Privacy Policy of legalrank.uk

01 Data Controller

In compliance with applicable privacy laws, the controller responsible for processing personal data collected through this website is:

02 Data We Collect

We collect different types of personal data depending on how you interact with our website:

User-provided data

• Registration data: name, surname, email address, phone number, and professional details
• Payment data provided through Stripe (not stored on our servers)
• Data provided through the contact form: name, email address, and message

Automatically collected data

• IP address, browser type, operating system, and language
• Pages visited, visit duration, and referring page
• Cookies and similar tracking technologies (see our cookie policy)

03 Purpose of Processing

Personal data collected is processed for the following purposes:

• User account management and provision of the directory service
• Payment processing and management of paid subscription plans
• Commercial and promotional communications, only with prior express consent
• Statistical analysis of website usage for service improvement
• Compliance with applicable legal and fiscal obligations

04 Legal Basis

The processing of your personal data is based on the following legal grounds:

• Performance of a contract (Art. 6.1.b GDPR): for the provision of the contracted service
• Consent (Art. 6.1.a GDPR): for sending commercial communications
• Legitimate interest (Art. 6.1.f GDPR): for statistical analysis and security
• Legal obligation (Art. 6.1.c GDPR): for compliance with fiscal and legal obligations

05 Recipients and Third Parties

Your data may be shared with the following third parties acting as data processors:

• Stripe — Stripe, Inc. — payment processing, PCI-DSS certified
• Google Analytics / GTM — Google LLC (Google Analytics) — web analytics, anonymized data
• Google reCAPTCHA — Google LLC (reCAPTCHA) — spam and bot protection

We do not sell or transfer your personal data to third parties for their own commercial purposes.

06 Data Retention

Personal data will be retained for as long as necessary: while the account remains active, for 5 years for compliance with fiscal obligations under applicable regulations, and until the user withdraws their consent in the case of commercial communications.

07 User Rights

Under applicable data protection law, the user has the following rights regarding their personal data:

• Right of access: to know what personal data is being processed
• Right of rectification: to correct inaccurate or incomplete data
• Right of erasure: to request the deletion of your personal data
• Right of restriction: to limit the processing of your data in certain circumstances
• Right of portability: to receive your data in a structured, machine-readable format
• Right to object: to object to the processing of your data based on legitimate interests

To exercise any of these rights, please send a request to [email protected], stating the right you wish to exercise and attaching a copy of your identity document.

You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority if you believe that the processing of your data does not comply with applicable law.

08 International Transfers

Google LLC and Stripe, Inc. may transfer data internationally outside the European Economic Area. Such transfers are covered by the Standard Contractual Clauses approved by the European Commission and the EU-US Data Privacy Framework (EU-US DPF).

09 Security

We have implemented appropriate technical and organizational security measures to protect your personal data: SSL/TLS encrypted connections, passwords stored with secure hashing, regular backups, and restricted access to data based on the principle of least privilege.

10 Children

Our services are not directed at individuals under 18 years of age and we do not intentionally collect personal data from minors. If we detect or are informed that we have collected data from a minor, we will arrange for its immediate deletion. Contact us at [email protected].

11 Changes to this Policy

We may update this privacy policy to reflect legislative changes or changes in our data processing practices. Registered users will be notified of any material changes. The updated version will always be available on this page.

12 Contact

For any queries related to data protection or the exercise of your rights, please contact us at [email protected].