How we got your data, and how to remove it

Where our information comes from

We build a picture of creative businesses across the Solent from public sources:

• The ICO's register of fee payers — a public register of organisations that handle personal data, published under the Open Government Licence.
• Companies House — the public register of UK companies.
• The ONS Postcode Directory — to work out which council area a postcode is in.
• Google Business Profiles — business listings people have published themselves.
• Public websites — we visit business websites with an identified crawler that respects robots.txt. More about our crawler.
• People telling us directly — QR codes at libraries, studios and markets.

Every listing shows which of these each fact came from and when we collected it. We don't buy contact lists, and we don't sell yours.

What we do with it

We publish a free local directory, and we tell people about funding they're eligible for in their council area. We rely on legitimate interests for the directory; we only send marketing email to people who have asked for it.

Your rights

You can ask to see what we hold, correct it, or have it deleted. Use the form below, or email [email protected]. If you're not happy with how we respond you can complain to the Information Commissioner's Office.

Remove my listing

Two things happen, at different speeds. The listing comes down immediately — no proof needed, because that is what you asked for and we can always put it back. Deleting the information behind it waits for either a click on a link we email to the address we already hold, or a person reading the request. That one is irreversible, and a listing address by itself doesn't tell us who is asking.