Privacy policy

Your Website Builders ("we", "us") is committed to protecting your personal data and being clear about how we use it. This policy explains what we collect, why we collect it, and the rights you have under UK data protection law, including the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR) and the Data Protection Act 2018.

1. Who we are

Your Website Builders is a web design and managed website service based in the United Kingdom, operated as a sole trader by [YOUR FULL NAME] of [YOUR CORRESPONDENCE ADDRESS]. For the purposes of UK GDPR, [YOUR FULL NAME], trading as Your Website Builders, is the data controller for personal data collected through this website.

You can contact us about anything in this policy by calling 07468 497326 or using our enquiry form.

2. What we collect and why

When you submit our contact form, we collect:

• Your name and business or project name
• Your email address and, if you choose to give it, your phone number
• Details you provide about your business and what you are looking for
• Your current website address, if you choose to give it

We use this information for one purpose: to respond to your enquiry and, if you become a client, to set up and manage your service. We do not use it for marketing you have not asked for, we do not build profiles, and we never sell or rent your details to anyone.

3. Our lawful basis

We process your enquiry data on the basis of your consent, which you give by ticking the consent box before submitting the form. Where you go on to become a client, we process your data as necessary for the performance of a contract. You can withdraw consent at any time by calling us on 07468 497326, and we will delete your enquiry data.

4. How long we keep your data

• Enquiry data where you do not become a client: deleted within 12 months of your last contact with us.
• Client account and billing data: kept for the duration of the contract and for 6 years afterwards, as required by UK tax and accounting rules.

5. Where your data lives

When you submit the enquiry form, it is sent straight into our own database, which we run ourselves on servers in the United Kingdom. It is encrypted in transit and at rest, and only we can read it. We do not pass enquiries through a third-party form service, and your details are not copied into any marketing tool or advertising platform.

If we ever use a supplier who stores data outside the UK, we make sure appropriate safeguards are in place, such as UK adequacy regulations or the International Data Transfer Agreement.

6. Cookies and analytics

This website does not set advertising or tracking cookies. If we use analytics, we use a privacy-respecting service that does not identify individual visitors and does not require a cookie banner. We think that is how the web should work.

7. Your rights

Under UK GDPR you have the right to:

• Access a copy of the personal data we hold about you
• Have inaccurate data corrected
• Have your data deleted ("the right to be forgotten")
• Restrict or object to our processing of your data
• Receive your data in a portable format
• Withdraw consent at any time, without affecting prior processing

To exercise any of these rights, call us on 07468 497326 or get in touch via our enquiry form. We respond to all requests within one calendar month.

8. Complaints

If you are unhappy with how we have handled your data, please tell us first and we will do our best to put it right. You also have the right to complain to the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) at ico.org.uk or by calling 0303 123 1113.

9. Changes to this policy

If we change this policy, we will update this page and the date at the top. Material changes affecting existing clients will be notified by email.