Website privacy information

Privacy Notice

Your personal information should be handled with the same clarity and care as your commercial contracts. This notice explains how Ace Stipulations Co. handles information from website visitors, prospective clients and people who contact us.

Data controller: Ace Stipulations Co., Gerbestone Lane, Wellington, Somerset, TA21 9PG, United Kingdom.
Last reviewed: 21 February 2025.

A clear privacy policy for website users

This GDPR privacy notice for Somerset website visitors covers personal information sent through an enquiry form, by email or by telephone. It also covers limited technical information collected when you browse this website.

Please read each section before sending details about a proposed agreement or legal review. The notice may change when our services, systems or legal obligations change.

01 / Information handling

Information we collect

We collect the details needed to understand your enquiry and respond in a useful way. Keep it relevant.

Enquiry details

This can include your name, business name, email address, telephone number, preferred contact method, service type and the message you send through the website.

Communications

We may keep records of emails, telephone calls, meeting arrangements and documents you provide so that discussions are accurate and consistent.

Basic browsing information

Where analytics are enabled, we may receive limited information such as pages viewed, approximate location, browser type, device type and referral source. This information is used to understand website performance and does not by itself identify you.

02 / Purpose and retention

Lawful bases and data retention

We use personal information for a defined reason and keep it only for as long as that reason, a legal duty or a proper business record requires.

Why we may process your information

  • To take steps at your request before a potential contract for legal services is made.
  • To respond to enquiries and manage communications under our legitimate interests.
  • To meet professional, accounting, legal or regulatory obligations where those apply.
  • To protect the website, prevent misuse and keep our records accurate.

How long we keep records

Enquiry information is retained for as long as needed to respond, assess a proposed instruction and deal with related records. If you become a client, information is retained for the period required by our professional and legal obligations.

Client and enquiry information is stored with access limited to people who need it for the stated purpose.

03 / Website technology

Cookies and analytics

The essentials stay simple.

Cookies are small text files placed on your device by a website. This website may use essential cookies needed for basic operation and, where enabled, analytics cookies that help us understand how visitors use the pages.

Where consent is required, a cookie consent banner will give you a choice before optional cookies are used. You can also manage or delete cookies through your browser settings. Blocking some cookies may affect how parts of the website work.

Analytics information is reviewed in aggregate. We do not use it to make decisions about you or to send marketing messages without a separate lawful basis.

04 / Your choices

Your data-protection rights

You have rights over personal information we hold about you, subject to legal limits and the circumstances of the request.

  • Access: ask for a copy of personal information we hold about you.
  • Rectification: ask us to correct information that is inaccurate or incomplete.
  • Erasure: ask us to delete information where there is no good reason for us to keep it.
  • Restriction: ask us to limit how we use information in certain circumstances.
  • Objection: object to processing based on legitimate interests, including direct marketing where relevant.
  • Portability: request certain information in a structured, commonly used format where this right applies.

To make a request, use the contact details below and describe the information or processing concerned. We may need to verify your identity before responding.

05 / Contact

Data protection questions and contact

Contact Ace Stipulations Co. if you want to exercise a right, query this privacy policy UK legal website notice or ask how your enquiry information is handled.

Postal address
Gerbestone Lane
Wellington, Somerset
TA21 9PG
United Kingdom

You can also complain to the Information Commissioner's Office if you believe your information has been handled unlawfully. The ICO publishes guidance at ico.org.uk.

Contact Ace Stipulations Co.