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Privacy Policy

Last updated: 25 May 2025 — This policy explains how we collect, use, and safeguard your personal data.

1. Who We Are and How to Contact Us

This Privacy Policy is issued by RNU ELECTRICAL SERVICES LTD ("we", "us", "our"), a company registered in England and Wales under Company Number 17152816, with its registered office at 128 City Road, London, United Kingdom, EC1V 2NX.

RNU ELECTRICAL SERVICES LTD is the data controller for all personal data collected through the Green Thumb Academy website at best-duilawyer.com and its associated services. As data controller, we are responsible for determining the purposes and means by which your personal data is processed.

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, wish to exercise your data subject rights, or would like to raise a complaint regarding the handling of your personal data, please contact us:

  • By post: 128 City Road, London, EC1V 2NX
  • Via WhatsApp: wa.me/0790833150
  • Via website: Contact form

2. The Personal Data We Collect

When you interact with Green Thumb Academy, we may collect the following categories of personal data:

  • Identity Data: your first name and last name, as provided during enrolment or contact enquiry;
  • Contact Data: your email address and telephone/mobile number;
  • Technical Data: your IP address, browser type and version, device information, time zone, operating system, and platform collected automatically when you visit our Website;
  • Usage Data: information about how you navigate and interact with the Website, including pages visited, time spent on pages, and referral sources;
  • Communications Data: the content of messages you send us via our contact form or WhatsApp, including any personal information contained therein;
  • Marketing Preferences: your preferences regarding receiving educational and marketing communications from us.

We do not collect any special categories of personal data (also known as sensitive personal data) such as health data, racial or ethnic origin, political opinions, religious beliefs, or biometric data through this Website.

3. How We Collect Your Personal Data

We collect personal data through the following means:

  • Direct interactions: when you complete our enrolment form, submit a contact query, or communicate with us via WhatsApp or email, you provide us with data directly;
  • Automated technologies: as you interact with the Website, we automatically collect Technical Data using cookies and similar technologies. Please see our Cookies section below for more detail;
  • Third parties: we may receive data from analytics providers or advertising networks where applicable.

4. How and Why We Use Your Personal Data

We process your personal data only where we have a lawful basis for doing so under the UK GDPR. The lawful bases we rely upon are:

  • Performance of a contract: to provide you with access to our free gardening course materials and related Services;
  • Legitimate interests: to operate and improve our Website; to detect and prevent fraud or misuse; to respond to your queries; to send you relevant educational updates where we have a legitimate interest to do so and this is not overridden by your rights;
  • Consent: to send you marketing communications where you have opted in; to place non-essential cookies on your device;
  • Legal obligation: to comply with applicable legal requirements, including tax and regulatory obligations.

Specifically, we use your personal data to: process your enrolment; deliver course materials and support communications; respond to your enquiries; manage our relationship with you; improve our Website and Services; and comply with our legal obligations.

5. Disclosure of Your Personal Data

We do not sell, rent, or trade your personal data to third parties. We may share your data with:

  • Service providers: trusted third parties who assist us in operating the Website and delivering our Services, including web hosting providers, email service platforms, and analytics tools. These providers process data on our behalf under contractual obligations consistent with UK GDPR;
  • Professional advisers: solicitors, accountants, auditors, and insurers who provide professional services to the Company, subject to appropriate confidentiality obligations;
  • Regulatory authorities: where required by law, court order, or regulation, including HM Revenue & Customs and Companies House;
  • Business transfers: in the event of a merger, acquisition, or sale of all or part of our business, your data may be transferred to the relevant third party as part of that transaction.

All third-party processors are required to implement appropriate technical and organisational measures to protect your personal data.

6. International Data Transfers

Some of our third-party service providers may be based outside the United Kingdom or European Economic Area. Where we transfer your personal data outside the UK, we ensure an equivalent level of protection by using one or more of the following safeguards: standard contractual clauses approved by the UK Information Commissioner's Office (ICO); transfers to countries with an adequacy decision from the UK Secretary of State; or other legally recognised transfer mechanisms.

7. Data Retention

We retain your personal data only for as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes for which it was collected, including to satisfy any legal, accounting, or reporting requirements. The criteria we use to determine retention periods include:

  • The nature and sensitivity of the personal data;
  • The purposes for which we process the data and whether those purposes can be achieved by other means;
  • The applicable legal retention obligations (for example, financial records must be retained for six years under UK tax law);
  • Any potential disputes or legal proceedings that may make it necessary to retain data for longer periods.

In general, we retain enrolment and contact information for a period of up to three years from your last interaction with our Services, unless a longer period is required by law. Technical and usage data is typically retained for up to 26 months.

8. Cookies and Tracking Technologies

We use cookies and similar technologies to enhance your browsing experience, analyse Website usage, and support our marketing activities. Cookies are small text files placed on your device when you visit the Website.

We use the following types of cookies:

  • Essential cookies: necessary for the Website to function correctly (e.g., session cookies, security cookies). These do not require your consent;
  • Performance and analytics cookies: help us understand how visitors interact with our Website by collecting aggregated, anonymous information. These require your consent;
  • Functional cookies: remember your preferences (such as cookie consent status) to improve your experience.

When you first visit the Website, you will be shown a cookie banner. By clicking "Accept and Continue", you consent to our use of non-essential cookies. You may withdraw this consent at any time by clearing your browser cookies. Please note that disabling certain cookies may affect the functionality of the Website.

9. Your Rights Under UK GDPR

As a data subject, you have the following rights in relation to your personal data:

  • Right of access: to request a copy of the personal data we hold about you;
  • Right to rectification: to request correction of inaccurate or incomplete personal data;
  • Right to erasure: to request deletion of your personal data in certain circumstances (the "right to be forgotten");
  • Right to restriction of processing: to request that we limit the way we use your data in certain circumstances;
  • Right to data portability: to receive your data in a structured, machine-readable format and to have it transferred to another controller where technically feasible;
  • Right to object: to object to processing based on legitimate interests or for direct marketing purposes;
  • Rights related to automated decision-making: we do not engage in solely automated decision-making that produces legal or similarly significant effects.

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us using the details in Section 1. We will respond to verified requests within one calendar month of receipt, though this period may be extended by a further two months where requests are particularly complex or numerous, in which case we will notify you of the extension.

There is no charge for exercising your rights, though we reserve the right to charge a reasonable fee or refuse to act on requests that are manifestly unfounded or excessive.

10. Security of Your Personal Data

We take the security of your personal data seriously and have implemented appropriate technical and organisational measures designed to protect your data against accidental loss, unauthorised access, disclosure, alteration, or destruction. These measures include the use of secure servers, encryption of data in transit (HTTPS), and access controls limiting who within our organisation can access personal data.

Despite our best efforts, no method of transmission over the internet or method of electronic storage is completely secure. We cannot guarantee the absolute security of data transmitted to or from our Website and any such transmission is at your own risk. Once we receive your data, we will use strict procedures and security features to prevent unauthorised access.

In the event of a personal data breach that is likely to result in a risk to your rights and freedoms, we will notify the ICO within 72 hours and, where required, notify you without undue delay.

11. Third-Party Links

Our Website may contain links to third-party websites. This Privacy Policy applies solely to information collected by Green Thumb Academy. When you click through to a third-party website, you leave our Website and your activities on that site are governed by that site's own privacy policy. We encourage you to review the privacy policies of any third-party sites you visit.

12. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices, legal obligations, or regulatory requirements. Any changes will be published on this page with an updated revision date. Where changes are material, we may also notify you by email or through a prominent notice on the Website. We encourage you to review this Policy periodically.

Your continued use of the Website following the posting of revised terms constitutes your acceptance of the changes.

13. Complaints

If you are dissatisfied with how we have handled your personal data, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO), which is the supervisory authority for data protection in the United Kingdom:

  • Website: ico.org.uk
  • Helpline: 0303 123 1113
  • Address: Information Commissioner's Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF

We would, however, appreciate the opportunity to address your concerns before you approach the ICO and invite you to contact us in the first instance.


Data Controller: RNU ELECTRICAL SERVICES LTD, 128 City Road, London, EC1V 2NX | Company No. 17152816

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RNU ELECTRICAL SERVICES LTD

Company No. 17152816

128 City Road, London, United Kingdom, EC1V 2NX

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