Legal
Privacy policy
This policy explains how SK Business Ventures Limited, trading as aisk Consulting ("we", "us"), collects and uses personal data when you visit this website, book a call, contact us or work with us. We are the controller of that data under the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR) and the Data Protection Act 2018.
Who we are
SK Business Ventures Limited trades as aisk Consulting. The name aisk is short for “AI by SK”.
SK Business Ventures Limited is a company registered in England and Wales with company number 13579686. Registered office: 1 Baird Place, Wendover, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom, HP22 5BJ.
For anything about your personal data, email hello@skbusinessventures.com. We have not appointed a Data Protection Officer, as we are not required to.
What we collect and why
| When | Data | Why we use it | Lawful basis |
|---|---|---|---|
| You request a discovery call | Name, email address, company if given, what you tell us in the booking form, and the time you chose | To arrange and hold the call and contact you about it | Steps you ask us to take before entering a contract; our legitimate interest in responding to business enquiries |
| You email us | Your name, email address and what you write | To reply and deal with your enquiry | Our legitimate interest in responding to enquiries |
| You or your organisation become a client | Contact details, job title, correspondence, project information and billing details | To deliver our services, manage the relationship and invoice | Performance of a contract; our legitimate interest where the contract is with your employer |
| We keep business records | Invoices, payment records and related correspondence | To meet our accounting and tax obligations | Legal obligation |
| You visit the website | Technical data such as your IP address and browser type, processed by our hosting provider | To deliver pages and keep the site secure | Our legitimate interest in running a working, secure website |
Where we rely on legitimate interests, we have considered that our interests are not overridden by yours. You can ask us for more detail.
We do not sell your data, use it for automated decision-making that has legal or similarly significant effects, or collect special category data on purpose. Please don't send us sensitive information we haven't asked for.
Marketing
We will only send you our newsletter or marketing emails if you have signed up or, where the law allows, you are an existing client and we offer you a way to opt out each time. You can unsubscribe at any time using the link in any email or by emailing us.
Cookies and similar technologies
This website does not set cookies or store anything in your browser, and it does not use analytics or advertising tools. Our fonts are hosted on this website, so no third-party font service receives your data.
Who we share data with
We use trusted service providers who process data on our behalf, under contracts that require them to protect it:
- Cloudflare: hosts this website, stores booking requests and manages our domain name settings
- Apple (iCloud Mail): email
- Google (Google Meet): video calls, including discovery calls
- Xero: accounting, invoicing and bookkeeping
We may also share data with professional advisers, or where the law requires it.
International transfers
Booking requests are stored in Cloudflare's Western Europe region. Some of our providers process data outside the UK: Xero in the United States (where its data is hosted), New Zealand and Australia; and Cloudflare, Google and Apple, which are based in the United States, in the United States and other countries where they operate. Where this happens, we rely on UK adequacy regulations, or on safeguards such as the UK International Data Transfer Agreement or the UK Addendum to the EU Standard Contractual Clauses. You can ask us for details.
How long we keep data
- Enquiries and discovery call requests that don't lead to work: 2 years from our last contact
- Client records and correspondence: 6 years after the end of the engagement
- Accounting and tax records: 6 years from the end of the financial year they relate to
- Newsletter subscriptions: until you unsubscribe
After that, we delete or anonymise the data.
Your rights
Under UK data protection law you have the right to:
- access a copy of your personal data
- have inaccurate data corrected
- have your data erased in some circumstances
- restrict or object to our use of your data, including objecting at any time to direct marketing
- data portability, where it applies
- withdraw consent at any time, where we rely on consent
To use any of these rights, email hello@skbusinessventures.com. There is usually no charge. We will reply within one month, which can be extended in some cases, and we may need to confirm your identity first.
Complaints
If you are unhappy with how we have handled your personal data, please complain to us first at hello@skbusinessventures.com. We will acknowledge your complaint within 30 days, look into it and tell you the outcome without undue delay.
You can also complain to the UK data protection regulator, the Information Commission (formerly the Information Commissioner's Office, or ICO), at ico.org.uk/make-a-complaint or on 0303 123 1113.
Changes to this policy
We may update this policy from time to time. The date at the top shows when it last changed.