Privacy Policy

Your privacy matters to us. This Privacy Policy explains what personal data is collected when you visit nicolacook.com, how it is used, and your rights under UK data protection law. This policy complies with the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR) and the Data Protection Act 2018.

1. Who Is Responsible for Your Data

The data controller for this website is Aurora Training Limited, a company registered in England and Wales, operating the trading brands Company Shortcuts (training and consultancy) and Aurora Independent Publishing / AIP (books and merchandise). nicolacook.com is a promotional website only; any data you provide in connection with a speaking or consultancy enquiry will be handled by Aurora Training Limited trading as Company Shortcuts.

2. What Data We Collect

Depending on how you interact with this site, we may collect:

• Contact information such as your name, email address, and company name, if you submit an enquiry or reach out through linked platforms.
• Usage data such as pages visited, time on site, referring URLs, and browser/device type, collected anonymously via cookies.
• Any information you voluntarily share through social media channels linked from this site.

3. How We Use Your Data

We use your data to:

• Respond to speaking or consultancy enquiries on behalf of Aurora Training Limited trading as Company Shortcuts.
• Analyse website traffic and improve the performance and content of this promotional site.

We will never sell your personal data to third parties. Any enquiry data passed to Company Shortcuts will be handled in accordance with Aurora Training Limited’s privacy policy, available at companyshortcuts.com. If you purchase books or merchandise via aipbooks.com, that activity is handled separately under AIP’s own privacy policy.

4. Legal Basis for Processing

• Legitimate interests: to respond to enquiries and to understand how this promotional site is used.
• Consent: where you have actively agreed to cookies or submitted a contact form.

5. Cookies

This website uses cookies to improve your experience and to analyse traffic anonymously. By continuing to use the site and accepting the cookie notice, you consent to our use of cookies.

• Analytics cookies: to understand visitor behaviour in aggregate. No personally identifiable information is collected.
• Functionality cookies: to remember preferences and ensure the site works correctly.

You can manage or disable cookies through your browser settings. For more information, visit www.allaboutcookies.org.

6. Third-Party Services

This site works alongside the following third-party services, each governed by their own privacy policies:

• Aurora Training Limited / Company Shortcuts (companyshortcuts.com): handles all training, consultancy, and commercial enquiry data.
• Aurora Independent Publishing / AIP (aipbooks.com): handles all book and merchandise purchases separately.
• Amazon: processes book purchases independently of this website.
• LinkedIn and Facebook: if you interact with Nicola through these platforms, those platforms’ own privacy policies apply.
• WordPress / website hosting provider: powers and hosts this website.
• Website analytics tools (as applicable): collect anonymised usage data.

7. Data Retention

We retain personal data only as long as necessary. Contact and enquiry data is held for a reasonable period to manage any follow-up, then deleted. Website analytics data is typically retained for up to 26 months.

8. Your Rights

Under UK GDPR, you have the right to:

• Access the personal data we hold about you.
• Request correction of inaccurate data.
• Request deletion of your data (“right to be forgotten”).
• Object to or restrict certain processing.
• Withdraw consent at any time where processing is based on consent.
• Complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) at www.ico.org.uk.

To exercise any of these rights, please contact Aurora Training Limited via data-contact@companyshortcuts.com.

9. Data Security

Reasonable technical and organisational measures are in place to protect your data from unauthorised access, loss, or disclosure. However, no internet transmission is entirely secure and we cannot guarantee the absolute security of data sent electronically.

10. Changes to This Policy

This Privacy Policy may be updated periodically. Any changes will appear on this page with a revised date.

11. Contact Us

For any questions about this Privacy Policy or your personal data, please contact Aurora Training Limited via data-contact@companyshortcuts.com.