1. Introduction & Legal Framework
Hutera Advisory ("we", "us", or "our") strictly protects your personal data. This policy outlines how we handle your information when you visit our website (hutera-advisory.com) and use our travel risk resources. We process all personal data in accordance with the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR) and the Data Protection Act 2018.
2. Information We Collect
We collect only the data strictly necessary to run the platform efficiently and securely. We collect and process the following categories of data:
- Communication Data: Information you provide voluntarily when contacting us, including your name, email address, and message contents.
- Technical Data: Anonymous analytics including your IP address, browser type, time zone setting, operating system, and the pages you view on our platform.
- Usage Data: Non-personally identifiable metrics detailing how you interact with our travel risk generators and matrix tools.
3. How We Use Your Information
We rely on legitimate interest and user consent as our lawful bases for processing. We use your data exclusively to:
- Provide, maintain, and secure our website functionality.
- Respond directly to your enquiries, corrections, or partnership requests.
- Analyse traffic patterns and optimise our travel risk assessments.
We strictly prohibit selling your personal data to third parties. We do not subject your data to automated decision-making or profiling.
4. Analytics, Cookies & Affiliate Tracking
We use Google Analytics to evaluate website traffic, user behaviour, and geographic locations. Google Analytics places cookies on your device to collect anonymous usage data. We strictly activate these tracking cookies only after you explicitly grant consent through our cookie banner.
You can prevent Google Analytics from tracking your activity by declining analytics cookies in our banner or by installing the official Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on.
We also partner with affiliate networks to fund our free content. Clicking an affiliate link allows the target provider to place a tracking cookie on your device. We accept no liability for third-party data processing. External providers maintain independent privacy policies governing how they handle your data once you leave our platform.
5. International Data Transfers
We utilise secure, third-party infrastructure for database hosting (Supabase) and web analytics (Google LLC). Consequently, we transfer, store, and process your data outside the United Kingdom, primarily in the United States. We enforce strict data processing agreements and ensure all external providers rely on legally recognised safeguards, such as Standard Contractual Clauses or the UK Extension to the EU-US Data Privacy Framework.
6. Data Security & Retention
We implement robust technical and organisational measures to protect your data from unauthorised access, loss, or alteration. We retain communication data only as long as necessary to fulfil the operational purposes we collected it for, or to satisfy legal, accounting, or reporting requirements.
7. Your Legal Rights
Under the UK GDPR, you possess absolute rights regarding your personal data. You hold the right to:
- Request access to the personal data we hold about you.
- Request correction of incomplete or inaccurate data.
- Request erasure of your personal data.
- Object to processing or request the restriction of processing.
Contact us directly via the details below to exercise any of these rights.
8. Contact Us
If you have questions about this Privacy Policy or wish to exercise your data rights, contact our Data Protection representative at:
Email: contact@hutera-advisory.com
Location: London, England