Last updated: 7 September 2026
Your privacy matters to me.
This Privacy Policy explains how I, Anthony Graydon, collect, use and protect your personal information when you visit anthonygraydon.co.uk, contact me about a project, become a client, or use any of my website design, development, SEO or digital services.
I believe privacy policies should be understandable, so I’ve tried to keep this one straightforward.
Who I am
This website is owned and operated by Anthony Graydon, a freelance web designer based in the United Kingdom.
For data protection purposes, I am the data controller for personal information I collect directly from visitors, prospective clients and clients.
You can contact me about your personal data using the contact form on this website or by emailing:
Email: anthonyrurtter@gmail.com
What personal information I collect
The information I collect depends on how you interact with me.
If you contact me about a project, I may collect information such as your name, email address, telephone number, company or business name, website address and any information you provide about your project or requirements.
If you become a client, I may also hold information connected with our working relationship, including proposals, contracts, invoices, project correspondence, website information and other details needed to provide the services you have requested.
Where necessary for website development, hosting, maintenance or support, you may provide access details for services such as WordPress, website hosting, domain providers, email platforms or other third-party systems. I only use this information where necessary to carry out the work you have asked me to perform.
I may also collect technical information when you visit my website, such as your IP address, browser type, device type, referring website, pages visited and how you interact with the site.
How I use your information
I use personal information where it is reasonably necessary to run my business and provide my services.
This includes responding to enquiries, preparing quotations and proposals, managing projects, designing and maintaining websites, providing support, communicating with clients, issuing invoices, maintaining business records, improving my website and protecting my website and systems from misuse or security threats.
I may also use your information to comply with legal, tax, accounting or regulatory requirements.
I will not sell your personal information.
My lawful basis for using your information
Under UK data protection law, I need a lawful reason for processing personal information.
Where you contact me before becoming a client, I may process your information because it is necessary to take steps towards entering into a contract with you.
When you become a client, I process information where necessary to perform our contract and provide the services you have requested.
I may rely on my legitimate interests where processing is reasonably necessary for running and protecting my business, managing client relationships, improving my services or maintaining appropriate business records.
In some circumstances, I process information because I have a legal obligation, particularly in relation to financial and accounting records.
Where consent is required, such as for certain marketing communications or non-essential cookies, I will ask for your consent.
You can withdraw consent at any time.
Enquiries and contact forms
If you contact me through this website, email, telephone, social media or another communication method, I will use the information you provide to respond to your enquiry.
If your enquiry does not result in us working together, I will normally keep the correspondence for no longer than 24 months, unless there is a reasonable business or legal reason to retain it for longer.
Client and project information
If you become a client, I will retain appropriate records relating to the work I carry out for you.
This may include contracts, proposals, project correspondence, invoices, website information and records of services provided.
Some records may need to be retained after a project ends for tax, accounting, legal, insurance or legitimate business purposes.
Financial and contractual records will normally be retained for up to six years, or for a longer period where I am legally required to do so.
Payments
If you purchase services from me, I may process information needed to issue invoices, record payments and maintain appropriate accounting records.
Payments may be processed through banks or third-party payment providers.
Where a third-party payment provider processes your payment, that provider will handle your payment information in accordance with its own privacy policy.
I do not intentionally store complete debit or credit card details on this website.
Website analytics
I may use website analytics services to understand how people find and use my website.
Analytics information may include pages visited, approximate location, device information, browser type, referring websites and general website activity.
Where analytics technologies require consent, they will only be activated after you have provided the appropriate cookie consent.
Google Analytics:
If Google Analytics is used on this website, Google may process information about how you use the site in order to provide website usage statistics and reports.
Cookies
Cookies are small files placed on your computer, phone or other device when you visit a website.
Some cookies are necessary for a website to work properly. Others may be used for analytics, preferences, embedded content or marketing.
I may use strictly necessary cookies without asking for consent where they are required for the website to function.
Non-essential cookies will only be used where appropriate consent has been provided.
If this website uses a cookie consent tool, you can use it to accept, reject or change your preferences for non-essential cookies.
You can also control and delete cookies using your browser settings.
Blocking some cookies may affect how certain parts of the website work.
Email marketing
If you choose to subscribe to emails, updates or marketing communications from me, I may use your name and email address to send those communications.
Where consent is required, I will only send them after you have chosen to receive them.
You can unsubscribe at any time by using the unsubscribe option included in the email or by contacting me directly.
Unsubscribing from marketing will not prevent me from sending emails that are necessary for an existing client relationship or project.
Who I may share information with
I do not sell or rent your personal information.
I may share information with trusted service providers where reasonably necessary to operate my business or provide services to you.
These may include website hosting providers, domain registrars, cloud storage providers, accounting software, email providers, analytics services, payment processors, professional advisers and specialist freelancers or subcontractors involved in a project.
Where another freelancer or specialist needs access to client information, I will only provide information reasonably necessary for them to carry out their work.
I may also disclose information where required by law or where necessary to establish, exercise or defend legal rights.
Third-party services and websites
My website may link to other websites or use services operated by third parties.
Those organisations have their own privacy policies and I am not responsible for how third-party websites collect or use personal information once you leave my website.
I recommend checking their privacy information if you are concerned about how they handle your data.
International transfers
Some of the services I use may store or process information outside the United Kingdom.
Where personal information is transferred internationally, I will take reasonable steps to ensure that an appropriate legal mechanism or safeguard is in place where required by UK data protection law.
This may include UK adequacy regulations or appropriate contractual safeguards.
How I protect your information
I take reasonable technical and organisational measures to protect personal information against accidental loss, misuse, unauthorised access, alteration or disclosure.
These measures may include secure website connections, password protection, access controls, software updates, backups, security monitoring and appropriate cloud or hosting services.
Where clients provide passwords or login credentials for websites or online services, these are handled with appropriate care and access is limited to where it is required to provide the agreed service.
No method of transmitting or storing information online can be guaranteed to be completely secure, but I take reasonable precautions appropriate to the information I handle.
How long I keep personal information
I do not keep personal information indefinitely simply because I have collected it.
How long information is retained depends on why I hold it.
General enquiries will normally be deleted after approximately 24 months where they are no longer required.
Client, contractual and financial information may be retained for up to six years or for the period required by applicable tax, accounting or legal obligations.
Marketing information will normally be retained until you unsubscribe or withdraw your consent.
Website security logs and analytics information may be retained for shorter periods depending on the system or service being used.
Information may occasionally be retained for longer where this is necessary because of a legal dispute, regulatory obligation or other legitimate reason.
Your data protection rights
Depending on the circumstances, UK data protection law gives you rights over your personal information.
These may include the right to ask what personal information I hold about you, receive a copy of it, correct inaccurate information, request deletion of information, restrict how your information is used, object to certain processing and request the transfer of information in certain circumstances.
Where processing is based on your consent, you can withdraw that consent at any time.
Some of these rights are subject to legal exceptions, so they will not necessarily apply in every situation.
If you would like to exercise a data protection right, contact me using the details provided in this Privacy Policy.
I may need to ask you for information to confirm your identity before responding to a request.
Complaints
If you have concerns about how I have handled your personal information, please contact me first so I have an opportunity to investigate and resolve the issue.
You also have the right to raise a complaint with the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), the UK’s data protection regulator.
Information about making a complaint is available from the ICO at ico.org.uk.
Children
My website and professional services are intended primarily for adults and businesses.
I do not knowingly collect personal information from children through this website.
If I become aware that personal information relating to a child has been collected inappropriately, I will take reasonable steps to remove it.
Changes to this Privacy Policy
I may update this Privacy Policy occasionally to reflect changes to my services, website, technology or legal requirements.
When I make changes, the updated version will be published on this page and the date at the top of the policy will be updated.
Contact me
If you have questions about this Privacy Policy, want to know what information I hold about you or would like to exercise one of your data protection rights, please contact:
Anthony Graydon
Freelance Web Designer
Website: anthonygraydon.co.uk
Email: anthonyrutter888@gmail.com
You can also contact me using the contact form on this website.