Last Updated: March 17, 2025

1. Introduction

Happy Business Global t/a The Happy Business Company (“we,” “us,” or “our”) operates the Julie Begbie website (the “Service”). This Privacy Policy informs you of our policies regarding the collection, use, and disclosure of personal information when you use our Service. We are committed to protecting your privacy and ensuring that your personal information is handled in a safe and responsible manner.

2. Information We Collect

We collect various types of information to provide and improve our Service:

  • Personal Identification Information: Name, email address, telephone number, and address.​

  • Technical Data: IP address, browser type and version, time zone setting, browser plug-in types and versions, operating system and platform, and other technology on the devices you use to access this website.​

  • Usage Data: Information about how you use our website, products, and services.​

  • Marketing and Communications Data: Your preferences in receiving marketing from us and your communication preferences.​

3. How We Collect Your Information

We use different methods to collect data from and about you, including:

  • Direct Interactions: You may provide us with your personal information by filling in forms or by corresponding with us by post, phone, email, or otherwise.​

  • Automated Technologies or Interactions: As you interact with our website, we may automatically collect Technical Data about your equipment, browsing actions, and patterns. We collect this personal data by using cookies, server logs, and other similar technologies.​

4. How We Use Your Information

We will only use your personal data when the law allows us to. Most commonly, we will use your personal data in the following circumstances:

  • Performance of Contract: Where we need to perform the contract we are about to enter into or have entered into with you.​

  • Legitimate Interests: Where it is necessary for our legitimate interests (or those of a third party) and your interests and fundamental rights do not override those interests.​

  • Legal or Regulatory Obligations: Where we need to comply with a legal or regulatory obligation.​

5. Sharing Your Information

We may share your personal data with the parties set out below for the purposes set out in section 4:

  • Service Providers: Third parties who provide IT and system administration services.​

  • Professional Advisers: Including lawyers, bankers, auditors, and insurers who provide consultancy, banking, legal, insurance, and accounting services.​

  • Regulatory Authorities: HM Revenue & Customs, regulators, and other authorities who require reporting of processing activities in certain circumstances.​

6. Your Rights

Under certain circumstances, you have rights under data protection laws in relation to your personal data, including the right to:

  • Request Access: To your personal data (commonly known as a “data subject access request”).​

  • Request Correction: Of the personal data that we hold about you.​

  • Request Erasure: Of your personal data.​

  • Object to Processing: Of your personal data where we are relying on a legitimate interest.​

  • Request Restriction of Processing: Of your personal data.​

  • Request the Transfer: Of your personal data to you or to a third party.​

  • Withdraw Consent: At any time where we are relying on consent to process your personal data.​

If you wish to exercise any of the rights set out above, please contact us at julie@thehappybusinessco.com

7. Data Security

We have put in place appropriate security measures to prevent your personal data from being accidentally lost, used, or accessed in an unauthorised way, altered, or disclosed. In addition, we limit access to your personal data to those employees, agents, contractors, and other third parties who have a business need to know.

8. Data Retention

We will only retain your personal data for as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes we collected it for, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal, accounting, or reporting requirements.

9. International Transfers

We do not transfer your personal data outside the European Economic Area (EEA).

10. Cookies

Our website uses cookies to distinguish you from other users of our website. This helps us to provide you with a good experience when you browse our website and also allows us to improve our site. For detailed information on the cookies we use and the purposes for which we use them, see our Cookie Policy.

11. Third-Party Links

Our Service may contain links to third-party websites, plug-ins, and applications. Clicking on those links or enabling those connections may allow third parties to collect or share data about you. We do not control these third-party websites and are not responsible for their privacy statements.

12. Children’s Privacy

Our Service is not intended for children under 18 years of age. We do not knowingly collect data relating to children.

13. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We keep our privacy policy under regular review. This version was last updated on March 17, 2025. Historic versions can be obtained by contacting us.

14. Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or our privacy practices, please contact us at:

Happy Business Global

1 Waterloo Bank,

Penicuik,

Midlothian,

EH26 8NS

Email: julie@thehappybusinessco.com

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