Privacy notice
This site has one job: to let you ask for access to BuildRealBusiness_ (“BRB_”). This notice explains what happens to what you send.
Who is responsible
BuildRealBusiness_ is responsible for your information. You can reach us at hello@buildrealbusiness.co.uk.
What we collect
| Email address | Required, so we can reply. |
|---|---|
| Name, company or project, a one-line reason | Optional. Only if you choose to type them. |
| Where you came from | The referring website’s hostname and any utm_* / ref campaign tag from the link you used, saved with your request. |
| Your choices | The time of your request, and whether you ticked the box about hearing if access opens more widely. |
| A short-lived anti-abuse code | To stop automated flooding, your network address is turned into a salted one-way code that is kept for up to 24 hours. Your address itself is not stored with your request. |
We do not ask for anything sensitive. Please do not send any.
Why, and our basis for it
- To review your request and reply to it. We do this because you asked us to, and it is in our legitimate interest to run an access list we can manage.
- To tell you if access opens more widely. Only if you tick the box. That is your consent and you can withdraw it at any time.
We do not send newsletters or marketing to anyone who has not asked for it. We do not sell, rent or share your details.
Who handles it for us
Cloudflare hosts this site and stores requests in its database service on our behalf. If we write back, the message passes through our email provider, Zoho. Both act under our instructions. Some of their processing may take place outside the UK, under recognised safeguards.
If a security check is shown on the form, it is provided by Cloudflare (Turnstile) and sees the technical details of your browser to tell people from bots.
Cookies and analytics
This site sets no cookies and has no advertising or cross-site trackers. To learn how many people visit, where they came from and whether the form is used, our server passes a few facts to GoatCounter, a privacy-focused, cookie-free analytics service:
- that the page was viewed, a Request access link was clicked, a signal was opened, the form was started, or a request succeeded or failed;
- the website you came from (its hostname only) and any campaign tag in the link you used, such as
utm_sourceorref; - your country, your browser’s User-Agent, and a random visitor code that changes every day.
Your IP address, your email and anything you type into the form are never sent to GoatCounter; your browser talks only to this site. If your browser sends “Do Not Track” or Global Privacy Control, nothing is passed on. The same safe campaign tags and the referring hostname are saved with your request so we can tell which link brought it in. We also keep anonymous daily totals of these events in our own database.
How long we keep it
We keep a request while it is being reviewed and for up to 12 months after your last contact with us, then delete it. If you ask us to delete it sooner, we will.
Your rights
You can ask to see what we hold, correct it, delete it, restrict or object to our use of it, and withdraw consent. Email hello@buildrealbusiness.co.uk and we will respond within one month. If you are unhappy, you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at ico.org.uk.