Alton Collective

altoncollective.com

Last updated: May 2026

1. Who we are

Alton Collective is a private security and risk advisory company operating from the United Kingdom. Our website address is altoncollective.com.

For all data protection matters, our appointed Data Protection Officer is:

Alexander Smith

alexander (at) altoncollective.com

2. What data we collect and why

Enquiry form submissions

When you contact us via the enquiry form on our website, we collect the personal information you provide — which may include your name, email address and the content of your message. This data is collected solely for the purpose of responding to your enquiry.

We use Forminator to process form submissions on this website.

Legal basis for processing: Legitimate interest — to respond to enquiries submitted voluntarily by individuals seeking our services.

3. How long we keep your data

Enquiry data submitted via our website contact form may be retained for an indefinite period. This is necessary given the nature of our services, where historical correspondence may be relevant to ongoing or future client relationships. You may request deletion of your data at any time by contacting our Data Protection Officer.

4. Analytics

We may in the future use Google Analytics on this website to collect anonymised data about how visitors interact with our site. If implemented, this will collect no personally identifiable information. It may use cookies to track anonymised session data including pages visited, time on site and general geographic region.

We will update this policy and implement a cookie consent mechanism before any analytics tracking is activated.

5. Cookies

At present this website does not use tracking cookies. Should this change, this policy will be updated and visitors will be informed and given the opportunity to consent prior to any cookies being set.

6. Who we share your data with

We do not sell, trade or transfer your personal data to any third parties. Your data is not shared with any external organisations except where required by law.

7. Data storage and security

Your data is stored securely. We take appropriate technical and organisational measures to protect personal data against unauthorised access, loss or disclosure. As a company handling sensitive client information, data security is central to everything we do.

8. Your rights under UK GDPR

You have the following rights regarding your personal data:

• The right to access the data we hold about you
• The right to request correction of inaccurate data
• The right to request deletion of your data
• The right to restrict or object to processing
• The right to data portability
• The right to withdraw consent at any time where processing is based on consent

To exercise any of these rights, please contact our Data Protection Officer at alexander (at) altoncollective.com. We will respond within 30 days.

9. Complaints

If you have concerns about how we handle your personal data, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), the UK’s supervisory authority for data protection matters.

ICO website: ico.org.uk

ICO helpline: 0303 123 1113

10. Changes to this policy

We reserve the right to update this privacy policy at any time. Any changes will be posted on this page with an updated date. We recommend checking this page periodically.

This policy was prepared in accordance with the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR) and the Data Protection Act 2018.