Privacy Policy

Privacy & Cookie Policy

Last updated: July 2026

1. Who We Are

  • Website: [https://kevintweedlie.co.uk](https://kevintweedlie.co.uk)

  • Owner: Kevin Tweedlie

  • Location: Motherwell, Scotland, United Kingdom

  • Contact Email: kevin@kevintweedlie.co.uk

2. The Short Version

I respect your privacy. I don’t sell, rent, or trade your personal data with any other companies for marketing purposes. This policy explains what minimal data is collected when you visit this website or get in touch, and how it is handled.

3. What Information Is Collected and Why

A. Contact Form / Direct Enquiries

If you reach out via a contact form or send an email, you provide your name, email address, and any project details you choose to share.

  • Purpose: To respond to your enquiries, discuss potential design/content projects, or reply to messages.

  • Lawful Basis: Legitimate interest (responding to direct professional communications) and consent.

B. Website Hosting & Technical Logs

This website is hosted on servers managed by third-party providers (such as GoDaddy). When you visit the site, standard server logs may automatically record your IP address, browser type, pages visited, and timestamps.

  • Purpose: Ensuring website security, performance, and protection against malicious traffic or spam.

  • Lawful Basis: Legitimate interest (maintaining the security and operation of the website).

4. How Long Data Is Stored

  • Enquiries and Correspondence: Kept for as long as necessary to manage our professional relationship or active project discussions, and up to a maximum of 2 years thereafter unless a legal obligation requires longer retention.

  • Technical Logs: Automatically purged or anonymised according to the hosting provider’s standard data retention schedules.

5. Third-Party Services & Data Sharing

Your data is kept secure and is only shared with essential infrastructure providers required to keep this website online:

  • Hosting Provider: Server infrastructure and security hosting.

  • No advertising networks or third-party trackers have access to your personal information.

6. Your Rights Under UK GDPR

Under UK data protection laws, you have the right to:

  • Access: Request a copy of the personal data held about you.

  • Rectification: Ask to correct any inaccurate or incomplete information.

  • Erasure: Request that your personal data be deleted (“right to be forgotten”).

  • Restriction: Object to or restrict the processing of your data in certain circumstances.

To exercise any of these rights, please contact: kevin@kevintweedlie.co.uk.

If you feel your data has not been handled correctly, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), the UK supervisory authority for data protection issues (www.ico.org.uk).

7. Cookie Policy

What are cookies?

Cookies are small text files stored on your computer or mobile device when you visit a website. They are widely used to make websites work efficiently and to provide basic technical functionality.

Cookies used on this website:

This site relies primarily on essential functional cookies generated by WordPress:

  • Session & Security Cookies: Used to ensure the website loads securely, handles page navigation properly, and prevents automated spam or attacks. These do not track your personal browsing habits across other websites.

  • Analytics (if applicable): [If you use tracking tools like Google Analytics, note it here; otherwise, state:] This website does not currently deploy aggressive tracking or advertising cookies.

How to control cookies:

You can control or delete cookies through your browser settings at any time. Blocking certain essential functional cookies may affect how the website displays or functions.