The Hobby Library information
Privacy policy
What personal information The Hobby Library uses and the choices available to visitors.
Reviewed 23 July 2026
Who is responsible
The Hobby Library is responsible for the personal information used by this website. The current owner and contact details are published with this policy when the site is made available to the public.
Information we may use
We may receive information you choose to send through a contact form or email, basic server security logs, and consent choices stored on your device. Optional analytics or marketing technology will run only according to the choice made in Cookie settings.
Why we use it
- To respond to messages
- To operate, secure and diagnose the website
- To understand website use when optional analytics consent has been given
- To remember cookie choices
- To meet legal obligations
We keep information only as long as it is needed for the relevant purpose. Service providers may process limited information on our behalf under appropriate agreements.
Your rights
Depending on the circumstances, UK data protection law may give you rights to access, correct, erase or restrict use of personal information, object to certain processing, and withdraw consent. You can also raise a concern with the Information Commissioner's Office.
Updates
This policy will be reviewed when the website's forms, analytics, advertising, hosting or service providers change.
First-party analytics
If you consent to Analytics, this website creates random visitor, visit and page-view identifiers in browser storage. The identifiers are transformed before they are stored in our own database. We record the page path and title, referring website domain, visit times and engaged time while a page is visible. We do not store your IP address, precise location, full browser fingerprint or an advertising profile in the analytics tables.
This information helps us understand which guides are used, how readers move between pages and where content may need improving. Analytics records are normally retained for 180 days. You can stop future analytics and remove the identifiers from your browser by changing Cookie settings.