Privacy Policy

Search Above (“we”, “us”, “our”) is a UK-based SEO and web design studio. This policy explains what personal data we collect when you visit searchabove.co.uk or get in touch with us, how we use it, and what rights you have over it.

Last updated: 5 September 2026

Who we are

Our website address is https://searchabove.co.uk. If you have any questions about this policy or how we handle your data, contact us at info@searchabove.co.uk.

What personal data we collect

We collect personal data in the following ways:

Contact and enquiry forms: when you submit one of our forms, we collect the information you provide, such as your name, email address, phone number, business name, and any details you enter about your project or enquiry.
Website usage data: like most websites, we automatically collect some technical information when you visit, such as your IP address, browser and device type, pages viewed, and how you arrived at our site. This is collected through cookies and similar technologies, see our Cookie Policy for full details.
Direct communications: if you email or call us directly, we keep a record of that correspondence so we can respond properly and keep track of our conversation with you.

How we use your data

We use your personal data to:

Respond to your enquiry and provide the services, quotes or information you’ve asked for
Manage our relationship with you if you become a client, including through our client management system
Understand how visitors use our website, so we can improve it (via Google Analytics)
Show relevant ads and measure the performance of our advertising (via Google Ads), including remarketing to people who’ve previously visited our site
Meet our legal and accounting obligations

Our legal basis for processing your data

Under UK data protection law, we rely on the following legal bases:

Legitimate interests, to respond to enquiries, run our business, and understand how our website is used
Contract, to provide services you’ve asked us to quote for or deliver
Consent, for non-essential cookies, including analytics and advertising cookies, which we only set once you’ve accepted them via our cookie banner

You can withdraw consent at any time by changing your cookie preferences (see our Cookie Policy) or by contacting us.

Who we share your data with

We don’t sell your personal data to anyone. We share it only with a small number of trusted services that help us run our business:

Our own client management system, which we use to keep track of enquiries and clients
Google, for website analytics (Google Analytics) and advertising (Google Ads), acting as a data processor. See Google’s own privacy policy at policies.google.com/privacy
Our email delivery provider, to send enquiry confirmations and notifications
The software our website runs on (WordPress and Contact Form 7), which processes form submissions on our server

We may also disclose data where required by law.

Google Analytics and Google Ads

Our website uses Google Analytics and Google Ads. These services use cookies to collect information about how you use our site, and, where you’ve consented, to show you relevant ads on other websites (remarketing) and measure whether our ads led to an enquiry (conversion tracking).

Google may combine this information with data it holds about you from other sites and services you use. You can control the ads you see and opt out of personalised advertising through Google’s Ad Settings at myadcenter.google.com, and opt out of Google Analytics using the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on.

We only load Google Analytics and Google Ads cookies once you’ve accepted them via the cookie banner shown on our site. See our Cookie Policy for full details of the cookies involved.

How long we keep your data

We keep enquiry and client data for as long as necessary to provide our services and meet our legal, accounting and tax obligations, typically no longer than 7 years after our last contact with you. Website analytics data is retained in Google Analytics in line with Google’s own retention settings.

Your rights

Under UK GDPR, you have the right to:

Access the personal data we hold about you
Ask us to correct inaccurate data
Ask us to delete your data (“right to be forgotten”)
Restrict or object to how we use your data
Request a copy of your data in a portable format
Withdraw consent at any time, for anything based on consent, such as non-essential cookies
Complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) at ico.org.uk if you’re unhappy with how we’ve handled your data

To exercise any of these rights, contact us at info@searchabove.co.uk.

Children’s privacy

Our website and services are intended for businesses and individuals over the age of 18. We do not knowingly collect personal data from children.

Changes to this policy

We may update this privacy policy from time to time, for example if we start using a new service or as data protection law changes. The most recent version will always be available on this page.

Contact us

If you have any questions about this privacy policy or how we handle your data:
Search Above
info@searchabove.co.uk