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1. Introduction

1.1 Purpose of This Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy explains how A.IDEAL GROUP LIMITED ("A.Ideal," "we," "us," or "our") collects, uses, discloses, and otherwise processes the personal information of individuals ("you" or "user") in connection with your use of our websites, learning platforms, consulting services, automation products, and all other online services that link to or reference this Privacy Policy (collectively, the "Services").

1.2 Legal Entity

A.IDEAL GROUP LIMITED is a company registered in Scotland with company number SC851331, having its registered office at 5 South Charlotte Street, Edinburgh, Scotland, EH2 4AN. We are committed to protecting your privacy and handling your data in compliance with applicable data protection laws, including the UK GDPR, EU GDPR (where applicable), and related legislation.

1.3 Acceptance

By using our Services, you confirm you have read and understood this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree with any part of this Privacy Policy, please discontinue use of the Services immediately.

2. Information We Collect

We may collect or receive personal information when you use our Services across the A.Ideal group (Academy, Advisory, Automation). The types of data include:

2.1 Account Registration Information

Contact Information: Such as your name, email address, company name, and phone number when signing up for a course, consultation, or automation service.
Login Credentials: Username and password for accessing our platforms or portals.

2.2 Transactional Data

Payment Information: If you purchase a course, consulting package, or automation workflow, we (or our trusted third-party payment processors such as Stripe or PayPal) collect billing details, payment method, and transaction history.

2.3 Service-Specific Data

Benchmark: Email address provided when downloading our published informational guides or self-assessment tools.
Roadmap: Information shared during diagnostic intake and engagement, which may include details about your operational processes, team structure, technology stack, supplier relationships, and customer data necessary for producing your Roadmap deliverable.
Retainer: Workflow requirements, system access and integration details, and operational data necessary for building, deploying, and maintaining automations on your behalf as part of an active Retainer engagement.

3. How We Use Your Information

We use the personal information we collect for the following purposes:

To deliver our Services — fulfilling Roadmap engagements, providing access to Benchmark resources, building and maintaining automations under Retainer engagements, and providing technical support.
To manage prospect and client relationships — communicating with you about enquiries, sending you Benchmark resources you have requested, scheduling Roadmap conversations, and following up on active engagements.
To send marketing and educational content — sending you informational content, articles, and updates about A.Ideal's services, where you have opted in or where we have a legitimate interest in maintaining a business relationship with you.
To process payments — taking payment for Roadmap engagements and Retainer fees through our payment processor.
To improve our Services — analysing how visitors interact with our website to improve content, structure, and user experience.
To comply with legal obligations — meeting our obligations under tax law, anti-money laundering legislation, and data protection law.
To protect our legitimate business interests — including security monitoring, fraud prevention, and the establishment, exercise, or defence of legal claims.

4. Legal Bases for Processing

Under the UK GDPR, we process your personal information on the following legal bases:

Performance of a contract — where processing is necessary to deliver Roadmap or Retainer engagements you have entered into with us.
Legitimate interests — where processing is necessary for our legitimate business interests, including responding to enquiries, maintaining business relationships with prospects, sending relevant educational content to existing or prospective clients in our defined market (UK telecoms resellers and telecoms-led MSPs), and operating and improving our Services. We balance our legitimate interests against your rights and freedoms before processing on this basis.
Consent — where you have given us specific consent to process your personal information for a particular purpose, such as receiving certain marketing communications. You may withdraw consent at any time.
Legal obligation — where processing is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation we are subject to, including tax, accounting, and data protection law.

5. How We Share Your Information

We do not sell your personal information. We share information only with the following categories of recipients:

Service providers and processors

Third-party companies that process personal data on our behalf to help us deliver our Services. These include:

Zoho — CRM and customer relationship management
MongoDB Atlas — website database hosting
Vercel — website hosting and infrastructure
Google — Google Analytics for website analytics
Apollo — sales prospecting and outreach platform
Amazon Web Services — email infrastructure for transactional communications
Stripe — payment processing
Calendly — appointment scheduling, where used for booking calls

Professional advisors — accountants, lawyers, and other professional advisors who provide services to A.Ideal under confidentiality obligations.
Regulatory and legal authorities — where required by law, court order, or regulatory request.
In the event of a business transfer — if A.Ideal is involved in a merger, acquisition, or sale of assets, your information may be transferred as part of that transaction. We will provide notice before any such transfer.

Each of our processors operates under a Data Processing Agreement that requires them to handle your personal information in accordance with UK GDPR and only on our documented instructions.

6. International Data Transfers

Some of our service providers are based outside the United Kingdom and the European Economic Area (EEA), including the United States. Where personal information is transferred outside the UK/EEA, we ensure appropriate safeguards are in place to protect your information, including:

Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs) approved by the European Commission, supplemented where applicable by the UK International Data Transfer Addendum (IDTA) issued by the Information Commissioner's Office.
Adequacy decisions where the destination country has been recognised by the UK Government as providing an adequate level of data protection.
Transfer Risk Assessments conducted before transferring personal data to ensure the level of protection guaranteed by UK GDPR is not undermined.

For more information on the safeguards in place for transfers to specific countries, please contact us at the address below.

7. Data Retention

We retain your personal information only for as long as necessary for the purposes set out in this policy and to meet our legal obligations. Specifically:

Prospect data (where you have enquired but not engaged us for paid services) — retained for up to 24 months from the last meaningful contact, after which it is deleted unless we have a legitimate ongoing business reason to retain it.
Active client data — retained for the duration of the engagement and for 7 years after the engagement ends, in line with UK record-keeping requirements for business contracts and tax purposes.
Marketing subscriber data — retained until you unsubscribe or until 24 months of inactivity, whichever is sooner.
Website analytics data — retained in line with the retention settings of our analytics providers, typically 14 to 26 months.
Payment and financial records — retained for at least 7 years to meet UK tax and accounting requirements.

When personal information is no longer needed, it is securely deleted or anonymised.

8. Your Rights and Choices

Under applicable data protection laws, you have the right to:

Access your personal data.
Rectify inaccurate or incomplete data.
Delete your data ("right to be forgotten").
Portability – request a copy in a structured format.
Object to processing (e.g., for marketing).
Withdraw Consent at any time where processing is based on consent.

To exercise your rights, please contact us at support@aideal.group.

9. Cookies and Tracking Technologies

We use cookies and similar technologies to:

Keep you logged in
Remember preferences
Analyse performance
Provide personalised experiences

For more detail, see our Cookie Policy.

10. Data Security

We implement appropriate technical and organisational measures to protect your personal information against unauthorised access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction. These measures include:

Encryption of data in transit using TLS/SSL.
Encryption at rest for stored data, where supported by our processors.
Access controls and authentication requirements for systems holding personal data.
Regular review of our security practices and the security practices of our processors.
Confidentiality obligations on personnel and processors who handle personal data.

While we take reasonable steps to protect your information, no method of transmission over the internet or method of electronic storage is fully secure. We cannot guarantee absolute security but we work to maintain protection appropriate to the risks involved.

11. Third-Party Links

Our Services may contain links to third-party websites, services, or applications that are not operated by A.Ideal. This Privacy Policy does not apply to those third parties, and we are not responsible for their privacy practices. We encourage you to review the privacy policies of any third-party site or service you visit.

12. Children's Privacy

Our Services are intended for business users and are not directed at children. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under the age of 16. If you believe we have collected personal information from a child, please contact us at the address below and we will delete it.

13. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices, our Services, or applicable law. When we make material changes, we will revise the “Last Updated” date at the top of this policy and, where appropriate, notify you by email or by prominent notice on our website. Your continued use of our Services after any update constitutes acceptance of the revised Privacy Policy.

14. Contact Us

If you have questions or requests about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at:

A.IDEAL GROUP LIMITED

Company No. SC851331

5 South Charlotte Street

Edinburgh, Scotland, EH2 4AN

Email: support@aideal.group

15. Additional Provisions

Governing law. This Privacy Policy and any disputes relating to it are governed by the laws of Scotland.
Complaints. If you have a concern about how we handle your personal information, we ask that you contact us first so we can address it directly. You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO), the UK supervisory authority for data protection, at ico.org.uk.
Severability. If any provision of this Privacy Policy is held to be invalid or unenforceable, the remaining provisions will remain in full force and effect.