Who we are

Web Design and IT Ltd. (“we,” “our,” “us”) operates the website https://webdesignandit.co.uk. We are committed to protecting your privacy and ensuring that your personal data is handled securely and in compliance with applicable data protection laws, under the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR) and the Data Protection Act 2018.  

Information We Collect

We collect personal information in the following ways:

  • When you subscribe to our newsletters or services: This may include your name, email address, and company name.
  • When you contact us via forms, email, or phone: This may include your name, email address, phone number, company name, and the content of your inquiry.
  • When you engage with our website (e.g., comments, analytics, cookies): This includes data collected through cookies (as detailed below) and website analytics, which may include your IP address, browsing behaviour on our site, and device information.
  • Potentially during digital marketing campaigns: If you interact with our landing pages or forms associated with marketing campaigns, we may collect information such as your name, email address, phone number, and any other information you provide.

Comments

When visitors leave comments on the site, we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection. An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. If your comment is approved, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.

Media

If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.

Cookies

We use cookies to enhance user experience and analyse website performance.

  • Essential Cookies: These cookies are necessary for the basic functionality of our website. They may be set when you navigate our site. Our legal basis for these cookies is our legitimate interests in providing a functional website.
  • Analytics Cookies: These cookies allow us to understand how visitors use our website, such as which pages are most popular and how users navigate the site. This information helps us improve our website. These cookies may be set when you visit our site, and we will typically ask for your consent to use these.
  • Preference Cookies: These cookies allow our website to remember information that changes the way the website behaves or looks, such as your language preference or the region you are in.  
  • Comment Cookies: If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will likely last for one year.  
  • Login Cookies: If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser. When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.  
  • If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.  

You can control and manage cookies in your browser settings. Please be aware that disabling cookies may affect the functionality of some parts of our website. For more detailed information about the cookies we use, please see our Cookie Policy.

Embedded Content from Third-Party Websites

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.  

These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website. We encourage you to review the privacy policies of these third-party websites.  

Who We Share Your Data With

We do not sell or rent your personal data to third parties. However, we may share your data with the following categories of third-party service providers who assist us in operating our website and providing our services:

  • Website hosting providers: To host and maintain our website.
  • Analytics providers (e.g., Google Analytics): To analyse website traffic and user behaviour.
  • Security service providers: To protect our website and data from threats.
  • Potentially marketing platform providers: If we undertake digital marketing campaigns, we may use platforms for managing and delivering those campaigns.

We may also disclose your personal data if required to do so by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities (e.g., a court or a government agency). In the event of a merger, acquisition, or sale of all or a portion of our assets, your personal data may be transferred to the acquiring entity as part of the transaction.

How Long We Retain Your Data

  • If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.  
  • For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.  
  • For newsletter subscribers, we will retain your data until you unsubscribe.
  • For contact form submissions, we typically retain the data for a period necessary to address your inquiry and for a reasonable period thereafter for record-keeping purposes.
  • Website analytics data may be retained for a period as specified by our analytics provider (e.g., Google Analytics).
  • Data collected for digital marketing campaigns will be retained for a period relevant to the campaign and in accordance with applicable marketing regulations.
  • We may retain your personal data for longer periods if required by law or for other legitimate business purposes, such as to resolve disputes, enforce our agreements, and defend against legal claims.

Your Rights Over Your Data

Under the UK GDPR and the Data Protection Act 2018, you have several rights regarding your personal data:

  • The right to access: You have the right to request a copy of the personal data we hold about you.
  • The right to rectification: You have the right to request that we correct any inaccurate or incomplete personal data we hold about you.  
  • The right to erasure (‘the right to be forgotten’): You have the right to request that we delete your personal data under certain circumstances.  
  • The right to restrict processing: You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal data under certain circumstances.  
  • The right to data portability: You have the right to receive the personal data you have provided to us in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format and to transmit that data to another controller.  
  • The right to object: You have the right to object to the processing of your personal data in certain circumstances, including for direct marketing purposes.  
  • Rights in relation to automated decision making and profiling: You have the right not to be subject to a decision based solely on automated processing, including profiling, which produces legal effects concerning you or similarly significantly affects you, unless there is a lawful basis for such processing.  
  • The right to withdraw consent: If we are processing your personal data based on your consent, you have the right to withdraw that consent at any time.  

If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.  

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at info@webdesignandit.co.uk. You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), the UK’s supervisory authority for data protection issues (www.ico.org.uk).

Data Security

We implement reasonable security measures to protect against unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction of your personal data. These measures include, SSL encryption, virus protection, firewalls, and remote servers. However, no method of online transmission or electronic storage is 100% secure, so we cannot guarantee absolute security. We encourage you to take precautions when sharing information online.  

Where Your Data Is Sent

Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service, which may be located outside of the UK. We may store and process data on secure servers which may be located outside of the UK and the European Economic Area (EEA). If we transfer your personal data outside of the UK/EEA, we will ensure that appropriate safeguards are in place to protect your data in accordance with UK data protection law. These safeguards may include the use of Standard Contractual Clauses approved by the UK government.

Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices or legal requirements. Any changes will be posted on this page with the updated date. We encourage you to review our privacy policy periodically.

Contact Us

If you have any questions about this privacy policy, please contact us at: