Effective Date: October 15, 2026
Last Updated: October 22, 2026
Simple Concepts Consulting (“Simple Concepts,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) respects the privacy of individuals whose personal information we receive in connection with our website and business activities. This Privacy Notice explains how we collect, use, disclose, retain, and protect personal information and describes the rights that may be available to individuals under applicable privacy laws.
This Privacy Notice applies to personal information collected through our website, www.simple-concepts.com, and in connection with inquiries, prospective and existing business relationships, and other interactions with Simple Concepts.
This Privacy Notice does not describe our processing of employee personal information or personal information that we process solely on behalf of a client under the client’s instructions.
1. Who We Are
Simple Concepts Consulting is a consulting business located in Washington State, United States.
Simple Concepts Consulting, LLC
8822 122nd Ave NE
Kirkland, WA 98033
United States
Email: privacy@simple-concepts.com
For purposes of applicable data-protection laws, Simple Concepts is the controller of personal information where we determine why and how that information is processed.
2. Personal Information We Collect
The personal information we collect depends on how you interact with us.
We may collect the following categories of information:
Contact and identification information
This may include your name, company or organization, position or job title, business email address, telephone number, mailing address, and other contact information you provide to us.
Business and communications information
If you contact us or do business with us, we may collect information contained in communications with you, inquiries you submit, information relating to a prospective or existing business relationship, and other information you choose to provide.
Website and device information
When you visit our website, we and our service providers may receive information such as your IP address, browser and device information, website usage information, pages visited, referring website or source, and information collected through cookies and similar technologies.
Our use of cookies and similar technologies is described more fully in our Cookie Policy. Where applicable law requires consent for nonessential cookies or similar technologies, we will obtain consent before activating those technologies.
Information from third parties
We may receive business contact information from clients, prospective clients, business partners, service providers, publicly available business sources, or other persons or organizations in the ordinary course of our business.
3. How and Why We Use Personal Information
We use personal information only where we have an appropriate business or legal reason to do so.
| Purpose | Information generally involved | Legal basis under UK/EU data-protection law |
|---|---|---|
| Responding to inquiries and requests | Contact and communications information | Legitimate interests in responding to business inquiries and, where applicable, taking steps before entering into a contract |
| Providing services and managing client relationships | Contact, business and communications information | Performance of a contract or steps related to a contract; legitimate interests in managing business relationships |
| Communicating with clients, prospective clients and business contacts | Contact and business information | Legitimate interests in conducting and developing our business; consent where required |
| Operating and securing our website and systems | Device, technical, security and usage information | Legitimate interests in operating and protecting our website and information systems |
| Website analytics and performance measurement | Website, device and usage information | Consent where required for analytics cookies or similar technologies |
| Advertising and marketing measurement | Website, device and interaction information | Consent where required |
| Meeting legal, regulatory, contractual and compliance requirements | Information relevant to the applicable requirement | Compliance with legal obligations and legitimate interests |
| Establishing, exercising or defending legal claims and protecting our rights | Information relevant to the matter | Legitimate interests in protecting our legal and business interests |
Where we rely on consent, you may withdraw that consent at any time. Withdrawal does not affect processing that lawfully occurred before consent was withdrawn.
Where we rely on legitimate interests, we consider those interests together with the interests, rights, and freedoms of the individuals whose information we process.
4. Cookies and Similar Technologies
Our website uses cookies and similar technologies for website operation and security and, with consent where required, analytics, functionality, embedded media, and marketing or advertising measurement.
Third-party technologies on our website may include services provided by Google, LinkedIn, Vimeo, Cloudflare, and Hotjar.
Visitors can manage nonessential cookies through our control. Our Cookie Policy provides additional information about the technologies used, their purposes, and available choices.
5. How We Share Personal Information
We may disclose personal information to organizations that assist us in operating our website or business or providing services.
These may include:
- Website hosting, security, and technology providers;
- Cloud and information-technology providers;
- Analytics providers;
- Communications and business software providers;
- Professional advisers, such as attorneys and accountants;
- Clients or business partners where disclosure is appropriate to the relevant relationship;
- Government agencies, courts, law-enforcement authorities, or other parties where disclosure is required or permitted by law; and
- A successor or other appropriate party in connection with a sale, merger, restructuring, or similar corporate transaction.
We expect service providers that process personal information on our behalf to protect that information appropriately and to use it only for authorized purposes.
Our internal data protection policy similarly provides that personal information should be protected against unauthorized access and should not be distributed to parties other than authorized recipients, subject to legitimate legal requests.
6. International Processing and Transfers
Simple Concepts is located in the United States. As a result, personal information that you provide to Simple Concepts may be processed in the United States.
Some of our service providers may also process information in the United States or other countries outside the country in which you are located.
Where applicable law requires safeguards for an international transfer of personal information, we take appropriate measures to address those requirements.
You may contact us using the information below if you have questions about international processing of your personal information.
7. How Long We Keep Personal Information
We retain personal information only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes for which it was collected and to satisfy applicable legal, contractual, accounting, security, and compliance requirements.
The appropriate retention period depends on factors such as the nature and purpose of the information, the business relationship involved, contractual requirements, applicable legal obligations, and the need to establish or defend legal claims.
Certain client project information is subject to additional contractual or client-specific retention and deletion requirements.
Simple Concepts’ internal data-protection policy provides for defined retention and destruction practices.
8. How We Protect Personal Information
We use administrative, technical, and organizational measures designed to protect personal information against unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, loss, misuse, or destruction.
Our internal security practices include access controls, employee privacy and security training, security measures for networks and systems, incident-reporting procedures, and data-protection practices.
No method of electronic transmission or storage can be guaranteed to be completely secure, however, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.
9. Your Privacy Rights
Depending upon where you live and the circumstances in which we process your information, applicable law may provide you with rights concerning your personal information.
These rights may include the right to:
- Request access to personal information we hold about you;
- Request correction of inaccurate or incomplete information;
- Request deletion of personal information;
- Request restriction of certain processing;
- Object to certain processing;
- Request portability of certain information;
- Withdraw consent where processing depends upon your consent; and
- Exercise other rights provided by applicable privacy law.
To exercise a privacy right, contact us at:
Please provide sufficient information for us to understand your request and identify the information involved. We may take reasonable steps to verify a request before acting on it where permitted or required by law.
We will not discriminate against you for exercising privacy rights provided by applicable law.
10. Additional Information for Individuals in the European Economic Area and United Kingdom
If the EU GDPR or UK GDPR applies to our processing of your personal information, you may have rights to access, rectify or erase information, restrict or object to certain processing, request portability in qualifying circumstances, and withdraw consent where consent is our legal basis.
The applicable rights depend upon the nature and legal basis of the processing and are subject to exceptions provided by law.
11. Children
Our website and services are intended for businesses and professionals and are not directed toward children.
We do not knowingly use the website to solicit personal information from children.
If you believe a child has provided personal information to us through our website, please contact us.
12. Automated Decision-Making
We do not use personal information collected through our website to make decisions about individuals based solely on automated processing that produce legal or similarly significant effects.
13. Changes to This Privacy Notice
We may update this Privacy Notice as our business practices, technologies, services, or legal obligations change.
When we update the Notice, we will revise the Last Updated date above. Where required by applicable law, we will provide additional notice of material changes.
14. Contact Us
If you have questions about this Privacy Notice, our handling of personal information, or wish to exercise a privacy right, please contact:
Simple Concepts Consulting, LLC
8822 122nd Ave NE
Kirkland, WA 98033
United States
Email: privacy@simple-concepts.com
