1. Introduction
Giant VFX Ltd(“we”, “our”, or “us”) is committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, and safeguard your personal data when you visit our website at giantvfx.co.uk or use our services.
Giant VFX Ltd is the data controller for the purposes of the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR) and the Data Protection Act 2018.
2. Data Controller
Giant VFX Ltd
Registered address to be confirmed
Company Number: XXXXXXXX
Email: hello@giantvfx.co.uk
3. Data We Collect
3.1 Contact Form Submissions
When you submit our contact form, we collect the following information:
- Your name
- Your email address
- The subject of your enquiry
- Your message content
This data is collected solely for the purpose of responding to your enquiry. We process this data on the legal basis of legitimate interest (responding to business enquiries).
3.2 Automatically Collected Data
We use Vercel Analytics, a privacy-friendly analytics service that does not use cookies and does not collect personally identifiable information. Vercel Analytics may collect:
- Page views and navigation paths
- Referrer information
- Country-level geographic data (not IP addresses)
- Device type and browser category
This data is aggregated and cannot be used to identify individual visitors.
3.3 Cookies
This website does not use cookies for tracking or advertising purposes. We may use essential cookies strictly necessary for the functioning of the website (such as theme preference storage via localStorage, which is not a cookie and is never transmitted to our servers).
4. How We Use Your Data
We use the personal data we collect to:
- Respond to your enquiries submitted via the contact form
- Provide the services you have requested
- Improve our website and services based on aggregated analytics
We do not sell, rent, or share your personal data with third parties for marketing purposes.
5. Data Retention
Contact form submissions are retained for as long as necessary to respond to your enquiry and for a reasonable period thereafter for our records. We will not retain your data for longer than 24 months after our last interaction unless there is a legitimate business reason to do so.
6. Data Security
We take appropriate technical and organisational measures to protect your personal data against unauthorised access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction. Our website is served over HTTPS and hosted on Vercel’s secure infrastructure.
7. Third-Party Services
Our website is hosted by Vercel Inc. Vercel’s privacy policy applies to the infrastructure services they provide. Apart from Vercel Analytics (described above), we do not currently use any other third-party services that process visitor data.
8. Your Rights Under UK GDPR
Under the UK General Data Protection Regulation, you have the following rights:
- Right of access— You can request a copy of the personal data we hold about you.
- Right to rectification— You can request that we correct any inaccurate personal data.
- Right to erasure— You can request that we delete your personal data where there is no compelling reason to continue processing it.
- Right to restrict processing— You can request that we limit how we use your data.
- Right to data portability— You can request your data in a structured, machine-readable format.
- Right to object— You can object to our processing of your personal data.
To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at hello@giantvfx.co.uk. We will respond to your request within 30 days.
9. Children’s Privacy
Our website and services are not directed at children under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personal data from children.
10. Changes to This Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Any changes will be posted on this page with an updated “Last updated” date.
11. Complaints
If you are unhappy with how we have handled your personal data, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO):
Information Commissioner’s Office
Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF
Website: ico.org.uk
12. Contact
For any questions about this Privacy Policy or our data practices, please contact:
Giant VFX Ltd
Email: hello@giantvfx.co.uk