Privacy Policy

Last updated: October 2025

Weird Beard IT Limited (“we”, “our”, “us”) respects your privacy and is committed to protecting your personal data. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, and safeguard your information when you use our website or services.

1. Information we collect

We may collect and process the following types of information:

  • Information you provide directly (e.g. when you complete our contact form): name, email, phone number, business details.
  • Technical information: our hosting and form providers may process standard technical data (such as IP address and browser type) as part of delivering the service, but we do not actively store or use this information.
  • Service data: information you provide when engaging us for IT consulting, support, or training.
  • Cookies and tracking: see Section 6 below.

2. How we use your information

We use your information to:

  • Provide and deliver our IT services.
  • Respond to enquiries and support requests.
  • Manage billing, payments, and contracts.
  • Improve our website and services.
  • Comply with legal and regulatory obligations.
  • Send you updates or marketing communications (only if you have opted in).

3. Sharing your information

We do not sell or rent your personal data. We may share it with:

  • Trusted service providers who help us deliver our services (e.g. hosting, email, analytics).
  • Professional advisers (e.g. accountants, lawyers) where necessary.
  • Regulators or authorities if required by law.

All third parties are required to respect the security of your data and process it in accordance with the law.

4. Data retention

We keep your personal data only as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes we collected it for, including legal, accounting, or reporting requirements. When no longer needed, we securely delete or anonymise it.

5. Your rights

Under UK data protection law, you have the right to:

  • Access the personal data we hold about you.
  • Request correction of inaccurate or incomplete data.
  • Request deletion of your data where there is no legal reason for us to keep it.
  • Object to or restrict processing of your data in certain circumstances.
  • Request transfer of your data to another provider (data portability).
  • Withdraw consent at any time (where processing is based on consent).

To exercise these rights, please contact us (see Section 8).

6. Cookies and tracking

Cookies are small text files placed on your device to help websites function. Some are essential, others are used for analytics or advertising. We only use essential cookies.

Essential cookies

  • These are required to make our site work, keep it secure, and ensure basic functions such as page navigation and accessibility.
  • Our copyright protection badge (provided by DMCA.com) may set a temporary session cookie (ARRAffinitySameSite). This cookie is strictly necessary for the badge to function and does not track your activity.

No analytics or advertising cookies

We do not use cookies for analytics, advertising, or tracking. All cookies we set are session‑based and expire when you close your browser.

Managing cookies

You can manage or delete cookies at any time through your browser settings. Please note that disabling essential cookies may affect the functionality of our website.

7. Security

We take appropriate technical and organisational measures to protect your personal data against loss, misuse, or unauthorised access. However, no method of transmission over the internet is completely secure.

8. Contact us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or how we handle your data, please contact us:

Weird Beard IT Limited
Contact form: contact form

9. Changes to this policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Any changes will be posted on this page with an updated “Last updated” date.