Privacy and cookies policy

Who controls your data

The operator identified in the legal-details section below is responsible for personal information processed for this editorial website, to the extent it determines processing purposes. The actual hosting company and technical arrangements must be confirmed before publication. This policy describes the supplied WordPress plugin and theme; installing other plugins can change the facts.

Information involved in using the website

• Ordinary page visits: the web server and hosting/security layers may receive your IP address, browser user-agent, time, requested URL and technical error details to deliver the site and investigate abuse.
• Messages to us: your email address and the contents of an enquiry or correction are processed so we can respond and maintain a record when justified.
• Finder and cost calculator: the supplied code performs selections and arithmetic in the browser; it does not intentionally upload those input values or create a user account.
• Administration: WordPress may use login and security cookies for staff. Additional cookies or CDN protections depend on the configured hosting and extensions.

Purposes, lawful basis and retention

Technical delivery and security generally rely on legitimate interests where appropriate; correspondence processing may rely on legitimate interests in answering requests or compliance with a legal obligation where applicable. The operator must check these bases against the actual setup. Server-log retention is determined by the host and site settings and is displayed below if confirmed. We avoid inventing a universal number of days. Enquiries should be retained only for as long as reasonably necessary for support, dispute resolution or legal requirements.

Cookies and international recipients

This release does not intentionally set a visitor tracking cookie, analytics pixel or affiliate conversion tracker. It also does not embed external AI chat interfaces. Necessary security or admin cookies may still arise from WordPress, Cloudflare or another configured host. Consent-requiring analytics, advertising tags or embeds must remain disabled until a valid choice mechanism and revised notice are in place. See ICO cookie guidance.

An external AI service or an affiliate redirect has its own data controller, policies and potentially international transfers. Clicking may transmit your IP address and referral information. We do not receive or control the content of conversations held with those providers. Hosting processors and any overseas data transfers need to be documented using the actual infrastructure, not assumed from this software package.

Your rights and questions

Subject to applicable EU/UK data protection law, you may ask for access, correction, deletion, restriction or objection where those rights apply, and complain to the competent authority. You can contact the operator using the details below. Do not email identity documents or intimate chats unless a legitimate specific reason has been established. ICO guidance on privacy notices explains the information an operator should provide.

Before launch: verify the controller, full postal and hosting details, server-log retention, processors, actual cookies and complaint channels. The facts section beneath this policy is filled from site-admin settings.