Privacy Policy
This privacy policy explains how Murphy Technologies Ltd ("we", "us", "our") collects, uses, and protects personal data when you interact with us through this website or by email.
1. Who we are
Murphy Technologies Ltd
Companies House number 14550913, registered in England & Wales.
Registered office: 71-75 Shelton Street, Covent Garden, London WC2H 9JQ.
We are the data controller responsible for any personal data we hold about you. You can contact us at info@murphytech.co.uk.
2. What data we collect
We only collect personal data you provide voluntarily, typically when you email us. This may include:
- Your name
- Your email address
- Your phone number (if you choose to share it)
- The contents of your communication with us
- Any context relevant to your enquiry
This website does not use cookies, analytics, advertising pixels, or tracking scripts. We do not collect any personal data automatically when you visit.
Any trading names we operate under may have their own customer-facing websites with separate data practices. This policy covers murphytech.co.uk and murphytech.org only.
3. Why we collect it (lawful basis)
- Legitimate interest, to respond to your enquiry and conduct day-to-day business correspondence
- Contractual necessity, where we enter into an agreement or partnership with you
- Legal obligation, to comply with UK statutory requirements (tax records, regulatory filings)
4. How long we keep it
- General enquiries that don't proceed: deleted within 12 months
- Active opportunity correspondence: held while live, then archived for up to 6 years
- Completed transactions and contractual records: held for at least 7 years to meet UK accounting and tax record-keeping obligations
5. Who we share data with
We do not sell or share personal data with third parties for marketing. We may share data only where necessary with:
- Our professional advisers (accountants, solicitors, tax advisers, auditors)
- Operating brands and professional advisers where relevant to your enquiry
- Banks, funders, and counterparties involved in a specific transaction
- HMRC, Companies House, and other UK regulators where legally required
6. Your rights under UK GDPR
You have the right to:
- Access the personal data we hold about you
- Request correction of inaccurate or incomplete data
- Request deletion of your data (subject to our retention obligations)
- Object to or restrict our processing of your data
- Request portability of your data in a structured format
- Withdraw consent where consent was the basis for processing
To exercise any of these rights, email info@murphytech.co.uk. We respond within 30 days.
7. Cookies
This website does not set or use cookies of any kind. We do not run analytics, tracking, advertising pixels, or third-party scripts.
8. Security
We take reasonable technical and organisational measures to protect personal data: encrypted transit (HTTPS), restricted access to records, and professional infrastructure for storing correspondence.
9. Complaints
If you believe we have mishandled your personal data, please contact us first at info@murphytech.co.uk. You also have the right to complain to the UK Information Commissioner's Office (ico.org.uk) at any time.
10. Changes to this policy
We may update this policy from time to time. The "last updated" date at the top reflects the most recent revision.