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Privacy Policy

Last Updated: December 2025

greatbritainpast.com ("we", "us", or "our") is committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our website greatbritainpast.com. Please read this policy carefully to understand our practices regarding your personal data.

1. Information We Collect

Information You Provide

We may collect personal information that you voluntarily provide when you:

  • Complete our contact form (name, email address, phone number, message)
  • Subscribe to our newsletter
  • Communicate with us via email or other channels

Information Collected Automatically

When you visit our website, we automatically collect certain information about your device and usage, including:

  • IP address and approximate geographic location
  • Browser type and version
  • Operating system
  • Device type (desktop, mobile, tablet)
  • Pages visited and time spent on each page
  • Referring website or source
  • Date and time of your visit
  • Click patterns and navigation behaviour

This information is collected through cookies and similar tracking technologies. See our Cookie Policy for more details.

2. How We Use Your Information

We use the information we collect for the following purposes:

  • To respond to enquiries: Process and respond to your contact form submissions and communications
  • To improve our website: Analyse usage patterns to enhance content, features, and user experience
  • To personalise content: Deliver content and information relevant to your interests
  • To send communications: Send newsletters and updates if you've opted in to receive them
  • To ensure security: Monitor for fraudulent activity and protect our website
  • To comply with legal obligations: Meet our legal and regulatory requirements
  • For analytics: Understand how visitors interact with our website

3. Legal Basis for Processing (GDPR)

Under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), we process your personal data based on the following legal grounds:

  • Consent: Where you have given explicit consent for specific purposes (e.g., newsletter subscriptions, cookie acceptance)
  • Legitimate interests: For website analytics, improving our services, and security purposes, balanced against your privacy rights
  • Contract: Where necessary to respond to your enquiries or requests
  • Legal obligation: Where required by applicable law

4. Information Sharing and Disclosure

We do not sell, trade, or rent your personal information to third parties. We may share your information in the following circumstances:

Service Providers

We may share information with third-party service providers who assist us in operating our website, including:

  • Website hosting providers
  • Analytics services (Google Analytics)
  • Email service providers
  • Form processing services (Shift4Shop)

These providers are contractually obligated to protect your information and may only use it for the specific purposes we've engaged them.

Legal Requirements

We may disclose your information if required by law, regulation, legal process, or governmental request, or to protect our rights, privacy, safety, or property.

Business Transfers

In the event of a merger, acquisition, or sale of assets, your information may be transferred to the acquiring entity.

5. Your Rights Under GDPR

If you are a resident of the European Economic Area (EEA) or the United Kingdom, you have certain rights regarding your personal data:

  • Right of access: Request a copy of the personal data we hold about you
  • Right to rectification: Request correction of inaccurate or incomplete data
  • Right to erasure: Request deletion of your personal data ("right to be forgotten")
  • Right to restrict processing: Request limitation of how we use your data
  • Right to data portability: Receive your data in a structured, commonly used format
  • Right to object: Object to processing based on legitimate interests or for marketing purposes
  • Right to withdraw consent: Withdraw consent at any time where processing is based on consent

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us using the details provided below. We will respond to your request within 30 days.

6. Data Retention

We retain your personal information for as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes outlined in this policy, unless a longer retention period is required by law. Specifically:

  • Contact form submissions: 2 years from the date of submission
  • Analytics data: 26 months (Google Analytics default)
  • Cookie consent records: Until consent is withdrawn or cookies expire

After the retention period, data is securely deleted or anonymised.

7. Data Security

We implement appropriate technical and organisational measures to protect your personal information against unauthorised access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction. These measures include:

  • SSL/TLS encryption for data transmission
  • Secure hosting infrastructure
  • Regular security assessments
  • Access controls and authentication

However, no method of transmission over the internet or electronic storage is 100% secure. While we strive to protect your information, we cannot guarantee absolute security.

8. International Data Transfers

Your information may be transferred to and processed in countries outside the UK or EEA. When this occurs, we ensure appropriate safeguards are in place, including:

  • Standard contractual clauses approved by the European Commission
  • Transfers to countries with adequate data protection laws
  • Other legally recognised transfer mechanisms

9. Third-Party Links

Our website contains links to third-party websites, including casino operators and responsible gambling resources. This Privacy Policy does not apply to those sites. We encourage you to review the privacy policies of any website you visit through links on our site.

10. Children's Privacy

Our website is not intended for individuals under 18 years of age. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children. If we become aware that we have collected data from a child under 18, we will take steps to delete such information promptly.

11. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices or legal requirements. We will post the updated policy on this page with a revised "Last Updated" date. We encourage you to review this policy periodically.

Significant changes will be communicated through a prominent notice on our website.

12. Contact Us

If you have questions about this Privacy Policy, wish to exercise your data rights, or have concerns about how we handle your information, please contact us:

13. Complaints

If you are not satisfied with our response to a privacy concern, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the UK Information Commissioner's Office (ICO):