Who controls your data
Yorkshire Digital Shopfronts is run by Tom Busfield in Malton, North Yorkshire. For privacy questions, email tom@yorkshiredigitalshopfronts.co.uk.
What is collected
When you use the enquiry form, the site collects the details you provide: your name, email address, business name, current website, selected priorities and message, plus the relevant service and referring page on this website. The site also uses an anti-spam field, a submission timestamp and limited IP-based rate information to prevent automated or excessive submissions.
Private preview areas may record login activity, essential session information and details submitted from a preview. The hosting provider may also retain standard security logs, such as IP address, browser information and access time.
How and why it is used
Your information is used to send an automatic acknowledgement and reply personally to your enquiry, prepare work you have asked about, protect the website from spam or unauthorised access, and keep the service reliable.
For enquiries, the lawful basis is normally taking steps at your request before entering a contract. There is also a legitimate interest in operating and securing a small-business website. Your information is not sold and is not used for unrelated marketing.
Sharing and storage
Information is handled through the services needed to run the website and receive email, including the website host and email provider. It is not shared with advertising networks or data brokers.
How long it is kept
Enquiry emails are normally retained for up to 24 months, unless they need to be kept longer for an active client relationship, legal obligation or dispute. Anti-spam rate information expires after one hour. Private preview sessions expire when the session ends, and server logs follow the hosting provider’s retention policy.
Cookies
The public website does not use advertising or analytics cookies. It uses first-party, cookieless measurement as described above and respects browser Do Not Track and Global Privacy Control signals. Private preview areas use an essential session cookie after login; this is required for those protected pages to work.
Your rights
You can ask for a copy of personal data held about you, request a correction, object to certain uses, or ask for information to be deleted where there is no longer a reason to retain it. You can also complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office if you believe your data has been handled improperly.
Contact
Email tom@yorkshiredigitalshopfronts.co.uk. Last updated: 4 September 2026.