Privacy Policy
Who We Are
Yeats is a UK-based real estate development company specialising in commercial and residential property. We focus on industrial parks, urban logistics, self-storage facilities, and hotel developments. Our registered website address is https://www.yeats.com.
This privacy policy explains how Yeats collects, uses, stores, and protects your personal data when you visit our website or engage with our services, in accordance with the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR) and the Data Protection Act 2018.
Data Controller
Yeats is the data controller responsible for your personal data. If you have any questions about this privacy policy or our data practices, please contact us at:
Email: hi@yeats.com
Website: https://www.yeats.com
What Personal Data We Collect
We may collect the following types of personal data depending on how you interact with us:
Information you provide directly: name, email address, telephone number, company name, and any other details you submit through our contact forms or enquiry pages.
Information collected automatically: IP address, browser type and version, operating system, referring website, pages visited on our site, time and date of your visit, and time spent on pages. This data is collected through cookies and similar technologies.
Third-party information: we may receive information about you from third-party sources such as business partners, marketing platforms, and publicly available sources, to the extent permitted by applicable law.
How We Use Your Personal Data
We use your personal data for the following purposes:
To respond to enquiries: when you contact us through the website, we use your details to respond to your message and manage ongoing communication.
To provide our services: processing and managing property-related enquiries, leasing discussions, and business development activities.
To improve our website: analysing how visitors use our site so we can improve its content, layout, and functionality.
To comply with legal obligations: where we are required by law to process or retain your data.
For legitimate business interests: marketing our developments, maintaining business relationships, and ensuring the security of our website.
Lawful Basis for Processing
Under the UK GDPR, we rely on the following lawful bases to process your personal data:
Consent: where you have given us clear consent to process your personal data for a specific purpose, such as subscribing to updates.
Contractual necessity: where processing is necessary to perform a contract with you or to take steps at your request before entering into a contract.
Legitimate interests: where processing is necessary for our legitimate business interests, provided these are not overridden by your rights. This includes responding to enquiries, marketing our services, and improving our website.
Legal obligation: where we need to process your data to comply with a legal requirement.
Cookies
Our website uses cookies to distinguish you from other visitors and to enhance your browsing experience. Cookies are small text files placed on your device when you visit our site.
We use the following types of cookies:
Strictly necessary cookies: required for the operation of our website, such as session management.
Analytical/performance cookies: these allow us to recognise and count visitors and understand how visitors navigate our site, helping us to improve its performance.
Functionality cookies: used to recognise you when you return to our site and personalise content for you.
You can set your browser to refuse all or some cookies, or to alert you when websites set or access cookies. If you disable or refuse cookies, some parts of this website may become inaccessible or not function properly.
Who We Share Your Data With
We do not sell your personal data to third parties. We may share your data with:
Service providers: third-party companies who assist us with website hosting, analytics, email delivery, and IT support. These providers process data only on our instructions and are bound by confidentiality obligations.
Professional advisers: including solicitors, accountants, and insurers where necessary for professional advice or legal compliance.
Business partners: where relevant to a property enquiry or development project, and only with your knowledge.
Legal and regulatory authorities: where required by law or to protect our legal rights.
Data Retention
We retain your personal data only for as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes for which it was collected. Specifically:
Enquiry data: retained for up to 24 months after your last interaction with us, unless there is an ongoing business relationship.
Contractual data: retained for six years after the end of the contract, in accordance with applicable limitation periods.
Website analytics data: retained in anonymised form for up to 26 months.
When your data is no longer required, it will be securely deleted or anonymised.
International Transfers
We primarily store and process your data within the United Kingdom. Where data is transferred outside the UK, we ensure that appropriate safeguards are in place in accordance with UK data protection law, such as standard contractual clauses or adequacy decisions.
Your Rights
Under the UK GDPR, you have the following rights regarding your personal data:
Right of access: you can request a copy of the personal data we hold about you.
Right to rectification: you can request that we correct any inaccurate or incomplete personal data.
Right to erasure: you can request that we delete your personal data where there is no compelling reason for us to continue processing it.
Right to restrict processing: you can request that we limit the processing of your personal data in certain circumstances.
Right to data portability: you can request that we transfer your data to another organisation or directly to you, where technically feasible.
Right to object: you can object to the processing of your personal data where we are relying on legitimate interests as our lawful basis.
Right to withdraw consent: where we rely on consent to process your data, you can withdraw that consent at any time without affecting the lawfulness of processing carried out before withdrawal.
To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at hi@yeats.com. We will respond to your request within one month.
Data Security
We take appropriate technical and organisational measures to protect your personal data against unauthorised access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction. These measures include secure hosting, encrypted connections (SSL/TLS), access controls, and regular security reviews.
Third-Party Links
Our website may contain links to third-party websites. We are not responsible for the privacy practices or content of those websites. We encourage you to read the privacy policy of every website you visit.
Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this privacy policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices or applicable law. Any changes will be posted on this page with an updated revision date. We encourage you to review this policy periodically.
Last updated: February 2026
Complaints
If you are unhappy with how we have handled your personal data, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), the UK supervisory authority for data protection:
Website: https://ico.org.uk
Telephone: 0303 123 1113
We would appreciate the opportunity to address your concerns before you contact the ICO, so please reach out to us first at hi@yeats.com.