Privacy Policy

Privacy Policy

1. Who We Are (Data Controller)

Stack Champ Ltd is the data controller for the information collected through this website and our booking services.

  • Contact: Joseph Manhy Ateya
  • Company Number: 16687542
  • Registered Office: Crown House, 27 Old Gloucester Street, London, United Kingdom, WC1N 3AX
  • Website: https://stackchamp.com

2. How We Collect and Use Your Data

We only collect personal data that you provide directly to us when booking a session or contacting us.

  • Service Used: We use Calendly to schedule our “Let’s Chat” sessions.
  • Data Collected: Your name, email address, and any notes you provide about your software needs.
  • Purpose: We use this information solely to prepare for and conduct our introductory 20-minute call.

3. Lawful Basis for Processing

Under UK GDPR, we process your data based on Contractual Necessity (to take steps at your request before entering into a contract) and Legitimate Interests (to respond to your inquiries and provide the consulting services you requested).

4. How Long We Keep Your Data

We retain your contact information for as long as is necessary to provide our services to you or until you request its deletion. If no business relationship is formed following our chat, your data will be deleted within 12 months.

5. Who We Share Data With

We do not sell your data. We only share your information with trusted “Data Processors” necessary to run our business, such as Calendly (for scheduling) and Google Workspace / Zoom (for communication and video calls).

6. Your Rights

You have the following rights under UK GDPR:

  • The right to be informed: Knowing how your data is used (this policy).
  • The right of access: Requesting a copy of the data we hold about you.
  • The right to erasure: Asking us to delete your data.
  • The right to complain: If you are unhappy with how we handle your data, you have the right to complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) (www.ico.org.uk).

7. Confidentiality

All discussions regarding your software stack, vendor relationships, or internal business processes are treated as strictly confidential and will not be shared with any third party without your explicit consent.

Who we are

Our website address is: https://stackchamp.com

Comments

When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.

An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.

Media

If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.

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.

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 recognize 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.

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