1. Who we are
We are Marrho Limited, a UK private company. Registered Number 04042310. The trading style is Mark Lloydbottom, Practice Management Academy. Our website address is: www.marklloydbottom.com.
This privacy policy explains when and why we collect personal information about people who visit our website, how we use it, the conditions under which we may disclose it to others and how we keep it secure.
We may change this policy from time to time so please check this page occasionally to ensure that you’re happy with any changes. By using our website, you’re agreeing to be bound by this policy.
2. What does this policy cover?
This policy applies only to your use of our website. Our website may contain links to other websites. Please note that we have no control over how your data is collected, stored, or used by other websites and we advise you to check the privacy policies of any such websites before providing any data to them.
3. What is personal information?
Personal information is any information about you that enables you to be identified. Personal information covers obvious information such as your name and contact details, but it also covers less obvious information such as identification numbers, electronic location data, and other online identifiers.
4. How do we collect personal information from you?
We obtain personal information about you when you browse or use our website to purchase consulting or online training programmes.
5. What type of personal information is collected from you?
Your domain name and e-mail address are recognised by our servers and the pages that you visit are recorded. We shall not under any circumstances divulge your e-mail address to any person. This information is used:
- to correspond with you or deal with you as you expect.
- in a collective way not referable to any particular individual, for the purpose of quality control and improvement of our site;
- to send you news about the services to which you have signed up;
- to tell you about other of our services or services of sister web sites
6. Website usage information
We may use software embedded in our website (such as JavaScript) to collect information about which pages you view and how you reach them, what you do when you visit a page, the length of time you remain on the page, and how we perform in providing content to you. We do not presently associate such information with an identifiable person.
7. Cookies
This website uses cookies. We use cookies to provide you with personalised content and relevant follow-up, to provide social media features and to analyse our traffic. You consent to our cookies if you continue to use our website.
Cookies are small text files that can be used by websites to make a user’s experience more efficient.
The law states that we can store cookies on your device if they are strictly necessary for the operation of this site. For all other types of cookies we need your permission.
This site uses different types of cookies. Some cookies are placed by third party services that appear on our pages.
8. How do we use your personal information?
We use your personal information for the following purposes:
- Processing orders you have submitted;
- Carrying out our obligations arising from any contracts entered into by you and us;
- Sending you communications which you have requested;
- Analysing your use of our website and gathering feedback to enable us to continually improve our website and your user experience.
We will hold your personal information on our systems for as long as is necessary for the relevant activity, or to fulfil our statutory obligations.
9. Who has access to your information?
We will not sell or rent your information to third parties.
We will not share your information with third parties for marketing purposes.
We will not release your information to third parties unless:
- you have requested us to do so, or
- we are required to do so by law, for example, by a court order or for the purposes of prevention of fraud or other crime, or
- it is necessary to carry out our obligations arising from any contract with you.
10. How do we keep your information safe?
When you give us personal information, we take steps to ensure that appropriate technical and organisational controls are in place to protect it.
11. How do we process payments?
We use third-party services for payment processing. In particular we use the payment gateway operated by Teachable.com.
We will not store or collect your payment card details. All supplied sensitive information is transmitted via Secure Socket Layer (SSL) technology directly to our third-party payment processor whose use of your personal information is governed by their privacy policy.
The payment processor we currently work with is Woo Commerce. Their Privacy Policy can be viewed at https://docs.woocommerce.com/document/marketplace-privacy/
12. Can you withhold information?
You may access all areas of our website without providing any personal data at all.
13. What are cookies and how do we use them?
Like many other websites, this website uses cookies. ‘Cookies’ are small pieces of information sent by an organisation to your computer and stored on your hard drive to allow that website to recognise you when you visit. They collect statistical data about your browsing actions and patterns and do not identify you as an individual.
We use cookies to compile visitor statistics such as how many people have visited our website, what type of technology they are using (e.g. Mac or Windows which helps to identify when our site isn’t working as it should for particular technologies), how long they spend on the site, what page they look at etc. This helps us to continuously improve our website. These so called “analytics” programs also tell us, on an anonymous basis, how people reached this site (e.g. from a search engine) and whether they have been here before.
It is possible to switch off cookies by setting your browser preferences. For more information on how to switch off cookies on your computer, we suggest consulting the Help section of your browser or taking a look at the About Cookies website which offers guidance for all modern browsers. Turning cookies off may result in a loss of functionality when using our website.
14. Affiliate information
This is information given to us by you in your capacity as an affiliate of us or a customer or client of ours. Such information is retained for business use only. We undertake to preserve the confidentiality of the information and of the terms of our relationship. It is not used for any other purpose. We expect any affiliate to agree to reciprocate this policy. As an exception to this, we have the right to disclose your first name and URL of your affiliate connection to other affiliates and to any other person or organisation, on and off site. The reason is solely to enable us to mention winners and others whose performance as an affiliate is in some way outstanding.
15. Use of site by children
We do not market to children, nor do we sell products or services for purchase by children. If you are under 18, you may use our site only with consent from a parent or guardian.
16. Disclosure to Government and their agencies
We are subject to the law like everyone else. We may be required to give information to legal authorities if they so request or if they have the proper authorisation such as a search warrant or court order.
17. Transferring your information outside of Europe
As part of the services offered to you through this website, the information which you provide to us may be transferred to countries outside the European Union (“EU”). This applies to information required by Teachable.com for the purposes of accessing your required training programme.
If you use our services while you are outside the EU, your information may be transferred by you to Teachable.com in order to provide you with those services.
18. What are your rights?
Under UK data protection law, you have certain rights over the personal information that we hold about you. Please note that the ONLY information retained by Marrho Limited is your email address. You have:
- The right to be informed about our collection and use of your personal information. This privacy policy should tell you everything you need to know, but you can always contact us to find out more or to ask any questions using the contact details in paragraph 20.
- The right to request access to the personal data that we hold about you. You also have the right to request a copy of the information we hold about you, and we will provide you with this unless legal exceptions apply. If you want to access your information, please send a description of the information you want to see and proof of your identity by post to the address provided in paragraph 20.
- The right to have inaccurate or incomplete information we hold about you corrected. The accuracy of your information is important to us. If you change email address, or if you believe any of the other information we hold is inaccurate or out of date, please contact us via the contact details in paragraph 20 .
- The right of erasure. You may ask us to delete some or all of your personal information and in certain cases, and subject to certain exceptions; we will do so as far as we are required to.
- The right to restrict (i.e. prevent) the processing of your personal information.
- The right to object to us using your personal information for a particular purpose or purposes.
- The right to personal information portability.
- Rights relating to automated decision-making and profiling.
If you want to exercise any of the above rights, please contact us using the contact information in paragraph 20. We may be required to ask for further information and/or evidence of identity. We will endeavour to respond fully to all requests within one month of receipt of your request, however if we are unable to do so we will contact you with reasons for the delay.
Please note that exceptions apply to a number of these rights, and not all rights will be applicable in all circumstances. For more details we recommend you consult the guidance published by the UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office, https://ico.org.uk.
19. Managing your personal information
At any time you may review or update your personal information that we hold about you, by contacting us at the address below. To better safeguard your information, we will also take reasonable steps to verify your identity before granting access or making corrections to your information.
20. How do you contact us?
To contact us about anything to do with your personal information and data protection, including to make a subject access request, please use the following details.
Contact name: Mark Lloydbottom
Email address: mark@marklloydbottom.com
Review of this Policy
We keep this Policy under regular review. This Policy was last updated in August 2020.