Privacy Policy
Last updated: March 2026
Selborne Research ("we", "us", "our") is committed to protecting your privacy. This policy explains how we collect, use, and protect your personal data when you visit our website at selborneresearch.com and purchase our products.
Who We Are
Selborne Research is an independent research publisher operated by Dan, based in the United Kingdom. For data protection purposes, we are the data controller.
Contact: info@selborneresearch.com
What Data We Collect
When you purchase a product through our payment processor (Lemon Squeezy), we receive your name, email address, and transaction details. We do not directly collect or store credit card numbers or other payment card details. These are handled entirely by Lemon Squeezy.
When you visit our website, we do not use cookies, tracking pixels, or analytics scripts that collect personal data. Our site is hosted on Cloudflare, which may collect basic server logs (IP address, pages visited, timestamps) as part of standard web hosting operations.
How We Use Your Data
We use your information solely to fulfil your product purchases and deliver digital products to you. Specifically, we use your data to:
- Process and deliver your order
- Send purchase confirmations and product download links
- Respond to support enquiries
- Comply with legal and tax obligations
We will never sell, rent, or share your personal data with third parties for marketing purposes.
Legal Basis for Processing (UK GDPR)
We process your personal data on the following legal bases:
- Contract performance: Processing your purchase and delivering products
- Legal obligation: Retaining records for tax and accounting requirements
- Legitimate interests: Responding to enquiries and improving our products
Third-Party Processors
We use the following third-party services which may process your data on our behalf:
- Lemon Squeezy: payment processing and product delivery
- Cloudflare: website hosting and content delivery
Each of these providers maintains their own privacy policies and data protection measures.
Data Retention
We retain purchase records for as long as required by UK tax law (typically 6 years). If you contact us by email, we retain correspondence for as long as reasonably necessary to respond to your enquiry.
Your Rights
Under UK data protection law, you have the right to:
- Access the personal data we hold about you
- Request correction of inaccurate data
- Request deletion of your data (subject to legal retention requirements)
- Object to processing based on legitimate interests
- Request data portability
- Lodge a complaint with the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO)
To exercise any of these rights, email us at info@selborneresearch.com.
Cookies
This website does not use first-party cookies, analytics cookies, or advertising cookies. Cloudflare may set essential security cookies as part of its CDN and DDoS protection services. These are strictly necessary for the operation of the website and do not track you for marketing purposes.
Changes to This Policy
We may update this privacy policy from time to time. Any changes will be posted on this page with an updated revision date.