Privacy Policy

Last updated: October 2025

1. Introduction

This Privacy Policy explains how Badger Designer Ltd (“we”, “us”, or “our”) collects, uses, and protects your personal data when you use our website www.badgerdesigner.co.uk or contact us about our web design services.

We are committed to safeguarding your privacy and ensuring that your personal data is handled in compliance with the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR) and the Data Protection Act 2018.

2. Who we are

Badger Designer Ltd
Company number: 15405521
Email: contact@badgerdesigner.co.uk

We are the data controller responsible for your personal information.

3. Data we collect

We may collect and process the following types of personal data:

• Contact information: your full name, email address and phone number (when you fill in the contact form).
• Technical information: IP address, browser type, operating system and other standard log data collected automatically when you visit our website.
• Cookies and tracking technologies: we may use cookies for analytics and functionality purposes. (Google Analytics and Facebook Pixel may be implemented in the future.)

We do not collect sensitive personal data (such as health or financial details) via the contact form.

4. How we use your data

We use your personal data for the following purposes:

• To respond to your enquiries and provide quotes for web design services.
• To communicate with you about your project or service requests.
• To maintain internal records and improve our services.
• To analyse website traffic and improve website performance (using analytics tools in the future).

We will only process your data where we have a lawful basis, such as your consent or our legitimate interests in providing our services.

5. Data storage and security

Your data is stored on servers provided by our hosting provider: Hostinger.co.uk. We implement reasonable technical and organisational measures to protect your personal data against unauthorised access, alteration, disclosure or destruction.

Please note: transmission of information over the internet is not completely secure. Any data you send to us is at your own risk until it reaches our systems.

6. Data retention

We will keep your personal data only for as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes for which it was collected, and to meet any legal or accounting requirements. Typically contact details and correspondence are retained for up to 2 years from your last interaction with us, unless you request earlier deletion.

7. Sharing your data

We do not sell or rent personal information to third parties. We may share your data only in the following limited situations:

• With our hosting provider (Hostinger.co.uk) for website and email functionality.
• If required by law or to protect our rights, property, or safety (for example, to prevent fraud).
• In the event of a merger, acquisition, or sale of assets, where user data may be transferred to a successor entity.

All service providers we use are contractually required to process your data securely and in compliance with applicable data protection laws.

8. Your rights

Under the UK GDPR you have the following rights:

• Right to access — request a copy of the data we hold about you.
• Right to rectification — request correction of inaccurate or incomplete data.
• Right to erasure — request deletion of your data (“right to be forgotten”).
• Right to restrict processing — ask us to limit how your data is used.
• Right to data portability — request transfer of your data to another controller.
• Right to object — object to processing for certain purposes, including direct marketing.

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at contact@badgerdesigner.co.uk. We will respond within one month as required by law (this period may be extended in complex cases).

9. Cookies

Our website uses cookies to ensure basic functionality and to improve user experience. Cookies may collect anonymous visitor data such as behaviour and traffic statistics. You can control or delete cookies via your browser settings.

We will publish more details about specific cookies (for example Google Analytics or Facebook Pixel) once they are implemented.

10. Links to other websites

Our website may contain links to external websites. We are not responsible for the privacy practices or content of those sites and encourage you to read their privacy policies when visiting them.

11. Changes to this policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Any changes will be posted on this page with an updated “Last updated” date. Please check this page periodically to stay informed about how we handle your data.

12. Contact us

If you have questions, concerns or requests about this Privacy Policy or our processing of your personal data, contact us:

Badger Designer Ltd
Email: contact@badgerdesigner.co.uk