Privacy Policy
Last updated: May 2026
1. Who we are
Everyday ELSA is operated by Clare [Surname], a sole trader based in England. For the purposes of UK data protection law, Clare is the data controller for personal information collected through this website.
If you have any questions about how we handle your data, please contact us.
2. What information we collect
We collect the following information when you use this site:
- Email address and name — when you purchase a resource, sign up for our newsletter, or contact us.
- Payment information — we do not store your card details. Payments are processed by Stripe, who handle all card data securely.
- Download activity — we log when download links are used (IP address, timestamp) to prevent misuse and enforce download limits.
- Technical data — server logs may capture your IP address and browser type as a normal part of web hosting.
3. How we use your information
- To deliver your purchased downloads by email.
- To send you the newsletter you signed up for (with your consent).
- To respond to enquiries you send via our contact form.
- To prevent fraud and enforce our terms of use.
- To comply with legal obligations.
4. Legal basis for processing (UK GDPR)
- Contract — processing your purchase and delivering downloads.
- Consent — sending our newsletter. You may withdraw consent at any time by clicking “unsubscribe” in any email.
- Legitimate interests — preventing fraud, improving the site, responding to enquiries.
5. Data retention
We retain purchase records for 7 years for accounting purposes. Newsletter subscriber data is held until you unsubscribe. Download log data is retained for 12 months.
6. Third parties
- Stripe — processes card payments. Stripe is a PCI-DSS Level 1 certified payment provider.
- Resend — sends transactional emails (download links and newsletter confirmations).
- Neon (PostgreSQL) — our database is hosted in the EU.
We do not sell your data to any third party.
7. Your rights
Under UK GDPR, you have the right to:
- Access the personal data we hold about you.
- Have inaccurate data corrected.
- Request deletion of your data (subject to legal obligations).
- Object to or restrict processing in certain circumstances.
- Complain to the ICO at ico.org.uk.
To exercise any of these rights, please contact us.
8. Cookies
We use cookies to make this site work. For full details, see our Cookie Policy.