This policy explains what personal information Beyond The Garden Gates collects when you use this website, why we collect it, how long we keep it and the choices you have. It also explains how we use cookies.
Last updated: 28 September 2026
Who we are
This website is published by High Ranking Websites Ltd, which is the data controller for personal information collected through it. You can contact us about anything in this policy at hello@beyondthegardengates.co.uk.
Information we collect
When you contact us
If you email us or use our contact form, we receive your name, email address and whatever you choose to tell us. We use this only to reply to you and deal with your enquiry. Our lawful basis is our legitimate interest in responding to people who get in touch.
When you leave a comment
If comments are open on a post and you leave one, we store the name, email address and comment you submit, along with your IP address and browser details, to help spot spam. Comments may be checked by an automated spam-filtering service. Your email address is never shown publicly.
When you browse the site
Like most websites, our hosting and security software record technical information such as your IP address, browser type and the pages you request. This is used to keep the site secure, block malicious traffic and fix problems. Our lawful basis is our legitimate interest in running a secure website.
Analytics
We use Google Analytics and Microsoft Clarity to understand how visitors use the site, such as which guides are read, how people arrive and where pages are hard to use. Microsoft Clarity can record how the page is used (clicks, scrolling and mouse movements) to produce heatmaps and session replays. These tools use cookies and similar technologies, and we use them only with your consent where the law requires it.
Advertising
We may show adverts provided by Google. Google and its partners may use cookies to show adverts and, if you agree, to personalise them based on your visits to this and other websites. You can find out more and manage ad personalisation through Google’s advertising policies.
Cookies
Cookies are small text files stored on your device. We use the following types:
- Strictly necessary: needed for the site to work and stay secure. These do not need your consent.
- Analytics: set by Google Analytics and Microsoft Clarity to measure how the site is used.
- Advertising: set by Google to deliver and measure adverts and, with consent, personalise them.
- Affiliate: if you click an affiliate link, the retailer or affiliate network may set a cookie so it can tell that you came from our site.
You can block or delete cookies in your browser settings, and you can change your choices at any time. Blocking some cookies may affect how parts of the site work. The ICO’s guide to cookies explains more.
Who we share information with
We do not sell your personal information. We share it only with service providers that help us run the site, such as our web host, email provider, security and spam-filtering services, and the analytics and advertising providers named above. Some of these providers, including Google and Microsoft, may process data outside the UK. Where they do, they are required to protect it with safeguards recognised under UK data protection law.
How long we keep information
We keep emails and contact form messages only for as long as we need them to deal with your enquiry, and delete them when they are no longer needed. Approved comments stay on the site unless you ask us to remove them. Analytics and advertising data are kept according to the retention settings of the provider concerned.
Your rights
Under UK data protection law you have the right to ask for a copy of the personal information we hold about you, and to ask us to correct it, delete it, restrict how we use it or stop using it. Where we rely on your consent, you can withdraw it at any time. To make a request, email hello@beyondthegardengates.co.uk.
If you are unhappy with how we have handled your information, please contact us first so we can try to put it right. You also have the right to complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO).
Links to other websites
Our articles link to other websites, including sources, businesses we work with and retailers. We are not responsible for their privacy practices, so please read their own policies.
Changes to this policy
We may update this policy from time to time. The date at the top shows when it last changed.
