Cookie and Privacy Policy

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Who We Are

Our website address is: https://budntod.com

Address: 338 Hessle Road, Hull HU3 3SB

Phone: 01482 455994

Website: https://budntod.com

What Personal Data We Collect and Why We Collect It

Comments

When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor's IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.

An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.

Media

If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.

Contact Forms, Calls, and Enquiries

We collect information from any form of contact or enquiry made online or over the phone. All our phone lines are automatically recorded for security and monitoring purposes. This includes:

Name and contact information (email, phone number)
Message content and enquiry details
IP address and browser information
Call recordings (for phone enquiries)

Cookies

We use cookies to enhance your browsing experience and provide essential functionality:

Session Cookies: Temporary cookies that are deleted when you close your browser. These are essential for the website to function properly.
Authentication Cookies: If you have an account and log in, we set cookies to save your login information and screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select "Remember Me", your login will persist for two weeks.
Comment Cookies: If you leave a comment, you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again. These cookies will last for one year.
Analytics Cookies: We use Google Analytics to understand how visitors interact with our website. These cookies collect anonymised data about your browsing behaviour.

Embedded Content from Other Websites

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.

These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

Analytics

We use Google Analytics for monitoring, updating, and improving our services. Google Analytics collects anonymised data about how visitors use our website, including:

Pages visited and time spent on pages
Referral sources (how you found our website)
Device and browser information
General geographic location (country/city level, not specific addresses)

You can opt-out of Google Analytics tracking by installing the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on.

Who We Share Your Data With

We do not sell, trade, or rent your personal information to third parties. We may share your data only in the following circumstances:

Service Providers: We may share data with trusted service providers who assist us in operating our website, conducting our business, or serving our users, as long as those parties agree to keep this information confidential.
Legal Requirements: We may disclose your information if required by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities.
Business Transfers: In the event of a merger, acquisition, or sale of assets, your information may be transferred as part of that transaction.

Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.

How Long We Retain Your Data

Comments: If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognise and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.

User Accounts: For users that register on our website, we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.

Contact Forms: Information submitted through contact forms is retained for as long as necessary to respond to your enquiry and for record-keeping purposes, typically up to 3 years unless you request deletion.

Analytics Data: Google Analytics data is retained according to Google's data retention policies, typically up to 26 months.

What Rights You Have Over Your Data

Under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and UK data protection laws, you have the following rights:

Right of Access: You can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us.
Right to Rectification: You can request correction of inaccurate or incomplete personal data.
Right to Erasure: You can request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
Right to Restrict Processing: You can request that we limit how we use your personal data.
Right to Data Portability: You can request that we transfer your data to another service provider.
Right to Object: You can object to processing of your personal data for certain purposes, such as direct marketing.
Right to Withdraw Consent: Where we rely on your consent to process your data, you can withdraw that consent at any time.

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us using the information provided in the "Your Contact Information" section below.

Where We Send Your Data

Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service. Analytics data is processed by Google Analytics, which may transfer data outside the European Economic Area (EEA). Google is certified under the EU-US Privacy Shield Framework and has implemented appropriate safeguards to protect your data.

Your Contact Information

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or wish to exercise your rights under GDPR, please contact us:

Address: 338 Hessle Road, Hull HU3 3SB

Phone: 01482 455994

Email: Contact Us

Website: https://budntod.com

Additional Information

How We Protect Your Data

We use industry-standard security measures to protect your personal data:

SSL/TLS encryption for data transmission
Multi-layer firewalls and up-to-date antivirus software
Regular security updates to our operating systems and software
Secure password policies and access controls
Regular backups and disaster recovery procedures

What Third Parties We Receive Data From

We do not receive or store any data from third parties about you, except for anonymised analytics data from Google Analytics.

Automated Decision Making and Profiling

We do not use automated decision-making or profiling that produces legal effects or significantly affects you.

Industry Regulatory Disclosure Requirements

If you are located in the European Union, you have the right to lodge a complaint with your local data protection authority if you believe we have not complied with GDPR requirements. In the UK, you can contact the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO).

Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons. We will notify you of any material changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page and updating the "Last Updated" date below.

Last Updated: November 27, 2025

Questions About Your Privacy?

If you have any questions or concerns about how we handle your personal data, please don't hesitate to contact us.