Privacy Policy
Last updated: 16 August 2026
Bergman Decorations respects your privacy and is committed to protecting your personal information.
This Privacy Policy explains how Bergman Decorations collects, uses and protects personal information when you visit this website or contact us about our painting and decorating services.
Who we are
Bergman Decorations is a painting and decorating business based in Maldon, Essex.
For data protection purposes, Bergman Decorations is responsible for the personal information collected through this website.
If you have any questions about how your personal information is handled, please contact:
Email: info@bergmandecorations.co.uk
Information we collect
When you contact Bergman Decorations through this website, we may collect information such as:
Your name
Email address
Telephone number
Information about your decorating requirements
Any other information you choose to provide in your enquiry
We only ask for information that is reasonably necessary to respond to your enquiry and provide our services.
How we use your information
We may use your personal information to:
Respond to enquiries and requests for quotations
Discuss your painting and decorating requirements
Arrange and provide our services
Communicate with you about work you have requested
Maintain appropriate business and accounting records
Meet legal and regulatory obligations
Improve and understand how visitors use our website
We do not use information submitted through our enquiry form to send unsolicited marketing emails.
Our lawful basis for using your information
We use personal information in accordance with applicable UK data protection law.
For enquiries and quotation requests, we may process your information because it is necessary to take steps at your request before entering into a contract, or because we have a legitimate interest in responding to enquiries and managing our business.
Where we are required to keep information to comply with a legal obligation, we will process it for that purpose.
For non-essential analytics and cookies, we rely on your consent where consent is required.
Website analytics and cookies
This website uses cookies and similar technologies.
We use Squarespace's website analytics to understand how visitors use our website, including information such as visits, page views, traffic sources, devices and browsers.
We also use Google Analytics to help us understand website traffic and improve our website.
Our website uses a cookie consent banner which allows visitors to manage their cookie preferences. Non-essential cookies and analytics technologies are used in accordance with applicable consent requirements.
Some cookies are necessary for the website to operate correctly and cannot be disabled through the cookie settings.
Who we share information with
We do not sell or rent your personal information.
We may share information with service providers where this is necessary to operate our website, communicate with you or provide our services.
These may include website, hosting, analytics, email and other technology providers such as Squarespace and Google.
We only share information that is reasonably necessary for the relevant purpose.
Some service providers may process information outside the UK. Where this applies, appropriate safeguards will be used in accordance with applicable data protection law.
How long we keep your information
We retain personal information only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes for which it was collected.
This may include managing enquiries, providing services, maintaining appropriate business records and meeting legal or accounting obligations.
We regularly review the information we hold and securely delete or anonymise information when it is no longer required.
Keeping your information secure
We take reasonable steps to protect personal information from being lost, misused, accessed without authorisation, altered or disclosed improperly.
However, no method of transmitting or storing information online can be guaranteed to be completely secure.
Your rights
Under applicable data protection law, you may have rights including:
The right to ask for access to the personal information we hold about you
The right to ask us to correct inaccurate or incomplete information
The right to ask us to delete your personal information in certain circumstances
The right to ask us to restrict how we use your information in certain circumstances
The right to object to certain processing of your information
The right to withdraw consent where we rely on consent to process your information
The right to data portability where this applies
To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at:
We may need to verify your identity before responding to a request.
Third-party websites
This website may contain links to third-party websites, including social media platforms.
Once you leave the Bergman Decorations website, the privacy practices of the relevant third party will apply. We are not responsible for the privacy practices or content of external websites.
Changes to this Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes to our business, website or legal requirements.
The latest version will always be available on this page.
Complaints
If you have concerns about how we have used your personal information, please contact us first at:
You also have the right to complain to the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO), the UK's independent data protection regulator.