Privacy policy.
Effective Date: June 1, 2025
Last Updated: June 2, 2025
Promptage ("we", "us", or "our") is committed to protecting and respecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, store, and protect personal data, including sensitive and legal documents, when you use our services or visit our website.
This policy complies with the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR) and the Data Protection Act 2018.
1. Who We Are
Promptage is a professional translation service provider based in the United Kingdom. We specialise in general, certified, and legal document translation.
Registered Address: 71-75 Shelton Street, Covent Garden, London WC2H 9JQ
Company Number: 16507401
Data Protection Contact: support@promptage.com
We act as a data controller when processing your personal data for the purposes described in this policy.
2. What Information We Collect
a. Personal Information
We may collect and process the following types of personal data:
Full name
Email address
Contact telephone number
Address or location
Payment or invoicing details (processed via secure third parties)
Company or firm name (if applicable)
b. Document Content (Sensitive Data)
Documents you provide for translation may include:
Personally Identifiable Information (PII)
Legal documents (e.g. contracts, court filings, wills, immigration papers)
Medical records
Financial or business documents
Government-issued IDs or national insurance numbers
We treat all such information as strictly confidential.
c. Website Usage Data
We may collect certain information about your use of our website, such as:
IP address
Browser type and version
Pages visited and time spent
Device type and operating system
We use this data to improve the security and performance of our website.
3. How We Use Your Information
We use the information you provide to:
Provide translation and language services
Handle quotes, orders, and invoices
Communicate with you about your project
Maintain confidentiality and secure handling of sensitive documents
Comply with legal or regulatory obligations
Improve our services and website functionality
We only process your data where we have a lawful basis under the UK GDPR, including:
Performance of a contract
Compliance with legal obligations
Legitimate interest (e.g. service improvement, fraud prevention)
Consent (for marketing, where applicable)
4. Confidentiality and Security
We are committed to ensuring that your data — especially legal and sensitive documents — is handled with the highest level of security and confidentiality.
Encryption: Files are encrypted during upload/download and while stored.
Access Controls: Only authorised staff and translators (bound by confidentiality agreements) have access to your data.
Secure Servers: We host data on secure UK or GDPR-compliant servers.
Document Retention: Documents are securely deleted after the project is completed, unless retention is required for legal, tax, or auditing purposes.
5. Sharing Your Information
We do not sell, rent, or trade your personal data.
We may share your data only with:
Professional translators or proofreaders, under strict confidentiality agreements
IT and cloud service providers, only where necessary and compliant with UK GDPR
Payment processors for billing (we do not store card details ourselves)
Regulatory or legal authorities, if required to comply with law or enforce our rights
Where third parties process your data on our behalf, we ensure they meet the necessary data protection and security standards.
6. International Data Transfers
Your personal data may be processed or stored outside the UK (e.g. by translators or cloud services). In such cases, we ensure appropriate safeguards are in place, including:
Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs)
UK Addendum to the EU SCCs
Data Processing Agreements with sub-processors
We will only transfer your data where it is safe and lawful to do so.
7. Your Rights Under UK GDPR
You have the following rights under data protection law:
Right of access - request a copy of the personal data we hold about you
Right to rectification - correct inaccurate or incomplete data
Right to erasure - request deletion of your data (subject to exceptions)
Right to restrict processing - limit how we use your data
Right to data portability - receive your data in a usable format
Right to object - object to processing based on legitimate interests
Right to withdraw consent - at any time, if processing is based on consent
Right to lodge a complaint - with the UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO)
To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at support@promptage.com
8. Cookies and Tracking
We use cookies and similar technologies to improve user experience and website analytics. You can manage your cookie preferences via your browser settings. For more details, please see our Cookie Policy.
9. Data Retention
We retain personal data only for as long as necessary to:
Complete your translation project
Comply with legal or tax obligations
Handle potential disputes or queries
After that, we securely delete or anonymise your data.
10. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our services or legal obligations. We encourage you to review it periodically.
Last updated: June 2, 2025
Next review due: 1 June 2026 or earlier if required by legal or operational changes.
11. Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or your data rights, please contact:
Promptage
71-75 Shelton Street, Covent Garden, London WC2H 9JQ
Email: support@promptage.co.uk
Phone: 02038972233