Introduction
The Data Protection Act requires companies and individuals who process and retain information about their customers to tell the customer how the information will be used, stored and to what purpose it will be put. Apache Designs are committed, at all times, to respect and protect your privacy. So, unless you choose otherwise, you can contact us, by any means, or visit our website, without identifying yourself or divulging personal information. Apache Designs are registered under EU General Data Protection Regulation 2018 (GDPR) and this Privacy Policy, if you consent us to do so, sets out your rights and our practices as to how your personal data is collected, used, stored and protected.

Who are we?
Apache Designs is the trading name of Robert Sargeant. ICO Registration No:ZA322377, based in Cambridgeshire trading as a Web Design and Web Hosting Company for UK business customers, business individuals and private individuals.

Information Commissioner's  Office (ICO)
The ICO is the UK's independent governing body, set up to uphold information rights under the Data Protection Act. If you have a concern about our organisation's “information rights” practices, report it to us and if you are not satisfied with our response or believe we are not processing your personal data in accordance with the law you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) who can be contacted at:

Information Commissioner's Office
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
SK9 5AF
Telephone: 0303 123 1113.

Your Personal Data:

What we need
This data may include, but is not limited to, your name, address, telephone number, mobile, email address and if required your personal address.

Why we need it
We collect data about you when you request an estimate or place an order for our hosting products, design services or Domain Name Registrations.

What we do with it
We use this information to be able to conduct business with you, for internal record keeping and invoicing.

How long we keep it
We keep your data as long as we consider you an active client, for a period of 7 years. This period is determined by HMRC tax regulations, as we are obligated to retain business records for this period.

Future “Marketing Opt-In”
We do not at present email our customers with marketing material or newsletters.

Your rights to the  information we hold on you
You have a right to request a copy of the data we hold on you and a right to complain to the ICO if you think there is a problem with the way we are handling your data.

Third Party Data Processors.
We use a number of third parties to process personal data on our behalf. These third parties have been carefully chosen and all suppliers are GDPR Compliant:

ICUK Hosting Ltd (Policy)

Like most websites, this site uses Google Analytics (GA) to track user interaction. We use this data to determine the number of people using our site, to better understand how they find and use our web pages and to see their journey through the website.Although GA records data such as your geographical location, device, internet browser and operating system, none of this information personally identifies you to us. See our cookie-policy

Google Analytics (Policy)

Data Breaches
We will report any unlawful breach of this data or the database(s) of any of our third party data processors to any and all relevant persons and authorities within 72 hours of the breach, if it is apparent that personal data stored in an identifiable manner has been stolen.

Changes to our privacy policy
This privacy policy may change from time to time inline with legislation or industry developments. We will not explicitly inform our clients or website users of these changes. Instead, we recommend that you check this page occasionally for any policy changes.