PRIVACY
POLICY.

Overview

Byte Size Studio is an independent web development and graphic design studio based in Manchester, United Kingdom.

Byte Size Studio is responsible for personal information collected through this website and through direct project enquiries.

This Privacy Policy explains what personal information may be collected, why it is collected and how it is handled.

Information collected

The information collected depends on how you interact with Byte Size Studio.

Information you provide

When you submit the contact form or contact Byte Size Studio directly, information may include:

• your name;
• your email address;
• your business name, if provided;
• your current website, if provided;
• the service or package you are interested in;
• project requirements;
• information included within your message; and
• any information you later provide during project discussions.

Technical information

Like most websites, hosting and security providers may process limited technical information when the website is accessed. This may include information such as an IP address, browser type, device information, request logs and timestamps.

Analytics information

Where you choose to accept analytics cookies, Google Analytics 4 may collect information about how you use the Byte Size Studio website.

This may include information such as:

• pages viewed;
• approximate session and engagement information;
• interactions with links and website content;
• traffic and referral sources;
• browser and device information;
• approximate geographic information; and
• website performance and usage statistics.

Byte Size Studio does not intentionally send names, email addresses, enquiry messages or other directly identifying contact-form information to Google Analytics.

How information is used

Personal information may be used to:

• respond to enquiries;
• understand your project requirements;
• prepare quotations and proposals;
• communicate with you before, during and after a project;
• provide website, redesign or graphic design services;
• manage invoices, payments and business records;
• operate, maintain and secure the website;
• understand how the website is used and improve its performance, content and user experience where analytics consent has been provided;
• meet legal, tax or accounting obligations; and
• establish, exercise or defend legal claims where necessary.

Personal information is not sold to third parties.

Legal basis for processing

Under UK data protection law, personal information must be processed using an appropriate lawful basis.

Depending on the circumstances, Byte Size Studio may rely on:

Contract

Information may be processed where it is necessary to take steps at your request before entering into a contract or to provide services under an existing contract.

Legitimate interests

Information may be processed where reasonably necessary to respond to enquiries, operate the business, maintain client relationships and protect the website and business, where those interests are not overridden by your rights and interests.

Legal obligation

Certain information may need to be retained or processed to comply with legal, accounting or tax requirements.

Consent

Where consent is specifically requested, including for optional Google Analytics cookies, information may be processed on the basis of that consent.

You may withdraw that consent at any time. Withdrawal does not affect processing that took place before consent was withdrawn.

Sharing and service providers

Personal information may be processed by trusted third-party services used to operate Byte Size Studio.

These currently include services used for:

• website hosting, including Vercel;
• contact form processing, including Formspree;
• website analytics, including Google Analytics 4, where analytics consent has been provided;
• business email and communication, including Google Workspace;
• payment, accounting or administrative services where required; and
• professional advisers or authorities where disclosure is legally required.

These providers may process information on Byte Size Studio's behalf or under their own applicable privacy terms.

Some service providers may process or store information outside the United Kingdom. Where this occurs, appropriate data protection safeguards are relied upon where required by law.

How long information is kept

Personal information is kept only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purpose for which it was collected.

The exact period may depend on whether you become a client, whether information is needed for an ongoing project and whether records must be retained for legal, tax or accounting purposes.

Enquiries that do not become active projects may be deleted when they are no longer reasonably required. Records relating to completed paid work may be kept for longer where required for business, accounting, contractual or legal reasons.

Analytics information is retained in accordance with the retention settings applied within Google Analytics and is used for website performance and usage analysis.

Cookies and similar technologies

Byte Size Studio uses technologies that are necessary to operate and protect the website and may also use optional analytics cookies where you choose to allow them.

Google Analytics

Byte Size Studio uses Google Analytics 4 to understand how visitors use the website and to help improve its content, performance and user experience.

Google Analytics is treated as optional on this website. It is not loaded until you choose to accept analytics cookies through the website's cookie controls.

If you reject analytics cookies, Google Analytics will not be loaded and the main functionality of the website will continue to work normally.

What analytics may measure

Where analytics has been accepted, information may be collected about website activity such as:

• page views;
• scrolling and engagement;
• outbound link clicks;
• traffic sources;
• device and browser information;
• approximate location information; and
• successful project enquiry conversions.

Successful project enquiries may be recorded in Google Analytics as an aggregated conversion event. The enquiry message, name and email address are not intentionally sent to Google Analytics as part of that event.

Your cookie preference

Your analytics preference is stored by the website so that the choice does not need to be requested on every visit.

You can change your preference at any time using the Cookie settings control in the website footer.

Rejecting optional analytics does not prevent you from browsing the website, viewing work, checking services or submitting an enquiry.

Advertising cookies

Byte Size Studio does not currently use Google Analytics on this website for personalised advertising and does not currently use behavioural advertising cookies through the website.

Essential technologies

Hosting, security and other service providers may use technical mechanisms that are necessary to deliver, secure or operate their services.

Your data protection rights

Depending on the circumstances and the lawful basis being used, UK data protection law may give you rights relating to your personal information.

These can include the right to:

• request access to personal information held about you;
• request correction of inaccurate or incomplete information;
• request deletion of personal information in certain circumstances;
• request restriction of processing in certain circumstances;
• object to certain processing;
• request data portability where applicable; and
• withdraw consent where processing relies on consent.

Where optional analytics relies on your consent, you can withdraw that consent using the Cookie settings control on the website.

If you wish to exercise a data protection right, contact Byte Size Studio using the details at the end of this policy.

You also have the right to raise a concern with the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO), the UK's data protection regulator.

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Security

Reasonable steps are taken to protect personal information against accidental loss, unauthorised access, misuse, alteration or disclosure.

However, no website, email service or method of transmitting information over the internet can be guaranteed to be completely secure.

Changes to this policy

This Privacy Policy may be updated from time to time to reflect changes to the website, services, technology or legal requirements.

The latest version will always be published on this page with the date of the most recent update shown above.

Contact

If you have a question about this Privacy Policy, how your information is handled or would like to exercise a data protection right, contact: