Privacy Policy
Last updated: August 19, 2026
At Benson Formations (“we”, “our”, or “us”), we respect your privacy and are committed to protecting your personal data. This privacy policy will inform you as to how we look after your personal data when you visit our website (regardless of where you visit it from) and tell you about your privacy rights and how the law protects you.
1. Important Information and Who We Are
Purpose of this Privacy Policy
This privacy policy aims to give you information on how we collect and process your personal data through your use of this website, including any data you may provide through this website when you sign up for our services, purchase a company formation package, or subscribe to our newsletter.
Controller
Benson Formations is the controller and responsible for your personal data.
If you have any questions about this privacy policy, please contact us using the details set out below:
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Full name of legal entity: Benson Formations
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Email address: office@bensonformations.com
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Postal address: 29 Harbour Exchange Square, Canary Wharf, London, E14 9GE
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Telephone number: +44 203 974 1244
2. The Data We Collect About You
Personal data, or personal information, means any information about an individual from which that person can be identified. We may collect, use, store and transfer different kinds of personal data about you which we have grouped together as follows:
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Identity Data: includes first name, maiden name, last name, username or similar identifier, marital status, title, date of birth, and gender.
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Contact Data: includes billing address, delivery address, email address, and telephone numbers.
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Financial Data: includes bank account and payment card details (processed securely via our payment providers).
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Transaction Data: includes details about payments to and from you and other details of products and services you have purchased from us.
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Technical Data: includes internet protocol (IP) address, your login data, browser type and version, time zone setting and location, browser plug-in types and versions, operating system and platform, and other technology on the devices you use to access this website.
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Profile Data: includes your purchases or orders made by you, your interests, preferences, feedback, and survey responses.
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Usage Data: includes information about how you use our website, products, and services.
3. How Is Your Personal Data Collected?
We use different methods to collect data from and about you including through:
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Direct interactions: You may give us your Identity, Contact, and Financial Data by filling in forms or by corresponding with us by post, phone, email, or otherwise. This includes personal data you provide when you:
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Apply for our company formation or corporate services;
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Create an account on our website;
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Subscribe to our service or publications;
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Request marketing to be sent to you;
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Enter a competition, promotion, or survey; or
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Give us feedback or contact us.
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Automated technologies or interactions: As you interact with our website, we will automatically collect Technical Data about your equipment, browsing actions, and patterns. We collect this personal data by using cookies, server logs, and other similar technologies.
4. How We Use Your Personal Data
We will only use your personal data when the law allows us to. Most commonly, we will use your personal data in the following circumstances:
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Performance of Contract: Where we need to perform the contract we are about to enter into or have entered into with you (e.g., filing your company formation documents with Companies House).
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Legal Obligation: Where we need to comply with a legal or regulatory obligation (e.g., Anti-Money Laundering (AML) checks and “Know Your Customer” (KYC) compliance required for corporate service providers).
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Legitimate Interests: Where it is necessary for our legitimate interests (or those of a third party) and your interests and fundamental rights do not override those interests.
5. Disclosures of Your Personal Data
We may share your personal data with the external third parties set out below for the purposes of running our business:
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Service Providers: Acting as processors who provide IT, system administration, and payment processing services.
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Professional Advisers: Acting as processors or joint controllers including lawyers, bankers, auditors, and insurers who provide consultancy, banking, legal, insurance, and accounting services.
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Government Regulators & Authorities: HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC), Companies House, regulators, and other authorities based in the United Kingdom who require reporting of processing activities in certain circumstances.
6. Data Security
We have put in place appropriate security measures to prevent your personal data from being accidentally lost, used, or accessed in an unauthorized way, altered, or disclosed. In addition, we limit access to your personal data to those employees, agents, contractors, and other third parties who have a business need to know.
7. Your Legal Rights
Under certain circumstances, you have rights under data protection laws in relation to your personal data, including the right to:
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Request access to your personal data.
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Request correction of your personal data.
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Request erasure of your personal data.
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Object to processing of your personal data.
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Request restriction of processing your personal data.
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Request transfer of your personal data.
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Right to withdraw consent.
If you wish to exercise any of the rights set out above, please contact us at office@bensonformations.com.