Effective date: 14 August 2026
Last updated: 14 August 2026
1. Introduction
This privacy policy explains how I collect, use and protect information when you:
- Visit garethphillips.net
- Contact me for support or general enquiries
- Use one of my hobby applications for Apple iOS, iPadOS or Google Android
These applications are independently developed as personal hobby projects.
Some applications may have their own additional privacy notices. Where an application-specific privacy notice differs from this general policy, the application-specific notice will apply.
2. Who Is Responsible for Your Information?
For the purposes of applicable UK data-protection law, the person responsible for processing your personal information is:
Gareth Phillips
Email: info@garethphillips.net
Website: https://www.garethphillips.net
3. Information I May Collect
The information collected depends on how you use the website or an application.
Information You Provide
If you contact me for support or make an enquiry, I may receive:
- Your name
- Your email address
- The contents of your message
- The name of the application concerned
- Your device type and operating-system version
- Screenshots, diagnostic details or other information you choose to provide
Please do not send passwords, payment details or unnecessary sensitive personal information.
Technical Information
The website hosting platform, applications or associated service providers may automatically process limited technical information, such as:
- IP address
- Browser and device type
- Operating system
- Date and time of access
- Pages or features accessed
- Application version
- Crash reports and diagnostic information
- General usage and performance information
This information may be used to maintain security, investigate faults and improve the reliability of the website and applications.
Information Collected by Individual Applications
An application may request access to particular device features or information when required for its functionality. This could include notifications, location, camera, photographs or network access.
Any such access will depend on the application and will normally require permission through your device. The relevant application page or application-specific privacy notice will explain any additional data use.
You can review or withdraw application permissions through your device settings.
4. How Information Is Used
Information may be used to:
- Respond to enquiries and support requests
- Diagnose technical problems
- Fix bugs and improve applications
- Operate and secure the website
- Prevent misuse, fraud or malicious activity
- Understand general application performance
- Comply with legal obligations
- Enforce applicable terms or protect legal rights
Personal information will not be used for unrelated purposes without an appropriate reason or, where required, your consent.
5. Legal Basis for Processing
Where UK data-protection law applies, information may be processed under one or more of the following legal bases:
- Consent: where you have actively agreed to a particular use
- Legitimate interests: to operate, maintain, improve and secure the website or applications
- Contract: where processing is necessary to provide a service you have requested
- Legal obligation: where information must be processed or retained to comply with the law
6. Cookies
The website may use essential cookies required for security, administration or basic functionality.
If optional analytics, advertising or other non-essential cookies are introduced, appropriate information and consent controls will be provided where required.
You can also control or delete cookies using your browser settings.
7. Third-Party Services
The website and applications may rely on third-party services, including:
- Website hosting and email providers
- Apple App Store services
- Google Play services
- Crash-reporting and diagnostic services
- Mapping, notification or cloud-service providers
- Other services required for a particular application feature
These providers may process limited information under their own privacy policies. Where practical, application-specific information will identify important third-party services used by an application.
Applications downloaded through Apple or Google are also subject to the applicable platform’s privacy practices and account settings.
8. Advertising and In-App Purchases
Some applications may include advertising, optional purchases or paid features.
If an application uses advertising or analytics services that collect information for tracking or personalised advertising, this will be disclosed through the application, its store listing or an application-specific privacy notice. Consent will be requested where required.
Payments made through an app store are processed by the relevant platform. I do not normally receive your complete payment-card details.
9. Sharing Your Information
Personal information is not sold.
Information may be shared only when reasonably necessary:
- With service providers supporting the website or an application
- To investigate security incidents or misuse
- To comply with a lawful request or legal obligation
- To establish, exercise or defend legal rights
- With your consent or at your direction
Service providers are expected to use information only for the services they provide.
10. International Data Transfers
Some service providers may process information outside the United Kingdom.
Where this occurs, reasonable steps will be taken to ensure that appropriate safeguards are used as required by applicable data-protection law.
11. Data Retention
Personal information will be retained only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purpose for which it was collected.
Support messages may be retained while an issue is investigated and for a reasonable period afterwards. Security logs and technical records may be retained temporarily for troubleshooting, abuse prevention and system protection.
Information may be kept for longer where required by law or where necessary to establish, exercise or defend legal rights.
12. Data Security
Reasonable technical and organisational measures are used to protect information against unauthorised access, alteration, disclosure or loss.
However, no website, application or internet transmission can be guaranteed to be completely secure.
13. Children’s Privacy
The website and applications are not intended to collect personal information from children unless an individual application clearly states otherwise and provides suitable safeguards.
If you believe that a child has provided personal information without appropriate permission, please contact info@garethphillips.net so that the matter can be investigated and the information removed where appropriate.
14. Your Data-Protection Rights
Depending on the circumstances, you may have the right to:
- Request access to your personal information
- Ask for inaccurate information to be corrected
- Ask for your information to be deleted
- Restrict or object to certain processing
- Withdraw consent where processing is based on consent
- Request a portable copy of certain information
- Complain to a data-protection authority
To make a request, email info@garethphillips.net. You may be asked to provide reasonable information to confirm your identity.
UK users may also raise a concern with the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) at https://ico.org.uk/.
15. External Links
The website or applications may contain links to third-party websites or services.
I am not responsible for the content, security or privacy practices of those third parties. You should review their privacy policies before providing personal information.
16. Changes to This Policy
This privacy policy may be updated when applications, services, legal requirements or data-processing practices change.
The latest version will be published on this page with an updated revision date. Significant changes may also be communicated through the relevant application or its store listing where appropriate.
17. Contact
For privacy questions, data requests, application support or general enquiries, contact:
Gareth Phillips
Email: info@garethphillips.net
Website: https://www.garethphillips.net