Privacy Policy

Effective Date: 02 January 2025

At The Useful Simple Trust, we respect your privacy and are committed to safeguarding your personal information. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and protect your data when you visit or interact with our website and associated brand websites (the ‘Sites’).

1. Information we collect

We may collect the following types of information:

a) Personal information

When you use our Sites, you may voluntarily provide personal information, including but not limited to name, email address, and phone number.

b) Non-personal information

We may also collect non-personal information, such as:

  • IP address,
  • Browser type and version,
  • Device information,
  • Operating system,
  • Usage data (e.g. pages viewed, time spent on the Sites etc.).

c) Cookies & tracking technologies

We use cookies, web beacons, and similar tracking technologies to enhance your experience on our Sites. These technologies may collect information such as your browsing preferences and usage patterns. You can adjust your browser settings to refuse cookies or alert you when cookies are being sent.

2. How we use your information

We use the information we collect for various purposes, including to:

  • Provide and improve our services,
  • Communicate with you, including sending marketing emails (you can opt-out at any time),
  • Analyse website usage and trends,
  • Comply with legal obligations.

3. Sharing your information

We do not sell, rent, or lease your personal information to third parties. However, we may share your information in the following circumstances:

  • With third-party service providers that help us operate our Sites or provide services, such as hosting services, and marketing platforms.
  • To disclose your information if required by law, or in response to legal requests, such as a subpoena or court order.
  • If our business is sold or merged, your personal information may be transferred as part of that transaction.

4. Data security

We use commercially reasonable security measures to protect the personal information you provide to us. However, no method of data transmission over the internet is 100% secure, so we cannot guarantee absolute security.

5. Your data rights

Depending on your location, you may have certain rights regarding your personal information, such as to:

  • Access, update, or delete your personal information,
  • Object to or restrict certain processing activities,
  • Withdraw consent (if processing is based on consent).

To exercise these rights, please contact us at info@usefulsimple.co.uk.

6. Third-party links

Our Sites may contain links to third-party websites. We are not responsible for the privacy practices or content of those sites. We encourage you to read their privacy policies before providing any personal information.

Articles on our Sites may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.

These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

7. Changes to this Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Any changes will be posted on this page with an updated ‘Effective Date’. We encourage you to review this Policy periodically to stay informed about how we are protecting your information.

8. Contact us

If you have any questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy, or how we handle your personal information, please contact us at:

Useful Simple Trust
info@usefulsimple.co.uk
+44 (0)20 7307 9285
Temple Chambers, 3-7 Temple Avenue, London EC4Y 0HP