Privacy Policy

Who We Are

Top5Trades UK is operated by EightySix Digital, based in Christchurch, New Zealand. Our website is top5trades.co.uk and you can contact us at top5trades@eightysix.digital.

We are the data controller for personal information collected through this website.

What Information We Collect

We collect personal information in the following ways:

• Contact and enquiry forms — when you submit a form on our website (contact, get featured, or notify me), we collect your name and email address, and any information you include in your message.
• Newsletter sign-up — if you subscribe to our newsletter, we collect your email address.
• Usage data — we may collect anonymised information about how you use our website, including pages visited, time spent on the site and browser type, via analytics tools.

We do not collect payment information directly. If a featured placement is arranged, any payment processing is handled by a third-party provider.

How We Use Your Information

We use the information we collect to:

• Respond to your enquiries and messages
• Send you the newsletter if you have subscribed
• Notify you when a new location goes live, if you have requested this
• Administer featured placement arrangements with businesses
• Improve our website and understand how visitors use it

We do not sell, rent or share your personal information with third parties for marketing purposes.

Legal Basis for Processing

We process your personal data on the following legal bases:

• Consent — for newsletter subscriptions and location launch notifications, where you have actively opted in.
• Legitimate interests — for responding to enquiries and operating the website, where our interests do not override your rights.
• Contract — for processing arrangements with businesses who take featured placements.

How Long We Keep Your Data

We retain your personal information for as long as is necessary for the purpose it was collected:

• Enquiry and contact form submissions — up to 2 years
• Newsletter subscriber email addresses — until you unsubscribe
• Launch notification requests — until the relevant location goes live and notifications are sent
• Featured placement records — for the duration of the arrangement and up to 2 years afterwards

Cookies

Our website may use cookies to improve your experience and to analyse how the site is used. Cookies are small text files stored on your device. You can control cookies through your browser settings. Disabling cookies may affect the functionality of some parts of the site.

We do not use advertising or tracking cookies for third-party advertising purposes.

Third-Party Services

We may use third-party services to operate the website, including hosting (Vercel) and analytics. These services may process your data in accordance with their own privacy policies. We take reasonable steps to ensure any third parties we work with protect your data appropriately.

Your Rights

Under UK GDPR and applicable 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 (the "right to be forgotten")
• Object to or restrict how we process your data
• Withdraw consent at any time, where processing is based on consent
• Lodge a complaint with the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) at ico.org.uk

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at top5trades@eightysix.digital.

Data Security

We take reasonable steps to protect your personal information from unauthorised access, loss or misuse. However, no internet transmission is completely secure, and we cannot guarantee the absolute security of information sent to us electronically.

Links to Other Websites

Our website contains links to third-party websites, including the businesses listed in our Top 5 pages. We are not responsible for the privacy practices or content of those websites. We encourage you to read the privacy policies of any website you visit.

Changes to This Policy

We may update this privacy policy from time to time. The date at the top of this page reflects when it was last updated. Continued use of our website after any changes constitutes acceptance of the updated policy.

Contact Us

If you have any questions about this privacy policy or how we handle your data, please contact us at top5trades@eightysix.digital or use the contact form on our website.