FourPointZero Website Privacy Policy

1. Who we are

This policy explains how FourPointZero Consulting Limited ("FourPointZero", "we", "us") collects and uses personal data when you visit fpz.consulting, when you contact us, and when we contact you about our services. We are the data controller for that data under the UK GDPR and the Data Protection Act 2018.

Company: FourPointZero Consulting Limited

Company number: 12420110 (registered in England and Wales)

Registered address: Room 501, DMC 01, County Way, Barnsley, S70 2JW

ICO registration number: [ADD ICO NUMBER]

Privacy contact: tom@fpz.consulting

We have not appointed a Data Protection Officer, as the law does not require one for a business of our size and activity. Tom White, Director, is responsible for data protection.

2. The data we collect

We collect only what you give us through the enquiry form and limited technical data from analytics cookies.

Enquiry form: Name, email address, company name, phone number (if given), and the content of your message

Follow-up correspondence: Anything you choose to share with us by email or call after your enquiry, such as details of a fundraising, business or investment interest

Analytics cookies: IP address (truncated or anonymised where possible), device and browser type, pages visited, time on site, referring website and approximate location (country or city)

We do not knowingly collect special category data (such as health or ethnic origin). Please do not include it in your message. The site is not aimed at anyone under 18.

3. Business contacts we reach out to

We sometimes contact founders, executives and investment professionals before they have contacted us, where their work fits our focus on Edge AI, Physical AI and technology businesses raising capital.

Data we hold: Name, job title, company, business email address, business phone number, LinkedIn profile, and publicly reported information about your company, such as funding rounds and grants

Where it comes from: Your company website, press releases and news coverage, Companies House, LinkedIn, and business contact data providers such as ZoomInfo

Why we use it: To introduce FourPointZero and ask whether a conversation about fundraising or investment would be useful to you

Lawful basis: Legitimate interests in contacting businesses about services relevant to the recipient's role

How long we keep it: Deleted within 2 years of last contact if you do not reply; if you opt out, we keep only your email address on a suppression list so we never contact you again

We only email business addresses at companies, never personal addresses. Every email we send includes a way to opt out and a link to this policy. You can object at any time by replying "unsubscribe" or emailing tom@fpz.consulting, and we will stop straight away.

4. How we use your data and our lawful basis

We use your data to respond to you and to understand how the site is used. We never sell it.

Responding to your enquiry and arranging a call: Legitimate interests (replying to people who contact us), or steps before entering a contract at your request

Assessing whether we can help with a capital raise, introduction or investment opportunity: Steps before entering a contract; legitimate interests

Keeping records of our correspondence: Legitimate interests; legal obligation where records must be kept

Measuring site traffic and improving the site: Consent, given through the cookie banner

Sending occasional updates about FourPointZero services: Legitimate interests for business contacts who have enquired with us (soft opt-in); you can opt out at any time

Meeting legal, regulatory and tax obligations, and defending legal claims: Legal obligation; legitimate interests

Where we rely on legitimate interests, we have balanced our interests against your rights. You can ask us for details of that assessment.

5. Cookies and analytics

We set analytics cookies only after you accept them in the cookie banner. Essential cookies that keep the site working and secure are set without consent, as the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations (PECR) allow.

Strictly necessary cookies (Squarespace): Site security, load balancing, remembering your cookie choice. Consent needed: No

Analytics cookies (Squarespace Analytics): Counting visits and seeing which pages are used. Consent needed: Yes

You can change your choice at any time through the cookie settings link in the site footer, or block cookies in your browser settings. Blocking essential cookies may stop parts of the site working. A full list of Squarespace cookies is in Squarespace's cookie policy.

6. Who we share your data with

We share personal data only with service providers that help us run the business, and with third parties you have asked us to introduce you to.

Squarespace: Hosts the website and processes enquiry form submissions and analytics. Location: USA and Ireland

Microsoft (Microsoft 365): Email, calendar and document storage. Location: UK, EU and USA

Investors, venture capital firms or companies seeking capital: Only where you have asked us to make an introduction, and only the information needed for it. Location: UK, USA and other countries

Professional advisers (solicitors, accountants, insurers): Legal, accounting and insurance purposes. Location: UK

Regulators, law enforcement or courts: Where the law requires it. Location: UK

International transfers. Some providers process data outside the UK, mainly in the USA. Where they do, we rely on UK adequacy regulations (including the UK Extension to the EU-US Data Privacy Framework for certified US companies) or the ICO's International Data Transfer Agreement or Addendum to the EU Standard Contractual Clauses.

7. How long we keep your data and how we protect it

We keep data only as long as we need it, then delete or anonymise it.

Enquiries that do not lead to an engagement: 2 years from last contact

Client and engagement records: 6 years after the engagement ends (limitation period for contract claims)

Analytics data: Up to 26 months, per the analytics provider's settings

Marketing preferences and opt-outs: Kept on a suppression list so we do not contact you again

We use access controls, multi-factor authentication on business accounts, encrypted connections (HTTPS) and reputable providers to protect your data. No system is completely secure, but we will tell you and the ICO about a breach where the law requires it.

8. Your rights, complaints and changes

You can exercise any of these rights free of charge by emailing tom@fpz.consulting. We will reply within one month.

Access: get a copy of the personal data we hold about you

Rectification: have inaccurate data corrected

Erasure: have your data deleted where we no longer have a reason to keep it

Restriction: ask us to limit how we use your data

Objection: object to processing based on legitimate interests, and to direct marketing at any time

Portability: receive data you gave us in a machine-readable format

Withdraw consent: change your cookie choices at any time, without affecting earlier processing

Complaints. Please contact us first so we can put things right. You can also complain to the Information Commissioner's Office at ico.org.uk/make-a-complaint or on 0303 123 1113.

Changes to this policy. We will post any update on this page with a new "last updated" date. Last updated: 27.10.2027.