Privacy Policy
Leary Carpentry and Joinery
Last updated: 10 October 2026
Leary Carpentry and Joinery respects your privacy and is committed to protecting your personal information.
This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, store and protect personal information when you visit our website, contact us through our website contact form, or otherwise communicate with us through our website.
We aim to handle your personal information fairly, lawfully and transparently, in accordance with applicable UK data protection legislation, including the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR), the Data Protection Act 2018 and applicable privacy and electronic communications laws.
Business name: Leary Carpentry and Joinery
Website address: www.learycarpentryandjoinery.com
Contact email: ralph@learycarpentryandjoinery.co.uk
Leary Carpentry and Joinery is responsible for deciding how and why personal information collected through this website is used, subject to confirmation of the legal identity of the business.
For any questions about this Privacy Policy or your personal information, please contact us using the details above.
We may collect the following categories of information through our website.
Information you provide through contact forms
When you complete a contact form or submit an enquiry, we may collect information such as:
Your name.
Your email address.
Your telephone number.
Your Address.
The details of your enquiry or message.
Any other information you choose to provide.
Please avoid including sensitive personal information in your enquiry unless it is genuinely necessary.
When you visit our website, certain technical information may be collected automatically, depending on the website’s configuration. This may include:
Your IP address.
Your browser type and version.
Your device and operating system information.
The pages you visit and how you interact with the website.
The date and time of your visit.
Referring website information.
Our website uses or may use cookies and similar technologies to support its operation and understand how visitors use the website.
The information collected will depend on the cookies, analytics tools and other technologies actually installed on the website.
We will update this Privacy Policy if our data collection practices change materially.
We may use personal information collected through our website for the following purposes:
To respond to enquiries and messages submitted through our contact form.
To communicate with you about your enquiry.
To understand visitors’ use of our website and improve its content, functionality and performance.
To maintain website security and investigate technical issues.
To meet applicable legal obligations and establish, exercise or defend legal claims where necessary.
We do not use this website to process online payments, based on the information currently provided about the website.
If our services or website features change, we will review this policy and update it where necessary.
Under applicable data protection law, we must have a lawful basis for using personal information.
Depending on the circumstances, we may rely on the following lawful bases:
Legitimate interests: We may use enquiry information to manage communications, respond to relevant business enquiries and operate our website effectively, where our interests do not override your rights and freedoms.
Steps taken before entering into a contract: Where you enquire about potential carpentry or joinery work, we may need to process your information to take steps at your request before entering into a contract.
Legal obligation: We may process information where necessary to comply with a legal requirement.
Consent: Where required, we will ask for your consent before using non-essential cookies or similar tracking technologies.
The precise lawful basis will depend on the purpose of the processing and the circumstances involved.
Cookies are small files stored on your device when you visit a website. Similar technologies may also store or access information on your device.
We may use cookies and analytics tools to:
Understand how visitors find and use our website.
Measure website traffic and performance.
Identify technical problems.
Improve the website experience.
The specific cookies and analytics services used by our website must be confirmed before this policy is published.
Where required by applicable law, we will obtain your consent before placing non-essential analytics cookies or using similar technologies that require consent. You should be able to accept or reject non-essential cookies and change your preferences where a cookie management tool is provided.
Strictly necessary cookies may be used where permitted by law.
You can also manage cookies through your browser settings, although disabling certain cookies may affect website functionality.
For further information about cookies, please refer to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) guidance at https://ico.org.uk/.
We do not sell personal information collected through our website.
Where necessary for the purposes described in this policy, personal information may be processed by service providers that help us operate our website. These may include:
Website hosting providers.
Contact form or email delivery providers.
Website analytics providers.
Technical support or website maintenance providers.
The providers actually used by our website must be identified and confirmed.
We may also disclose personal information where required by law, by a court, or to protect our legal rights.
Where third parties process personal information on our behalf, we will take appropriate steps to ensure that the processing complies with applicable data protection requirements.
Some website hosting, analytics or other service providers may store or process information outside the United Kingdom.
Whether this applies depends on the providers and services used by our website.
Where personal information is transferred internationally, we will ensure that any applicable legal requirements are met and that appropriate safeguards are in place where required.
We retain personal information only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purpose for which it was collected, including responding to enquiries, maintaining appropriate business records and meeting legal obligations.
The retention period may differ depending on the type of information and the circumstances.
We will review the information we hold periodically and securely delete or anonymise it when it is no longer needed.
Retention periods for contact form submissions and analytics information must be confirmed before publication.
We take reasonable steps to protect personal information against unauthorised access, accidental loss, misuse, alteration or disclosure.
The safeguards used will depend on the website’s configuration and the systems used to receive, store and process enquiries.
No method of electronic storage or transmission can be guaranteed to be completely secure.
Depending on the circumstances and applicable law, you may have the right to:
Access: Request a copy of the personal information we hold about you.
Rectification: Ask us to correct inaccurate or incomplete information.
Erasure: Request deletion of your personal information in certain circumstances.
Restriction: Ask us to restrict the use of your information in certain circumstances.
Objection: Object to processing carried out on certain lawful grounds.
Data portability: Request a copy of certain information in a portable format where the legal requirements are met.
Withdraw consent: Withdraw consent where we rely on consent as our lawful basis. This does not affect the lawfulness of processing carried out before withdrawal.
These rights are subject to applicable legal conditions and exceptions.
To exercise your rights, please contact us using the contact details in Section 2. We may need to verify your identity before dealing with your request.
You also have the right to complain to the UK Information Commissioner’s Office if you believe your personal information has been handled unlawfully.
Website: https://ico.org.uk/
Our website may contain links to third-party websites or services.
We are not responsible for the privacy practices, content or security of websites that we do not operate. If you follow a third-party link, we recommend reviewing that website’s privacy policy before providing any personal information.
Our website is intended to provide information about our carpentry and joinery business and enable visitors to contact us.
We do not knowingly seek to collect personal information from children through our website for purposes unrelated to its operation. If you believe that personal information has been submitted inappropriately, please contact us so that we can review the matter.
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes to our website, the services we use, our business practices or applicable law.
Any updates will be published on this page, and the “Last updated” date will be amended accordingly.
We encourage visitors to review this policy periodically.
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, how your personal information is handled, or wish to exercise your data protection rights, please contact:
Leary Carpentry and Joinery
Email: ralph@learycarpentryandjoinery.co.uk
Website: www.learycarpentryandjoinery.com
We will consider and respond to requests in accordance with applicable data protection law.