Privacy Policy

Effective Date: 12 July 2025

This Privacy Policy outlines how Alan Caruana & Associates ("we," "us," or "our") collects, uses, maintains, and discloses information collected from users (each, a "User") of the [Your Website Address] website ("Site"). This policy applies to the Site and all services offered by Alan Caruana & Associates.

1. Personal Identification Information

We may collect personal identification information from Users in a variety of ways, including, but not limited to, when Users visit our Site, fill out a form, and in connection with other activities, services, features, or resources we make available on our Site.

The types of personal data we collect are limited to contact information, which may include:

• Your full name

• Your email address

• Your telephone number

• Your company details

2. How We Collect Your Data

We collect personal identification information from Users solely through the contact form available on our Site. By submitting the contact form, Users provide their explicit consent for us to collect and process this data.

3. How We Use Your Collected Data

Alan Caruana & Associates collects and uses Users' personal information for the following purposes:

• To Respond to Enquiries and Contact Leads: The primary purpose of collecting your contact data is to enable us to respond to your enquiries, provide information about our services, and follow up on potential business leads generated through the contact form.

• To Deliver Projects: If you engage our services, we will use your contact data to communicate with you regarding project delivery, updates, and any necessary coordination to fulfil our contractual obligations.

4. Data Retention

We retain your personal data for as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes for which it was collected, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal, accounting, or reporting requirements. Specifically:

• If you are a lead, your data will be retained for as long as you wish us to hold it, or until it is no longer relevant for our legitimate business interest in pursuing a potential engagement.

• If you become a client, your data will be retained for the duration required to deliver the agreed projects and for a reasonable period thereafter to comply with legal obligations and facilitate future collaboration.

You have the right to request the erasure of your data at any time (see Section 6: Your Rights).

5. Data Sharing

We do not sell, trade, or rent Users' personal identification information to others. We will not share your personal data with any third parties unless required by law or with your explicit consent.

6. Your Rights

As a data subject under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), you have the following rights concerning your personal data:

• The Right to Access: You have the right to request copies of your personal data.

• The Right to Rectification: You have the right to request that we correct any information you believe is inaccurate or complete information you believe is incomplete.

• The Right to Erasure: You have the right to request that we erase your personal data, under certain conditions.

• The Right to Restrict Processing: You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.

• The Right to Object to Processing: You have the right to object to our processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.

• The Right to Data Portability: You have the right to request that we transfer the data that we have collected to another organisation, or directly to you, under certain conditions.

If you make a request, we have one month to respond to you. If you would like to exercise any of these rights, please contact us using the details provided in Section 9.

7. Security of Your Data

We adopt appropriate data collection, storage, and processing practices and security measures to protect against unauthorised access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction of your personal information, username, password, transaction information, and data stored on our Site.

8. Cookies

Our Site may use "cookies" to enhance User experience. Your web browser places cookies on your hard drive for record-keeping purposes and sometimes to track information about them. You may choose to set your web browser to refuse cookies or to alert you when cookies are being sent. If you do so, note that some parts of the Site may not function properly. We primarily use essential cookies necessary for the basic functionality of the Site (e.g., for the contact form to operate correctly).

9. Changes to This Privacy Policy

Alan Caruana & Associates has the discretion to update this privacy policy at any time. When we do, we will revise the "Effective Date" at the top of this page. We encourage Users to frequently check this page for any changes to stay informed about how we are helping to protect the personal information we collect. You acknowledge and agree that it is your responsibility to review this privacy policy periodically and become aware of modifications.

10. Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, the practices of this Site, or your dealings with this Site, please contact us at:

Alan Caruana & Associates  -  alancaru@cheerful.com