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Privacy, explained plainly.

What we collect, why we use it, and the choices you keep when you use Achos or work with a mortgage broker on the platform.

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Identity

Who we are

Achos is operated by Orbits Plus Limited, a UK company registered with Companies House under company number 17080111. Registered office: 82a James Carter Road, Mildenhall, Bury St. Edmunds, England, IP28 7DE. For privacy questions or to exercise your rights, email contact@orbitsplus.co.uk.

This notice covers the public Achos website, product enquiries, broker accounts, support conversations, service administration and platform security logs. It also explains the boundary for mortgage-client records that brokers process through Achos.

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Responsibility

Controller and processor roles

Orbits Plus Limited is the controller for personal data it uses for its own business: website enquiries, marketing preferences, broker account administration, billing/support contacts, job applications and platform security logs.

Where a mortgage broker uses Achos to manage applicants, clients, documents, messages, fact finds or case records, the broker is normally the controller for that mortgage-client data. Achos processes it for the broker under contract and the broker's instructions. Mortgage clients should also read the privacy notice supplied by their broker or adviser.

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What we collect

We use the contact details and message you submit to respond to your enquiry and manage the conversation. Providing optional company and telephone information is your choice. Please do not include mortgage-client financial records, identity documents or other sensitive information in this form.

For broker users and client-portal users, the platform may process account identifiers, authentication records, role and permission settings, security events, audit logs, device/session details, support requests and usage records needed to operate, protect and improve the service.

For mortgage-client records, the categories depend on what the broker asks for and what the client chooses to provide. They may include contact details, family and residency details, income, expenditure, credit, property, document and message information relevant to a mortgage journey.

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Marketing and measurement

Marketing emails and your preferences

We record contact provenance, sending eligibility and your marketing choices. We use an applicable documented lawful basis for business outreach; consent is required where the applicable electronic-marketing rules require it. A listed or publicly available business address does not, by itself, establish permission.

Every marketing email includes an unsubscribe link. An objection is applied across Achos marketing lists. We keep a minimal suppression record so that a later import does not accidentally add you back. Essential service communications are separate.

Email and website measurement

Where the applicable permission has been recorded, email image requests and tracked links can show which campaign message a request is associated with. Image proxies, security scanners, forwarding and shared devices mean these records are not proof of who read an email.

Optional first-party website analytics records pages, stable button identifiers, form interaction, scroll milestones and approximate active time. A separate campaign-attribution choice connects a consented visit and enquiry with an email link, including return visits within 30 days. We do not use browser fingerprinting or collect the text you type for analytics.

Optional Google Analytics and Microsoft Clarity diagnostics are a separate choice. They remain off until selected. We do not send campaign recipient identifiers to these services. The campaign-admin workspace does not load either integration.

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Hosting and security

Production infrastructure runs on Microsoft Azure. The Achos production stack is configured in UK South, with secrets held in Azure Key Vault. Platform traffic is protected by TLS, HSTS and secure cookie controls.

Achos uses database-per-tenant isolation, role-based access controls, multi-factor authentication/passkeys where configured, audit logging and rate limiting. Documents and sensitive file assets are encrypted at rest, with file-level authenticated encryption and organisation-specific data encryption keys managed through Azure Key Vault.

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Sharing and suppliers

We use suppliers only where needed to operate the website and platform, such as cloud hosting, email delivery, payment processing, analytics where consented, address lookup, maps and support operations. Where Achos acts as a processor, broker-client data is used only to provide the service to that broker, unless the law requires otherwise.

We do not sell personal data. We do not use mortgage-client data to make automated mortgage decisions; brokers and advisers remain responsible for advice, suitability and lender submissions.

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Retention and access

Campaign raw engagement events are retained for up to 90 days and reporting summaries for up to 13 months under the campaign retention policy. Import files are temporary and exports expire. Minimal suppression records remain while needed to honour an objection. Enquiry and service records follow their applicable business and legal retention requirements.

Broker-client records follow the broker's retention instructions, contractual obligations and applicable legal/regulatory requirements. Access is limited to authorised personnel and audited where appropriate.

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Your choices and rights

You can change optional website measurement at any time using the privacy choices control. Withdrawing consent stops future optional collection. Contact us to request access, correction, deletion or restriction, or to object to direct marketing. We may need to verify your identity before disclosing records.

If your request relates to information held for a mortgage broker, contact that broker first so they can identify the right case record and privacy notice. We will support broker-controller requests in line with our processor obligations.

You can also raise a concern with the Information Commissioner's Office.

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ICO registration

Orbits Plus Limited is registered with the Information Commissioner's Office under data-protection registration reference ZC128788. The registration certificate records a registration date of 20 April 2026 and an expiry date of 19 April 2027.

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