Privacy Policy
How we collect, use and protect your personal information.
Last updated: 18 September 2026
WayPoint Studio respects your privacy and is committed to protecting your personal information.
This Privacy Policy explains how personal information is collected, used, stored and protected when you visit waypointstudio.co.uk, contact WayPoint Studio, submit an enquiry, or use our services.
Who we are
WayPoint Studio is an independent UK website design business operated as a sole trader.
We provide website design, website care, copywriting and related website services.
For the purposes of UK data protection law, WayPoint Studio is responsible for the personal information described in this policy.
Website: waypointstudio.co.uk
Email: info.andyk@gmail.com
Information we may collect
We may collect personal information that you provide directly to us, including:
Your name
Email address
Telephone number, if provided
Business or company name
Website address
Details about your website, project or enquiry
Information you enter into our contact or enquiry forms
Correspondence between you and WayPoint Studio
Information required to provide services to you
We may also collect limited technical information when you use the website, such as:
IP address
Browser and device information
Pages visited
Approximate location information
Website usage and analytics information
Cookie and consent preferences
How we collect your information
We may collect information when you:
Submit a contact or enquiry form
Contact us by email
Request a quote or proposal
Become a client
Use or browse our website
Interact with cookies or analytics tools on the website
How we use your information
We may use your personal information to:
Respond to enquiries
Discuss potential projects
Prepare quotes and proposals
Provide website design, website care, copywriting or related services
Communicate with you about ongoing work
Provide customer support
Maintain business and client records
Improve our website and services
Protect the security of our website and systems
Meet legal, financial, tax or regulatory obligations
Our lawful basis for using your information
Under UK data protection law, we must have a lawful basis for processing personal information.
Depending on the circumstances, we may rely on:
Contract
Processing may be necessary to provide services you have requested or to take steps before entering into a contract with you.
Legitimate interests
We may process information where there is a legitimate business reason to do so, such as responding to enquiries, communicating with clients, operating our business or protecting our website.
Legal obligation
We may need to process or retain certain information to comply with legal, financial or tax requirements.
Consent
Where consent is required, for example for certain cookies or marketing communications, we will ask for your permission.
Contact and enquiry forms
When you submit a form through our website, the information you provide is used to respond to your enquiry and, where appropriate, discuss or provide our services.
Please avoid providing sensitive personal information through website forms unless it is genuinely necessary.
Cookies and analytics
Our website may use cookies and similar technologies to:
Make the website function correctly
Remember preferences
Understand how visitors use the website
Improve website performance and usability
Some cookies are essential for the website to work.
Other cookies, such as certain analytics or marketing cookies, may require your consent before they are used.
More information is available in our Cookie Policy.
Sharing your information
We do not sell your personal information.
We may share information with trusted third-party service providers where necessary to operate our business or provide services to you.
These may include:
Website hosting or website platform providers
Email providers
Cloud storage providers
Analytics providers
Payment providers
Accounting providers
Professional advisers
Suppliers or contractors involved in delivering services to you
We only share information where there is a legitimate reason to do so.
International data transfers
Some technology providers we use may store or process information outside the United Kingdom.
Where personal information is transferred internationally, appropriate safeguards or other lawful mechanisms will be used where required by UK data protection law.
How long we keep your information
We keep personal information only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purpose for which it was collected.
General enquiries that do not lead to work may be deleted when they are no longer required.
Client and financial records may be retained for longer where necessary for contractual, legal, tax or accounting purposes.
How we protect your information
We take reasonable technical and organisational measures to protect personal information against:
Unauthorised access
Loss
Misuse
Alteration
Disclosure
However, no online system or method of electronic storage can be guaranteed to be completely secure.
Your data protection rights
Depending on the circumstances, you may have the right to:
Request access to personal information we hold about you
Ask us to correct inaccurate information
Ask us to delete your information in certain circumstances
Ask us to restrict how your information is used
Object to certain types of processing
Request the transfer of certain information
Withdraw consent where processing is based on consent
Not all rights apply in every situation.
To exercise any of these rights, please contact WayPoint Studio using the details on this page.
Complaints
If you have concerns about how your personal information is being handled, please contact WayPoint Studio first so we can try to resolve the issue.
You also have the right to raise a concern with the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), the UK regulator for data protection.
Third-party websites
Our website may contain links to websites operated by other organisations.
WayPoint Studio is not responsible for the privacy practices, security or content of third-party websites.
You should review the privacy policies of those websites separately.
Changes to this Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy occasionally to reflect changes to our website, services, technology or legal requirements.
The latest version will always be published on this page with an updated date.
Contact
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or how your personal information is handled, please contact:
WayPoint Studio
Email: info.andyk@gmail.com
Website: waypointstudio.co.uk