Who we are
Our website address is: https://www.astutewills.com.
Cookies
If you leave a comment on our site you may opt in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.
If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.
When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.
If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.
This website uses the Privacy Suite for WordPress by Complianz to collect and record Browser and Device-based Consent. For this functionality, your IP address is anonymised and stored in our database. This service does not process any personally identifiable information and does not share any data with the service provider. For more information, see the Complianz Privacy Statement.
Google Analytics (GA4)
We use Google Analytics 4 to understand how visitors use our website and to help us improve our services.
- What is collected: page views, clicks, scroll depth, device and browser information, approximate location (city/region), and technical performance data.
- IP handling: IP addresses are anonymised by Google before storage.
- Ads features: We do not enable Google Ads personalisation or Google Signals on this site.
- Legal basis: consent via our cookie banner (managed by Complianz). Analytics only runs if you accept analytics cookies.
- Retention: up to 14 months for event data.
- Opt-out: you can withdraw consent at any time via Cookie settings, or install Google’s browser add-on: Google Analytics Opt-out.
- Data recipients: Google LLC acts as our analytics provider. Data may be processed on servers outside the UK/EEA subject to appropriate safeguards implemented by Google.
Google Maps & Google Business Profile information
Our site may display a Google Map and/or information from our Google Business Profile to help you find us and see our public ratings.
- What you may see: our business name “Astute Wills & Estate Planning”, our address “47 Rivers Cl, Farnborough GU14 6LZ”, and our public star rating and review count as published by Google (e.g., “5.0 ★★★★★ · 71 reviews”).
- Source: this information is served by Google (via an embedded map, a widget, or a static screenshot). Live embeds may set cookies and collect your IP address, device and browser data, and interaction data in line with Google’s privacy policy.
- Links: clicking items such as “Directions” or “View larger map” takes you to Google’s services, which are governed by Google’s Terms and Privacy Policy.
- Screenshots: if we show a static screenshot of our Google listing, it is a non-interactive image. We do not process any personal data from it, and the rating/review counts shown may change over time on Google.
Embedded content from other websites
Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.
These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
Who we share your data with
If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.
How long we retain your data
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognise and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.
For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.
What rights you have over your data
If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
Where your data is sent
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
How to contact us
For any privacy questions or requests, please contact us using the details on our Contact page or by writing to the business address noted above.