Privacy Policy

1. Who we are

This policy is issued by Stannard Thursby Investigative Intelligence ("Stannard Thursby", "we", "us"). It explains how we handle personal information when you visit this website, contact us or engage us.

For any question about this policy or your personal information, write to contact@stannardthursby.com.

2. Information we collect

We collect the information you choose to give us when you make an enquiry or engage us. This usually includes your name, organisation, email address, telephone number and the content of your message.

This website does not use cookies, analytics or advertising tools, and it does not load fonts or scripts from third-party services. Like any website, it is delivered by a hosting provider whose servers may record technical information, such as IP addresses, in standard logs for security and operation.

3. How we use your information

• To respond to your enquiry and arrange a consultation
• To prepare proposals and carry out engagements you have asked for
• To check for conflicts of interest before accepting an instruction
• To meet our legal, regulatory and professional obligations

4. Legal basis

Where data protection law such as the UK GDPR or the EU GDPR applies, we process personal information because it is necessary to take steps at your request before entering into a contract, to perform a contract, to comply with a legal obligation, or for our legitimate interests in operating our business, provided those interests are not overridden by your rights.

5. Personal information in our research

Our research may involve personal information about people connected with an engagement. We collect such information only where it is relevant to a lawful purpose agreed with our client, we use lawful methods, we keep it secure and we retain it only as long as necessary.

Where the law gives people rights in relation to this information, we respect those rights, subject to the exemptions that apply.

6. Sharing your information

We do not sell personal information. We share it only with service providers who help us operate the firm, such as secure hosting and email providers, under terms that require them to protect it, or where the law requires us to do so.

7. International transfers

Where personal information is transferred between countries, we put in place the safeguards that applicable law requires.

8. How long we keep information

We keep personal information only for as long as necessary for the purposes described above, including any legal or professional retention requirements. Enquiries that do not lead to an engagement are deleted once they are no longer needed.

9. Security

We use technical and organisational measures appropriate to the sensitivity of the information we hold, including restricted access, compartmented working files and secure systems.

10. Your rights

Depending on where you live, you may have the right to access, correct or delete your personal information, to object to or restrict its use, and to data portability. To exercise these rights, write to contact@stannardthursby.com. You may also complain to the data protection authority in your country.

11. Changes to this policy

We may update this policy from time to time. The date at the top of this page shows when it was last changed.