Privacy Policy
Last updated: 10/19/2025
Who we are
Mark Smith operates this personal website to showcase projects, publish articles, and provide ways to get in touch.
Information we collect
- Account details when you sign in (name, email)
- Contact form submissions (your name, email, message)
- Technical data such as IP address and request metadata for security and reliability
How we use your information
- Operate and improve the site and its features
- Respond to your enquiries and messages
- Protect the site from abuse and ensure availability
Cookies and similar technologies
We use essential cookies (e.g., authentication/session cookies). If optional analytics are enabled in the future, they will be clearly disclosed and configurable.
Legal basis
We process personal data to perform a service you request (e.g., sign-in, contact), and for legitimate interests such as securing and improving the site.
Sharing
We do not sell your data. Limited data may be shared with trusted service providers to operate the site (e.g., hosting, authentication). These providers are bound by appropriate safeguards.
Data retention
We retain personal data only as long as necessary to provide the service or meet legal obligations, after which it will be deleted or anonymised.
Security
We use reasonable administrative and technical measures to protect personal information. No method of transmission or storage is fully secure.
International transfers
Your information may be processed in countries other than your own. We take steps to ensure appropriate protections are in place.
Your rights
Where applicable, you may request access, correction, deletion, or restriction of your personal data.
- Access a copy of the data we hold about you
- Request correction of inaccurate data
- Request deletion where we have no ongoing need to retain it
- Object to or restrict certain processing
Children's privacy
This site is not directed to children under 13 and we do not knowingly collect data from them.
Changes
We may update this policy from time to time. Material changes will be noted by updating the date above.
Contact
Questions about privacy? Please use the contact page.