Privacy policy

This policy explains what personal data Hired Ram collects through this website, why, and what rights you have. Hired Ram is the controller of that data under UK data protection law.

What we collect and why

Enquiries

When you send an enquiry or book a call, we collect your name, email address, business name and whatever you write in your message. We use this to reply to you and to discuss possible work. Our lawful basis is taking steps at your request before entering into a contract, and our legitimate interest in responding to people who contact us.

Registering interest in working with us

When you complete the "Work with us" form, we collect your name, email address, specialism, any link you give us and your description of your work. We use this to consider you for work withHired Ram. Our lawful basis is our legitimate interest in finding specialists, and taking steps at your request before entering into a contract.

Email updates

When you subscribe to new Articles by email, we collect your email address and use it only to send those emails. Our lawful basis is your consent. Every email contains an unsubscribe link, and you can withdraw consent at any time.

Visitor statistics

We use privacy-friendly analytics that count visits without using cookies and without collecting personal data or tracking you across websites.

How long we keep it

• Enquiries: up to 24 months after our last contact with you.
• "Work with us" registrations: 12 months, unless you ask us to keep them longer.
• Email subscriptions: until you unsubscribe.
• Client records: as long as the law on business and tax records requires.

Who we share it with

We do not sell personal data. We share it only with the service providers that run this website and our email, form handling and scheduling, who process it on our instructions. Some of these providers may process data outside the UK. Where they do, we rely on safeguards recognised by UK law, such as adequacy regulations or approved contract terms.

Your rights

Under UK data protection law you have the right to:

• ask for a copy of the personal data we hold about you;
• ask us to correct or delete it;
• ask us to restrict how we use it, or object to our using it;
• ask for it in a portable format;
• withdraw consent where we rely on consent.

To use any of these rights, contact us through the contact page. We will reply within one month.

If you are unhappy with how we have handled your data, you can complain to the Information Commissioner's Office at ico.org.uk. We would appreciate the chance to put things right first.

Changes to this policy

We will post any changes on this page and update the date at the top.