Bright Lights Business Services Limited
Customer Privacy Notice
Registered name: Bright Lights Business Services Limited
This privacy notice tells you what to expect us to do with your personal information.
Contact details
Email: hello@teambrightlights.com
What information we collect, use, and why
We collect or use the following information to provide and improve products and services for clients:
Names and contact details
Addresses
Gender
Pronoun preferences
Occupation
Financial data (including income and expenditure)
Usage data (including information about how you interact with and use our website, products and services)
Records of meetings and decisions
Account access information
Website user information
We collect or use the following personal information for the operation of client or customer accounts:
Names and contact details
Addresses
Purchase or service history
Account information, including registration details
Information used for security purposes
Marketing preferences
Technical data, including information about browser and operating systems
We collect or use the following personal information for information updates or marketing purposes:
Names and contact details
Addresses
Profile information
Marketing preferences
Purchase or account history
Website and app user journey information
IP addresses
We collect or use the following personal information for research or archiving purposes:
Names and contact details
Addresses
Purchase or client account history
Website and app user journey information
IP addresses
We collect or use the following personal information to comply with legal requirements:
Name
Contact information
Client account information
Any other personal information required to comply with legal obligations
We collect or use the following personal information to protect client welfare:
Names and contact information
Client account information
We collect or use the following personal information for dealing with queries, complaints or claims:
Names and contact details
Address
Payment details
Account information
Purchase or service history
Video recordings of private or staff only areas
Audio recordings of private or staff only areas
Call recordings
Photographs
Relevant information from previous investigations
Financial transaction information
Correspondence
Lawful bases and data protection rights
Under UK data protection law, we must have a “lawful basis” for collecting and using your personal information. There is a list of possible lawful bases in the UK GDPR. You can find out more about lawful bases on the ICO’s website.
Which lawful basis we rely on may affect your data protection rights which are in brief set out below. You can find out more about your data protection rights and the exemptions which may apply on the ICO’s website:
Your right of access - You have the right to ask us for copies of your personal information. You can request other information such as details about where we get personal information from and who we share personal information with. There are some exemptions which means you may not receive all the information you ask for. You can read more about this right here.
Your right to rectification - You have the right to ask us to correct or delete personal information you think is inaccurate or incomplete. You can read more about this right here.
Your right to erasure - You have the right to ask us to delete your personal information. You can read more about this right here.
Your right to restriction of processing - You have the right to ask us to limit how we can use your personal information. You can read more about this right here.
Your right to object to processing - You have the right to object to the processing of your personal data. You can read more about this right here.
Your right to data portability - You have the right to ask that we transfer the personal information you gave us to another organisation, or to you. You can read more about this right here.
Your right to withdraw consent – When we use consent as our lawful basis you have the right to withdraw your consent at any time. You can read more about this right here.
If you make a request, we must respond to you without undue delay and in any event within one month.
To make a data protection rights request, please contact us using the contact details at the top of this privacy notice.
Our lawful bases for the collection and use of your data
Our lawful bases for collecting or using personal information to provide and improve products and services for clients are:
Consent - we have permission from you after we gave you all the relevant information. All of your data protection rights may apply, except the right to object. To be clear, you do have the right to withdraw your consent at any time.
Contract – we have to collect or use the information so we can enter into or carry out a contract with you. All of your data protection rights may apply except the right to object.
Legal obligation – we have to collect or use your information so we can comply with the law. All of your data protection rights may apply, except the right to erasure, the right to object and the right to data portability.
Legitimate interests – we’re collecting or using your information because it benefits you, our organisation or someone else, without causing an undue risk of harm to anyone. All of your data protection rights may apply, except the right to portability. Our legitimate interests are:
We provide business support services to B2B consultants and SMEs. Having certain personal information helps us build client personas and ensure we can develop and refine our services to meet the interests and needs of our client profile.
Our lawful bases for collecting or using personal information for the operation of client or customer accounts are:
Consent - we have permission from you after we gave you all the relevant information. All of your data protection rights may apply, except the right to object. To be clear, you do have the right to withdraw your consent at any time.
Contract – we have to collect or use the information so we can enter into or carry out a contract with you. All of your data protection rights may apply except the right to object.
Legal obligation – we have to collect or use your information so we can comply with the law. All of your data protection rights may apply, except the right to erasure, the right to object and the right to data portability.
Legitimate interests – we’re collecting or using your information because it benefits you, our organisation or someone else, without causing an undue risk of harm to anyone. All of your data protection rights may apply, except the right to portability. Our legitimate interests are:
We conduct outreach on behalf of our clients, act as their virtual assistant, manage their data and create promotional and marketing materials. Having personal information helps our understanding of our clients and enables us to more faithfully represent them.
Our lawful bases for collecting or using personal information for information updates or marketing purposes are:
Consent - we have permission from you after we gave you all the relevant information. All of your data protection rights may apply, except the right to object. To be clear, you do have the right to withdraw your consent at any time.
Contract – we have to collect or use the information so we can enter into or carry out a contract with you. All of your data protection rights may apply except the right to object.
Legal obligation – we have to collect or use your information so we can comply with the law. All of your data protection rights may apply, except the right to erasure, the right to object and the right to data portability.
Legitimate interests – we’re collecting or using your information because it benefits you, our organisation or someone else, without causing an undue risk of harm to anyone. All of your data protection rights may apply, except the right to portability. Our legitimate interests are:
We provide full service support to B2B consultants and SMEs. Clients pick and choose which of our services to use, so collecting personal information helps us identify which services are most likely to be of interest to them.
Our lawful bases for collecting or using personal information for research or archiving purposes:
Consent - we have permission from you after we gave you all the relevant information. All of your data protection rights may apply, except the right to object. To be clear, you do have the right to withdraw your consent at any time.
Contract – we have to collect or use the information so we can enter into or carry out a contract with you. All of your data protection rights may apply except the right to object.
Legal obligation – we have to collect or use your information so we can comply with the law. All of your data protection rights may apply, except the right to erasure, the right to object and the right to data portability.
Legitimate interests – we’re collecting or using your information because it benefits you, our organisation or someone else, without causing an undue risk of harm to anyone. All of your data protection rights may apply, except the right to portability. Our legitimate interests are:
To help us understand our client profile and retain historic records for business intelligence.
Our lawful bases for collecting or using personal information to comply with legal requirements:
Consent - we have permission from you after we gave you all the relevant information. All of your data protection rights may apply, except the right to object. To be clear, you do have the right to withdraw your consent at any time.
Contract – we have to collect or use the information so we can enter into or carry out a contract with you. All of your data protection rights may apply except the right to object.
Legal obligation – we have to collect or use your information so we can comply with the law. All of your data protection rights may apply, except the right to erasure, the right to object and the right to data portability.
Legitimate interests – we’re collecting or using your information because it benefits you, our organisation or someone else, without causing an undue risk of harm to anyone. All of your data protection rights may apply, except the right to portability. Our legitimate interests are:
To ensure we comply with UK GDPR and have all necessary or helpful information in the event of any legal dispute or action.
Our lawful bases for collecting or using personal information to protect client welfare are:
Consent - we have permission from you after we gave you all the relevant information. All of your data protection rights may apply, except the right to object. To be clear, you do have the right to withdraw your consent at any time.
Contract – we have to collect or use the information so we can enter into or carry out a contract with you. All of your data protection rights may apply except the right to object.
Legal obligation – we have to collect or use your information so we can comply with the law. All of your data protection rights may apply, except the right to erasure, the right to object and the right to data portability.
Our lawful bases for collecting or using personal information for dealing with queries, complaints or claims are:
Consent - we have permission from you after we gave you all the relevant information. All of your data protection rights may apply, except the right to object. To be clear, you do have the right to withdraw your consent at any time.
Contract – we have to collect or use the information so we can enter into or carry out a contract with you. All of your data protection rights may apply except the right to object.
Legal obligation – we have to collect or use your information so we can comply with the law. All of your data protection rights may apply, except the right to erasure, the right to object and the right to data portability.
Legitimate interests – we’re collecting or using your information because it benefits you, our organisation or someone else, without causing an undue risk of harm to anyone. All of your data protection rights may apply, except the right to portability. Our legitimate interests are:
It offers us support in the event of a complaint or dispute where evidence of the provision of inaccurate information may be required - for example relating to the ability to pay for services or products we have provided.
Where we get personal information from
Directly from you
Publicly available sources
Providers of marketing lists and other personal information
Suppliers and service providers
How long we keep information
Personal data shall be kept in a form which permits identification of data subjects for:
no longer than is necessary for the purposes for which the personal data are processed
or
a maximum of 5 years before being erased or anonymised
Who we share information with
Others we share personal information with
Debt collection agencies
Other financial or fraud investigation authorities
Professional or legal advisors
Regulatory authorities
Organisations we’re legally obliged to share personal information with
Professional consultants
How to complain
If you have any concerns about our use of your personal data, you can make a complaint to us using the contact details at the top of this privacy notice.
If you remain unhappy with how we’ve used your data after raising a complaint with us, you can also complain to the ICO.
The ICO’s address:
Information Commissioner’s Office
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF
Helpline number: 0303 123 1113
Website: https://www.ico.org.uk/make-a-complaint
Last updated
31 January 2025