Privacy Notice

About Us

“Accessible Pixels”, “We”, “Us” or “Our” refers to Accessible Pixels, a UK-based web design and accessibility consultancy, whose principal place of business is in the United Kingdom. Accessible Pixels provides web design, accessibility consulting, and accessibility testing services to clients primarily based in the UK and Europe. Our contact details are: hello@accessiblepixels.com

What Information We Collect, Use, and Why

We collect or use the following information to comply with legal requirements:

• Name
• Contact information

We collect or use the following personal information for dealing with queries, complaints or claims:

• Names and contact details
• Address

Lawful Bases and Data Protection Rights

Under UK data protection law, we must have a “lawful basis” for collecting and using your personal information. There is a list of possible lawful bases in the UK GDPR. You can find out more about lawful bases on the ICO’s website.

Which lawful basis we rely on may affect your data protection rights which are set out in brief below. You can find out more about your data protection rights and the exemptions which may apply on the ICO’s website:

• Your right of access - You have the right to ask us for copies of your personal information. You can request other information such as details about where we get personal information from and who we share personal information with. There are some exemptions which means you may not receive all the information you ask for. Read more about the right of access.
• Your right to rectification - You have the right to ask us to correct or delete personal information you think is inaccurate or incomplete. Read more about the right to rectification.
• Your right to erasure - You have the right to ask us to delete your personal information. Read more about the right to erasure.
• Your right to restriction of processing - You have the right to ask us to limit how we can use your personal information. Read more about the right to restriction of processing.
• Your right to object to processing - You have the right to object to the processing of your personal data. Read more about the right to object to processing.
• Your right to data portability - You have the right to ask that we transfer the personal information you gave us to another organisation, or to you. Read more about the right to data portability.
• Your right to withdraw consent - When we use consent as our lawful basis you have the right to withdraw your consent at any time. Read more about the right to withdraw consent.

If you make a request, we must respond to you without undue delay and in any event within one month.

To make a data protection rights request, please contact us using the contact details at the top of this privacy notice.

Our Lawful Bases for the Collection and Use Of Your Data

Our lawful bases for collecting or using personal information for legal requirements are:

• Consent - we have permission from you after we gave you all the relevant information. All of your data protection rights may apply, except the right to object. To be clear, you do have the right to withdraw your consent at any time.
• Contract – we have to collect or use the information so we can enter into or carry out a contract with you. All of your data protection rights may apply except the right to object.

Our lawful bases for collecting or using personal information for dealing with queries, complaints or claims are:

• Consent - we have permission from you after we gave you all the relevant information. All of your data protection rights may apply, except the right to object. To be clear, you do have the right to withdraw your consent at any time.
• Contract – we have to collect or use the information so we can enter into or carry out a contract with you. All of your data protection rights may apply except the right to object.

Where We Get Personal Information From

• Directly from you

How Long We Keep Information

• For prospective clients: We retain personal information submitted via inquiries for 12 months to facilitate follow-up discussions and potential future projects. If no engagement results, the data is securely deleted.
• For active clients: We are legally required by UK tax law (HMRC) to retain basic personal data (names, addresses, and invoice details) for a minimum of 6 years for financial auditing and tax purposes.
• Technical Data: Any temporary access credentials provided for auditing or development purposes are permanently deleted immediately upon the conclusion of the specific task.

For more information on how long we store your personal information or the criteria we use to determine this please contact us using the details provided above.

How To Complain

If you have any concerns about our use of your personal data, you can make a complaint to us using the contact details at the top of this privacy notice.

If you remain unhappy with how we’ve used your data after raising a complaint with us, you can also complain to the ICO.

The ICO’s address:          

Information Commissioner’s Office
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF

Helpline number: 0303 123 1113

Website: https://www.ico.org.uk/make-a-complaint

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