Privacy Policy

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Privacy Policy

Last updated: May 2026

This website is operated by Simon Hardern, a sole trader providing cruise ship enrichment lecture services. I am the data controller for any personal data collected through this website.

If you have any questions about this policy or how I handle your data, please contact me at:

•  [Your email address]

•  [Your website URL]

This website may collect the following types of personal data:

•  Your name

•  Your email address

•  Any message or enquiry you send via the contact form

•  Technical data such as your IP address and browser type, collected automatically by the website hosting platform (GoDaddy)

I collect personal data in the following ways:

•  Directly from you, when you complete and submit the contact form on this website

•  Automatically, through cookies and analytics tools operated by GoDaddy as part of the website hosting service

Under UK GDPR, I must have a lawful basis for processing your personal data. The table below sets out the purposes for which I use your data and the corresponding legal basis:

Responding to your enquiries - Legal basis: Contract necessity (you are initiating contact with a view to engaging my services) or legitimate interests

Maintaining a record of correspondence - Legal basis: Legitimate interests (to manage my business and professional relationships)

Website performance and security monitoring (via GoDaddy) - Legal basis: Legitimate interests

I do not use your data for marketing purposes, and I will not send you unsolicited emails or newsletters.

I do not sell, rent, or trade your personal data with third parties. Your data may be shared only in the following limited circumstances:

•  GoDaddy (my website hosting provider), who process data on my behalf in order to operate this website - GoDaddy's own privacy policy governs their data handling practices

•  Where I am required to do so by law or a regulatory authority

I do not currently transfer your personal data outside the United Kingdom.

I will retain your personal data only for as long as is necessary for the purposes described in this policy:

•  Contact form enquiries: retained for up to 2 years from the date of last correspondence

•  Technical/log data held by GoDaddy: in accordance with GoDaddy's own retention schedules

This website may use cookies - small text files placed on your device by your browser. GoDaddy, as the hosting platform, may set cookies for the purposes of website functionality and analytics.

You can control and delete cookies through your browser settings. Please note that disabling certain cookies may affect the functionality of this website.

For full details of cookies used on this website, please refer to GoDaddy's Cookie Policy.

Under UK GDPR, you have the following rights in relation to your personal data:

•  The right to access - you can request a copy of the personal data I hold about you

•  The right to rectification - you can ask me to correct inaccurate or incomplete data

•  The right to erasure - you can ask me to delete your data in certain circumstances

•  The right to restrict processing - you can ask me to limit how I use your data

•  The right to object - you can object to processing based on legitimate interests

•  The right to data portability - you can request your data in a machine-readable format

To exercise any of these rights, please contact me using the details in Section 1. I will respond within one month.

I take reasonable steps to protect your personal data from unauthorised access, loss, or misuse. This website is hosted on GoDaddy's secure infrastructure, which applies industry-standard security measures.

Please be aware that transmitting data over the internet is never entirely secure, and I cannot guarantee the security of data sent to me electronically.

If you are unhappy with how I have handled your personal data, you have the right to complain to the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO), the UK supervisory authority for data protection:

•  Website: www.ico.org.uk

•  Telephone: 0303 123 1113

I would, however, welcome the opportunity to address any concerns directly before you contact the ICO. Please contact me in the first instance using the details in Section 1.

I may update this privacy policy from time to time. Any changes will be posted on this page with an updated date at the top. I recommend checking this page periodically to stay informed of how I handle your data.