Privacy Policy

This Policy was last updated on 15 September 2025.

Welcome!

Welcome to Ignition! We hope you will enjoy visiting or using the website at https://www.ignitionapp.com or any subdomain thereof (the “Website”), or using or purchasing a subscription to our services (“Subscription” and “Services” respectively). The Website includes the Portal, as defined in our Terms of Use.

We want you to know that we take your privacy and protection of personal data very seriously. We are providing this privacy policy (the “Policy”) to tell you about who we are, what personal data we collect from you and about you, and what we do with your personal data, all while you visit the Website, use the Services or otherwise interact with us. The Policy also explains your privacy and data rights under various privacy laws, how you can contact us and which authorities enforce your rights.

We ask that you please read this Policy carefully, together with any other privacy policy or fair processing policy we may provide on specific occasions when we are collecting and processing personal data about you, so that you are fully aware of how and why we are using your data.

References to “you” or “your” are to you as an individual using our Website and Services or otherwise contacting us (whether on behalf of yourself, or another individual, or organization).

Some important terms

Before we get started with the details, here are a few important terms we think you should know as you read this Policy.

“Data Protection Laws” refers to the laws that are designed to protect your personal data and privacy in the place where you live. These include: (1) the Australian Privacy Act 1988 (as amended, the “AU Privacy Act”); (2) the “GDPR”, the European data protection law which stands for “General Data Protection Regulation”, with the official name Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council; (3) “PIPEDA” (Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act), which is the Canadian Data Protection Law that applies to our commercial activities in Canada; (4) the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”) which applies to our activities in the United States in certain circumstances; (5) South Africa’s Protection of Personal Information Act, 2013 (“POPIA”) which applies to processing of personal data we do within the Republic of South Africa; (6) the “UK GDPR”, the United Kingdom’s retained version of the GDPR, which applies to our activities in the United Kingdom by virtue of section 3 of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018; (7) the Data Protection Act 2018 (“DPA”) which also applies to our activities in the United Kingdom; and (8) the New Zealand Privacy Act 2020 (as amended, the “NZ Privacy Act”). Please note that when this Policy refers only to the “GDPR”, this includes the UK GDPR as applicable. Ignition is committed to adhering to these Data Protection Laws, and any other applicable Data Protection Laws.

“Personal data” – under the GDPR, personal data is information about an individual from which that person can be identified. It can be as simple as your name or your email, or something more complicated like an online identifier (usually a string of letters and / or numbers) that gets attached to you. Personal data does not include data where the identity has been removed (anonymous data). Under the AU Privacy Act, NZ Privacy Act, PIPEDA, POPIA and the CCPA the equivalent concept is “personal information”, which is roughly the same. Any mention of “personal data” in this Policy shall also mean personal information.

Other terms and definitions used in this Policy may be found in our Terms of Use, and will have the same meaning in this Policy as they do there.

About us

Ignition is made up of Practice Ignition Pty Ltd ACN 153 623 931, a proprietary limited company headquartered in Sydney (Surry Hills) Australia, together with its subsidiaries:

  • Practice Ignition Limited based in the UK (company number 09361126);
  • Practice Ignition (Canada) Ltd based in Canada, (company number BC1015063);
  • Practice Ignition Inc. based in the US (state file number 5615436);
  • Practice Ignition Limited (NZ) based in New Zealand (NZCN 5834091); and
  • Practice Ignition Pty Limited based in South Africa (Enterprise number K2019621276);

which together form the Practice Ignition Group.

This Policy is issued on behalf of the Practice Ignition Group so when we mention “Ignition”“we”“us”, or “our”, we are referring to the relevant company in the Practice Ignition Group responsible for processing your data. We will let you know which entity will be the controller for your data when you purchase a product or service with us.

Practice Ignition Pty Ltd is the controller and is responsible for this Website. Under the GDPR, Ignition is a “data controller”, and under POPIA Ignition is a “responsible party”. Either term means we determine the purpose and means of “processing” your personal data. “Processing” is a broad term that includes collection, use, storage, transfer or any other action related to your personal data; it is used in this Policy in that way.

We are the controller for your personal data, except where we process your personal data because you use our Services as a result of your relationship with a customer who we supply our Services to (for example, if you use our Services as a result of your being our customer’s employee or client).

Where we process your personal data because you use our Services as a result of your relationship with a customer who we supply our Services to, we are not the data controller as we would be processing personal data on behalf of our customer as a data processor on their instructions. In such cases, the privacy policy that you should be referring to for details about how they handle your information would be our customer’s privacy policy. Our customer’s privacy policy should inform you as to how your personal data will be processed.

Ignition is registered as a data controller in England and Wales with the Information Commissioner’s Office (“ICO”), the UK’s independent authority set up to uphold data protection rights. Our ICO registration number is ZA157905.

Contacting us

If you want to ask us anything about what’s in this Policy, or anything else privacy- or data- related, or exercise any of your available privacy rights, you can email:

Ignition Privacy Officer
privacy@ignitionapp.com

Here is the mailing address for you as well:

Ignition Privacy Officer
Level 7, 54-66 Wentworth Ave
Surry Hills, NSW 2010 Australia

In relation to our UK activities specifically, we have appointed a data privacy manager who is responsible for overseeing questions in relation to this Policy. Our data privacy manager is Jack Farrant contactable at jack@ignitionapp.com | +447 9432 91993.

If you have questions about the Website or Services themselves, please email support@ignitionapp.com. 

Your legal rights

Depending on the Data Protection Laws applicable in your location, including the GDPR where relevant, you may have certain rights in relation to your personal data. Specifically, under the GDPR, individuals subject to those laws have the following rights to:

  • Request access to your personal data (commonly known as a “data subject access request”). This enables you to receive a copy of the personal data we hold about you and check that we are lawfully processing it.
     
  • Request correction of the personal data that we hold about you. This enables you to have any incomplete or inaccurate data we hold about you corrected, though we may need to verify the accuracy of the new data you provide to us.
     
  • Request erasure of your personal data. This enables you to ask us to delete or remove personal data where there is no good reason for us continuing to process it. You also have the right to ask us to delete or remove your personal data where you have successfully exercised your right to object to processing (see below), where we may have processed your information unlawfully or where we are required to erase your personal data to comply with local law. Note, however, that we may not always be able to comply with your request of erasure for specific legal reasons which will be notified to you, if applicable, following your request.
     
  • Object to processing of your personal data in certain circumstances such as where we are relying on a legitimate interest (or those of a third-party) or in some cases, we may demonstrate that we have compelling legitimate grounds to process your information in spite of your request. You also have a right to object to processing where we are processing your personal data for direct marketing purposes.
     
  • Object to a decision based solely on automated processing, including profiling, subject to certain conditions.
     
  • Request restriction of processing of your personal data. This enables you to ask us to suspend the processing of your personal data in the following scenarios:
    1. if you want us to establish the data’s accuracy;
    2. where our use of the data is unlawful but you do not want us to erase it;
    3. where you need us to hold the data even if we no longer require it as you need it to establish, exercise or defend legal claims; or
    4. you have objected to our use of your data but we need to verify whether we have overriding legitimate grounds to use it.
       
  • Request the transfer of your personal data to you or to a third-party. We will provide you, or a third-party you have chosen, your personal data in a structured, commonly used, machine-readable format. Note that this right only applies to automated information which you initially provided consent for us to use, or where we used the information to perform a contract with you.
     
  • Withdraw consent at any time where we are relying on consent to process your personal data. However, this will not affect the lawfulness of any processing carried out before you withdrew your consent. If you withdraw your consent, we may not be able to provide certain services to you. We will advise you if this is the case at the time you withdraw your consent.

You may also have other rights regarding your personal data, depending on the Data Protection Laws that apply in your location. For example:

  • In Australia, you can request access to your personal data, subject to certain exceptions. You can also request corrections to any inaccurate, outdated, incomplete or misleading information, can ask us to delete or de-identify your personal data if there is no good reason for us to continue holding it, or ask for it to be transferred to a third-party (all subject to certain conditions).
     
  • In California, you can request corrections and deletion in a similar manner (also subject to carve outs and conditions), and you have the right to opt-out of the sale or sharing of your personal data.


These rights may be exercised without affecting the price you pay for any of the Services. Notwithstanding that, exercising certain of these rights may affect your ability to use some or all of the Services.

If you wish to exercise any of these rights, please contact us.

In relation to our UK activities, you also have the right to make a complaint at any time to the ICO. Please refer to the ‘Supervisory authorities and complaints’ section below for further information. We would, however, appreciate the chance to deal with concerns before you approach the ICO so please contact us in the first instance.

No fee is usually required to access your personal data (or to exercise any of the other rights). However, we may charge a reasonable fee if your request is clearly unfounded, repetitive, or manifestly excessive. 

We may need to request specific information to help us confirm your identity and ensure your right to access your personal data (or to exercise any of your other rights). This is a security measure to ensure that personal data is not disclosed to any person who has no right to receive it. We may also contact you to ask for further information in relation to your request to speed up our response.

We try to respond to all legitimate requests within one month. Occasionally, it could take us longer if your request is particularly complex or you have made a number of requests. In this case, we will notify you and keep you updated.

The personal data we collect about you

We may collect, use, store and transfer different kinds of personal data about you which we have grouped together as follows:

  • Identity Data’ includes first name, last name, username or similar identifier, marital status, title, job title, legal entity, location, date of birth and gender.
     
  • Contact Data’ includes billing address, email address and telephone numbers.
     
  • Financial Data’ includes bank account and payment card details, such as payment card number and expiry date and card security code (CVC).
     
  • Transaction Data’ includes details about payments to and from you and other details of products and services you have purchased from us.
     
  • Technical Data’ includes internet protocol (IP) address, your login data for our services, Statistics on page views and sessions, acquisition sources, search queries and/or browsing behavior, email open tracking, proposal acceptance, browser session data, webpage from which you came, webpage(s) or content you accessed, information about your access and use of our website and Services, including through the use of Internet cookies, time zone settings and geolocation, browser plug-in types and versions, operating system and platform, and other technology on the devices you use to access this Website.
     
  • Profile Data includes your username and password, purchases or orders made by you, your interests, preferences, feedback and survey responses.
     
  • Interactions Data’ including messages, comments, files, attachments, and other communications exchanged with other users (or us) via the Services, as well as any associated metadata (such as timestamps, sender/recipient details, and delivery status).
     
  • ‘Usage Data’ includes information about how you use our Website, products and services.
     
  • ‘Marketing and Communications Data’ includes your preferences in receiving marketing from us and our third parties and your communication preferences.
     
  • ‘Job Seeker Data’ includes CVs and résumés, application and interview notes, right-to-work documentation and background checks (where lawful), references, professional profiles, and payroll or tax identification information for staff or contractors.

How your personal data is collected

We use different methods to collect data from and about you including through:

  • Direct interactions: You may give us your Identity, Contact and Financial Data by filling in forms or by corresponding with us by post, phone, email or otherwise. This includes personal data you provide when you:
  1. apply for our products or services;
  2. create an account on our Website;
  3. give us feedback or contact us; or
  4. request marketing to be sent to you.
  • Automated technologies or interactions: As you interact with the Website, we will automatically collect Technical Data about your equipment, browsing actions and patterns. We collect this personal data using certain service providers, cookies, server logs/log files and other similar technologies such as tracking pixels, web beacons and tags. We may also receive Technical Data about you if you visit other websites employing our cookies. Please see our Cookie Policy for further details.
     
  • Third parties or publicly available sources: We may receive personal data about you from various third parties (including public sources) worldwide as set out below:
  1. Technical Data from parties such as:
    1. analytics providers;
    2. search information providers; and
    3. advertising networks.
  2. Contact, Financial and Transaction Data from providers of technical and payment services.
     
  3. Identity and Contact Data from data brokers or aggregators.
     
  4. Identity and Contact Data from publicly available sources such as Companies House and the Electoral Register based in the UK, and similar sources in other jurisdictions (as applicable).
     
  5. Identity and Contact Data from third-party applications, from which Users of the Services may import information about their Clients to send Proposals and facilitate the payment of Professional Services Fees.
     
  6. When you visit or log in to our Website, cookies and similar technologies may be used by our online data partners or vendors to associate these activities with other personal information they or others have about you, including by association with your email. We (or service providers on our behalf) may then send communications and marketing to such email. You may opt-out of receiving this advertising by visiting https://app.retention.com/optout

If you are in the Republic of South Africa, then we are processing such information received from third parties as an Operator and not as a Responsible Party (as those terms are defined in POPIA). As Operators, we are obliged under POPIA to process such information only with the knowledge or authorization of the Responsible Party (being the User who uploaded the personal data), and must not disclose it unless required by law or in the course of the proper performance of our duties. We also undertake to maintain and establish the security measures referred to in section 19 of POPIA when processing such information and to notify the User immediately where there are reasonable grounds to believe that the personal data of a data subject has been accessed or acquired by any unauthorized person.

How we use your personal data

We will only use your personal data when the law allows us to. Under the GDPR, we will most commonly use your personal data in the following circumstances:

  • Where we need to perform the contract we are about to enter into or have entered into with you. This includes processing your data where it is necessary for the performance of a contract to which you are a party, or to take steps at your request before entering into such a contract.
     
  • Where it is necessary for our legitimate interests (or those of a third-party) and your interests, rights or freedoms do not override those interests. Legitimate interests can include many different types of interests, including the interest of our business in conducting and managing our business to enable us to give you the best product/service and the best and most secure experience. We make sure we consider and balance any potential impact on you (both positive and negative) and your rights before we process your personal data for our legitimate interests. We do not use your personal data for activities where our interests are overridden by the impact on you (unless we have your consent or are otherwise required or permitted to by law). You can obtain further information about how we assess our legitimate interests against any potential impact on you in respect of specific activities by contacting us.
     
  • Where we need to comply with a legal obligation that we are subject to, for example tax, KYC, accounting, or other regulatory requirements (even if your account becomes inactive). Under the AU Privacy Act, NZ Privacy Act and PIPEDA, the legal basis for our processing is your informed consent, and by submitting this personal data you acknowledge having granted this consent to Ignition. To the extent that we processed your personal data before the commencement date of the aforementioned Data Protection Laws (as applicable to your jurisdiction), you consent to us continuing to process such personal data in accordance with this Policy.

Under the GDPR, we generally do not rely on consent as a legal basis for processing your personal data, although we will get your consent before sending direct marketing communication to you. You have the right to withdraw consent to marketing at any time by contacting us.

In the table below, we have set out a description of the ways we plan to use your personal data, and which of the legal bases we rely on to do so under the GDPR and POPIA. We have also identified what our legitimate interests are where appropriate.

We may process your personal data for more than one legal basis, depending on the specific purpose for which we are using your data. Please contact us if you need details about the specific legal ground we are relying on to process your personal data where more than one ground has been set out below.

PURPOSE OF USE / DISCLOSUREPERSONAL DATA CATEGORIESLEGAL BASIS FOR PROCESSING UNDER THE GDPR AND POPIA
  • To contact and communicate with you, including managing our relationship, providing support, responding to enquiries, recording your preferences, and keeping you informed about changes, updates, events, and other relevant matters.
  • Identity Data
  • Contact Data
  • Profile Data
  • Interactions Data
  • Marketing and Communications Data
  • Performance of a contract with you
  • Necessary for our legitimate interests to ensure we provide the best client experience (for example, to communicate transactional messages), maintain engagement and improve our services
  • To register you as a new customer, communicate with you when you book a demo of the Services through the Website, and customize your demo
  • Identity Data
  • Contact Data
  • Profile Data
  • Interactions Data
  • Performance of a contract with you
  • To be responsive as possible to you, for example, when providing support for the Services or answering your customer queries
  • Identity Data
  • Contact Data
  • Profile Data
  • Interactions Data
  • Technical Data
  • Usage Data
  • Marketing and Communications Data
  • Necessary for our legitimate interests (for example, providing you with a good service) and for your legitimate interests (for example, to receive assistance promptly)
  • To manage your account and Subscription, enable logging in to the Services, and customize your use of the Services
  • Identity Data
  • Contact Data
  • Profile Data
  • Interactions Data
  • Transaction Data
  • Marketing and Communications Data
  • Performance of a contract with you

To process and deliver your order including:

  • Managing the payments of your Subscription Fees and Additional Client Fees (if applicable)
  • Processing payments or debit payments for the Professional Fees, in order to transfer the Professional Fees to the Professional Services Provider
  • To collect and recover money owed to us
  • Identity Data
  • Contact Data
  • Financial Data
  • Transaction Data
  • Marketing and Communications Data

 

  • Performance of a contract with you
  • Necessary for our legitimate interests (for example, to recover debts due to us)
  • To administer and protect our business and our Website (including troubleshooting, data analysis, testing, system maintenance, monitoring for fraudulent transactions or other unlawful, illegal, or harmful activity, support, reporting and hosting of data) 
  • Identity Data
  • Contact Data
  • Interactions Data
  • Financial Data
  • Transaction Data
  • Technical Data
  • Necessary for our legitimate interests (for example, running our business, providing and administering IT services, and preventing fraud)
  • Necessary to comply with our legal obligations
  • To deliver relevant website content and advertisements to you and measure or understand the effectiveness of the advertising we serve to you
  • Identity Data
  • Contact Data
  • Profile Data
  • Usage Data
  • Marketing and Communications Data
  • Technical Data
  • Necessary for our legitimate interests (for example, to study how customers use our products or services, to develop them, grow our business, and inform our marketing strategy)
  • To enable interoperability with third-party applications (such as Intuit QuickBooks Online, Xero) that you choose to connect with our services.
  • Identity Data
  • Contact Data
  • Profile Data
  • Performance of a contract with you
  • Legitimate interests: to facilitate integrations that support your use of our services and improve functionality
  • To use data analytics to improve our Website, products/services, marketing, customer relationships and experiences 
  • Technical Data
  • Usage Data
  • Necessary for our legitimate interests (for example, to define types of customers for our products/services, to keep our Website updated and relevant, to develop our business and to inform our marketing strategy)
  • To make suggestions and recommendations to you about products or services that may be of interest to you, based on your Subscription or any other products/services purchased on our Website
  • Identity Data
  • Contact Data
  • Technical Data
  • Usage Data
  • Profile Data
  • Marketing and Communications Data
  • Necessary for our legitimate interests (for example, to develop our products/services and grow our business)
  • Companies that use third-party software to operate a referral program for Ignition, such as PartnerStack.
  • Identity Data
  • Contact Data 
  • Provides us with partner management software solutions.
  • To assess and administer job applications, conduct interviews, carry out right-to-work and background checks (where lawful), obtain references, evaluate professional profiles, and, where relevant, onboard staff or contractors (including payroll and tax administration)
  • Identity Data
  • Contact Data
  • Job Seeker Data
  • Performance of a contract with you (or to take steps at your request prior to entering into a contract)
  • Legitimate interests: to recruit and build our team, to evaluate candidates, and to protect our business
  • To comply with a legal obligation (e.g. employment, tax, and right-to-work laws)
  • Consent (where required by law, e.g. for certain background checks)

Where we need to collect personal data by law, or under the terms of a contract we have with you, and you fail to provide that data when requested or withdraw your consent to us processing your personal data (where applicable), we may not be able to perform the contract we have or are trying to enter into with you. In this case, we may have to cancel a product or service you have with us but we will notify you if this is the case at the time.

Please note that Financial Data collected and processed for billing and payment purposes is never stored on any servers or other equipment controlled by Ignition. While such data is collected through the Services, it is stored on servers and other equipment managed by the Payment Processors and Payment Facilitators, as described further in the ‘Who we transfer your personal data to’ section below.

Change of purpose

We will only use your personal data for the purposes for which we collected it, unless we reasonably consider that we need to use it for another reason on the basis of legitimate interests and that reason is compatible with the original purpose. If you wish to get an explanation as to how the processing for the new purpose is compatible with the original purpose, please contact us.

Anonymized data

We may also collect, use and share anonymized data such as statistical or demographic data for any purpose (as long as it is not possible to identify individuals). Anonymized data could be derived from your personal data but is not considered personal data under the UK and/or EU data protection regime (as applicable), so long as  it does not directly or indirectly reveal your identity. For example, we may anonymize and aggregate your Usage Data to calculate the percentage of users accessing a specific website feature. However, if we combine or connect anonymized data with your personal data so that it can directly or indirectly identify you, we treat the combined data as personal data which will be used in accordance with this Policy.

Special categories of personal data

We do not collect any of what the GDPR considers Special Categories of Personal Data, which includes details about your race or ethnicity, religious or philosophical beliefs, sex life, sexual orientation, political opinions, trade union membership, information about your health, and genetic and biometric data. Under the POPIA, such data is known as “special personal information”, and under the AU Privacy Act, such data is known as “sensitive information”.

We also do not ask you for any information about criminal convictions and offences.

You may choose to voluntarily provide us with Special Categories of Personal Data through your interactions with us, but we strongly encourage you not to do so. 

Who we transfer your personal data to

For the purposes set out in the ‘How we use your personal data’ section above, we may share some of your personal data with certain third parties as set out below.

  • External third parties including:
    • professional advisers acting as processors or joint controllers including lawyers, bankers, auditors and insurers based in the UK, European Economic Area (EEA), Australia, South Africa, Canada (or any other jurisdiction as applicable) who provide consultancy, banking, legal, insurance, and accounting services;
    • law enforcement, regulators or other public authorities based in the UK, EEA, Australia, South Africa, Canada (or any other jurisdiction as applicable) if, for example:
      1. we are required by applicable law in response to lawful requests, including to meet national security or law enforcement requirements;
      2. we believe it is necessary in order to investigate, prevent, or take action regarding illegal activities, fraud, or situations involving potential threats to the safety of any person, or any violation of Ignition’s Terms of Use;
      3. we believe it is necessary to investigate, prevent, or take action regarding situations that involve abuse of the Services infrastructure or the internet in general (such as voluminous spamming or denial of service attacks); and
    • our service providers acting as sub-processors. A full list of all the sub-processors used by Ignition along with their security accreditations can be found on our Website.
  • Internal third parties within the Practice Ignition Group (including a parent company, subsidiaries, joint ventures, or other companies under common control with Ignition) acting as joint controllers or processors and provide services including IT and system administrative services and undertake certain reporting functions.
     
  • Third parties to whom we may choose to sell, transfer, or merge parts of our business or our assets. Alternatively, we may seek to acquire other businesses or merge with them. If a change of ownership or restructuring happens to our business, then the new owners may use your personal data in the same way as set out in this Policy. It may also be the case that a new privacy policy may apply to you, in which case we will inform you accordingly.

We require all third parties to respect the security of your personal data and to treat it in accordance with applicable laws. We ensure that we have appropriate data processing agreements in place with our third-party service providers where legally required to, which only permit them to process your personal data for specified purposes and in accordance with our instructions.

We do not sell or rent your personal data to any third-party for direct marketing purposes or any other purpose.

The table below identifies the third parties we may share your personal data with, and what they do with the personal data. 

WHO WE TRANSFER IT TOPERSONAL DATA CATEGORYEXAMPLES OF WHAT THEY DO WITH IT
  • Companies that provide email services such as HubSpot and Postmark, as detailed more fully in the ‘Email Communications and Compliance with anti-spam laws’ section below 
  • Identity Data
  • Contact Data
  • Profile Data
  • Marketing and Communications Data

Manage our mailing list, send out our newsletters and send out emails relating to our Services

  • Companies providing technical infrastructure and software for the Services such as Amazon AWS, and our CRM provider HubSpot
  • Identity Data
  • Contact Data
  • Profile Data
  • Marketing and Communications Data
  • Store it so that we may retrieve it to contact you

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  • Companies providing customer support and chat services, such as Intercom
  • Identity Data
  • Contact Data
  • Profile Data
  • Technical Data
  • Usage Data
  • Marketing and Communications Data
  • Store it so that we may retrieve it to contact you to provide support
  • Companies providing technical infrastructure and software for the Services, such as Amazon AWS and Heroku 
  • Identity Data
  • Contact Data
  • Profile Data
  • Technical Data
  • Usage Data
  • Marketing and Communications Data
  • Control your logging in to the Services so they can be provided to you, send you emails, and record-keeping
  • Our business or integration partners, including  Intuit and Xero when you have been referred to us by them or request to connect Ignition with their services 
  • Identity Data
  • Contact Data
  • Profile Data
  • Marketing and Communications Data
  • Communicating with you and record-keeping
  • Payment Processors and Payment Facilitators, such as Stripe
  • Identity Data
  • Contact Data
  • Financial Data
  • Transaction Data
  • Marketing and Communications Data
  • Process the payments of your Subscription Fees and Additional Client Fees (if applicable)
  • Process payments or debit payments for the Professional Fees you are paying to a Professional Services Provider via the Services
  • Companies that provide online advertising networks, like Google and Facebook
  • Identity Data
  • Contact Data
  • Profile Data
  • Usage Data
  • Marketing and Communications Data
  • Technical Data
  • Show you ads when you are on the internet, as further detailed in the ‘Third-party marketing and advertisements’ section below
  • Identity Data
  • Contact Data
  • Technical Data
  • Usage Data
  • Marketing and Communications Data
  • Provide us with analytics as to how the Website and Services are used, as further detailed in the ‘Limited gathering of information for statistical, analytical and security purposes’ section below

Transfer of personal data outside of the EEA, the UK or the country where you live.

We share your personal data within the Practice Ignition Group. This may involve transferring your data outside the EEA, UK or the country where you live.

Some of our external third parties are also based in many countries so their processing of your personal data may also involve a transfer and/or storage of personal data worldwide.

Whenever we transfer your personal data out of the UK and/or EEA (as applicable), we ensure a similar degree of protection is afforded to it by ensuring at least one of the following safeguards is implemented:

  • We will only transfer your personal data to countries that have been deemed to provide an adequate level of protection for personal data.
     
  • If we transfer your personal data to any other country which is not subject to an adequacy decision of the UK or the European Commission (as applicable) regarding an adequate level of protection of personal data, we will ensure that there is a legal transfer mechanism and, if required, a relevant safeguard method for such data transfer so that your personal data are treated in a manner that is consistent with, and respects the applicable laws and regulations on data protection in the UK or the EEA (as applicable).
     
  • Where we use certain service providers outside of the UK and/or the EEA (as applicable), we may use specific contracts approved for use in the UK and/or the EEA (as applicable) which give personal data the same protection it has in the UK and/or the EEA (as applicable).

The following safeguards are applicable to transfer of your personal data to the following limited countries:

  • The United States. Your personal data is only transferred to companies in the United States that: (1) have signed agreements with us or have informed us that they are GDPR-compliant; and (2) have concluded the Standard Contractual Clauses for the transfer of personal data outside the EEA.
     
  • Canada. We may transfer personal data to our operations in Canada, but Canada has been determined to have an “adequate level of protection” for your personal data under European Da Protection Law.
     
  • Australia. We may transfer personal data to our operations in Australia, but when we do so we ensure appropriate safeguards are in place, including, where applicable, entering into Standard Contractual Clauses to protect your personal data.

Marketing and promotional material from us

We may send you marketing communications by email, telephone, SMS or mail. Under the GDPR, we are required to obtain your prior consent to do this (in almost all circumstances). However, we always strive to provide you with choices regarding marketing and advertising in any jurisdiction.

We may use your Identity, Contact, Technical, Usage and Profile Data to form a view on what we think you may want or need, or what may be of interest to you. This is how we decide which products, services and offers may be relevant to you (we call this marketing).

You may receive marketing communications from us if you have requested information from us or purchased services from us and you have not opted out of receiving that marketing. You can always ask us to stop sending you marketing messages at any time by contacting us.

All the above categories exclude text messaging originator opt-in data and consent; this information will not be shared with any third parties.

Third-party marketing and advertisements

Ignition is continuously evaluating and modifying our use of various advertising networks, which may change from time to time. In this section you will find all the advertising networks that Ignition currently uses and instructions for opting out of them. If we do additional advertising in the future, this section will be updated.

We use the following advertising networks from time to time:

  • Google AdWords and Display Network. Ignition uses the remarketing features of interest-based advertising of Google AdWords that delivers you advertisements that will be of particular interest to you, based on your browsing and activity history interacting with the Website and Services. These advertisements will appear on third-party websites around the web. Google uses specific cookies to allow them to serve these ads around the web, and you may prevent this type of advertising by deleting the appropriate Google cookie through your browser, though this may not be permanent. For a more permanent solution, you may opt-out of such Google advertising by adjusting your Google ad settings or using the WebChoices online opt-out tool.
     
  • Facebook Custom Audience. Ignition uses Facebook Custom Audience to display advertisements to you on Facebook or in Facebook Messenger that will be of interest to you, and by consenting to the use of relevant cookies on our Website you consent to this use. Facebook may collect or receive information from the Website and Services and other applications and websites and use that information to provide measurement services and targeted ads. If you do not want to receive such Facebook advertisements, you can opt-out of such advertising by adjusting your Ad Preferences settings while logged in to Facebook.
     
  • LinkedIn Advertising. Ignition uses LinkedIn Advertising to display advertisements to you on LinkedIn that will be of interest to you, and by consenting to the use of relevant cookies on our Website you consent to this use. LinkedIn may collect or receive information from our and use that information to provide measurement services and targeted ads. If you do not want to receive such LinkedIn advertisements, you can opt-out of such advertising by following LinkedIn's instructions or using the WebChoices online opt-out tool.

Please also see our Cookie Policy for further information relating to the use of cookies in advertising.

Opting out

As described in the above sections, you can always ask us or third parties to stop sending you marketing communications.

Where you opt out of receiving marketing messages, you may still receive transactional messages relating to products or services you purchase from us, or other transactional messaging necessary for the use of the Services. If you choose to object to the communications, unsubscribe or withdraw your consent, this will not make our processing of your personal data before you withdrew your consent unlawful.

Tracking technology (“cookies” and other similar technologies)

You can set your browser to refuse all or some browser cookies, or to alert you when websites set or access cookies (except necessary cookies). If you disable or refuse cookies, please note that some parts of this Website may become inaccessible or not function properly. For more information about the cookies and other similar technologies we use, please see our Cookie Policy.

Limited gathering of personal data for statistical, analytical and security purposes

As previously set out in this Policy, we automatically collect personal data, such as Technical Data and Usage Data, using service providers such as HubSpot, Google Analytics, Segment and Snowflake (“Third-Party Analytics Programs”) to help us better understand your needs and the needs of Website visitors and Services Users in the aggregate. We also process such data for statistical purposes to keep track of the number of visits to the Website, the specific pages of the Website, and Users with a view to introducing improvements to the Website and Services.

The Technical Data collected using these Third-Party Analytics Programs may also be used to trace any fraudulent or criminal activity, or any activity in violation of our Terms of Use.

Email communications and compliance with anti-spam laws

Ignition uses HubSpot to manage our mailing list and send out our newsletter, and Postmark to send out emails related to various Services functions (HubSpot and Postmark, collectively the “Email Service Providers”). Personal data is transferred to the Email Service Providers in order to manage the mailing list and for the emails to be sent out properly. As described in the ‘Who we transfer your personal data to’ section above, Email Service Providers will only use your personal data for specified purposes and in accordance with our instructions.

You may unsubscribe from Ignition’s mailing list at any time, by following the link at the bottom of all Ignition emails. Other types of emails, such as transactional, relational, and other emails related to certain Services functions will not have an opt-out option as they are necessary for the use of the Services.

Ignition’s practices in regard to its email are designed to be compliant with anti-spam laws, including Australia’s Spam Act 2003, New Zealand’s Unsolicited Electronic Messages Act 2007, the American CAN-SPAM Act, and the law unofficially called “CASL”, or Canada’s Anti-Spam Law (S.C. 2010, c. 23). If you believe you have received email in violation of these laws or any other anti-spam law, please contact us using the contact information further up in this Policy.

Push notifications and email notifications

This Website may send you email notifications via Chatbot and/or HubSpot, to achieve the purposes outlined in this Policy.

You may opt-out of receiving email notifications by visiting your device settings.

How we protect your personal data

We have implemented very strict technical and organizational procedures for ensuring that, by default, only the personal data which is necessary for each specific purpose of the processing are processed by us. These procedures prevent your personal data from being lost; or used or accessed in any unauthorized way.

In addition, we limit access to your personal data to those employees, agents, contractors and other third parties who have a business need to know. They will only process your personal data on our instructions and they are subject to a duty of confidentiality.

We also have procedures in place to deal with any suspected data security breach. We will notify you and any applicable supervisory authority of a suspected data security breach where the Data Protection Laws requires us to do so, and within the time frame required by the applicable Data Protection Law.

Ignition uses only industry best practices (physical, electronic and procedural) in keeping any data collected (including personal data) secure. In addition, we use third-party vendors and hosting partners to provide the necessary hardware, software, networking, storage, and related technology required to operate the Website and Services, and these third parties have been selected for their high standards of security, both electronic and physical. For example, Ignition uses Amazon AWS, a recognized leader in secure data, for hosting of the Website and Services and related data, and storage of data including personal data.

All information, including personal data, is transferred with encryption using Secure Sockets Layer (“SSL”) or Transport Layer Security (“TLS”), robust security standards for internet data transfer and transactions. You can use your browser to check Ignition’s valid SSL security certificates on the Website.

Ignition uses Stripe for processing of secured credit card payments for payments of Subscription Fees and Professional Services Fees made through the Services. Stripe is certified as a PCI-DSS (Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard) Service Provider Level 1, the highest-volume level for credit card transaction companies.

For more details about how we protect your personal data, please visit our dedicated security page.

Supervisory authorities and complaints

Under the UK and/or EU data protection regime (as applicable), you have the right to make a complaint to the appropriate supervisory authority. If you are not satisfied with the response received or the actions taken by our Privacy Officer, or if you would like to make a complaint directly about Ignition’s data practices, we invite you to contact the supervisory authority in your country.

For example, if you are in the UK, you should contact the ICO. You can reach them in a variety of ways, including by phone (0303 123 1113 in the UK) and mail (Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF).

If you are in France, you should contact the Commission Nationale de l'Informatique et des Libertés who is the supervisory authority there. Their contact information can be found here.

The full listing of all Data Protection Authorities (the supervisory authorities) across the EEA can be found here.

If you are in Australia, you can make a complaint to the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner here. If you are in Canada, you can make a complaint to the Office of the Privacy Commissioner here. If you are in the Republic of South Africa, you have the right under POPIA to make a complaint to the Information Regulator (South Africa), whose contact information can be found here.

If you are in New Zealand, and you feel that we may have breached our obligations to you under the NZ Privacy Act, please contact the Privacy Officer in writing at the details set out above and we will work with you to resolve the issue. If you are not satisfied with the actions taken by the Privacy Officer, you can make a complaint to the Office of the New Zealand Privacy Commissioner here.

Data retention

Your personal data will only be kept for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes we collected it for, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal, regulatory, tax, accounting or reporting requirements.

To determine the appropriate retention period for personal data, we consider the amount, nature and sensitivity of the personal data, the potential risk of harm from unauthorized use or disclosure of your personal data, the purposes for which we process your personal data and whether we can achieve those purposes through other means, and the applicable legal, regulatory, tax, accounting or other requirements.

To ensure compliance with applicable legal, regulatory, tax, KYC, accounting or other regulatory obligations, we are required to retain certain personal and business information—including records related to business verification and transactions—even if your account becomes inactive, suspended, or closed. This information will be kept on file for a minimum of seven (7) years to comply with legal and regulatory obligations.

We may retain your personal data for a longer period in the event of a complaint or if we reasonably believe there is a prospect of litigation in respect to our relationship with you.

In some circumstances you can ask us to delete your data. Please see the section on ‘Your legal rights’ above for further information.

In some circumstances we will anonymize your personal data (so that it can no longer be associated with you) for research or statistical purposes, in which case we may use this information indefinitely without further notice to you.

Automated decision-making

Automated decisions are made by technological means, mostly based on algorithms subject to predefined criteria. Such automated decision-making is taken solely by technological means without any human intervention. Our automated decision-making processes do not have legal effects or similarly significant effects on you, nor do they significantly affect an individual’s rights or interests. Our  services do not impact contractual rights, legislative benefits, or access to essential services. These decisions do not create, alter, or deny any rights or entitlements. As such, they do not reach the threshold of significantly affecting individuals, and we do not provide additional disclosures related to automated decision-making.

We may, from time to time, use automated decision-making in deciding what types of promotions to offer you. Our rationale for making automated decisions is so that we can deliver our Services to you efficiently, to enable or otherwise improve our decision-making process, and to reduce the potential harm derived from human error and/or personal bias.

Please contact us if you want to find out more about our making of automated decisions.

Changes to this Policy and your duty to inform us of changes

The date at the top of this page indicates when this Policy was last updated. Every now and then, we will have to update this Policy, and we will update it no less than once every 12 months. You can always find the most updated version at this URL, and we will always post a notice on the Website and Services if we make significant changes. If you have an account, we will also email you to tell you the Policy has been updated, and what the important changes are.

Historic versions of this Policy can be obtained by contacting us.

We reserve the right to make amendments to this Policy at any time.

Unless otherwise provided in this Policy, it is important that the personal data we hold about you is accurate and current. Please keep us informed if your personal data changes during your relationship with us.

Children’s privacy statement

The Website and Services are not intended for children under the age of 18. We do not knowingly collect any personal data from a child under 18. If we become aware that we have inadvertently received personal data from a person under the age of 18 through the Services, we will delete such information from our records.

Third-party links

This Website may include links to third-party websites, plug-ins, and applications. Clicking on third-party links or enabling third-party connections may allow third parties to collect or share data about you. We do not control these third-party websites and are not responsible for their privacy statements. When you leave our Website, we encourage you to read the privacy policy of every website you visit.