Privacy notice

Who is responsible for your information

ProperBizFix is operated by Yulia Fomina in Greater Manchester, United Kingdom. For data protection purposes, Yulia Fomina is the controller of personal data described in this notice, except where project terms state that I process personal data solely on a partner's behalf. Contact: properbizfix@gmail.com.

Information you provide

If you contact ProperBizFix, discuss a project or become a client, I may receive your name, work email address, job title, employer, company information and anything you choose to send in an enquiry, interview or engagement.

Public business research

For Client Account Review, Portfolio Intelligence or preparation for an agreed engagement, I may review publicly available professional and business information. This may include company websites, public company records, business profiles, public professional profiles, job adverts, announcements and other material relevant to understanding how an organisation has changed.

I use public information to form business hypotheses and prepare for professional work. I do not treat a hypothesis as an established fact simply because it is based on public information. Where this research involves personal data, I rely on an appropriate UK GDPR lawful basis. For proportionate B2B research, that may be legitimate interests.

Why I use personal information

I use personal information to respond to enquiries, take steps before entering a contract, deliver agreed work, communicate about projects, maintain appropriate business records, manage invoices and legal obligations, protect confidential information and operate the website.

Lawful bases

Depending on the context, processing may be necessary to take steps at your request before entering a contract, to perform a contract, to comply with a legal obligation, or for legitimate interests such as responding to B2B enquiries, researching an organisation for agreed professional work, keeping appropriate records and protecting the business. Where processing is based on consent, you can withdraw that consent.

Client review and portfolio data

The data-protection role for information supplied during a review depends on the engagement. I may act as an independent controller for my own business administration and professional analysis, and may act as a processor where an implementation partner instructs me to handle personal data solely on its behalf. The engagement terms or a data processing agreement will set out the applicable role, instructions, security and deletion arrangements where required.

Google Analytics

If you accept analytics, this site uses Google Analytics 4, provided by Google, to understand how visitors use ProperBizFix. This may include pages viewed, traffic source, device and browser information, approximate location and interactions such as clicks on email or project links.

Analytics is optional. Google Analytics is not loaded by this site unless you accept analytics. I do not intentionally send names, email addresses or other directly identifying information to Google Analytics. Analytics is used to understand site use and improve the website, not for advertising or behavioural profiling.

The use of optional analytics storage is based on your consent. You can change or withdraw that choice at any time using Cookie settings. See the Cookies page for more information.

Who receives personal data

I use third-party services to operate the website and communicate about work. These include Google Analytics when you consent to analytics, email services, the website hosting provider and FormSubmit for the website enquiry form. Project-specific tools are agreed where relevant. Those providers may process personal data under their own terms or on my behalf.

When you use the “Send one account” form, the information you enter is transmitted through FormSubmit so it can be delivered to ProperBizFix by email. Do not send CRM logins, raw customer records or a system snapshot through this public form. See FormSubmit privacy information.

International processing

Some service providers may process information outside the UK. Where UK data protection law requires safeguards for an international transfer, I rely on the transfer arrangements provided by the relevant service provider and applicable UK transfer mechanisms.

How long I keep information

I keep enquiry, project and business records only for as long as they are needed for the purpose for which they were collected, legal or accounting obligations, or the establishment or defence of legal claims. Project-specific retention or deletion periods can be agreed for an engagement. Analytics data follows the retention settings configured in Google Analytics.

Your rights

Depending on the circumstances and lawful basis, you may have rights to access your personal data, correct it, ask for it to be deleted, restrict its use, receive certain data in a portable format, or object to processing. If I process your personal data on the basis of legitimate interests, you have the right to object to that processing.

Where processing is based on consent, you can withdraw consent at any time. To ask a question or exercise a right, email properbizfix@gmail.com.

Complaints

If you have concerns about how I use personal data, please contact me first if you are comfortable doing so. You also have the right to complain to the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO), the UK data protection regulator.

Changes

I may update this notice when the website, services, suppliers or use of personal data changes. Last reviewed: 13 September 2026.