Privacy notice
What we collect, why, who sees it, how long we keep it and what you can ask for. Last updated 15 November 2026.
Who we are
Dan trades as Clientgateway and is based in Northamptonshire, UK. We build websites for trades businesses. For the personal data described here we are the controller under the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR) and the Data Protection Act 2018.
To contact us about your data, send a message through the form on our home page and say it is a data request.
What we collect
When you ask for a free demo: your business name, your current website (if you have one), your trade, your mobile or WhatsApp number and your email address. You give us these yourself.
When you fill in a form in one of our Facebook or Instagram ads: Meta passes us the answers you submit, which can include your name, email address, WhatsApp number, company name, your trade and a link to your current website or social page. Meta also holds this under its own privacy policy.
When you visit the site: our host, Cloudflare, processes technical data such as your IP address, browser type and the pages requested, to deliver the site and protect it from attacks. We don't use this to identify you and we don't run analytics or advertising trackers.
You don't have to give us any details, but without them we can't build your demo or reply to you.
Why we use it, and our lawful basis
- To build your demo and talk to you about it. Lawful basis: steps you ask us to take before entering into a contract (Article 6(1)(b)), and our legitimate interest in replying to enquiries (Article 6(1)(f)).
- To deliver the website securely. Lawful basis: our legitimate interest in keeping the site working and safe (Article 6(1)(f)).
- If you become a client, to provide the service and keep business records. Lawful basis: performance of our contract (Article 6(1)(b)) and legal obligations such as tax records (Article 6(1)(c)).
We don't sell your data, we don't add you to a marketing list, and we don't make decisions about you by automated means.
Who handles it for us
We use a small number of service providers, each bound by a contract to use your data only on our instructions:
- Web3Forms passes the demo form to our inbox.
- Google (Gmail) holds our email, where your enquiry arrives.
- Cloudflare hosts this website.
- Meta (Facebook) delivers the answers from our ad forms to us.
If you choose to message us on WhatsApp, WhatsApp (Meta) handles that conversation under its own privacy policy.
Some of these providers may process data outside the UK, including in the United States. Where they do, the transfer is covered by UK adequacy regulations (such as the UK Extension to the EU–US Data Privacy Framework) or by the ICO's International Data Transfer Agreement or Addendum.
How long we keep it
Demo enquiries are kept for up to 12 months after our last contact with you, then deleted. If you become a client, we keep your details for as long as we work together and then for six years, which is how long UK tax rules require business records to be kept. Cloudflare keeps its technical logs for a short period set by Cloudflare.
Cookies and storage on your device
This site sets no cookies. It stores one small item in your browser's local storage, named cg-seen, so the opening animation plays only on your first visit. It holds no personal data and is never sent to us. You can remove it at any time by clearing this site's data in your browser settings.
Your rights
Under UK data protection law you have the right to:
- ask for a copy of the personal data we hold about you
- ask us to correct data that is wrong or incomplete
- ask us to delete your data
- ask us to restrict how we use it
- object to us using it on the basis of legitimate interests
- ask for data you gave us in a portable format
To use any of these rights, send a message through the form on our home page and say it is a data request. It's free, and we'll reply within one month.
Complaints
If you're unhappy with how we've handled your data, please tell us first so we can put it right. You also have the right to complain to the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO): ico.org.uk/make-a-complaint, or call 0303 123 1113.
Changes to this notice
If we change how we use your data, we'll update this page and the date at the top.