Privacy notice
Last updated 16 October 2026
Who is responsible
The controller of personal data collected through this website is Will (will@getanchor.uk). Questions about this notice or your data go to that contact, or use the contact form.
What we collect and why
| What | Why | Lawful basis | Kept for |
|---|---|---|---|
| Newsletter: your email address and the topics you choose | To send you the emails you asked for | Your consent (UK GDPR art. 6(1)(a); PECR reg. 22) | Until you unsubscribe. Unconfirmed sign-ups are deleted after 30 days. |
| Proof of consent: the exact wording you agreed to, when, the browser you used, and a scrambled (hashed) form of your IP address | To show you asked to be emailed, as the law requires | Legal obligation and legitimate interests (art. 6(1)(c), (f)) | While you are subscribed, then 24 months after you unsubscribe |
| Contact form: your name, email, message and anything else you include | To read and reply to your enquiry | Legitimate interests in answering enquiries (art. 6(1)(f)) | 24 months, then deleted |
| A scrambled form of your IP address, briefly | To stop spam and abuse of the forms (rate limits) | Legitimate interests in keeping the site secure (art. 6(1)(f)) | Rate-limit records expire within 24 hours |
What we don’t do
- No advertising or tracking cookies, and no third-party analytics.
- Visits are counted as a daily total per page. Nothing in that count identifies you: no cookie, no IP address, no device details.
- We don’t sell or share your email address for anyone else’s marketing.
- Emails from us contain no tracking pixels.
Players from other companies
Spotify, YouTube and TikTok players on this site only load when you click to load or play them. Once loaded, those companies may set their own cookies and collect data under their own privacy policies. Until you click, nothing is requested from them.
Who processes data for us
The website and its database run on servers we control. Emails are sent through an email delivery service acting on our instructions. Neither uses your data for its own purposes.
Your rights
You can ask for a copy of your data, ask us to correct or delete it, object to how it’s used, or withdraw consent at any time. Every email has an unsubscribe link and a link to change your preferences, and from that page you can download or delete everything we hold about your subscription. For anything else, get in touch. You can also complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ico.org.uk).
Changes
If this notice changes in a way that matters, subscribers will be told by email.