Privacy Policy

Last updated: March 2026

1. Who We Are

This website is operated by Simon Deans, HR Director. If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or how your personal data is handled, please contact us at hr@simondeans.com.

2. What This Policy Covers

This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use and protect personal data when you visit simondeans.com. We are committed to protecting your privacy and handling your data responsibly in accordance with applicable data protection legislation, including the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR), the EU General Data Protection Regulation (EU GDPR), and other applicable privacy laws worldwide.

3. What Data We Collect

This website is a personal portfolio and brochure site. We do not operate membership, registration, or e-commerce functions. The data we collect is limited to:

  • Usage data collected automatically when you visit the site, including your IP address, browser type, pages visited, and the date and time of your visit. This data is collected via Google Search Console.
  • Contact data if you choose to contact us directly via the email address provided on this site.

4. How We Use Your Data

We use the data collected for the following purposes:

  • To understand how visitors find and use our website and to improve its content and performance via Google Search Console.
  • To respond to any enquiries you send to us directly by email.

We do not use your data for marketing purposes, and we do not sell or share your personal data with third parties for their own use.

5. Legal Basis for Processing

We process your data on the basis of legitimate interests — specifically our legitimate interest in understanding how our website is used so we can improve it. Where you contact us directly, we process your data on the basis of consent (you choose to contact us) and legitimate interests (responding to your enquiry).

6. Cookies

This website uses cookies. Please refer to our Cookie Policy for full details of the cookies we use and how to manage them.

7. Third Party Services

We use the following third party service which may process data about your visit:

  • Google Search Console — used to monitor search performance and indexing. Google may transfer data to servers outside your country of residence. For more information, see Google’s Privacy Policy.

8. International Data Transfers

Some of the third party services we use may transfer your data outside your country of residence, including outside the UK and EEA. Where this occurs, appropriate safeguards are in place in accordance with applicable data protection law.

9. Data Retention

We retain contact enquiry data only as long as necessary to respond to your enquiry. We do not store personal data beyond what is necessary for the purposes described in this policy.

10. Your Rights

Depending on where you are located, you may have certain rights regarding your personal data, which may include:

  • The right to access the personal data we hold about you.
  • The right to request correction of inaccurate data.
  • The right to request deletion of your data.
  • The right to object to or restrict processing of your data.
  • The right to data portability.
  • The right to withdraw consent where processing is based on consent.

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at hr@simondeans.com. We will respond within 30 days.

11. Complaints

If you are unhappy with how we have handled your personal data, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the relevant data protection authority in your country of residence. In the UK this is the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) at ico.org.uk.

12. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Any changes will be published on this page with an updated date. We encourage you to review this policy periodically.

13. Contact

For any privacy-related queries, please contact us at hr@simondeans.com.