PRIVACY POLICY

Last Updated: June 2026

At Area Scope, we take digital privacy and data security incredibly seriously. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, store, and protect your personal data when you visit our website (areascope.uk) or commission an independent property vicinity audit.

Area Scope is a trading name of Omar Zaki (Sole Trader). For the purposes of the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR), we are the "Data Controller" of your personal information.

1. Information We Collect

We only request and collect the absolute minimum personal data required to deliver our specialized consultancy services. This includes:

• Identity & Contact Data: Your name and email address, submitted voluntarily when you fill out an intake form or request a service invoice.

• Property Search Data: The specific target property postcodes, street addresses, or neighborhood zones you submit to us for physical field auditing.

• Technical Data: Basic, non-identifiable technical information automatically collected via our website host, such as your IP address, browser type, and page access timestamps, to maintain site security and performance.

2. How We Use Your Data

We process your personal information strictly under the lawful bases outlined in the UK GDPR (primarily to fulfill a contract with you or to satisfy legitimate business interests). We use your data to:

• Generate, process, and manually clear your BACS/CHAPS business bank invoices.

• Plan, map, and physically execute your commissioned street-level vicinity audits.

• Compile and securely deliver your final bespoke Scope Report.

• Respond directly to your customer inquiries, feedback, or support requests.

3. Absolute Data Non-Disclosure (Our Core Guarantee)

We maintain a strict policy of confidentiality. We recognize that your prospective property purchases or rental targets are highly sensitive.

• No Marketing Exploitation: We will never sell, rent, trade, or distribute your name, email address, or target postcodes to estate agents, letting brokers, third-party marketing networks, or corporate data aggregators.

• Third-Party Disclosures: Your data is only shared with essential technical infrastructure sub-processors (such as our secure email provider and web hosting platform) strictly necessary to run our day-to-day business operations.

4. Data Retention & Security

• Storage Protection: We employ robust technical safeguards—including encrypted local storage, strong network protocols, and secure administrative access controls—to protect your submission forms from unauthorized interception, loss, or alteration.

• Retention Baseline: We retain your contact details, invoicing records, and final audit copies only for as long as is legally required to comply with UK statutory tax obligations (HM Revenue & Customs) and to support you if you request subsequent revisions to your reports.

5. Your Legal Rights Under UK GDPR

As a resident of the United Kingdom, you possess clear statutory control over your personal data. You have the right to request:

• Access: A copy of the specific personal data and postcode logs we hold about you.

• Correction: The immediate rectification of any inaccurate or incomplete personal details.

• Erasure ("Right to be Forgotten"): The deletion of your personal contact records from our active operational databases, subject to any prevailing statutory UK tax archiving requirements.

• Restriction: A temporary halt on the active processing of your data.

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us directly at info@areascope.uk.

6. Changes to This Policy

We reserve the right to update this Privacy Policy periodically to reflect shifts in UK data protection compliance or modifications to our internal workflow. Any adjustments will be posted directly to this page with an updated revision date.

7. Contact Us

If you have any questions regarding this Privacy Policy, our data handling methods, or wish to submit a formal data right request, please write to us directly:

• Trading Entity: Area Scope

• Operator: Omar Zaki (Sole Trader)

• Email Contact: info@areascope.uk