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This notice explains what the site collects, why it is used, and how you stay in control of optional analytics, advertising measurement and chat.

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Information I collect

If you use the contact form, I receive the details you enter: your name, email address, project message, optional service choice, optional budget range and whether the enquiry is a project or a supplier approach. The form also creates a random lead reference and records the page it came from.

If you allow analytics, the random lead reference is also sent with a successful project enquiry event so I can match that event to the delivered enquiry. Your name, email address, message, service choice and budget are not sent in that event.

If you enable advertising measurement, the site may retain campaign details such as Google Ads click identifiers, campaign labels and the first landing page for up to 90 days. Those details are added to a later form submission so I can tell whether an enquiry came from advertising. They are not added to Google Analytics events.

How I use it

  • To reply to your enquiry, assess whether the project is a good fit and prepare requested next steps or a proposal.
  • To protect the form and site, maintain records and meet legal or accounting obligations where necessary.
  • With your analytics choice, to understand which pages are useful and monitor site performance.
  • With your advertising-measurement choice, to measure Google Ads enquiries.
  • With your separate chat choice, to provide the Tawk live-chat widget.

Services involved

Form submissions are delivered using Formspree. The site is hosted through Vercel. Optional analytics use Google Analytics and Vercel Analytics/Speed Insights; optional advertising measurement uses Google Ads; optional chat uses Tawk.to. These providers process limited technical information under their own privacy terms and security arrangements.

Storage and service summary

Name or serviceCategory and purposeStorage or retention
mbj_consent_v2Essential local storage that remembers analytics, advertising and chat choices.Up to 180 days.
mbj_attribution_v1Optional advertising local storage for campaign details and the first landing page.Up to 90 days; removed when advertising consent is withdrawn.
Google Analytics and Vercel AnalyticsOptional site-use and performance measurement, based on consent.Loaded only after consent; provider storage periods may vary.
Google AdsOptional advertising attribution and conversion measurement, based on consent.Loaded only after consent; provider storage periods may vary.
Tawk.toOptional live chat, controlled by its own separate consent choice.Loaded only after chat consent; provider storage periods may vary.
Formspree and Vercel hostingEssential service processing used to deliver submitted enquiries and serve the website.Kept as needed for service delivery, security and appropriate business records; provider retention may also apply.

Lawful bases and overseas processing

Optional analytics, advertising measurement and chat rely on your consent, which you can withdraw through “Cookie choices”. Enquiry processing is used to take steps at your request before a possible contract and, where appropriate, for legitimate interests in responding to enquiries, keeping the service secure and running the business. Legal obligations may apply to some business records.

Some service providers may process information outside the UK. Where that is a restricted transfer, it must be covered by an applicable UK transfer mechanism, such as UK adequacy regulations, appropriate safeguards or another lawful exception. The relevant arrangement can vary by provider and processing location; you can ask for current details by email. The ICO explains the UK transfer rules.

Retention and sharing

Enquiry records are kept only for as long as needed to handle the conversation, deliver agreed work, maintain appropriate business records or resolve a dispute. I do not sell your information. It is shared only with service providers needed to operate the site and respond, or when disclosure is required by law.

Your choices and rights

You can use “Cookie choices” in the footer at any time to enable or withdraw analytics, advertising measurement and chat independently. The preference itself is kept for up to 180 days, after which the site asks again. Withdrawing advertising measurement also removes the saved 90-day attribution record from this browser. You can also clear site data in your browser.

Depending on the circumstances, UK data protection law may give you rights to access, correct, erase, restrict or object to use of your personal information, and to withdraw consent. Email me to make a request. You can also raise a concern with the Information Commissioner’s Office.

Questions or requests

Ask James directly.

If anything here is unclear, or you want to exercise a privacy right, send a straightforward email and I’ll respond personally.

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