Privacy Policy
This Privacy Policy applies to Economic Consulting and Data Analysis Ltd. (“econda”, “we”, “us” or “our”) and governs how we protect your personal information. econda is committed to respecting your privacy and the confidentiality of your personal information.
Personal information is any information that relates to an identified or identifiable natural person. An identifier could be as simple as a name or could include other identifiers such as an IP address or cookie identifier.
This Policy applies to all individuals in respect of whom we process personal information (“you”), including by means of our websites and external online presences, such as our social media profiles; in the context of providing our services or when you offer to provide services to us; and in connection with any other communication we might have with you.
We process personal data in compliance with the applicable data protection requirements, in particular the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
The Policy sets out what personal information we collect and where from, how we process it and your choices and rights.
1. What types of personal information we collect and how we collect it
We collect various personal information regarding you or your device. This includes the following
1.a. Information you or third parties provide to us
We collect personal information which you provide to us, either in person or otherwise, for example by email or telephone, using electronic file transfer services, or through our website.
Information is for example collected when you inquire about our services; when you attend events hosted by us or engage with us at third party events; when you become an econda client; or when you offer to provide services to us, including as a subcontractor or external consultant.
We may also obtain personal information from third parties such as trade publications; search information providers; providers of technical, payment or delivery services; data brokers and aggregators; providers of social media platforms; or credit reporting agencies.
Such personal information can include for example
your name, your contact details and other information relating to your identity (e.g. your gender or age);
your job title and other business-related information;
preferences which you may have expressed (including dietary requirements)
billing, payment and transaction related information; or
any data which we may collect for legal or compliance reasons.
1.b. Information which is collected by automated technologies
Our website is hosted by Squarespace. Squarespace collects personal data when you visit our website, including:
· information about your browser, network and device;
· web pages you visited prior to coming to this website; and
· your IP address.
Squarespace needs the data to run our website, and to protect and improve its platform and services. Squarespace analyses the data in a de-personalised form.
Our website uses font files from Google Fonts and Adobe Fonts. To properly display this site to you, servers where the font files are stored may receive personal information about you, including:
· Information about your browser, network, or device
· Your IP address
Our website relies on cookies and similar technology for functional and analytical purposes. Our cookies policy is set out below.
Our website also collects personal data to power our site analytics. This is detailed in section “Web analytics” below.
Personal data entered via forms on the website, will be transmitted to us.
2. How we use your personal information
We use personal information on a “lawful basis”. Information is for example processed to perform our contract with you or services otherwise agreed with you; to comply with the law; to contact former, current and prospective clients; and for other legitimate interest in the provision of our services to our clients.
Under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) processing will, in the majority of cases, be justified on the basis that:
the processing is necessary to enter into or perform a contract with you;
we have a legitimate interest which is not overridden by your interests or your rights and freedoms;
you have consented to the processing;
the processing is necessary for us to comply with the law.
Purposes for which we process personal information are to:
respond to inquiries and requests;
deliver our services to you;
maintain and develop our relationship with you and market our services to you;
monitor and analyse our business;
facilitate our internal business operations; or
fulfil a legal obligation (such as for example our accounting, reporting, risk management or other professional obligations or where we are required to make disclosures to courts or regulators).
While processing your personal data, the data may be transferred to or disclosed to a third party. The recipients of this data may include, for example, third party contractors and consultants, payment institutions in the context of payment transactions, service providers (including cloud data storage services, software as a service providers and other providers of professional services). In such cases we observe the legal requirements and conclude appropriate contracts or agreements with the recipients of your data which serve to protect your data.
To deliver services to you, it is sometimes necessary for us to transfer your personal information outside the European Union (EU), the European Economic Area (EEA) or the United Kingdom (UK), for example with your and our service providers located outside the EU/EEA/UK; if you are based outside the EU/EEA/UK; or where there is an international dimension to the services we are providing to you. If we process data in a third country (i.e. outside the EU, the EEA or the UK) or if the processing takes place in the context of the use of services of third parties or the disclosure or transfer of data to other persons, bodies or companies, this will only take place in accordance with the legal requirements.
econda provides economic consulting services. In performing such services for you, we may also process personal information which you provide to us. In doing so, we will process personal data in accordance with the controller's instructions. This data is typically provided to us in strict confidence and bound by additional agreements.
3. Security and retention of your personal information
econda takes appropriate technical and organizational measures in accordance with the legal requirements, taking into account the state of the art, the implementation costs and the nature, scope, circumstances and purposes of the processing, as well as the different probabilities of occurrence and the extent of the threat to the rights and freedoms of natural persons, in order to ensure a level of protection commensurate with the risk. Such measures shall include controlling physical and electronic access to your private information, for example by limiting access to those who have a genuine business need to access it or by using passwords and encryption.
We apply a general rule of keeping personal information only for as long as required to fulfil the purposes for which it was collected. However, in some circumstances we may retain personal information for longer periods of time, for instance where we are required to do so in accordance with legal, tax and accounting requirements. In specific circumstances we may also retain your personal information for longer periods of time so that we have an accurate record of your dealings with us in the event of any complaints or challenges.
4. Cookies Policy
Our website uses cookies and similar technologies, which are small files or pieces of text that download to a device when a visitor accesses a website or app. For information about viewing the cookies dropped on your device, visit The cookies Squarespace uses.
These functional and required cookies are always used, which allow Squarespace, our hosting platform, to securely serve our website to you.
These analytics and performance cookies are used on our site, as described below, only when you acknowledge our cookie banner. We use analytics cookies to view site traffic, activity, and other data.
5. Web analytics
Our website collects personal data to power our site analytics, including:
Information about your browser, network, and device
Web pages you visited prior to coming to this website
Your IP address
This information may also include details about your use of our website, including:
Clicks
Internal links
Pages visited
Scrolling
Searches
Timestamps
We share this information with Squarespace, our website analytics provider, to learn about site traffic and activity.
6. Links to other websites
This policy only applies to us. We do not control unconnected third-party websites and are not responsible for any use of your personal information that is made by unconnected third party websites, which you might access through links provided on our website or our social media profiles.
7. Your rights regarding your private information
You have the right to receive free information on request about which personal data about you has been stored. You also have the right to have incorrect data corrected, to limit the processing of your personal data or to have it erased, if the respective legal requirements are met. If applicable, you can also exercise your right to data portability. Users of this website may exercise their right to object to the processing of their personal data on legitimate grounds as specified in law.
If you believe that your data have been processed unlawfully, you can lodge a complaint with the relevant supervisory authority.
8. Contact
If you have any question or concerns regarding this Policy or would like to exercise your rights regarding your private information, you can contact us at:
Economic Consulting and Data Analysis Ltd.
20-22 Wenlock Road
London, N1 7GU, United Kingdom
9. Changes to this Policy
We will occasionally update this Policy to account for changes in our processing of your data and to reflect company and user feedback. We therefore encourage you to periodically review this Policy to be informed of how we protect your information.