Privacy Policy

1. Who we are

The Audit Hub is a trading name operated by the audit hub Ltd. We provide internal audit consulting, risk and regulatory advisory, and related professional services. Our registered address and contact details are available on request by emailing info@theaudithub.co.uk.

For the purposes of UK data protection law, including the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR) and the Data Protection Act 2018, we are the data controller of any personal data we collect and process in connection with this website and our services.

2. What personal data we collect

We may collect and process the following categories of personal data:

• Contact information — your name, email address, telephone number and employer, when you contact us by email, telephone, or through our website.
• Enquiry and correspondence data — the content of messages you send us, including any information you provide about your role, organisation or requirements.
• Professional information — information you share in the course of a professional relationship, including your job title, seniority level, or areas of expertise.
• Website usage data — information collected automatically when you visit our website, including your IP address, browser type, pages visited, time spent on pages, and referring URLs. This data is collected via cookies and similar technologies. Please see our Cookie Policy for more detail.

We do not collect special category data (such as health information, ethnicity, or political opinions) through this website. If you share such information with us in another context, we will treat it with the highest level of care and process it only where a lawful basis exists to do so.

3. How we use your personal data

We use your personal data for the following purposes and on the following legal bases:

• Responding to enquiries (legitimate interests / contract) — when you contact us about our services, we use your contact details and enquiry information to respond to you and assess whether we can help. Our legitimate interest is in operating and developing our business.
• Providing our services (contract) — where we enter into an engagement with you or your organisation, we process personal data as necessary to deliver and administer those services.
• Direct marketing (legitimate interests) — we may occasionally contact you about our services or relevant insights where we believe you have a professional interest and where you would reasonably expect such contact. You can object to this at any time by emailing us.
• Website improvement (legitimate interests) — we analyse website usage data to understand how our website is used and to improve its content and functionality.
• Legal compliance (legal obligation) — we may process personal data where required to comply with our legal or regulatory obligations.

4. How we share your personal data

We do not sell your personal data to third parties. We may share your data in the following limited circumstances:

• Service providers — we use a small number of trusted third-party providers to support our operations, including email hosting, website hosting, and analytics. These providers are contractually required to process your data only on our behalf and in accordance with our instructions.
• Legal requirements — we may disclose personal data where required to do so by law, court order, or regulatory authority.
• Professional advisers — we may share data with our legal advisers, accountants or insurers where necessary for the operation of our business.

All third-party processors we use are either based in the UK or the European Economic Area, or subject to appropriate data transfer safeguards under UK GDPR.

5. How long we keep your data

We retain personal data only for as long as necessary for the purposes for which it was collected:

• Enquiry and contact data is retained for up to 2 years from the date of last contact, unless a client relationship develops, in which case client data is retained for 6 years from the end of the engagement in line with standard commercial limitation periods.
• Website analytics data is retained in aggregated or anonymised form and does not identify you personally beyond the retention periods set by our analytics provider.

6. Your rights under UK GDPR

As a data subject, you have the following rights in relation to your personal data. You can exercise any of these rights by contacting us at info@theaudithub.co.uk:

• Right of access — to receive a copy of the personal data we hold about you.
• Right to rectification — to have inaccurate data corrected or incomplete data completed.
• Right to erasure — to request deletion of your personal data where we no longer have a lawful basis to process it.
• Right to restriction — to request that we restrict processing of your data in certain circumstances.
• Right to object — to object to processing based on legitimate interests, including direct marketing.
• Right to data portability — to receive your data in a structured, machine-readable format where processing is based on consent or contract.

We will respond to requests within one calendar month. We will not charge a fee unless your request is manifestly unfounded or excessive.

You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO), the UK supervisory authority for data protection, at ico.org.uk or by calling 0303 123 1113.

7. Cookies and website analytics

Our website uses cookies and similar technologies. Please see our Cookie Policy for full details of what cookies we use, why, and how you can control them.

8. Links to other websites

Our website contains links to third-party websites, including LinkedIn. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of those sites. We recommend you review the privacy notice of any third-party site you visit.

9. Changes to this policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. The date at the top of this page will reflect the most recent update. If we make material changes, we will take reasonable steps to bring them to your attention.

10. Contact us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or the way we handle your personal data, please contact us at info@theaudithub.co.uk.