Last updated: 21 October 2026.
This policy explains what personal information this website collects, why, and what your rights are. It applies to tomsnellrecording.com.
Who I am
This website is run by Tom Snell, trading as Tom Snell Recording, Milton Keynes, UK. I am the data controller for the information described here. You can contact me about it at tomsnellrecording@gmail.com.
What I collect and why
Contact form and free test mix form. If you use either form, I collect the name, email address and message or project details you type in. I use them only to reply to you and to deal with your enquiry or project. The legal basis is my legitimate interest in answering people who contact me, and, if you become a client, taking steps at your request before a contract.
Spam protection. Both forms use Cloudflare Turnstile to tell people from bots. Turnstile checks some information from your browser when you load the form. See Cloudflare’s privacy policy.
Visitor statistics. I use Cloudflare Web Analytics to count visits and see which pages are popular. It does not use cookies and does not track you across other sites or build a profile of you.
Technical data. Like any website, the server and Cloudflare, which delivers the site, handle your IP address and basic browser details so that pages can be sent to you and attacks can be blocked.
Who receives your information
- Cloudflare delivers the website, protects it from abuse, and runs Turnstile and Web Analytics.
- Google (Gmail) carries the email that the forms send to me, and holds my inbox.
- YouTube and SoundCloud content on the Listen and Watch pages loads only after you press play. Before that, your browser makes no connection to them. Once you press play, they may collect data under their own policies. YouTube videos use YouTube’s privacy-enhanced (no-cookie) address.
- Instagram (Meta): the Gallery page shows photos from my Instagram account (@tomsnellrecording), so Instagram may receive your IP address when those photos load.
I do not sell your information or use it for advertising, and I do not share it with anyone else unless the law requires it.
Cookies
The site sets no advertising or tracking cookies, and I have not added a cookie banner. Cookies are used only if I log in to manage the site, and by YouTube or SoundCloud if you press play on their content.
Where it is stored and for how long
The website runs on my own server in the UK. Messages you send through the forms are kept in the website and in my email inbox. I do not delete enquiries on a fixed schedule: I keep them for as long as I need them to deal with your request and, for clients, to keep a record of the work. I will delete your messages sooner if you ask me to. Backups of the website are kept at home and are overwritten on a rolling basis.
Your rights
Under UK data protection law you can ask me for a copy of the personal information I hold about you, ask me to correct it, ask me to delete it, or object to how I use it. Email me at tomsnellrecording@gmail.com and I will reply within one month. If you are unhappy with how I have handled your information, you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at ico.org.uk, but I would like the chance to put it right first.
Changes
If I change what the site collects, I will update this page and its date.