Privacy Policy.

This policy explains what personal information we collect through this website and when you contact us, how we use it, and your rights. We have kept it as short and plain as we can.

Who we are

Webjoints is a trading name of Sabirism Ltd, a company registered in England and Wales. Company number 17481165. Registered office: Office 1910, 85 Dunstall Hill, Wolverhampton, WV6 0SR, United Kingdom.

Sabirism Ltd is the controller of the personal information described in this policy. If you have any questions about it, or want to use any of your rights, email us at hello@webjoints.com.

What we collect

When you send us a project brief

• The services you are interested in, your budget range and when you want to start
• Your name and email address
• Your company name and website, if you give them
• Anything you tell us about your goals

When you email us or become a client

• Your name, contact details and the content of your messages
• Information needed to provide our services and invoice you, such as your billing details

When you comment on a blog post

• The name, email address and website you enter, your comment, your IP address and browser details (used to detect spam)
• If you have a Gravatar account, a scrambled version of your email address (a “hash”) is sent to the Gravatar service (run by Automattic) to show your profile picture next to your comment

Technical information

• When you send a brief, a scrambled version of your IP address is kept for one hour to stop spam and repeated submissions.
• Like every website, our hosting provider’s servers record basic technical logs (such as IP address, browser and the pages requested) to keep the site running and secure.

We do not use analytics, advertising or social media tracking on this website, and we do not load fonts or scripts from other companies.

How we use it and why we are allowed to

• To reply to your brief or message and prepare a proposal. We do this because you asked us to, before entering into a contract with you (UK GDPR Article 6(1)(b)).
• To provide our services if you become a client, including communication, reporting and invoicing. This is necessary to perform our contract with you (Article 6(1)(b)).
• To keep this website secure and free of spam. This is in our legitimate interests (Article 6(1)(f)).
• To keep business and accounting records, as required by UK law (Article 6(1)(c)).

When you send a brief, we also email you a copy so you have a record of what you sent. We will not add you to a mailing list or send you marketing emails unless you ask us to.

Who we share it with

We never sell your personal information. We only share it with: – The company that hosts our website, and our email provider, who store it on our behalf – Professional advisers such as accountants and lawyers, where needed – Public authorities, if the law requires us to

Our service providers may only use your information to provide their service to us.

Transfers outside the UK

Our team works remotely and may access your information from outside the UK. We apply the same security and confidentiality standards wherever it is accessed. Where a service provider stores or processes your information outside the UK, we make sure it is protected by UK adequacy regulations or by the safeguards approved by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), such as the International Data Transfer Agreement.

How long we keep it

• Project briefs from people who do not become clients are deleted automatically after 24 months.
• Client records are kept for six years after the end of the financial year in which our work together ends, to meet UK tax and accounting rules.
• Blog comments are kept while the comment is published. You can ask us to remove yours at any time.
• Server logs are kept for a short period set by our hosting provider.

How we protect it

Access to your information is limited to the people who need it to do their job. Our website uses an encrypted (HTTPS) connection, and our accounts are protected with strong passwords and, where available, two-step verification.

Your rights

Under UK data protection law you have the right to: – Ask for a copy of the personal information we hold about you – Ask us to correct information that is wrong or incomplete – Ask us to delete your information – Ask us to limit how we use your information – Object to us using your information based on our legitimate interests – Ask us to send your information to you or another organisation in a common format

To use any of these rights, email hello@webjoints.com. It is free, and we will reply within one month. We may need to confirm your identity first.

Complaints

If you are unhappy with how we have handled your information, please contact us first so we can try to put it right. You also have the right to complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), the UK data protection regulator, at ico.org.uk/make-a-complaint or on 0303 123 1113.

Children

This website and our services are for businesses. They are not intended for children under 16, and we do not knowingly collect their information.

Changes to this policy

We may update this policy from time to time. The date at the top of this page shows when it last changed.