Privacy Policy
This Privacy Policy sets out the data processing practices of Beaconsoft Ltd and its subsidiaries worldwide (henceforth referred to in this document as “Beaconsoft”). Please note that all data thus captured will be used and held in compliance with the requirements of the UK Data Protection Act 2018. Beaconsoft trades under the name of Veracity Trust Network in the UK and similar names in other territories.
This policy is focused on our relationship with our customers and business partners, not the solutions and services we provide. If you want to see the privacy policy for our solutions, please go to this page.
1. About Beaconsoft
We are a UK headquartered software organisation providing AI-based cybersecurity solutions and associated services, led by customer-first principles and a code of ethics.
Beaconsoft Limited is registered with Companies House, in England & Wales; registration number 10209657.
Beaconsoft Limited’s registered address is 71-75 Shelton Street, Covent Garden, London, UK, WC2H 9JQ.
You can contact Beaconsoft Limited using the contact details on our website at Contact.
For data shared with Beaconsoft for the purposes of doing business (such as name, email address, contact details), either directly, via our public-facing websites or through our trading partners, Beaconsoft is the controller. If you have any requests concerning your personal data or any queries with regard to how we handle your data, you can contact the DPO by email [email protected] or write to us at Data Processing Officer, Beaconsoft Ltd, Studio 11, 30-38 Dock Street, Leeds, LS10 1JF. Our Data Protection Officer is Martin Barker.
2. Information we collect and control
We only collect the information that we actually need. Some of that is information that you actively give us when you sign up for an account, register for an event, ask for customer support, or purchase something from us or one of our authorised resellers, referral partners or channel partners. We store your name and contact information using the legitimate interest lawful bases; but we don’t store credit card numbers (except with your permission and in one of our secured payment gateways).
When you visit one of our websites, we automatically log some basic information such as how you got to the site, where you navigated within it, and behaviours on the site protected by our software, and what features and settings you use. We use this information to improve our websites and services and to drive new product development.
Sometimes we receive information indirectly. If you ask about our products through one of our authorised resellers, referral partners or channel partners, or sign in to one of our products through an authentication service provider like LinkedIn or Google, they’ll pass on your contact information to us. We’ll use that information to complete the request that you made.
If you engage with our brand on social media (for instance, liking, commenting, retweeting, mentioning, or following us), we’ll have access to your interactions and profile information. We may maintain a copy of that information outside the social network even if you later remove it from the social media site.
3. What we do with your information
We use your information to provide the services you’ve requested (either directly or via our authorised resellers, referral partners or channel partners), create and maintain your accounts, and monitor for unauthorised activity on your accounts. We also use it to communicate with you (either directly or via our authorised resellers, referral partners or channel partners) about the products you’re currently using, your customer support requests, new products you may like, opportunities for you to give us feedback, and policy updates. If you have opted out of receiving marketing communications then we will not send those to you. We analyse the information we collect to understand user needs and to improve our websites and services.
We have a legitimate interest in collecting and processing your information. In most cases, we either have your consent or need the information to provide the service you’ve requested from us. We will always adhere to UK law and EU regulations in processing your data.
You can decline certain kinds of information use either by not providing the information in the first place or by opting out later. You can also disable cookies to prevent your browser from giving us information, but if you do so, certain website features may not work properly. We completely disable non-essential and intrusive third-party cookies from all of our websites by default. We do not use cookies for advertising.
We limit access to your personal information to our employees and contractors who have a legitimate need to use it. If we share your information with other parties (like developers, service providers, domain registrars, and reselling partners), they must have appropriate security measures and a valid reason for using your information, typically to serve you.
The UK and the European Economic Area (EEA) provides certain rights to data subjects (including access, rectification, erasure, restriction of processing, data portability, and the right to object and to complain). Beaconsoft undertakes to provide you the same rights no matter where you choose to live.
We keep your personal information for as long as it is required for the purposes stated in this Privacy Policy. When we no longer have a legitimate need to process your information, we will delete, anonymize, or isolate your information, whichever is appropriate.
4. Communications and updates
When you supply your personal information for marketing, you are agreeing to receive regular news and updates about Beaconsoft, invitations to events and updates about our products and services.
We would like to use your personal data to send you details of products or services that we offer that we have identified as likely to be of interest to you. We will only send you information in line with the preferences you indicated when you provided the personal data.
If at any point you would like to opt-out of receiving communications from us, or would like to change the channels (such as email or post) that we use to contact you, please contact us at [email protected], or by writing to us at Data Processing Officer, Beaconsoft Ltd, Studio 11, 30-38 Dock Street, Leeds, LS10 1JF.
5. Legal basis
If you would like more information, you can read more about the lawful grounds for processing personal data on the UK ICO’s website.
5.1 “Consent” means that you have agreed to let us process your personal data, in the form of an opt-in or disclaimer, as explained at the point of data collection. You can change your mind at any time.
5.1.1 You can change your mind and withdraw your consent so we can no longer process your personal data by contacting us at [email protected], or by writing to us at Data Processing Officer, Beaconsoft Ltd, Studio 11, 30-38 Dock Street, Leeds, LS10 1JF.
5.1.2 If you’d like to stop receiving marketing communications, you can click the unsubscribe or opt-out option in any marketing communications from us. Alternatively, contact us at [email protected] or write to us at Data Processing Officer, Beaconsoft Ltd, Studio 11, 30-38 Dock Street, Leeds, LS10 1JF.
5.2 “Legitimate Interest” means we have a legitimate business interest to use your data and we feel that this use is of benefit to you and is something you would expect. We will also offer you the option to opt-out if you choose.
5.3 “Contract” means we need to process your data in relation to a contract between us and you (for example, your Veracity subscription).
5.4 “Legal Obligation” means that we have to process the personal data in order to comply with the law.
6. How do we process your personal information?
We collect and process your personal data as follows and on the basis of Legitimate Interest and/or Consent data when using our website. When data is collected by the use of our solutions and services it is under the Legal Obligation of the company that is using Beaconsoft as a Data Processor:
Examples of how we use data from our public-facing website are listed below:
“Book a demo” Booking you a demonstration.
“Contact us” Contacting you at your request.
“Registration” Signing you up for a Veracity account.
“Using our customers website” Record nonidentifiable data and your IP Address. Lawful Obligation or Legitimate Interest bases of the customer using the product.
7. Sharing your personal data
7.1 We won’t share your personal data with third parties for marketing purposes without your consent.
7.2 We may share your personal data with:
Any other trading arm or subsidiary of Beaconsoft, as stated in the intro to this Privacy Notice.
Our business partners, suppliers and subcontractors as part of our relationship with you, and after confirming that they will only process your information on our instruction and while using appropriate security.
Our auditors, legal advisers and other professional advisors or service providers.
Credit reference agencies..
7.3 In the case of personal data obtained via our websites or the Veracity app:
analytics and search engine providers that assist us in monitoring usage of our websites, subject to our cookie notice below.
8. Disclosing your personal information
8.1 We may share your information with third parties:
If we sell or buy assets, in which case we may disclose your personal information to the prospective buyer or seller, subject to the terms of this privacy notice.
If the assets of Beaconsoft or any organisations which are part of Beaconsoft are acquired by a third party and subscribers and contacts are one of the transferred assets.
If we are legally required to share your personal data, or in order to enforce or apply our contractual terms and conditions with you.
To protect the rights, property, and safety of Beaconsoft and others. This includes sharing your personal information with other organisations for the purposes of fraud protection, credit risk reduction and preventing cybercrime.
9. Transfer of your personal information
If we transfer or store your data within or outside of the European Economic Areas (the 28 Member States of the European Union plus Iceland, Lichtenstein and Norway), we will take steps to make sure that your data is protected as if it were stored in the UK and following UK General Data Protection Regulations.
10. Retention periods
We won’t keep your personal data any longer than we need to. You can take a look at our data retention policy by emailing [email protected], or by writing to us at Data Processing Officer, Beaconsoft Ltd, Studio 11, 30-38 Dock Street, Leeds, LS10 1JF
11. Your data matters
You have rights in respect of your personal data. We will need to confirm your identity before we can consider your request so if you wish to exercise any of these rights, we may need to see some form of ID, like your passport or driving licence.
The right to be informed – you have the right to be told about the collection and use of the personal data you provide. This privacy policy and our GDPR Compliance Policy sets out the purpose for which we process your personal data, how long we will keep your data, who we will share your data with. If you have any questions on how and why we process your data please contact us by emailing us at [email protected]. If you want to know more about this right, the UK Information Commissioner’s Office has more guidance on their website: https://ico.org.uk/
Right of access – you have the right to know whether we are processing your personal data, and to a copy of that data. We would need as much information as possible to enable us to locate your data. We will respond to your request within 28 days of receipt of your request. If you want to exercise this right, please contact us by emailing us at [email protected]. If you want to know more about this right, the UK Information Commissioner’s Office has more guidance on their website: https://ico.org.uk/
Right to rectification – you have the right to have any incorrect personal data corrected or completed if it is incomplete. You can make this request verbally or in writing. We will need as much information as possible to enable us to locate your data. We will look at any request and inform you of our decision within 28 days of receiving the request. If you want to exercise this right, please contact us by emailing us at [email protected]. If you want to know more about this right, the UK Information Commissioner’s Office has more guidance on their website: https://ico.org.uk/
Right to erasure – this right, often referred to as the right to be forgotten allows you to ask us to erase personal data where there is no valid reason for us to keep it. We will look at any request and inform you of our decision within 28 days of receiving the request. If you want to exercise this right, please contact the DPO at the contact details above. If you want to know more about this right, please contact us by emailing us at [email protected]. If you want to know more about this right, the UK Information Commissioner’s Office has more guidance on their website: https://ico.org.uk/
Right to restrict processing – you have the right to ask us to restrict processing of your data. We will look at any request and inform you of our decision within 28 days of receiving the request. If you want to exercise this right, please contact the DP at the contact details above. If you want to know more about this right please contact us by emailing us at [email protected]. If you want to know more about this right, the UK Information Commissioner’s Office has more guidance on their website: https://ico.org.uk/
Right to data portability – you have the right to move, copy or transfer your personal data from one IT environment to another. This right applies to data that you have provided to us and that we are processing on the legal basis of consent or in the performance of a contract and that processing is by automated means. We will respond to your request within 28 days of receipt of your request. If you want to exercise this right, please contact the DPO at the contact details above. If you want to know more about this right, please contact us by emailing us at [email protected]. If you want to know more about this right, the UK Information Commissioner’s Office has more guidance on their website: https://ico.org.uk/
Right to object – you have the right to object to our processing of your personal data based on (i) legitimate interests, or for the performance of a task in the public interests/exercise of official authority (including profiling); (ii) direct marketing (including profiling); and (iii) for purposes of scientific/historical research and statistics.
Legitimate interests/legal task – your objection should be based on your particular situation. We can continue to process the data if we can demonstrate compelling, legitimate grounds which override your interests.
Direct marketing – you have an absolute right to ask us to stop processing for the purposes of direct marketing. We will action your request as soon as possible.
Scientific/historical research and statistics – your objection should be based on your particular situation. If we are conducting research where the processing is necessary for the performance of a public task, we can refuse to comply with your objection.
If you want to exercise this right, please please contact us by emailing us at [email protected]. If you want to know more about this right, the UK Information Commissioner’s Office has more guidance on their website: https://ico.org.uk/
Rights relating to automated decision making including profiling – you have the right in respect of automated decision making, including profiling. Where we carry out solely automated decision making, including profiling, which has legal or similarly significant effects on you, we can only do this if it is in connection with a contract with you, we have a right under law or you have provided your explicit consent. We will tell you if this happens and tell you how you can request human intervention or challenge the decision. If you want to exercise this right, please contact us by emailing us at [email protected]. If you want to know more about this right, the UK Information Commissioner’s Office has more guidance on their website: https://ico.org.uk/
12. Your right to lodge a complaint to the supervisory authority
If you are unhappy with any aspect of our handling of your data you can make a complaint to the UK Information Commissioner’s Office at https://ico.org.uk/concerns/
13. Cookies
A cookie is a small piece of information sent by a web server to a web browser, which enables the server to collect information from the browser. We utilise 2 technologies that match this condition, cookies and local storage cookies my be transferable between different websites LocalStorage is not.
We use cookies to identify you when you visit our website and to keep track of your browsing patterns and build up a demographic profile (for example, geographic location from publicly available geo data sets). All such data is collected via an opt-in to analytics cookies process in line with applicable privacy laws. We also use LocalStorage for legal obligation to prevent data breaches and fraud.
Our use of cookies also allows registered users to be presented with a personalised version of the site, carry out transactions and have access to information about their account.
Most browsers will allow you to turn off cookies. If you want to know how to do this please look at the menu on your browser. Please note however that turning off cookies will restrict your use of our website. We also allow users to disable categories of cookies using a cookie consent system on this website.
14. Your Cookie Consent
This website uses cookies. We use cookies to personalise content and ads, to provide social media features and to analyse our traffic. We also share information about your use of our site with our social media, advertising and analytics partners who may combine it with other information that you’ve provided to them or that they’ve collected from your use of their services.
Cookies are small text or data files that can be used by websites to make a user’s experience more efficient.
The law states that we can store cookies on your device if they are strictly necessary for the operation of this site. For all other types of cookies we need your permission.
This site uses different types of cookies. Some cookies are placed by third party services that appear on our pages.
You can at any time change or withdraw your consent from the Cookie Declaration on our website.
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This cookie is used to distinguish between humans and bots. This is beneficial for the website, in order to make valid reports on the use of their website. | 1 day | HTTP Cookie |
| _cfuvid [x3] | Hubspot Vimeo |
This cookie is a part of the services provided by Cloudflare – Including load-balancing, deliverance of website content and serving DNS connection for website operators. | Session | HTTP Cookie |
| 1.gif | Cookiebot | Used to count the number of sessions to the website, necessary for optimizing CMP product delivery. | Session | Pixel Tracker |
| bcheck | veracitytrustnetwork.com | Part of the Veracity Trust Network suite of test marking the browser as not spoofing another browser. this cookie does not store any personal information it just store that the check has been completed. | Session | HTTP Cookie |
| CookieConsent | Cookiebot | Stores the user’s cookie consent state for the current domain | 1 year | HTTP Cookie |
| rc::a | This cookie is used to distinguish between humans and bots. This is beneficial for the website, in order to make valid reports on the use of their website. | Persistent | HTML Local Storage | |
| rc::c | This cookie is used to distinguish between humans and bots. | Session | HTML Local Storage | |
| test_cookie | Pending | 1 day | HTTP Cookie |
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| _ga_# [x2] | Used by Google Analytics to collect data on the number of times a user has visited the website as well as dates for the first and most recent visit. | 2 years | HTTP Cookie | |
| wistia | veracitytrustnetwork.com | Used by the website to track the visitor’s use of video-content – The cookie roots from Wistia, which provides video-software to websites. | Persistent | HTML Local Storage |
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Marketing cookies are used to track visitors across websites. The intention is to display ads that are relevant and engaging for the individual user and thereby more valuable for publishers and third party advertisers.
| Name | Provider | Purpose | Maximum Storage Duration | Type |
| #-# | YouTube | Used to track user’s interaction with embedded content. | Session | HTML Local Storage |
| __Secure-ROLLOUT_TOKEN | YouTube | Pending | 180 days | HTTP Cookie |
| _gcl_au [x3] | Used by Google AdSense for experimenting with advertisement efficiency across websites using their services. | 3 months | HTTP Cookie | |
| i/jot/embeds | Twitter Inc. | Sets a unique ID for the visitor, that allows third party advertisers to target the visitor with relevant advertisement. This pairing service is provided by third party advertisement hubs, which facilitates real-time bidding for advertisers. | Session | Pixel Tracker |
| IDE | Pending | 400 days | HTTP Cookie | |
| iU5q-!O9@$ | YouTube | Registers a unique ID to keep statistics of what videos from YouTube the user has seen. | Session | HTML Local Storage |
| LAST_RESULT_ENTRY_KEY | YouTube | Used to track user’s interaction with embedded content. | Session | HTTP Cookie |
| LogsDatabaseV2:V#||LogsRequestsStore | YouTube | Used to track user’s interaction with embedded content. | Persistent | IndexedDB |
| nextId | YouTube | Used to track user’s interaction with embedded content. | Session | HTTP Cookie |
| NID | Registers a unique ID that identifies a returning user’s device. The ID is used for targeted ads. | 6 months | HTTP Cookie | |
| pagead/1p-user-list/# | Tracks if the user has shown interest in specific products or events across multiple websites and detects how the user navigates between sites. This is used for measurement of advertisement efforts and facilitates payment of referral-fees between websites. | Session | Pixel Tracker | |
| remote_sid | YouTube | Necessary for the implementation and functionality of YouTube video-content on the website. | Session | HTTP Cookie |
| requests | YouTube | Used to track user’s interaction with embedded content. | Session | HTTP Cookie |
| RichHistory | Twitter Inc. | Collects data on visitors’ preferences and behaviour on the website – This information is used make content and advertisement more relevant to the specific visitor. | Session | HTML Local Storage |
| TESTCOOKIESENABLED | YouTube | Used to track user’s interaction with embedded content. | 1 day | HTTP Cookie |
| VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE | YouTube | Tries to estimate the users’ bandwidth on pages with integrated YouTube videos. | 180 days | HTTP Cookie |
| YSC | YouTube | Registers a unique ID to keep statistics of what videos from YouTube the user has seen. | Session | HTTP Cookie |
| ytidb::LAST_RESULT_ENTRY_KEY | YouTube | Used to track user’s interaction with embedded content. | Persistent | HTML Local Storage |
| YtIdbMeta#databases | YouTube | Used to track user’s interaction with embedded content. | Persistent | IndexedDB |
| yt-remote-cast-available | YouTube | Stores the user’s video player preferences using embedded YouTube video | Session | HTML Local Storage |
| yt-remote-cast-installed | YouTube | Stores the user’s video player preferences using embedded YouTube video | Session | HTML Local Storage |
| yt-remote-connected-devices | YouTube | Stores the user’s video player preferences using embedded YouTube video | Persistent | HTML Local Storage |
| yt-remote-device-id | YouTube | Stores the user’s video player preferences using embedded YouTube video | Persistent | HTML Local Storage |
| yt-remote-fast-check-period | YouTube | Stores the user’s video player preferences using embedded YouTube video | Session | HTML Local Storage |
| yt-remote-session-app | YouTube | Stores the user’s video player preferences using embedded YouTube video | Session | HTML Local Storage |
| yt-remote-session-name | YouTube | Stores the user’s video player preferences using embedded YouTube video | Session | HTML Local Storage |
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Unclassified cookies are cookies that we are in the process of classifying, together with the providers of individual cookies.
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| last_plid | script.platform.veracitytrustnetwork.com | Pending | Persistent | HTML Local Storage |
| tester | veracitytrustnetwork.com | Pending | Session | HTTP Cookie |
| veracity | script.platform.veracitytrustnetwork.com | Pending | Persistent | HTML Local Storage |
| veracity:last-action | script.platform.veracitytrustnetwork.com | Pending | Persistent | HTML Local Storage |
| zalb_# [x2] | Zoho | Pending | Session | HTTP Cookie |
15. Changes to this privacy policy
This privacy policy is regularly reviewed and will be updated when necessary. If we make any significant changes to the policy we will communicate these to you.
Any changes will be effective from the publication date, which will also be noted on www.veracitytrustnetwork.com.
This notice was last updated on 7th February 2025.
