Privacy Policy
Last updated: December 2025
1. Who we are
Declan Bishop Property Consultant (“we”, “us”) is an independent property consultancy operating across the PE and LN postcode districts of the United Kingdom. We are the data controller for the personal information you provide via this website.
You can contact us at bishop_declan@icloud.com or 07947 981 727.
2. What information we collect
When you submit an enquiry through our contact form, we collect:
- Your name
- Your email address
- Your phone number (optional)
- The property postcode (optional)
- The service you are enquiring about
- The contents of your message
We do not collect payment information through this website, nor do we use cookies for advertising or tracking.
3. Why we collect it
We use the information you provide to:
- Respond to your enquiry and provide a quote
- Carry out the property services you instruct us to perform
- Keep a record of business correspondence as required by professional and legal obligations
Our legal basis for processing is your consent (when you submit the contact form) and legitimate interest in responding to enquiries about our services.
4. How long we keep it
Enquiry data is retained for up to 7 years in line with HMRC record-keeping requirements and professional indemnity obligations. After that period it is securely deleted.
5. Who we share it with
We never sell or share your personal data with third parties for marketing purposes. We use a small number of trusted processors to deliver our service:
- Resend — to deliver enquiry notification emails (data processor in the EU/US)
- MongoDB Atlas — secure cloud database hosting your enquiry record
- Emergent — our website hosting provider
We may also disclose information where required by law (e.g. fraud prevention, regulatory investigation, court order).
6. Your rights under UK GDPR
You have the right to:
- Access the personal data we hold about you
- Request correction of any inaccurate data
- Request deletion of your data (where we are no longer legally required to retain it)
- Object to or restrict our processing of your data
- Request a copy of your data in a portable format
- Withdraw consent at any time
To exercise any of these rights, email us at bishop_declan@icloud.com. You also have the right to complain to the UK Information Commissioner's Office (ico.org.uk).
7. Cookies
This website does not currently use marketing or analytics cookies. Only strictly necessary cookies are used to provide core site functionality. If this changes in the future, we will update this policy and add a cookie banner.
8. Security
Information is transmitted over encrypted HTTPS connections and stored in secured databases with restricted access. Despite our reasonable precautions, no method of transmission over the internet is 100% secure.
9. Changes to this policy
We may update this policy from time to time. The “last updated” date at the top of this page will always reflect the most recent version.
