Privacy Policy

HR by Tara Ltd is the data controller for this website.

We’re committed to protecting the privacy and personal data of all our website visitors - in line with the requirements of data protection legislation in the UK.

This privacy policy describes the types of personal data we collect, how we store and use it, who we disclose it to and how we keep it secure.

If you have any questions then you can contact us on hello@hrbytara.com.

Collecting personal data from you

We collect minimal personal information about website visitors. We only collect personal data that is specifically and voluntarily provided by you.

IP addresses

When you visit our website, the website software will automatically record your IP address. An IP address is a unique address that identifies a device on the internet or a local network. The website software will use this IP address to try to determine and record your approximate location.

Our website uses cookies. Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer by websites that you visit. They are widely used in order to make websites work, or work more efficiently, as well as to provide information to the owners of the site.

These cookies are not strictly necessary for the provision of the website, we will ask you to consent to the use of cookies when you first visit the website.

To find out more about cookies visit www.aboutcookies.org.

Mailing list sign-up

We want to be able to keep you updated on relevant topics and promote our services to you. We will only do this if you agree to receive such emails from us.

When you sign up for our newsletter, you will provide us with your name and email address. This information will be transferred to our e-mail marketing system, Mailerlite, to enable us to send you our newsletters and emails relating to our services.

If you ever want to unsubscribe then you can do so via a link you’ll find at the bottom of all emails we send to you through Mailerlite. Or you can just contact us at hello@hrbytara.com.

Contacting us

Our website provides you with ways to contact us. You can call us by telephone on 01884 888722 or email us at hello@hrbytara.com. You can also complete a Contact Us web form. When you complete this form you will provide us with your name and email address. You may also provide additional personal information within your communication (perhaps your postal address, phone number, social media contact information, etc.). All this personal information will be saved within the website software.

Please do not provide the personal data of any other people within the Contact Us webform (e.g. information about an employee you may have).

Appointment scheduler

We have links on the site to enable you to book a meeting with us. These links take you directly to the Appointment Scheduler within Google Calendar. You will only need to provide your name and email address to book a call.

Why we collect and store personal data about you

We collect IP addresses and use cookies to monitor and improve the website. For example, they allow us to count visits, identify traffic sources and see which parts of the site are most popular.

We use the personal data you provide through mailing list sign up to communicate with you regarding news and promotions.

We use the personal data you provide through Contact Us or Appointment Scheduler to respond to your enquiries and to communicate with you.

We never collect personal data for sale to third parties.

Where and how we store the personal data we hold

This website is hosted on the Wix.com platform. Your data may be stored through Wix data storage, databases and the general Wix applications. They store your data on secure servers behind a firewall. Wix Privacy Policy

Our email and calendar software is provided by Google. Any information you provide through these communication channels is stored within the software. Google Privacy Policy.

Our email marketing software is provided by Mailerlite. When you sign up to our newsletter, the information you provide is stored within the software. Mailerlite Privacy Policy

We may use Google Analytics to see how many people view my site and to understand which pages are most popular. This requires the use of cookies. We don’t use cookies to collect any other personally identifiable information from website visitors.

We do not share your personal data with anyone else.

If you transfer from being a website visitor to become a client or prospective client of HR by Tara then our use of your personal data will be covered by our separate Privacy Policy for clients, which is necessarily more extensive.

Security

Our Wix, Mailerlite and Google accounts are secured by strong passwords.
All our Chromebooks are protected by a password on start-up and wake-up. We have appropriate and up to date virus and malware protection in place.

Retention and removal of data

We store the minimal personal data of website users indefinitely, unless we are asked to remove it.

You can contact us at any time via hello@hrbytara.com to ask for your personal data to be removed. We will then remove your personal data from my records, unless it is data we are legally required to keep. We will carry out any removal of data within 30 days, usually much sooner.

Links to other websites

Our website may contain links to other websites that we think may be of interest to you.

We are not responsible for the content of any other websites accessed via links from our site. The links are provided for information only and we accept no liability for anything that may result from you visiting those websites.

We obviously have no control over any of those websites and we cannot therefore be responsible for the privacy and protection of any personal data that you provide whilst using those sites.

This privacy policy does not apply to any of those sites and you should look at the relevant privacy policy of any site that you visit.

Policy review

This policy was last reviewed in October 2024. We reserve the right to modify this privacy policy at any time and changes and clarifications will take effect immediately upon their posting on our website.

Any questions?

You are very welcome to ask us what personal data we hold on you and how we handle your personal data, or to ask us to remove any of your personal data from my records. Please just contact us on hello@hrbytara.com