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If you want to adjust how cookies operate (although this may mean the site does not work as well as it is designed to), please follow the advice shown below.
What cookies do
A cookie is a small file placed on your computer or other device. A cookie often includes a unique identifier, which is a randomly generated number. Many cookies are automatically deleted after you finish using a website.
Cookies are not programs and do not collect information from your computer. Cookies cannot be used to identify you personally. We do not collect any personal information or forward any information to other organisations except purely statistical information on website usage. Please check our privacy policy on this site for more details.
Cookies allow web applications to respond to you as an individual. The web application can adapt its operations to your needs, likes and dislikes by gathering and remembering information about your preferences. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. Go to the link at the bottom of this page for more details.
Cookies for Google Analytics
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In summary, some of the cookies described above are important to make this website work fully. Others collect information to help us improve our services by giving us some insight into how the site is being used.
You can choose to disable cookies but if you do, you may find parts of the site do not work properly.
How to control cookies
Methods of controlling cookies depend on which web browser you use.
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EU GENERAL DATA PROTECTION REGULATION (GDPR)
The above Regulation takes effect on 25th May 2018. Balson & Co are committed to ensuring our clients privacy and data is secure and complies with this Regulation.
By instructing Balson & Co to act on your behalf in accordance with the agreements we hold with you, you enter into an agreement in line with GDPR requirements. The Lawful Bases would normally be by either Contract, Legitimate Interests and/or your Legal Obligations.
We only collect information for these reasons, which we process lawfully. We hold the information for as long as our professional obligations insist, keep the information secure, ensure it is relevant and up to-date, and is available to you on your request.
For each Lawful Base under which the personal Data is held, we access this to enable us for you to fully comply with your statutory requirements relating to you personally or your business. Typically, but not exclusively, this covers the following:
- Personal Self Assessment Tax with HMRC to cover all aspects of your filing requirements.
- Preparation of Limited Company Statutory Accounts.
- Filing documents at Companies House.
- Dealing with your payroll, VAT Returns and other statutory duties.
- Anti Money Laundering Regulations
We never divulge personal information to any third party, other than the above, such as your Bank, Mortgage Advisors, Pension Providers, IFA etc, without your specific request in writing.
Your rights under GDPR include seeing the information we hold, and instructing us to delete it from our system subject to us complying with our statutory, professional and legal obligations.
Finally, The Regulator for GDPR is The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), which you can find at ico.org.uk - Our ICO registration is Z1386970.
BALSON & CO
May 2018
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