Privacy policy

Who is the controller

The controller of the personal data described below is the operator of this website. We do not require or offer registration, so there are no user accounts and no profiles held on this site.

Contact for data protection matters

[email protected]

The law that applies

We process personal data in accordance with the UK General Data Protection Regulation, the Data Protection Act 2018 and the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations 2003. The supervisory authority is the Information Commissioner's Office.

What we collect

• Server log data. When a page is requested, our hosting infrastructure records the IP address, the date and time, the requested URL, the referring page where one is sent, the browser user agent and the response status.
• Measurement data. An internal analytics system records which pages are viewed, which outbound links are followed and coarse technical details such as approximate country, device type and screen size. It assigns a short technical identifier so repeat visits within a session can be counted once.
• Referral data. A click-tracking service records that a visit arrived from a particular campaign or partner and that an outbound link was followed. This is what allows a commercial arrangement to be attributed correctly.
• Error diagnostics. When something on the site fails, a technical report is generated containing the page, the browser type and the technical detail of the fault.
• Correspondence. If you email us, we hold your address and the content of your message.

We do not ask for your name, address, date of birth or payment details, and we do not process special category data. We do not use automated decision-making or profiling that produces legal effects for you.

Why we process it, and on what basis

• To deliver and secure the site — legitimate interests. Server logs are necessary to serve pages, diagnose faults and identify abuse such as automated scraping.
• To understand how the site is used — consent, where required for non-essential storage. Measurement tells us which pages are worth maintaining and which are not read.
• To attribute referrals — legitimate interests, and consent where non-essential storage is involved. Attribution is how the site is funded.
• To answer your correspondence — legitimate interests, or the performance of a legal obligation where you are exercising a statutory right.

Where we rely on consent you may withdraw it at any time; see our cookie policy for how. Withdrawing consent does not affect processing carried out before you withdrew it.

How long it is kept

• Server logs: normally up to 30 days.
• Measurement and referral data: retained in aggregated form; identifiers that could relate to a single visitor expire within 90 days.
• Error diagnostics: up to 90 days.
• Correspondence: for as long as needed to deal with the matter, and then for up to two years in case you write to us again about it.

Who else is involved

We use third-party providers for hosting, content delivery, measurement, click attribution and error reporting. Each acts as a processor on our instructions under a written agreement, and none is permitted to use the data for its own purposes. We do not sell personal data, and we do not share it for third-party advertising.

Some of those providers operate outside the United Kingdom. Where data is transferred abroad, it is covered either by UK adequacy regulations or by the International Data Transfer Agreement or Addendum, together with appropriate technical safeguards.

Your rights

Under United Kingdom data protection law you have the right to be informed, the right of access, the right to rectification, the right to erasure, the right to restrict processing, the right to data portability, the right to object, and rights in relation to automated decision-making.

To exercise any of them, email [email protected]. We will respond within one month. Because we hold so little identifying data, please include enough detail — an approximate date and time, and the pages involved — for us to locate the records. If we cannot identify any data relating to you, we will say so.

Complaints

You may complain to the Information Commissioner's Office at ico.org.uk or on 0303 123 1113. We would appreciate the opportunity to resolve the matter with you first.

Children

This site is written for adults and is not directed at children. We do not knowingly collect data from children. If you believe a child's data has reached us, write to the address above and we will delete it.

Changes to this policy

We update this page when our processing changes. The revision date shown at the top always reflects the version you are reading.