Privacy Policy

1. Introduction

Welcome to Guiding Light Funding (the "Service"), powered by Pattrndata.io. We are committed to protecting the privacy and security of your personal information. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our website [Your Website URL] (the "Site") and use our services.

Please read this privacy policy carefully. If you do not agree with the terms of this privacy policy, please do not access the site or use our services.

We reserve the right to make changes to this Privacy Policy at any time and for any reason. We will alert you about any changes by updating the "Effective Date" of this Privacy Policy. You are encouraged to periodically review this Privacy Policy to stay informed of updates.

2. Collection of Your Information

We may collect information about you in a variety of ways. The information we may collect via the Site includes:

• Personal Data: Personally identifiable information, such as your name, organisation name, email address, and telephone number, that you voluntarily give to us when you contact us via the Site, request a consultation, or sign up for our newsletter.
• Derivative Data: Information our servers automatically collect when you access the Site, such as your IP address, your browser type, your operating system, your access times, and the pages you have viewed directly before and after accessing the Site. (This is typically collected via cookies - see Section 5).

3. Use of Your Information

Having accurate information about you permits us to provide you with a smooth, efficient, and customized experience. Specifically, we may use information collected about you via the Site to:

• Respond to your inquiries and provide customer support.
• Send you newsletters or other information about our services (if you opt-in).
• Improve the operation and functionality of the Site.
• Monitor and analyze usage and trends to improve your experience with the Site.
• Comply with legal and regulatory requirements.

4. Disclosure of Your Information

We will not share your personal information with any third parties except as described in this Privacy Policy or with your consent. We may share information we have collected about you in certain situations:

• By Law or to Protect Rights: If we believe the release of information about you is necessary to respond to legal process, to investigate or remedy potential violations of our policies, or to protect the rights, property, and safety of others, we may share your information as permitted or required by any applicable law, rule, or regulation.
• Service Providers: We may share your information with third-party service providers that perform services for us or on our behalf, including data analysis, email delivery, hosting services, and customer service. (Note: Specify if Pattrndata.io acts as a data processor and link to their policy if applicable).
• Business Transfers: We may share or transfer your information in connection with, or during negotiations of, any merger, sale of company assets, financing, or acquisition of all or a portion of our business to another company.

5. Cookies and Tracking Technologies

We may use cookies, web beacons, tracking pixels, and other tracking technologies on the Site to help customize the Site and improve your experience. When you access the Site, your personal information is not collected through the use of tracking technology. Most browsers are set to accept cookies by default. You can remove or reject cookies, but be aware that such action could affect the availability and functionality of the Site.

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6. Data Security

We use administrative, technical, and physical security measures to help protect your personal information. While we have taken reasonable steps to secure the personal information you provide to us, please be aware that despite our efforts, no security measures are perfect or impenetrable, and no method of data transmission can be guaranteed against any interception or other type of misuse.

7. Data Retention

We will only retain your personal information 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.

8. Your Data Protection Rights (UK GDPR)

Under UK data protection law, you have rights including:

• Your right of access - You have the right to ask us for copies of your personal information.
• Your right to rectification - You have the right to ask us to rectify personal information you think is inaccurate. You also have the right to ask us to complete information you think is incomplete.
• Your right to erasure - You have the right to ask us to erase your personal information in certain circumstances.
• Your right to restriction of processing - You have the right to ask us to restrict the processing of your personal information in certain circumstances.
• Your right to object to processing - You have the right to object to the processing of your personal information in certain circumstances.
• Your right to data portability - You have the right to ask that we transfer the personal information you gave us to another organisation, or to you, in certain circumstances.

You are not required to pay any charge for exercising your rights. If you make a request, we have one month to respond to you.

Please contact us at [Your Contact Email] if you wish to make a request.

9. Policy for Children

We do not knowingly solicit information from or market to children under the age of 13. If you become aware of any data we have collected from children under age 13, please contact us using the contact information provided below.

10. Contact Us

If you have questions or comments about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at:

Guiding Light Funding
[Your Contact Email]
[Your Phone Number (Optional)]
[Your Address (Optional)]

You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO), the UK supervisory authority for data protection issues (www.ico.org.uk).