Last updated: 15 December 2025

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English Stonelifting respects your privacy and is committed to protecting your personal data. This website is built and hosted using the Wix platform, which provides the underlying infrastructure for site hosting, security, and basic analytics. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, and safeguard information when you visit this website.

This site is intended primarily as an informational resource about English stone lifting, its locations, and associated local history.

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1. Who We Are

Website name: English Stonelifting
Purpose: Informational resource on English stone lifting, locations, history, and folklore
Contact: [insert contact email]
 

2. What Information We Collect

We aim to collect as little personal data as possible.

a) Information collected automatically

When you visit the website, basic technical information may be collected automatically, including:

• IP address

• Browser type and version

• Device and operating system

• Pages visited and time spent on the site

This data is used solely to ensure the website functions correctly and to understand how it is used.

b) Information you provide voluntarily

If you contact us by email or through a contact form (if applicable), we may collect:

• Your name

• Your email address

• The content of your message

We only use this information to respond to your enquiry.
 

3. How We Use Your Information

We use information only where necessary and proportionate, including to:

• Operate and maintain the website

• Respond to enquiries or messages

• Improve website content and functionality

We do not sell, trade, or rent personal data to third parties.

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4. Legal Basis for Processing

Under UK data protection law, we rely on the following lawful bases:

• Legitimate interest – to operate and maintain an informational website

• Consent – where you voluntarily provide information (for example, by contacting us)
   

5. Cookies

This website may use essential cookies required for basic functionality.

If analytics or non-essential cookies are used, these will be clearly identified and, where required, subject to user consent.

You can control cookies through your browser settings.
 

6. Third-Party Services

This website is built and hosted on Wix.com Ltd, which may collect and process technical and usage data on our behalf in order to provide hosting, security, performance, and basic analytics services.

This website makes use of third-party services to display location information and improve usability, including:

• Google Maps

• What3Words

• Wix (hosting, security, and site analytics)

These third parties may collect data such as IP address or usage information in accordance with their own privacy policies. English Stonelifting does not control how third-party services process data.
 

7. Data Retention

We retain personal data only for as long as necessary:

• Enquiry data is kept only while correspondence is ongoing

• Technical data is retained in line with standard hosting and analytics practices
   

8. Your Rights

Under UK GDPR, you have the right to:

• Request access to your personal data

• Request correction of inaccurate data

• Request deletion of your data

• Object to or restrict processing

• Lodge a complaint with the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO)

To exercise your rights, please contact us using the details above.
 

9. Future Features

English Stonelifting may include community features in the future, such as user-submitted progress updates or photographs. This Privacy Policy will be updated before such features are launched to explain how additional data would be handled.
 

10. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Any changes will be posted on this page, with the revision date updated accordingly.

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or how data is handled, please get in touch.

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