I'm Alan Harman-Box. This notice covers visiting this site, booking a free 30-minute call, paying for a course seat, recordings of online courses, the newsletter and emailing me. The enquiry form has its own notice.
Who is responsible
burningsuit is the trading name of Burningsuit Limited, registered in England and Wales, company number 05738130, registered office The Courtyard, Shoreham Road, Upper Beeding, West Sussex, BN44 3TN. VAT number 770 3248 38. The company is the controller of your information and is registered with the Information Commissioner's Office. Contact me at alan@burningsuit.co.uk.
Counting visits
I use Umami to count which pages people read, so I can improve the site. It sets no cookies. For each page view it records the page, the page you came from, your browser and device, your approximate location, and how quickly and smoothly the page loaded. It also counts when someone uses a booking button, sends the enquiry form or subscribes to the newsletter. It uses your IP address briefly but doesn't keep it in the statistics, and it can't link your visits from one month to the next.
Umami Software, Inc., a US company, processes this for me in the US and the EU under its data processing agreement, which covers transfers from the UK. It keeps the statistics for 6 months. My lawful basis is legitimate interests. I don't profile anyone or sell the data. If you'd rather your visits weren't counted, turn counting off below.
Turn off visit counting
This switch stops Umami counting your visits from this browser. It's free, works straight away and can be switched back. It's saved in this browser, so clearing the site's data undoes it.
Your visits from this browser can be counted.
With JavaScript off, the analytics don't run, so your visits aren't counted.
Where the site is hosted
The site is hosted on GitHub Pages. GitHub, Inc., a US company, logs visitors' IP addresses for its own security purposes, under its privacy statement.
Booking the free call
You book the free call on Cal.com. Cal.com, Inc. processes the details you enter for me in the US, relying on the UK Extension to the EU-US Data Privacy Framework. I delete each booking from my Cal.com account on the first working day after the call. The call runs on Microsoft Teams. When you book, you can choose whether I may record it. I only record if you tick that box; the recording stays in my Microsoft 365 account and is deleted automatically after 60 days. My lawful basis for a recording is your consent, which you can withdraw at any time, before or during the call. Paid sessions are covered by the terms you receive for them. My lawful basis and how long I keep my copy of the booking are under Emailing me.
Paying for a course seat
You pay for a seat on Stripe. Stripe processes your card or other payment details itself, so I never see them. I receive your name, email, billing address, any VAT number and your answer to how you heard about the course. My lawful basis is the contract for your seat. I keep these records for six years, because UK tax law requires me to keep my accounts for that long.
Recordings of online courses
Online courses, including Power BI with AI agents 101, run on Microsoft Teams, and I record them so everyone who took part can work through the session again. It's a standard Teams recording: you appear in it if your camera is on or you speak. I send a copy to everyone who attended. My own copy stays in my Microsoft 365 account and is deleted automatically after 60 days; I can't delete the copies I've sent. My lawful basis is legitimate interests: giving everyone on the course a record of it to learn from.
The newsletter
You subscribe to the newsletter through Kit. Kit, Inc., a US company, holds your email address for me and sends each issue, under its data processing addendum. It processes this in the US and other countries, relying on the UK Extension to the EU-US Data Privacy Framework. Kit emails you a link to confirm before you're added, and it records whether you open an issue and which links you click. My lawful basis is your consent. Every issue has an unsubscribe link, and I keep your address until you use it or ask me to remove you.
Emailing me
Email links open your own email program. I use Microsoft 365 for email, and Microsoft's privacy statement covers its processing and transfers.
For bookings and emails, my lawful basis is legitimate interests: answering people who contact me about training or consultancy. If you ask me to take steps towards a contract with you, that processing is necessary for those steps. Apart from Cal.com's copy, I keep them for as long as the enquiry or any engagement that follows needs them, then delete them.
Your choices and rights
You can ask for a copy of your information, or ask me to correct, delete or restrict it. You can object to anything based on legitimate interests, including the analytics, which the switch stops. Where I'm using information for steps towards a contract you asked for, you can also ask for it in a reusable format, for you or another organisation. Email alan@burningsuit.co.uk, or complain to the Information Commissioner's Office.
Changes to this notice
I update this notice when anything here changes.
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