Welcome to the SquaredUp privacy policy.
Squared Up Ltd (“SquaredUp”, “we”, “us” or “our”) respects your privacy and is committed to protecting your personal data.
Squared Up Ltd is a company incorporated in England and Wales (company number 07834869). Our registered office is Building 4, Foundation Park, Roxborough Way, Maidenhead, SL6 3UD.
This privacy policy explains how we collect, use, store, share, and protect your personal data when you:
For the purposes of data protection law, we act as a data controller. We are registered with the UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) under registration number ZA538404.
1. The Data We Collect
Identity and Contact Data
Account Data
Recruitment Data
Technical and Usage Data
Product Usage and Telemetry Data
When you use our software, we collect information about how you interact with it, including:
Some telemetry is essential for security and service functionality. Non‑essential telemetry is collected only with your consent.
Marketing and Communications Data
2. How We Use Your Personal Data
To provide our services
Including account management, onboarding, support, and service delivery.
Legal basis: Performance of a contract; legitimate interests.
To respond to enquiries
Legal basis: Legitimate interests.
To improve our products and services
Including troubleshooting, analytics, and feature development.
Legal basis: Legitimate interests; consent (where required).
For product analytics and telemetry
We analyse how users interact with our software to improve performance, identify issues, and develop new functionality.
Legal basis: Legitimate interests; consent (for non‑essential analytics).
For marketing and business development
In a B2B context, we may contact you about our services.
Legal basis: Legitimate interests or consent (depending on context).
For recruitment
Legal basis: Legitimate interests.
To comply with legal obligations
Legal basis: Legal obligation.
3. Cookies and Tracking Technologies
We use cookies and similar technologies to distinguish you from other users, operate our websites, and improve your experience.
We use the following categories of cookies:
Non‑essential cookies are only placed on your device with your consent. You can manage or withdraw your consent at any time via our cookie settings tool.
We also use similar technologies such as local storage, SDK identifiers, and server‑side analytics, which operate in a similar way to cookies.
Name | Provider | Purpose | Category | Duration | First / Third Party | Consent Required |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ARRAffinity / ARRAffinitySameSite | Microsoft Azure | Load balancing and session routing | Strictly Necessary | Session | Third Party | No |
| AWSALB / AWSALBCORS | AWS | Session persistence across AWS infrastructure | Strictly Necessary | 7 days | Third Party | No |
| vercel_sess / vercel_live | vercel_sess / vercel_live | Routing, performance optimisation, edge session handling | Strictly Necessary | Session – 7 days | Third Party | No |
| cf_clearance / cf_bm | cf_clearance / cf_bm | Security, bot management, traffic validation | Strictly Necessary | 30 mins – 1 year | Third Party | No |
| __cfruid | Cloudflare | Rate limiting and security | Strictly Necessary | Session | Third Party | No |
| _ga | Google Analytics 4 | Distinguishes unique users | Analytics | 24 months | First Party | Yes |
| ga\<container-id> | Google Analytics 4 | Maintains session state | Analytics | 24 months | First Party | Yes |
| _gid | Google Analytics | Tracks user behaviour | Analytics | 24 hours | First Party | Yes |
| _gat / gat_gtag* | Google Analytics | Throttles request rate | Analytics | 1 minute | First Party | Yes |
| GA4 Local Storage Keys | Google Analytics 4 | Stores identifiers and session data | Analytics | Persistent | First Party | Yes |
| ajs_anonymous_id | Segment | Anonymous analytics identifier | Analytics | 12 months | Third Party | Yes |
| ajs_user_id | Segment | Identifies logged‑in users | Analytics | 12 months | Third Party | Yes |
| ajs_group_id | Segment | Identifies organisations/teams | Analytics | 12 months | Third Party | Yes |
| Amplitude Device ID | Amplitude | Device‑level usage analytics | Analytics | 12–24 months | Third Party | Yes |
| Amplitude Session ID | Amplitude | Session analytics | Analytics | Session | Third Party | Yes |
| pardot | Pardot (Salesforce Marketing Cloud) | Identifies visitors and tracks marketing engagement | Marketing | Session | Third Party | Yes |
| pi_opt_in | Pardot (Salesforce Marketing Cloud) | Records consent preferences for marketing tracking | Marketing | 12 months | Third Party | Yes |
| visitor_id\<account-id> | Pardot (Salesforce Marketing Cloud) | Unique visitor identifier for lead tracking | Marketing | 12 months | Third Party | Yes |
| visitor_id\<account-id>-hash | Pardot (Salesforce Marketing Cloud) | Hashed version of visitor ID for security | Marketing | 12 months | Third Party | Yes |
| zendesk_session | Zendesk | Support portal login and session management | Strictly Necessary | Session | Third Party | No |
| ZD-buid / ZD-suid | Zendesk | Support portal analytics and performance tracking | Analytics | 12 months | Third Party | Yes |
| Local Storage (Segment, Amplitude) | Browser | Stores analytics identifiers | Analytics | Persistent | First Party | Yes |
4. Sharing Your Personal Data
We may share your personal data with:
Service Providers (Processors)
Including providers of:
Professional Advisers
Lawyers, auditors, insurers, and consultants.
Authorities
Regulators such as HMRC and the ICO, where required.
Business Transfers
In connection with mergers, acquisitions, or asset sales.
Sub‑processors
We maintain a list of our current sub‑processors, including their locations and purposes, at: https://docs.squaredup.com/billing-subscriptions/policies/data-sub-processors
All third parties are required to respect the security of your personal data and process it in accordance with the law.
5. International Transfers
Some of our service providers are located outside the UK and the European Economic Area (EEA), including in the United States.
When we transfer your personal data internationally, we ensure an equivalent level of protection by using one or more of the following safeguards:
Categories of data transferred may include account data, telemetry data, analytics data, and support information.
Our sub‑processor list (including international locations) is available at: https://docs.squaredup.com/billing-subscriptions/policies/data-sub-processors
6. Data Security
We implement appropriate technical and organisational measures to protect your personal data, including:
7. Data Retention
We retain personal data only for as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes for which it was collected, including to meet any legal, regulatory, tax, accounting, or reporting requirements.
When determining how long to retain personal data, we consider:
In general:
In some circumstances, we may anonymise personal data so that it can no longer be associated with an identifiable individual. We may use such anonymised information indefinitely without further notice.
8. Your Legal Rights
You have rights under data protection law, including:
You may lodge a complaint with the UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO).
9. Third‑Party Links
Our websites may include links to third‑party websites. We are not responsible for their privacy practices.
10. Contact Us
If you have any questions about this policy or wish to exercise your rights, please contact us:
Squared Up Ltd Email: [email protected]
Telephone: +44 (0) 1628 947 847
Postal address: Pearce Building West Street Maidenhead SL6 1RL United Kingdom
11. Changes to This Policy
We may update this policy from time to time. Any changes will be posted on this page with an updated revision date. Where appropriate, we will notify you of significant changes.