Privacy Policy Notice

(Updated May 10)

This privacy policy notice is for this website solidlocalseo.com; served by Solid Local SEO and governs the privacy of those who use it. The purpose of this policy is to explain to you how we control, process, handle, and protect your personal information while browsing or using this website, including your rights under current laws and regulations. If you do not agree to the following policy you may wish to cease using this website.

 

Policy key definitions:

our Business name & other trading names: Scalesquad.com

you, refers to the person(s) using this website.

GDPR means General Data Protection Act.

PECR means Privacy & Electronic Communications Regulation

Processing of your personal data

Under the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) we control process any personal information about you electronically using the following lawful bases.

We are exempt from registration in the ICO Data Protection Register because We are only processing personal data for the core business purposes.  Therefore, we do not have to pay a fee to the ICO.

 

We process your information in the following ways:

Creating/updating citations

Login access to the website

Login access to Google My Business

Login to hosting

Outreach for local backlinks

Reporting

Gathering Local SEO related metrics for analysis

Data retention period:

We will continue to process your information under this basis until you withdraw consent or it is determined your consent no longer exists.

Sharing your information:

We do share your personal information with third parties, which also comply with the GDRP regulations.

If, as determined by us, the lawful basis upon which we process your personal information changes, we will notify you about the change and any new lawful basis to be used if required. We shall stop processing your personal information if the lawful basis used is no longer relevant.

Your individual rights

Under the GDPR your rights are as follows. You can read more about your rights in details here;

the right to be informed;

the right of access;

the right to rectification;

the right to erasure;

the right to restrict processing;

the right to data portability;

the right to object; and

the right not to be subject to automated decision-making including profiling.

 

You also have the right to complain to the ICO [www.ico.org.uk] if you feel there is a problem with the way we are handling your data.

We handle subject access requests in accordance with the GDPR.

Data security and protection

We ensure the security of any personal information we hold by using secure data storage technologies and precise procedures in how we store, access and manage that information. Our methods meet the GDPR compliance requirement.

Transparent Privacy Explanations

We have provided some further explanations about user privacy and the way we use this website to help promote a transparent and honest user privacy methodology.

Any email marketing messages we send are in accordance with the GDPR and the PECR. We will provide you with an easy method to withdraw your consent (unsubscribe) or manage the information we hold about you at any time. See any marketing messages for instructions on how to unsubscribe or manage your preferences, you can also unsubscribe from all email lists, by following this link, otherwise, contact the EMS provider.

Our EMS provider is currently woodpecker.io. We may hold the following information about you within our EMS system;

Email addresses

First and last name

Business location

Business type

Resources & further information

Overview of the GDPR – General Data Protection Regulation

Data Protection Act 1998

Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations 2003

The Guide to the PECR 2003

Ahrefs Privacy Policy

Bright local Privacy Policy

Google Privacy Policy

screaming frog Privacy Policy

Sitebulb Privacy Policy

Teamwork.com Privacy Policy

Monday.com Privacy Policy

Wpengine Privacy Policy