Last updated: 15 July 2026
This policy explains how Ashfield Trading Ltd (trading as Hospitality Tax), referred to here as "we", "us" and "our", collects, uses and protects your personal information when you use the Hospitality Tax website (the "Site"). We are committed to protecting your privacy and complying with the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR) and the Data Protection Act 2018.
The data controller responsible for your personal data is Ashfield Trading Ltd, which trades as Hospitality Tax:
If you have any questions about this policy or wish to exercise your rights, please contact us through our contact page.
We collect the following personal information through the Site:
Providing this information is voluntary. You are not under a statutory or contractual obligation to provide it, but if you do not, we will not be able to respond to your enquiry or send you the updates or resources you have asked for.
When you submit an enquiry, we rely on our legitimate interests (Article 6(1)(f) of the UK GDPR) to handle it, so that we can respond and provide the help you have asked for. Where we need to take steps at your request to deal with your enquiry, we also rely on Article 6(1)(b). You have the right to object to this processing at any time, under Article 21 (see your rights in section 7).
For our email updates and other email sign-ups, we rely on your consent. You can withdraw your consent at any time (see your rights in section 7); withdrawing consent does not affect any processing that took place before you withdrew it.
For website analytics, site improvement and security, we rely on our legitimate interests, specifically measuring and improving the Site and keeping it secure and protected against misuse. You can opt out at any time using the "Do not track me" link in the footer of every page.
Your enquiry is handled by us; we do not share it with any third-party advisory firm. We use the service providers listed below only as our processors, acting on our instructions.
We also use the following service providers, who process data on our instructions only (as our processors):
We do not sell your personal data, and we do not use it for third-party advertising.
We keep enquiry data for 24 months from the date of your enquiry, after which it is deleted. If you subscribe to our email updates, we keep your email address until you unsubscribe. Our records of what you were shown and any consent you gave are kept for as long as we hold the related personal data, so that we can demonstrate the lawful basis for using it.
Under UK data protection law you have the right to:
To exercise any of these rights, please contact us through our contact page. We will respond within one month.
You also have the right to complain to the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO), the UK's data protection regulator, at ico.org.uk/make-a-complaint. We would, however, welcome the chance to address your concerns first.
We use cookies and similar technologies for analytics, so we can understand how the Site is used and improve it. For full details of what we use and how to manage or opt out, please see our cookie policy.
Form submissions are stored securely and access is restricted to authorised staff only. Some of our service providers (for example, Vercel) are based outside the UK and EEA. Where data is transferred internationally, we rely on appropriate safeguards such as the UK extension to the EU-US Data Privacy Framework or Standard Contractual Clauses.
We may update this privacy policy from time to time. The "Last updated" date at the top of this page shows when it was last revised. We encourage you to review this policy periodically.
If you have any questions about this privacy policy or how we handle your data, please contact us through our contact page.