Privacy Policy

Last updated: May 25, 2025.

WebMix.ws respects your privacy and aims to handle personal information lawfully, fairly, and transparently.

This Privacy Policy explains how information may be collected, used, stored, shared, and protected when you visit or communicate with WebMix.ws.

1. Information You Provide

We may collect information that you voluntarily submit, including:

Name
Email address
Company or organisation
Website address
Contact-form messages
Newsletter preferences
Survey responses
Competition entries
Comments
Editorial corrections
Advertising enquiries
Contributor applications
Complaints and privacy requests

Do not submit bank login details, card numbers, account passwords, investment-account credentials, government identification, tax documents, or other highly sensitive financial information.

2. Information Collected Automatically

When you use the website, we or our service providers may collect:

IP address
Browser type
Device type
Operating system
Approximate location
Referring page or search engine
Pages visited
Links clicked
Visit dates and times
Session duration
Advertising interactions
Affiliate referral information
Cookie identifiers
Error and security logs

This information may be collected through cookies, scripts, pixels, tags, local storage, analytics services, advertising systems, and server logs.

3. Purposes of Processing

We may process personal information to:

Operate and secure the website
Respond to messages
Manage subscriptions
Analyse website performance
Improve content
Understand reader interests
Measure advertising and affiliate activity
Prevent fraud, spam, and misuse
Moderate comments
Manage commercial relationships
Handle complaints
Maintain accounting and legal records
Comply with legal obligations
Protect our rights and systems

4. Lawful Bases

Depending on the activity, we may rely on:

Consent

Consent may be used for:

Marketing emails
Optional cookies
Certain surveys or competitions
Optional personalisation

Consent may be withdrawn at any time.

Legitimate Interests

Legitimate interests may include:

Operating the website
Protecting security
Preventing fraud
Responding to enquiries
Improving editorial content
Managing business communications
Understanding aggregated website performance

Contract

Processing may be necessary to enter into or perform an agreement with an advertiser, contributor, contractor, or other business contact.

Legal Obligation

We may retain or disclose information where required by law, regulation, taxation, accounting duties, court orders, or lawful authority requests.

5. Cookies

The website may use cookies and similar technologies for:

Essential website operation
Security
Preference storage
Analytics
Advertising
Affiliate attribution
Embedded content

Where required, optional technologies will not be activated until the appropriate choice has been made.

Further information is available in the Cookie Settings section.

6. Analytics

Analytics services may help us understand how the website is used.

Possible providers include:

[Wix Analytics]
[Google Analytics]
[Microsoft Clarity]
[Cloudflare Web Analytics]
[Other provider]

Remove services that are not actually installed.

Analytics information may include device details, approximate location, pages viewed, referral sources, engagement events, and performance information.

7. Advertising

WebMix.ws may use advertising services such as:

[Google AdSense]
[Google Ad Manager]
[MGID]
[Other advertising network]

Advertising providers may process cookie identifiers, device information, browsing events, approximate location, and advertisement interactions.

Advertising cookies should be controlled through the consent-management system where required.

8. Affiliate and Referral Tracking

WebMix.ws may participate in affiliate programmes involving banks, insurers, brokers, investment platforms, comparison services, software companies, or financial education services.

Affiliate technologies may record:

The referring page
Link clicks
Campaign identifiers
Application events
Account-opening events
Purchases or subscriptions
Commission attribution

List the programmes actually used:

[Awin]
[Impact]
[CJ Affiliate]
[Finance affiliate network]
[Direct provider programme]

9. Newsletters

When you subscribe, we may process:

Name
Email address
Subscription date
Consent record
Email engagement
Unsubscribe status

Possible newsletter providers include:

[Wix Email Marketing]
[Mailchimp]
[Brevo]
[MailerLite]
[Other provider]

You may unsubscribe through the link provided in each marketing email.

10. Contact Forms

Contact-form information is used to respond to your request, prevent spam, maintain relevant records, and manage editorial or commercial relationships.

Do not use the contact form to submit financial account information or request personalised financial advice.

11. Sharing Information

Information may be shared with trusted service providers, including:

Website hosting providers
Content-delivery and security providers
Website developers
Analytics providers
Advertising networks
Affiliate platforms
Newsletter providers
Form and spam-prevention providers
Cloud storage providers
Accountants
Legal advisers
Insurers
Regulatory or public authorities where legally required

Providers should process information only for authorised purposes and according to applicable obligations.

12. International Transfers

Some service providers may process information outside the United Kingdom.

Where required, appropriate safeguards or recognised legal transfer mechanisms will be used.

13. Retention

We retain personal information only for as long as reasonably necessary.

Suggested periods must be replaced with the website’s actual practices:

General enquiries: [Up to 24 months]
Newsletter records: Until unsubscribed or no longer required
Advertising and contractual records: [Up to seven years]
Complaints: [Up to six years after resolution]
Security logs: [Up to 12 months]
Consent records: As necessary to record and demonstrate user choices

Information may then be deleted, anonymised, or securely archived.

14. Security

We use reasonable technical and organisational measures designed to protect information against:

Unauthorised access
Loss
Misuse
Alteration
Disclosure
Destruction

No online system can be guaranteed to be completely secure.

15. Your Rights

Depending on applicable law and circumstances, you may have rights to:

Access personal information
Correct inaccurate information
Request deletion
Restrict processing
Object to certain processing
Object to direct marketing
Withdraw consent
Request eligible data portability
Complain to a supervisory authority

Contact privacy@webmix.ws to submit a request.

Identity verification may be required.

16. Complaints

You may also have the right to complain to the UK Information Commissioner’s Office or another relevant supervisory authority.

17. Children

WebMix.ws is intended for a general adult audience.

We do not knowingly request financial information from children. Contact us if you believe a child has submitted personal information.

18. Automated Decision-Making

WebMix.ws does not make lending, insurance, investment, credit, employment, or other legally significant decisions about readers.

Third-party financial providers may operate their own automated eligibility or decision systems. Their privacy policies apply to those systems.

19. External Websites

WebMix.ws is not responsible for the privacy practices of third-party websites.

Review each provider’s privacy information before submitting an application or personal details.

20. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy when our services, providers, legal responsibilities, or technology change.

The current version will be published with a revised date.