Privacy policy

Last updated 4 Oct 2026

This policy explains what personal data philseaton.ai collects, why, and what you can do about it.

Who I am

Phil Seaton is a trading name of LS Trader Limited, which runs this site and is responsible for your data (the “controller”).

LS Trader Limited, registered in England and Wales, company number 06967924
VAT number: GB 387 3497 42
Registered office: 6b Parkway, Porters Wood, St Albans, Hertfordshire, AL3 6PA, United Kingdom
Email: phil@philseaton.ai

You can contact me about anything in this policy by email or through the contact form.

What I collect

Only what you send me through the contact form: your name, email address, organisation (optional), the service you’re interested in, and your message. You don’t have to send anything, but I can’t reply without a name, an email address and a message.

If we go on to exchange emails or work together, I’ll also hold what you send me in that correspondence.

The web server doesn’t keep access logs for this site, and the site uses no analytics or advertising trackers.

Cookies

This site doesn’t set cookies or use any similar storage on your device, so there’s nothing to accept or decline. The typefaces are served from this site’s own server, not from a third party. When you send the contact form, it goes to this site’s own server, which passes it on to my mail server. No cookies are involved.

How I use it

I use your details only to read and reply to your enquiry and, if we go on to work together, to manage that work. I don’t add you to a mailing list, sell your details or share them for marketing. No decisions about you are made automatically.

The legal basis is my legitimate interest in replying to enquiries you choose to send, and, where you ask about working together, taking steps at your request before entering into a contract.

Who processes it

• Namecheap: hosts my email, on a server in the UK. Contact form messages are emailed to me there, so it handles them and any emails we exchange.
• Hetzner Online: hosts the website on servers in Germany, and passes contact form messages on to my mail server.
• Cloudflare: protects my mail server, so contact form messages pass through it on the way.

Your messages are stored in the UK. Cloudflare may process data in transit outside the UK. If you’d like to know how it is protected, ask me and I’ll give you the details.

How long I keep it

If an enquiry doesn’t lead to work, I delete it within 12 months of our last contact. If we work together, I keep our correspondence and records for six years after the work ends, because tax and legal rules require it, and then delete them. You can ask me to delete your enquiry sooner at any time.

Your rights

Under UK data protection law you can ask to see the personal data I hold about you, have it corrected or deleted, object to how I use it, ask me to limit its use, or ask for a copy in a format you can take elsewhere. To make a request, email me or use the contact form. I’ll reply within one month.

Complaints

If you’re unhappy with how I’ve handled your data, please tell me first by email or through the contact form. I’ll acknowledge your complaint within 30 days, look into it, and tell you what I found and what I’ve done about it.

You also have the right to complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at ico.org.uk.

Changes

If this policy changes, the new version will be posted here with a new date.