Privacy Policy

1. Who is responsible for your data

The data controller for information submitted through this website is SRTAX Company Setup.

Registered office: 115A Church Road, Hove, East Sussex, BN3 2AF, United Kingdom. Affiliated entity: SRTAX Accountants Limited (Company No. 08891227).

2. What information we collect

When you submit our consultation enquiry form, we collect only the necessary details required to evaluate your requirements:

• Full name: to address and identify you.
• Email address: to respond to your enquiry.
• Business activity: to assess suitable UAE mainland or free-zone licensing categories.
• UK business ownership status (Yes/No): to consider potential cross-border corporate connections.
• Relocation intention (Yes/No/Undecided): to identify relevant personal and corporate residency considerations.
• Expected timeframe: to plan advisory and coordination schedules.
• Brief message: your specific commercial questions or objectives.
• Telephone number (optional): for telephone consultations if you request direct contact.
• Estimated budget (optional): for commercial context; this does not constitute a quotation.

3. How and why we use your data (Lawful bases)

Under the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR) and Data Protection Act 2018, we process your information under the following lawful bases:

• Legitimate Interests (Article 6(1)(f) UK GDPR): To read, evaluate, and respond to commercial consultation requests initiated through our website.
• Pre-Contractual Steps (Article 6(1)(b) UK GDPR): Taking steps at your request prior to entering into a formal agreement for business setup planning or company formation services.

We do not sell personal data, nor do we use form enquiries for unsolicited marketing lists. Any future newsletters or marketing communications require separate, explicit consent.

4. Third-party processors and service providers

We process your data using trusted, industry-standard technical infrastructure providers with strict contractual security guarantees:

• Hosting & Edge Security: Cloudflare, Inc. (edge hosting, SSL/TLS encryption, DDoS protection, and serverless request routing).
• Spam and Bot Abuse Prevention: Cloudflare Turnstile (privacy-preserving automated verification of human interaction without cross-site tracking or cookies).
• Corporate Email & Communications: Google LLC (Google Workspace secure business email storage and transmission directly to our advisory team).

No third-party form-processing intermediaries or public email brokers have access to your submitted data. Where technical infrastructure providers transmit or store data internationally, transfers are safeguarded under Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs) and the UK International Data Transfer Addendum.

5. Data retention policy

We retain enquiry form records for a period of 12 months following the conclusion of your initial consultation or correspondence, after which records are securely erased.

If you proceed to become an advisory client, your information is retained in accordance with our formal client engagement terms and statutory UK accounting and legal record-keeping obligations.

6. Your data protection rights

Under UK data protection law, you have statutory rights regarding your personal information:

• Right of access: Request a copy of the personal data we hold about you.
• Right to rectification: Request correction of inaccurate or incomplete details.
• Right to erasure (“Right to be forgotten”): Request deletion of your data where no overriding legal basis requires retention.
• Right to restriction: Request restriction of processing under certain circumstances.
• Right to object: Object to processing based on legitimate interests.

To exercise any of these rights, contact our team at info@srtax.co.uk.

You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the UK supervisory authority: Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) at ico.org.uk or telephone 0303 123 1113.