Privacy Policy

1. Who We Are

Areawebmaster is published by ACH Publishing Limited, a company registered in England & Wales (Company No: 08874809), with a registered address at 5 Hollville Holmfirth Road, Greenfield, Oldham, Greater Manchester, OL3 7DR, United Kingdom. You can contact us at privacy@areawebmaster.com or by telephone on +44 161 3810161.

2. Data We Collect

We may collect the following personal data:

• Email address — when you subscribe to our newsletter or submit a contact form.
• Name and message content — when you use the contact form.
• Basic usage data — page views and referring URLs, collected in aggregate only (no individual tracking).

We do not collect financial information, location data, or sensitive personal data.

3. Legal Basis for Processing

We process your personal data on the following bases under the UK GDPR:

• Consent — for newsletter subscriptions and marketing communications (Art. 6(1)(a)).
• Legitimate interests — for aggregate analytics and operational security (Art. 6(1)(f)).
• Contract performance — to respond to contact form enquiries (Art. 6(1)(b)).

4. Service Providers and Third-Party Services

We use a small number of third-party services to operate this website:

• Formspree (formspree.io) — processes form submissions (subscribe and contact). Your email address is shared with Formspree only for the purpose of delivering your submission to us. See Formspree’s Privacy Policy.
• Bunny Fonts (fonts.bunny.net) — privacy-friendly web font delivery. No cookies are set.

We do not currently use third-party advertising trackers, retargeting pixels, or behavioural-analytics tools. We do not share your personal information with advertisers or data brokers.

If we add advertising partners in the future, we will update this section and our cookie banner before any tracking begins.

5. Your Rights (UK GDPR)

Under the UK GDPR, you have the following rights:

• Right of access (Art. 15) — to obtain a copy of the personal data we hold about you.
• Right to rectification (Art. 16) — to request correction of inaccurate data.
• Right to erasure (Art. 17) — to request deletion of your personal data.
• Right to restrict processing (Art. 18).
• Right to data portability (Art. 20).
• Right to object (Art. 21) — including to direct marketing at any time.
• Right to withdraw consent — at any time where processing is based on consent.

To exercise any of these rights, email privacy@areawebmaster.com.

You have the right to lodge a complaint with the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) at ico.org.uk or by calling 0303 123 1113.

6. Cookies

We use only essential cookies required for the website to function (for example, remembering form submissions). We do not use marketing or analytics cookies.

Your browser may block or delete cookies at any time via its settings. Blocking essential cookies may affect site functionality.

7. Data Retention

Newsletter email addresses are retained until you unsubscribe. Contact form messages are retained for up to 24 months for operational purposes, after which they are deleted. We do not sell, trade, or transfer your personal data to third parties beyond the service providers listed above.

8. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. The date at the top of this page will reflect when it was last revised. Continued use of the website after any changes constitutes acceptance of the updated policy. For material changes, we will notify newsletter subscribers by email.