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Privacy Policy

Last updated: June 2026

This Privacy Policy explains how Cognitive Compliance Limited. Registered in England & Wales ("Cognitive Compliance", "we", "us") collects, uses and protects personal data in connection with this website and our advisory services. We are committed to handling personal data in accordance with the UK GDPR and the Data Protection Act 2018.

Who we are

Cognitive Compliance Limited is a company registered in England & Wales, providing specialist financial crime and regulatory advisory services. For any data-protection enquiry, contact us at advisory@cognitive-compliance.co.uk.

What data we collect

  • Contact information you provide directly — for example your name, email address, organisation and role when you book an advisory call or email us.
  • Correspondence — the content of messages you send us and our replies.
  • Limited technical data — this is a static website that does not use tracking cookies or third-party advertising. Basic, aggregated server-level information may be processed by our hosting provider for security and performance.

How we use your data

  • To respond to your enquiry and arrange or conduct advisory calls.
  • To provide and administer our advisory services where engaged.
  • To meet our legal, regulatory and professional obligations.

Our lawful bases for processing are typically your consent, the performance of a contract, and our legitimate interests in operating and promoting the practice.

Client and engagement data

In the course of advisory engagements we may process confidential and sensitive information on behalf of clients. Such information is handled strictly under the terms of the relevant engagement, subject to confidentiality obligations, and is not used for any purpose beyond that engagement. All case studies published on this website are anonymised; client identities are never disclosed.

Sharing your data

We do not sell personal data. We may share data with trusted service providers (for example our hosting and email providers) acting on our instructions, and where required by law or regulation.

Data retention

We retain personal data only for as long as necessary for the purposes set out above, including to meet legal, regulatory and professional record-keeping requirements, after which it is securely deleted.

Your rights

Under UK data-protection law you have rights to access, rectify, erase, restrict and object to the processing of your personal data, and to data portability. To exercise any of these rights, contact advisory@cognitive-compliance.co.uk. You also have the right to complain to the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO).

Changes to this policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. The current version will always be available on this page, with the date of the most recent update shown above.

This website is for informational purposes only. Cognitive Compliance Limited provides specialist advisory services and does not provide legal or audit opinions.