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Last updated: 7 October 2026
Who we are
We are Scalar Consulting. We are the controller of the personal data described in this notice.
Privacy contact: privacy@scalarconsulting.co.uk
Website: https://scalarconsulting.co.uk
What this notice covers
This notice covers personal data we collect when you:
use the contact form on this site
download The Builder’s Decade (or another paper we offer the same way)
browse the site, where we use analytics
are a potential customer we contact about Scalar's work by email, phone, voicemail or LinkedIn
What we collect
Contact form
Name, work email, company, and the message you type.
Paper download
Work email, first name if you give it, and whether you said you are happy for us to follow up about Scalar’s work.
Site analytics
Information about how the site is used (for example pages viewed). This may include online identifiers such as an IP address or similar technical data, depending on how the analytics tool is set up.
Business outreach
Name, job title, work email, work phone or work mobile, company details, and notes of our contact with you.
We may record and transcribe meetings, with notice at the start, to keep accurate notes.
Where we get it
If we contact you without you contacting us first, we get your details from public registers such as Companies House, company websites, professional networks, and B2B contact-data providers. Ask us and we will tell you the specific source of your details.
Why we use it
Contact form
To answer your enquiry and to follow up on that same conversation where we need to.
Paper download
To provide the paper and to keep a short record of who asked for it. If you ticked the follow-up box, to email you about Scalar’s work. If you did not tick it, we will not use the download for that kind of follow-up email.
Analytics
To understand how people use the site so we can keep it useful and working properly.
Business outreach
To contact potential customers about work Scalar could do for their company, by email, phone, voicemail or LinkedIn.
We do not sell your data to marketing companies.
Lawful basis
Contact form and related follow-up on that enquiry
Legitimate interests: running Scalar and dealing with people who get in touch
Providing a paper you asked to download
Steps at your request before a possible contract / providing what you asked for
Follow-up email after a download where you ticked the box
Consent
Site analytics
Legitimate interests: understanding and improving the site
Business outreach by email, phone, voicemail or LinkedIn
Legitimate interests: telling potential customers about Scalar's services
Meeting recordings
Legitimate interests: keeping accurate notes of meetings
How long we keep it
Enquiries
Only as long as we need to handle them and keep sensible business records, then we delete or strip out what identifies you.
Downloads where the box was not ticked
Up to 90 days, then we delete.
Downloads where the box was ticked
Until you ask us to stop or delete, or the conversation has ended. If you object or withdraw consent, we keep a minimal do-not-email record so we do not write again by mistake.
Business outreach
Up to 12 months from our last contact if there is no ongoing conversation, then we delete. If you ask us to stop, we keep a minimal record of that request.
Who we share it with
We use service providers who process data for us so we can run the site and reply to you. They act on our instructions. The categories are:
website hosting, forms, and anti-spam
website analytics
email and phone providers
contact-data and customer-records providers
We do not publish a full list of product names on this page. If you want more detail about a category, email privacy@scalarconsulting.co.uk.
Cookies and analytics
We use cookieless analytics to count page visits and improve the site. We don't use advertising or tracking cookies. To object, email privacy@scalarconsulting.co.uk.
Your rights
You can ask us to see your data, fix it, delete it, limit how we use it, or object.
Where the law allows, you can also ask for a portable copy.
Where we rely on consent (download follow-up), you can withdraw it at any time. That does not affect anything we did before you withdrew it.
You can object to business outreach at any time. To object, withdraw consent, or use any other right: reply to our email or message, tell us on a call, or write to privacy@scalarconsulting.co.uk.
You can also complain to the ICO, the UK supervisory authority: https://ico.org.uk
Changes
If we change how we use personal data, we will update this notice and the date at the top.