Privacy Policy

• You can read this entire site without giving us any personal information.
• We do not sell your personal data.
• We collect analytics about how the site is used, and we may display advertising.
• Non-essential cookies are only set if you consent to them.
• If you email us or use the contact form, we keep that message so we can reply.

Information you give us

If you use our contact form, we receive the name, email address and message you submit. We use this solely to read and respond to your enquiry, and to keep a record of corrections that have been reported to us.

Information collected automatically

Like virtually every website, our hosting and analytics systems record technical information when you visit: your IP address, browser type and version, device type, operating system, referring page, the pages you view and the time of your visit. This is used to keep the site secure, diagnose faults and understand which guides people find useful.

Cookies and similar technologies

Cookies are small files stored by your browser. We use:

• Strictly necessary cookies, which make the site work and remember your cookie choices. These cannot be switched off.
• Analytics cookies, which tell us how the site is used in aggregate.
• Advertising cookies, if and when advertising is served on this site.

Non-essential cookies are set only where you have given consent through our cookie banner. You can change or withdraw that consent at any time using the cookie preferences control on the site, and you can delete cookies through your browser settings.

• To operate, secure and maintain the website.
• To understand which content is useful and to improve and expand it.
• To respond to messages you send us.
• To display advertising, where applicable, and measure its performance.
• To comply with legal obligations and to prevent abuse, spam and fraud.

Where the UK/EU GDPR applies, our lawful bases are: consent (non-essential cookies and advertising), legitimate interests (site security, aggregate analytics, responding to your enquiry) and legal obligation where the law requires it.

This site is supported by display advertising. Advertising partners may use cookies or similar technologies to measure performance and, where you have consented, to show advertising relevant to your interests. These partners are independent data controllers for the data they collect, and their own privacy policies apply. Where required, you will be offered a non-personalised advertising option through the consent banner.

We do not sell your personal information. We share data only with service providers who help us run the site — hosting, security, analytics, email delivery and advertising — and only as far as they need it to provide that service. We may also disclose information where we are legally required to do so.

Contact form messages are kept for as long as needed to deal with the enquiry and to maintain a record of reported corrections. Server logs and analytics data are kept for a limited period in line with the retention settings of the systems we use, then deleted or aggregated.

Depending on where you live, you may have the right to access the personal data we hold about you, to have it corrected or deleted, to object to or restrict its processing, to data portability, and to withdraw consent at any time.

If you are in the UK or EEA, you also have the right to complain to your national data protection authority. If you are a California resident, you have rights under the CCPA/CPRA including the right to know what personal information is collected and to opt out of its “sale” or “sharing” — we do not sell personal information.

To exercise any of these rights, contact us through the contact page.

This site is intended for a general adult audience and is not directed at children. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children.

We may update this policy as the site changes. The date at the top shows when it was last revised. Material changes will be made clear on this page.