Privacy & User Consent

Welcome to our website. If you continue to browse and use this website you are agreeing to comply with and be bound by the following terms and conditions of use, which together with our privacy policy govern ICPA’s relationship with you in relation to this website.

The term www.icpa.org.uk or “us” or “we” refers to the owner of the website whose registered office is 79 Victoria Road, Rayleigh, Essex, SS6 8EQ. Our company registration number is 04207047 registered in England and Wales. The term “you” refers to the user or viewer of our website.

Additional forms

We sometimes may request additional information from users on forms. Users have to provide contact information (such as name and delivery address) and financial information (such as credit card number and expiry date). This information is used for billing purposes and to enable professional indemnity insurance requests. If we have trouble processing an order, this contact information is used to get in touch with the user.

Cookies

A cookie is a small text file written to your hard drive that contains information about your account on this Website. Cookies do not contain any personal information about users. During the course of your visit to this Website, the pages you see, along with a cookie, are downloaded to your device. Cookies enable us to collect useful information such as the device a user is using and whether they have visited the website before. This is done on a repeat visit by checking to see, and finding, the cookie left there on the last visit.

How does ICPA use cookies?

Information gathered from cookies helps us to analyse the behaviour of our visitors and their online behaviour and patterns. This means we can provide you with a better community and user experience by tailoring our site to your needs. We are constantly looking for ways to improve and information from cookies is critical for this.

Cookies do not give us any personal information about you or your business. They simply allow us to see which areas of the site are working well i.e. visited most and which content is most of interest.

Cookies also allow you to have a more seamless experience of using the site i.e. you remain logged in for entire sessions or multiple user sessions, removing the need to remember usernames and passwords on a regular basis. Our session cookies are therefore essential to the functionality and usability of our site.

How to reject cookies?

If you wish to restrict or block the cookies which are set by our website, you can do this through your browser settings. The Help function within your browser should tell you how. For information on how to do this on the browser of your mobile phone you will need to refer to your handset manual.

Information Collection and Use

The ICPA is a membership organisation dedicated to enhancing and promoting the work of Accountants in Practice within the UK. We do this by providing significant benefits to members either generated by ourselves or provided to our members either for no additional cost or by way of discounts against the cost. Personal data is defined as “information which relates to a living individual and from which they can be identified, either directly or indirectly” and the personal date we collect relates to FOUR categories:

Members, Ex-Members, Applicants and Prospective Members.

Member’s Personal Data we collect and hold:

  • Name
  • Address
  • Practice Name
  • Practice Address
  • Accountancy Qualifications held and Institute Membership Details
  • Date of Birth
  • Email Address
  • Telephone Contact Number
  • Practice Website Address
  • Practice Partners Names and Date of Birth
  • Practice Website details
  • Money Laundering Registration Details
  • Referees Name and Address
  • Professional Indemnity Insurance Policy Details
  • Bank Account and Credit/Debit Card details
  • Discipline Interactions and Client Complaints

Ex-Members Personal data we collect and hold:

  • Name
  • Address
  • Practice Name
  • Practice Address
  • Accountancy Qualifications held and Institute Membership Details
  • Date of Birth
  • Email Address
  • Telephone Contact Number
  • Practice Website Address
  • Practice Partners Names and Date of Birth
  • Practice Website details
  • Money Laundering Registration Details
  • Referees Name and Address
  • Professional Indemnity Insurance Policy Details
  • Bank Account and Credit/Debit Card details
  • Discipline Interactions and Client Complaints

Applicant’s data we hold

  • Name
  • Address
  • Practice Name
  • Practice Address
  • Accountancy Qualifications held and Institute Membership Details
  • Date of Birth
  • Email Address
  • Telephone Contact Number
  • Practice Website Address
  • Practice Partners Names and Date of Birth
  • Practice Website details
  • Money Laundering Registration Details
  • Referees Name and Address
  • Professional Indemnity Insurance Policy Details
  • Bank Account and Credit/Debit Card details

The application forms that form the basis of the personal data the ICPA will hold can be reviewed and established easily and freely by reviewing the ICPA Application Forms readily available on our website. We process personal data when application is made to join the ICPA and if accepted we will use this data to provide each member with their Membership Benefits available at and throughout their membership period as the application is deemed to provide consent to so do.

We hold members personal data throughout their period of membership and for a period of 10 years post membership EXCEPT for Bank and Credit/Debit card details which will be deleted when membership is ended. We retain data for 10 years in case of requests for information from regulatory authorities and legitimate reasons in relation to re applications.

We hold Applicants details for 10 years where their application has been rejected EXCEPT for Bank and Credit/Debit card details which will be deleted when application to join is rejected. We retain data for 10 years in case further attempts are made to join the ICPA or in response to regulatory requests form the authorities.

For Prospective Members we hold Names, Practice Names, Email Address and Address details and we only address marketing activities to Accountants in Practice and we make clear opt-out provision for any Accountant to opt out.