Privacy Policy
Last updated: October 12, 2026
Healy Web Design (“Healy Web Design”) operates healywebdesign.co.uk and may operate other websites. It is Healy Web Design’s policy to respect your privacy regarding any information we may collect while operating our websites and providing our services. This Privacy Policy outlines how we collect, use, protect, and disclose your personal information, including how we ensure compliance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
1. Information We Collect
a. Non-Personally-Identifying Information
Like most website operators, Healy Web Design collects non-personally-identifying information of the sort that web browsers and servers typically make available, such as the browser type, language preference, referring site, and the date and time of each visitor request. The purpose of collecting this information is to better understand how our visitors use the website and improve our services.
b. Personally-Identifying Information
We collect personally-identifying information when you voluntarily provide it to us. This information may include:
Name
Email address
Phone number
Billing and payment information
IP address
We collect this information when:
You sign up for services.
You make a purchase or enter into a contract with us.
You contact us directly for support or inquiries.
c. Payment Information
When you enter into a contract with Healy Web Design for website services, we process payments through Stripe. Our system automatically collects recurring monthly payments as agreed in the contract. All payment information, including credit or debit card details, is securely stored and processed by Stripe. Healy Web Design does not directly store or process sensitive payment information. Stripe’s data protection and privacy measures apply to all payment transactions.
For more information on Stripe’s privacy practices, please visit Stripe Privacy Policy.
2. How We Use Your Information
We use the information we collect for the following purposes:
To provide and improve our services.
To process payments and manage billing.
To respond to inquiries and provide customer support.
To send updates, newsletters, and marketing communications (if consent has been provided).
To ensure compliance with legal obligations.
3. Legal Basis for Processing Data
Under GDPR, we rely on the following legal bases for processing your data:
Contractual necessity: We process your personal data to fulfill our contract with you.
Consent: We may process your data for marketing purposes if you have provided explicit consent.
Legitimate interest: We may process your data for legitimate business interests, such as improving our services and maintaining security.
4. Data Sharing and Disclosure
Healy Web Design discloses personally-identifying information only to those employees, contractors, and affiliated organizations that:
Need the information to process it on our behalf or provide services.
Have agreed to maintain the confidentiality of your information.
We do not sell or rent your personal information to third parties. We may disclose your information if required by law or when we believe that disclosure is necessary to protect our rights, comply with a legal obligation, or prevent fraud.
We may share data with third-party services to help us deliver our services, such as:
- Stripe: For secure payment processing.
- Siteground: For website hosting and maintenance.
All third-party providers we work with comply with data protection regulations and have appropriate safeguards in place.
5. Data Retention
We retain personal information for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected, including to meet legal, accounting, or reporting requirements. When we no longer need to use your personal information, we will securely delete or anonymize it.
6. Data Breach
7. Children’s Privacy
“Our website and services are not directed towards children under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children. If we become aware that we have inadvertently collected personal information from a child, we will take steps to delete such information promptly.
8. International Data Transfers
Where we or our third-party service providers transfer personal data outside the UK or EEA, we ensure that appropriate safeguards are in place, such as Standard Contractual Clauses approved by the European Commission.
9. Ads
Ads appearing on any of our websites may be delivered to users by advertising partners, who may set cookies. These cookies allow the ad server to recognize your computer each time they send you an online advertisement to compile information about you or others who use your computer. This information allows ad networks to, among other things, deliver targeted advertisements that they believe will be of most interest to you. This Privacy Policy covers the use of cookies by Healy Web Design and does not cover the use of cookies by any advertisers.
10. Data Security
Healy Web Design takes all measures reasonably necessary to protect your personal information from unauthorized access, use, alteration, or destruction. We use secure servers and data encryption to safeguard your information. Payment information is handled securely through Stripe, which complies with industry-leading security standards.
11. Your Rights Under GDPR
Under GDPR, you have the following rights regarding your personal data:
Right to access: You can request a copy of the personal data we hold about you.
Right to rectification: You can request corrections to any inaccurate or incomplete data.
Right to erasure: You can request that we delete your personal data.
Right to restrict processing: You can request that we limit how we use your data.
Right to data portability: You can request your data in a machine-readable format.
Right to object: You can object to the processing of your data for certain purposes.
Right to withdraw consent: If you have provided consent for processing, you can withdraw it at any time.
To exercise any of these rights, please contact us using the details provided below.
12. Complaints
If you have any complaints regarding the processing of your personal data, please contact us:
Name: Lee Healy
Email: lee@healywebdesign.co.uk
Address: 17 Davies Way, Flitch Green, Dunmow, CM6 3GN
If you are not satisfied with our response, you have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority. In the UK, this is the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO).
13. Cookies
Healy Web Design uses cookies to enhance user experience and track website usage. You can control your cookie preferences through your browser settings. Note that disabling cookies may affect the functionality of our website. We use a cookie consent mechanism on our website that allows users to accept or reject non-essential cookies. Essential cookies, which are necessary for the proper functioning of the website, will always be used.
14. Business Transfers
In the event that Healy Web Design is acquired or goes out of business, user information may be transferred to the acquiring entity. You acknowledge that such transfers may occur and that any acquirer of Healy Web Design may continue to use your personal information as set forth in this policy.
15. Changes to This Privacy Policy
Healy Web Design may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We encourage visitors to review this page periodically for any changes. If you have an account with us, we may notify you of significant changes via email. Your continued use of our services after any changes to this policy will constitute your acceptance of those changes.
16. Contact Information
For any questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy or our data practices, please contact us:
Name: Lee Healy
Email: lee@healywebdesign.co.uk
Address: 17 Davies Way, Flitch Green, Dunmow, CM6 3GN
Healy Web Design (“Healy Web Design”) operates healywebdesign.co.uk and may operate other websites. It is Healy Web Design’s policy to respect your privacy regarding any information we may collect while operating our websites.
Website Visitors
Like most website operators, Healy Web Design collects non-personally-identifying information of the sort that web browsers and servers typically make available, such as the browser type, language preference, referring site, and the date and time of each visitor request. Healy Web Design’s purpose in collecting non-personally identifying information is to better understand how Healy Web Design’s visitors use its website. From time to time, Healy Web Design may release non-personally-identifying information in the aggregate, e.g., by publishing a report on trends in the usage of its website.
Healy Web Design also collects potentially personally-identifying information like Internet Protocol (IP) addresses for logged in users and for users leaving comments on healywebdesign.co.uk blogs/sites. Healy Web Design only discloses logged in user and commenter IP addresses under the same circumstances that it uses and discloses personally-identifying information as described below, except that commenter IP addresses and email addresses are visible and disclosed to the administrators of the blog/site where the comment was left.
Gathering of Personally-Identifying Information
Certain visitors to Healy Web Design’s websites choose to interact with Healy Web Design in ways that require Healy Web Design to gather personally-identifying information. The amount and type of information that Healy Web Design gathers depends on the nature of the interaction. For example, we ask visitors who sign up at healywebdesign.co.uk to provide a username and email address. Those who engage in transactions with Healy Web Design are asked to provide additional information, including as necessary the personal and financial information required to process those transactions. In each case, Healy Web Design collects such information only insofar as is necessary or appropriate to fulfill the purpose of the visitor’s interaction with Healy Web Design. Healy Web Design does not disclose personally-identifying information other than as described below. And visitors can always refuse to supply personally-identifying information, with the caveat that it may prevent them from engaging in certain website-related activities.
Aggregated Statistics
Healy Web Design may collect statistics about the behavior of visitors to its websites. Healy Web Design may display this information publicly or provide it to others. However, Healy Web Design does not disclose personally-identifying information other than as described below.
Protection of Certain Personally-Identifying Information
Healy Web Design discloses potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information only to those of its employees, contractors and affiliated organizations that (i) need to know that information in order to process it on Healy Web Design’s behalf or to provide services available at Healy Web Design’s websites, and (ii) that have agreed not to disclose it to others. Some of those employees, contractors and affiliated organizations may be located outside of your home country; by using Healy Web Design’s websites, you consent to the transfer of such information to them. Healy Web Design will not rent or sell potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information to anyone. Other than to its employees, contractors and affiliated organizations, as described above, Healy Web Design discloses potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information only in response to a subpoena, court order or other governmental request, or when Healy Web Design believes in good faith that disclosure is reasonably necessary to protect the property or rights of Healy Web Design, third parties or the public at large. If you are a registered user of an Healy Web Design website and have supplied your email address, Healy Web Design may occasionally send you an email to tell you about new features, solicit your feedback, or just keep you up to date with what’s going on with Healy Web Design and our products. If you send us a request (for example via email or via one of our feedback mechanisms), we reserve the right to publish it in order to help us clarify or respond to your request or to help us support other users. Healy Web Design takes all measures reasonably necessary to protect against the unauthorized access, use, alteration or destruction of potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information.
Cookies
A cookie is a string of information that a website stores on a visitor’s computer, and that the visitor’s browser provides to the website each time the visitor returns. Healy Web Design uses cookies to help Healy Web Design identify and track visitors, their usage of Healy Web Design website, and their website access preferences. Healy Web Design visitors who do not wish to have cookies placed on their computers should set their browsers to refuse cookies before using Healy Web Design’s websites, with the drawback that certain features of Healy Web Design’s websites may not function properly without the aid of cookies.
Business Transfers
If Healy Web Design, or substantially all of its assets, were acquired, or in the unlikely event that Healy Web Design goes out of business or enters bankruptcy, user information would be one of the assets that is transferred or acquired by a third party. You acknowledge that such transfers may occur, and that any acquirer of Healy Web Design may continue to use your personal information as set forth in this policy.
Ads
Ads appearing on any of our websites may be delivered to users by advertising partners, who may set cookies. These cookies allow the ad server to recognize your computer each time they send you an online advertisement to compile information about you or others who use your computer. This information allows ad networks to, among other things, deliver targeted advertisements that they believe will be of most interest to you. This Privacy Policy covers the use of cookies by Healy Web Design and does not cover the use of cookies by any advertisers.
Privacy Policy Changes
Although most changes are likely to be minor, Healy Web Design may change its Privacy Policy from time to time, and in Healy Web Design’s sole discretion. Healy Web Design encourages visitors to frequently check this page for any changes to its Privacy Policy. If you have a healywebdesign.co.uk account, you might also receive an alert informing you of these changes. Your continued use of this site after any change in this Privacy Policy will constitute your acceptance of such change.
