🌿 Privacy & Cookie Policy
Last updated: 22/02/2026
Welcome to The Gallipot (www.thegallipot.co.uk).
We are committed to protecting your privacy and handling your data in a transparent and secure way.
1. Who We Are
The Gallipot is a UK-based website providing holistic wellness content, product recommendations and curated items.
If you have any questions about this policy or your data, please contact:
📧 info@thegallipot.co.uk
2. What Data We Collect
Depending on how you use our website, we may collect:
a) Contact Information
- Name
- Email address (if you subscribe or contact us)
b) Technical Data
- IP address
- Browser type
- Device type
- Pages visited
- Time spent on site
c) Comment Data
When visitors leave comments, we collect the data shown in the comments form, plus the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help detect spam.
3. How We Use Your Data
We use data to:
- Respond to enquiries
- Improve website performance
- Understand visitor behaviour through analytics
- Maintain website security
- Comply with legal obligations
We do not sell your personal data.
4. Cookies
Cookies are small text files stored on your device when you visit a website.
We use cookies for:
- Website functionality
- Performance & analytics
- Affiliate tracking
You can control cookies via your browser settings or through our cookie consent banner.
5. Analytics
We may use services such as Google Analytics to understand how visitors use our site. These services may collect anonymised data such as:
- Pages viewed
- Time spent on pages
- Traffic sources
Google may process data in accordance with its own privacy policy.
You can opt out of Google Analytics tracking using Google’s browser add-on.
6. Affiliate Links & Third-Party Tracking
Some pages on this website contain affiliate links.
This means if you click a link and make a purchase, we may earn a commission at no additional cost to you.
As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.
When you click an Amazon link, Amazon may place tracking cookies on your device in order to:
- Track qualifying purchases
- Attribute commission
We do not control Amazon’s cookies or how Amazon processes data. Please refer to Amazon’s Privacy Policy for further information.
7. Embedded Content
Articles may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, social media posts). Embedded content behaves in the same way as if you visited the other website.
These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, and monitor your interaction with their content.
8. How Long We Keep Your Data
- Comments and related metadata are retained indefinitely.
- Contact form submissions are kept only as long as necessary to respond to your enquiry.
- Analytics data is retained according to the settings within our analytics platform.
9. Your Rights (UK GDPR)
Under UK data protection law, you have the right to:
- Request access to your personal data
- Request correction of inaccurate data
- Request deletion of your data
- Object to processing
- Restrict processing
- Withdraw consent at any time
To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at:
📧 info@thegallipot.co.uk
10. Data Security
We take reasonable technical and organisational measures to protect your information.
However, no online transmission is ever completely secure.
11. Changes to This Policy
We may update this policy from time to time. The latest version will always be published on this page.