Privacy notice
How UK Computing Limited collects and uses personal data through this website. Last updated 21 October 2026.
Who we are
UK Computing Limited (“we”, “us”) is the data controller for personal data collected through this website. We are registered in England and Wales, company number 05413227, and our address is Bedford i-Lab, Stannard Way, Bedford, MK44 3RZ.
You can contact us about privacy using our contact form or by phone on 01234 834633.
We provide services to businesses, so this website is aimed at people acting for an organisation. This notice covers the website. Personal data we handle for clients as part of a service agreement is dealt with under that agreement.
What we collect, why, and for how long
| Data | Why we use it | Lawful basis | How long we keep it |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contact form: your name, company, email address, phone number (optional), topic and message. | To read and reply to your enquiry and, if you become a client, to start working with you. | Legitimate interests (responding to business enquiries) and steps taken at your request before entering a contract. | Up to 12 months after our last contact with you, unless you become a client, in which case we keep it as part of your client records. |
| Emails and calls you send or make to us. | To respond and to keep a record of what was discussed. | Legitimate interests. | As above. |
| Technical data: your IP address, browser type and the pages requested, recorded in server logs, and the result of the Cloudflare Turnstile security check on the contact form. | To keep the website secure, prevent spam and abuse, and fix faults. | Legitimate interests (security and reliability). | A short period, in line with our web server’s log retention settings. |
We do not use this website for advertising, profiling or marketing, we do not use analytics or tracking cookies, and we do not make decisions about you by automated means. We will not send you marketing emails unless you have asked us to or the law otherwise allows it, and you can opt out at any time.
Who we share it with
- Microsoft, which provides the Microsoft 365 email service we use to receive your enquiry.
- Cloudflare, which provides the Turnstile check that protects our contact form from automated abuse. It receives information such as your IP address and browser details to do this.
- Our web hosting provider, which stores the website and its server logs.
These providers act on our instructions or for their own security purposes under their own terms. We do not sell personal data. We may disclose data if the law requires it.
International transfers
Some of these providers may process data outside the UK. Where they do, we rely on the UK adequacy regulations or appropriate safeguards, such as the International Data Transfer Agreement or the UK Addendum to the EU Standard Contractual Clauses.
Your rights
Under UK data protection law you can ask us to:
- give you a copy of the personal data we hold about you;
- correct data that is wrong or incomplete;
- erase your data, in some circumstances;
- restrict how we use your data, in some circumstances;
- stop using your data where we rely on legitimate interests, and
- give you your data in a portable format, where this applies.
To use any of these rights, contact us using our contact form or by phone. We will respond within one month. There is normally no charge.
If you are unhappy with how we have handled your data, please tell us first so we can put it right. You also have the right to complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at ico.org.uk/make-a-complaint or on 0303 123 1113.
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Changes to this notice
We may update this notice from time to time. The date at the top shows when it was last changed.