Privacy Policy

Last Updated: 29 June 2026

1. Introduction

Welcome to megdog.co.uk. We are committed to protecting your personal data and respecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our website, in compliance with the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR), the Data Protection Act 2018, and the EU General Data Protection Regulation (EU GDPR).

2. Who We Are (Data Controller)

The data controller responsible for your personal data is:

Contact Name: Paul Jorgensen
Website: megdog.co.uk
Physical Address: 1 Wells Close, Astley, Tyldesley, Manchester, M29 7WF
Email Address: megroadservice@gmail.com

3. The Data We Collect

We may collect and process the following types of personal information:

Identity Data: Name, username, or similar identifier if you submit a form.
Contact Data: Email address and telephone numbers.
Technical Data: IP address, browser type, operating system, and tracking data collected via cookies.
Usage Data: Information about how you interact with megdog.co.uk.

4. How and Why We Use Your Data (Lawful Basis)

Under UK and EU privacy laws, we must have a valid legal reason (lawful basis) to process your data. We use your data for the following reasons:

To respond to inquiries: If you fill out a contact form, we process your Identity and Contact Data based on your Consent or to take steps at your request before entering into a contract.
To improve our website: We monitor website traffic and usage patterns using analytics tools. This is based on our Legitimate Interests to optimize our website experience, provided your fundamental privacy rights are not overridden.

5. Sharing Your Data

We do not sell your personal data. We only share your information with trusted third-party service providers who help us run our website:

Google LLC: We use Google Analytics to track and analyze website traffic. Google processes this information anonymously.
Website Hosting Providers: To securely host and maintain our website.

All third parties are contractually obligated to keep your data secure and process it strictly according to our instructions. If your data is transferred outside of the UK or the European Economic Area (EEA), we ensure it receives an equivalent level of protection through standard contractual clauses or official adequacy regulations.

6. Data Retention

We will only keep your personal data for as long as reasonably necessary to fulfill the purposes we collected it for, including satisfying any legal, accounting, or reporting requirements.

Contact form inquiries are kept for 12 months.
Google Analytics data is retained for the standard duration set by the tool (typically 14 months) before being automatically deleted.

7. Cookies and Google Analytics

Our website, megdog.co.uk, uses cookies to distinguish you from other users.

Specifically, we use Google Analytics to collect information about how visitors use our site. This includes details like the pages you visit, how long you stay, and how you arrived at the site. The data collected by Google Analytics is aggregated and anonymised, meaning it does not identify you personally.

You can manage, block, or opt out of cookies at any time through your browser settings or via our website's cookie consent banner. You can also opt out of Google Analytics tracking across all websites by installing the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on.

8. Financial and Payment Data

Please note that we do not accept online payments directly through megdog.co.uk. We do not collect, process, or store credit card details, bank account numbers, or any financial transaction data on this website.

9. Your Legal Rights

Under the UK and EU GDPR, you have the following rights regarding your personal information:

Right of Access: You can request a copy of the personal data we hold about you.
Right to Rectification: You can ask us to correct inaccurate or incomplete data.
Right to Erasure ("Right to be Forgotten"): You can ask us to delete your personal data under certain conditions.
Right to Restrict or Object: You can object to us processing your data or ask us to restrict how we use it.
Right to Data Portability: You can request the transfer of your data to another organization.
Right to Withdraw Consent: If we rely on your consent to handle your data, you can withdraw it at any time.

To exercise any of these rights, please contact Paul Jorgensen at megroadservice@gmail.com.

10. How to Complain

If you are unhappy with how we handle your data, you have the right to lodge a complaint with a data protection authority:

In the UK: The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) via the ICO Official Website.
In the EU: Your local national Data Protection Authority (DPA).