organisational measures to protect your personal data. However, no method of internet transmission is completely secure.

 

11. Changes to This Policy
We may update this policy from time to time. Changes will be posted on this page with a revised “last updated” date. We encourage you to review it regularly.

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