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Your information,
handled carefully.

This notice explains what happens to personal information when you visit our website or contact us about a project. The website does not currently use analytics, advertising trackers or non-essential cookies.

Notice contents

  1. 01Who we are
  2. 02Information we handle
  3. 03Why we use it
  4. 04Sharing and transfers
  5. 05How long we keep it
  6. 06Cookies and storage
  7. 07Your rights

Who we are

Swallow Architectural Coatings Limited is responsible for the personal information described in this notice.

You can contact us at Unit 27, Woodman Works, South Lane, Elland, West Yorkshire, HX5 0PA; by telephone on 01422 834 154; or by email at andrew@swallowcoatings.co.uk.

This notice was last updated on 23 July 2026.

Information we handle

Business enquiries

When you email or telephone us, we may receive your name, company, email address, telephone number, project details and anything else you choose to include.

The enquiry utility on this website prepares a message in your own email application. The form contents are not uploaded to or stored by the website. Information reaches us only when you choose to send that email.

Website visits

Our hosting and security providers may process technical request information such as your IP address, browser or device information, requested pages, date and time, and referring page. This information is used to deliver and protect the website.

Why we use it

We use personal information where necessary to:

  • respond to enquiries, prepare quotations and take steps requested before a contract;
  • deliver services and manage relationships with customers and suppliers;
  • operate, secure and diagnose the website;
  • meet legal, regulatory, tax and accounting obligations; and
  • establish, exercise or defend legal claims where necessary.

Depending on the circumstances, our lawful basis is taking steps at your request before entering a contract, performing a contract, complying with a legal obligation, or our legitimate interests in responding to business enquiries and operating a secure business.

Sharing and transfers

We share information only where necessary with service providers supporting our hosting, security, email and IT systems, and with professional advisers or public authorities where required. Cloudflare provides the website’s hosting and network security services.

Some providers may process information outside the United Kingdom. Where this happens, we rely on the provider’s applicable contractual and legal safeguards for international transfers.

We do not sell personal information.

How long we keep it

We keep enquiry correspondence only for as long as it is useful for the enquiry and our legitimate business records. Unsuccessful or inactive enquiries are normally reviewed for deletion after 24 months. If an enquiry becomes a customer or supplier relationship, relevant records may be kept longer to meet contractual, tax, accounting or legal requirements.

Technical logs are retained according to the security and diagnostic needs for which they were collected and the configuration of our hosting provider, then deleted or aggregated when no longer required.

Cookies and storage

This website does not currently set analytics, advertising or other non-essential cookies, and it does not offer cookie preferences because there are no optional tracking technologies to control.

The website’s typefaces are stored with the rest of the website and are delivered by our hosting provider. Loading them does not create a separate request to a third-party font service.

We will review this notice and our consent controls before adding new tracking technology.

Your rights

Depending on the circumstances, UK data-protection law may give you rights to access, correct or erase your information, restrict or object to its use, or receive a portable copy. You may also withdraw consent where consent is the basis for processing.

To exercise a right or ask a privacy question, email andrew@swallowcoatings.co.uk. We may need to confirm your identity before responding.

You may complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office, although we would appreciate the opportunity to address your concern first.

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