Privacy Policy 

Last updated: 18 August 2026
Community Insight Research and Evaluation (CIRE) Consultancy is committed to protecting your privacy and handling your personal information responsibly.
This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, store and protect personal information when you visit our website, contact us, use our services or otherwise interact with us.

1. Who we are

Community Insight Research and Evaluation (CIRE) Consultancy provides research, evaluation and consultancy services to organisations working across health, social care and communities.
For the purposes of UK data protection legislation, including the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR) and the Data Protection Act 2018, Community Insight Research and Evaluation (CIRE) Consultancy is responsible for the personal information we collect and process through this website.

2. What information we collect

We may collect and process personal information that you provide to us directly, including your name, email address, telephone number, organisation and any other information you choose to provide when you contact us, make an enquiry or use our services.

We may also collect certain technical information when you use our website, such as your IP address, browser type, device information and information about how you use and interact with our website.

3. How we use your information

We use your personal information to respond to your enquiries, communicate with you about our services, provide and manage the services you request, and maintain appropriate business and professional records.

We may also use information about how our website is used to understand and improve its performance, content and user experience.

We will only use your personal information where we have a lawful basis to do so under applicable data protection legislation.

4. Our lawful basis for processing your information
 

Under the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR), we must have a lawful basis for processing your personal information. Depending on the nature of our interaction with you, we may process your information on the basis of:

• Consent — where you have given us clear permission to process your information for a specific purpose.

• Contract — where processing is necessary to take steps at your request before entering into a contract with you, or to perform a contract.

• Legitimate interests — where processing is necessary for our legitimate business interests and those interests are not overridden by your rights and freedoms.

• Legal obligation — where we need to process information to comply with a legal or regulatory obligation.

5. How we share your information
 

We do not sell your personal information. We may share personal information with trusted service providers who support our business and website, where this is necessary for them to provide services on our behalf. This may include providers of website hosting, email, website forms and other business or IT services.

 We may also disclose personal information where required or permitted by law, or where necessary to establish, exercise or defend legal claims.

Where we use third-party service providers to process personal information on our behalf, we take appropriate steps to ensure that suitable safeguards are in place to protect that information.

6. How long we keep your information
 

We will keep your personal information only for as long as is reasonably necessary for the purposes for which it was collected, including responding to enquiries, providing services, maintaining appropriate business records and meeting any legal, regulatory or professional requirements.

The length of time we retain information will depend on the nature of our relationship with you and the type of information involved. When personal information is no longer required, we will securely delete or anonymise it.

7. Keeping your information secure
 

We take appropriate technical and organisational measures to protect the personal information we hold against unauthorised access, loss, misuse, alteration or disclosure.

Access to personal information is limited to those who have a legitimate need to access it for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy.

While we take reasonable steps to protect your information, no method of transmitting or storing information electronically can be guaranteed to be completely secure.

8.  Your data protection
 

Under UK data protection law, you have a number of rights in relation to your personal information. These include the right to:

• Access the personal information we hold about you.

• Request correction of inaccurate or incomplete personal information.

• Request erasure of your personal information in certain circumstances.

• Request restriction of the processing of your personal information in certain circumstances.

• Object to processing where we rely on legitimate interests as our lawful basis for processing.

• Request the transfer of your personal information to another organisation, where applicable.

• Withdraw your consent at any time where we rely on consent to process your information.

If you wish to exercise any of these rights, please contact us using the contact details provided below.

9. Cookies and website analytics

Our website may use cookies and similar technologies to help it function properly and to understand how visitors use the site. Cookies are small text files stored on your device when you visit a website.

Where required, we will ask for your consent before placing non-essential cookies on your device. You can manage your cookie preferences through our website's cookie settings or through your browser settings.

We may use website analytics tools to help us understand how visitors use our website and improve its content and performance. Where analytics tools involve the processing of personal information, we will use them in accordance with applicable data protection legislation and our cookie settings.

10. International transfers

Some of the service providers we use may process personal information outside the United Kingdom. Where personal information is transferred outside the UK, we will take appropriate steps to ensure that it is protected in accordance with applicable data protection legislation, including using appropriate safeguards where required.

11. Third-party links

Our website may contain links to third-party websites, including professional organisations, publications, social media platforms and other external resources. These websites operate independently of CIRE and have their own privacy policies and practices.

We are not responsible for the privacy practices or content of third-party websites. We encourage you to read the privacy policy of any external website you visit.

12. Changes to this Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices, services or legal obligations. Any updates will be published on this page, and the “Last updated” date at the top of this Privacy Policy will be amended accordingly.

13. Contact us
 

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, how we handle your personal information, or if you wish to exercise any of your data protection rights, please contact us:
 

Community Insight Research and Evaluation (CIRE) Consultancy
Email: contact@cireconsultancy.co.uk
 

You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO), the UK's independent authority responsible for upholding information rights.