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Privacy policy

How we collect, use and store your personal data, written to be read rather than to tick a box.

Last updated: 9 August 2026
Business: Get Your Website Seen
Contact: simon@getyourwebsiteseen.co.uk
Address: 123 Whitehill Road, Ellistown, Coalville, Leicestershire LE67 1ER

1. Who we are and what this covers

Get Your Website Seen is Simon and Lisa Batchelor. This policy explains how we handle personal data when you visit this website, contact us, or work with us. It is written in accordance with the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR) and the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations (PECR).

We are the data controller for the information described here.

2. What we collect

  • Contact details you give usYour name, email address, phone number, business name and website URL.
  • Anything you send usMessages, files, briefs or project information submitted through a form or by email.
  • Website usage dataAnonymous analytics about how pages are used. See section 7.

We do not collect or store special category data — health, financial or identity documents — unless you specifically ask us to and we agree in writing.

3. How we collect it

  • You contact usThrough a form on this site, or by email or phone.
  • You become a clientThrough the course of doing the work.
  • Cookies and analyticsOnly after you consent. See section 7.
  • Publicly available business informationExplained below.

3a. Business contact details in the public domain

We sometimes process business contact details that are already publicly available — from company websites, professional platforms such as LinkedIn, business directories, or public registers like Companies House.

We use this only to identify and contact businesses that might benefit from our services. We do not buy contact lists, we do not sell or share them, and everything we use is in the public domain. If you would rather we did not hold your details, email us and we will remove them.

4. Why we collect it

  • To answer your enquiryThe main reason anybody’s details reach us.
  • To deliver the workAccess to systems, reporting, and everything that goes with an engagement.
  • To keep proper recordsInvoices and accounts.
  • To improve the site and the serviceUsing aggregate usage data rather than anything identifying.
  • To meet legal obligationsTax and accounting requirements.

We do not add anybody to a mailing list without explicit consent.

5. Our lawful basis

  • ConsentWhen you voluntarily give us your details through a form or by email.
  • ContractWhen you become a client or ask us to quote.
  • Legal obligationWhere we are required to keep records for accounting or compliance.
  • Legitimate interestWhen we contact a business using publicly available information to introduce our services, or when maintaining a relationship with an existing or former client. We process only minimal business contact details for this, and you can ask us to stop at any time.

6. Who we share it with

We do not sell, rent or trade your data. Nobody buys it from us and nobody ever will.

We use third-party services to run the business — email hosting, cloud storage, accounting software, and the analytics tools listed below. Your data may pass through those, and only for the purpose of running the business.

7. Cookies and analytics

Under PECR, non-essential cookies must not be set until you consent. Our cookie banner controls that, and nothing below runs until you accept.

  • Google AnalyticsAnonymous usage data — which pages are visited, how people arrive, roughly where in the world they are. Loaded through Google Tag Manager.
  • Ahrefs AnalyticsAggregate traffic and referral data, used to see which pages attract visitors.
  • Essential cookiesA small number needed for the site to function and to remember your cookie choice. These are set regardless, as PECR allows.
Changing your mind. You can withdraw or change your cookie consent at any time using the cookie preferences link in the footer, or by clearing cookies in your browser. You can also block cookies entirely in your browser settings.

8. How long we keep it

  • General enquiries that do not become workUp to 12 months.
  • Client records, invoices and project filesUp to 6 years, as required for tax and accounting.
  • Anything elseDeleted on request, unless we are legally required to keep it.

9. Your rights

Under UK data protection law you have the right to:

  • AccessAsk what data we hold about you and get a copy.
  • RectificationAsk us to correct anything wrong.
  • ErasureAsk us to delete it.
  • Restriction and objectionAsk us to stop processing it, including for the legitimate interest basis in section 5.
  • PortabilityAsk for it in a transferable format.
  • Withdraw consentAt any time, without needing a reason.

Email simon@getyourwebsiteseen.co.uk and we will respond within one month, which is the statutory limit. There is no charge.

If you are not satisfied with how we have handled it, you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office, the UK regulator for data protection.

10. How we protect it

Encrypted storage, strong and unique passwords, two-factor authentication where it is offered, and reputable service providers. Only Simon and Lisa have access to client data — there is nobody else in the business.

No system is perfect, and we would rather say that than claim otherwise. If anything ever went wrong in a way that affected you, we would tell you and notify the ICO within the required 72 hours.

11. Changes to this policy

We update this page when what we do changes. The date at the top is the last revision, and we do not backdate it.

Any question about any of the above, just ask us. You will get a straight answer from one of the two people who wrote it.

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