Privacy policy

This explains what happens to your information when you use roderickalan.co or get in touch. Plain English, no surprises.

Who I am

Roderick Alan is a one-person web design studio based in the New Forest, Hampshire, run by Rod as a sole trader. For anything about your data, email hello@roderickalan.co or use the contact form.

What I collect and why

When you fill in the enquiry form

Your name, business name, email, and anything else you choose to give me (phone, current website, what’s not working, budget, timing, how you found me). I also record which link or ad sent you to the site, if any, so I know which of my marketing is working.

I use it to reply to you and, if we work together, to plan the project. The legal basis is legitimate interests and taking steps at your request before a contract.

Enquiries are emailed to me and stored in the website’s database. If we don’t end up working together, I delete them after 12 months. If we do, project records are kept for six years because HMRC requires it.

Visitor statistics

I use Plausible Analytics to count visits. It doesn’t use cookies, doesn’t collect personal data and doesn’t track you across other sites. Data is stored in the EU.

Which link brought you here

If you arrive from a link with a tracking code (for example from an ad), the site remembers that code in your browser’s session storage until you close the tab, so it can be attached to your enquiry. It isn’t used for anything else and it isn’t a cookie.

Advertising cookies

I use Google Ads, Microsoft Advertising and Meta (Facebook and Instagram) tags to see which ads lead to enquiries. The Meta pixel also lets me show my ads on Facebook and Instagram to people who have visited this site. None of these tags switch on unless you click “That’s fine” on the cookie banner. If you say no, nothing loads. You can change your mind at any time using “Cookie settings” at the bottom of every page.

Who else sees it

Only the services that keep the site and my email running: my web host, my email provider, and (with your consent) Google, Microsoft and Meta for ad measurement and, in Meta’s case, showing my ads to past visitors. I don’t sell or share your details with anyone else.

Fonts are hosted on this site, so your browser doesn’t contact Google Fonts.

Your rights

You can ask for a copy of what I hold about you, ask me to correct it or delete it, or object to how I use it. Email hello@roderickalan.co or use the contact form and I’ll sort it within a month.

If you’re not happy with how I’ve handled your data, you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at ico.org.uk.

Last updated 14 October 2026.