Data Controller

The data controller responsible for personal data collected through this site is Copse & Compass Publishing Ltd, the operator of the Trail & Timber and Weekend Explorer editorial content. Any questions about how your data is handled can be directed to the contact details published on our contact page.

Legal framework

Your personal data is handled under UK GDPR and the Data Protection Act 2018 and whatever other rules apply in United Kingdom. If anything here ever contradicts the law, the law wins.

Data Collected

We collect the information you voluntarily provide through our contact form, such as your name, email address, and message content, along with standard server log data including IP address, browser type, and page requests, and, where you have given consent, analytics data on how you navigate the site. We do not collect payment information or maintain user accounts on this site.

Purposes and Legal Basis

Contact form data is processed to respond to your inquiry, on the legal basis of our legitimate interest in handling reader communications or, where applicable, your consent in submitting the form; server logs are retained on the basis of legitimate interest in maintaining site security and performance; and analytics cookies are processed only where you have given your consent through the cookie banner.

Storage Period

Contact form submissions are retained only as long as necessary to address your inquiry and are then deleted or anonymized, typically within twelve months, while server logs are kept for a limited period for security and troubleshooting purposes before being automatically purged, and analytics data is retained according to the retention settings of our analytics provider, generally no longer than twenty-six months.

Third-Party Services

We may share limited data with third-party service providers who support the technical operation of this site, such as web hosting and analytics providers, and these providers process data only as needed to deliver their service and under their own applicable privacy commitments. We do not sell personal data to third parties for marketing purposes.

Your Rights

Depending on your location, you may have the right to access, correct, delete, or restrict the processing of your personal data, as well as the right to withdraw consent to analytics cookies at any time through the consent banner. To exercise any of these rights, you can contact us using the details provided on our contact page, and we will respond within a reasonable timeframe.

Questions about this policy

Write to [email protected] or call +44 141 846 4523 during Mon-Fri 07:30-15:00, Sat 09:15-14:45. We get back to every message within one business day.

Merchant

Copse & Compass Publishing Ltd

Registered address

142 Dumbarton Road, Glasgow, G11 6AB, United Kingdom

Email

[email protected]

Phone

+44 141 846 4523

Working hours

Mon-Fri 07:30-15:00, Sat 09:15-14:45

Registration

Company No. SC338957