Privacy Policy
Last edited: 30/03/2025
Last edited: 30/03/2025
I respect your privacy and am committed to protecting your personal data in line with the EU General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR). This Privacy Policy aims to give you information on how I collect and process your data through your use of this website and your interactions with me, as well as your privacy rights and how the law protects you.
If you have questions or want more clarity around how I use your data, just let me know!
Name: Michael Gibson
E-mail: privacy@michael-gibson.co.uk
I may collect and process the following information:
Your first name and last name
Your email address
Your phone number
All of the personal information I process is provided to me directly by you for the following reason:
Because you have contacted me with a query, either through the contact form on my website, or directly by email.
I use the information that you have given me to respond to your query.
I will never sell your data to third parties.
Under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the lawful bases for processing this information are:
Consent - I have permission from you after I gave you all the relevant information. All of your data protection rights may apply, except the right to object. To be clear, you do have the right to withdraw your consent at any time.
Legitimate interests – I'm collecting or using your information because it benefits you, our organisation or someone else, without causing an undue risk of harm to anyone. All of your data protection rights may apply, except the right to portability. Our legitimate interests are:
I need your information so I can contact you about your enquiry.
When you contact me by email or through the contact form on my website, your personal data will be stored by Zoho (the email platform) or Mega.
I keep your personal data for no longer than 2 years after our final contact. I review the personal data I hold on a yearly basis, and remove any data that I do not need to keep.
Under data protection law, you have rights including:
Your right of access – You have the right to ask me for copies of your personal information.
Your right to rectification – You have the right to ask me to rectify personal information you think is inaccurate. You also have the right to ask me to complete information you think is incomplete.
Your right to erasure – You have the right to ask me to erase your personal information in certain circumstances.
Your right to restriction of processing – You have the right to ask me to restrict the processing of your personal information in certain circumstances.
Your right to object to processing – You have the right to object to the processing of your personal information in certain circumstances.
Your right to data portability – You have the right to ask that I transfer the personal information you gave me to another organisation, or to you, in certain circumstances.
You are not required to pay any charge for exercising your rights. If you make a request, I have one month to respond to you.
Please contact me at privacy@michael-gibson.co.uk if you wish to make a request. Alternatively, you can fill in a form here.
If you have any concerns about my use of your personal information, you can make a complaint to me at privacy@michael-gibson.co.uk.
You can also complain to the ICO if you are unhappy with how I have used your data.
The ICO’s address:
Information Commissioner’s Office
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF
Helpline number: 0303 123 1113
ICO website: https://www.ico.org.uk
If I change the contents of this policy, those changes will become effective the moment I publish them on this website.
If this policy is edited and I remember, the 'Last edited' date at the top of this page will be updated accordingly, and an entry will be made to the changelog explaining what changes were made and why.
If you have any questions regarding my Privacy Policy, please email me at privacy@michael-gibson.co.uk.
To see my tips on how to keep some privacy online, please click here, or click on the 'Privacy Tips' link on the header (this is nothing legal, just some helpful advice).