Privacy notice

Who we are

This website is run by Ireland Group Advisory Ltd, which is the controller of your personal data. We are registered in England and Wales, company number 14340663. Our registered office is Wancom Edge, Puttenham Heath Road, Compton, Guildford, Surrey GU3 1DU, United Kingdom.

For anything to do with your data, email Phil Ireland at philip@irelandgroupadvisory.com.

When you visit this site

We don’t set cookies, run analytics or use tracking pixels, and the fonts, images and videos are all served from this site rather than by third parties.

The site is hosted by Cloudflare. To deliver pages and protect the site from attacks, Cloudflare processes technical information such as your IP address, browser type and the pages you request. In some cases Cloudflare may set a strictly necessary security cookie to tell people from bots. It doesn’t track you across other sites.

When you email us

If you email us, we receive your name, email address, the contents of your message and any details you choose to include, such as your company and role. Our email is provided by Google Workspace.

Some buttons on this site open your own email app, Gmail or Outlook so you can write to us. Nothing is sent until you send the email yourself.

Why we use your data

• To reply to your enquiry and discuss working together. Our lawful basis is our legitimate interest in responding to people who contact us, or taking steps at your request before entering a contract.
• To deliver and manage engagements with clients. Our lawful basis is performing our contract with you or your organisation.
• To keep the site secure and working. Our lawful basis is our legitimate interest in protecting the site.
• To meet our legal obligations, for example keeping business and accounting records.

We don’t sell your data, use it for advertising, or add you to a mailing list.

Who we share it with

We use a small number of service providers who process data on our behalf: Cloudflare (hosting and security) and Google (email). We may also share information with professional advisers, such as our accountant or lawyer, or where the law requires it.

International transfers

Cloudflare and Google may process data outside the UK, including in the United States. Where they do, the transfer is protected by safeguards recognised under UK law, such as the UK–US data bridge or the UK International Data Transfer Addendum to standard contractual clauses.

How long we keep it

• Enquiries that don’t lead to an engagement: up to two years, then deleted.
• Client and engagement records: six years after the engagement ends, to meet tax and legal requirements.
• Cloudflare’s technical logs: kept for a short period under Cloudflare’s own retention policy.

Your rights

Under UK data protection law you have the right to ask for a copy of your data, and to ask us to correct it, delete it, restrict how we use it, or transfer it. You can also object to how we use it. To make a request, email us. We’ll reply within one month.

If you’re unhappy with how we’ve handled your data, please tell us first so we can put it right. You also have the right to complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) at ico.org.uk or on 0303 123 1113.

If you’re outside the UK, you may have similar rights under your local law, such as the EU GDPR or South Africa’s POPIA. Email us and we’ll help.

Other websites

This site links to other websites, such as LinkedIn, YouTube and the Financial Times. They have their own privacy policies, which apply when you visit them.

Changes to this notice

We’ll update this notice if how we handle data changes. The date at the top shows when it was last revised.