Privacy Policy

Last updated: 4 April 2026

Your privacy matters to us. The Electronic High Street is committed to protecting your personal data and being completely transparent about what information we collect, why we collect it, and how we use it. We will never sell your personal data to third parties.

1. Who We Are

The Electronic High Street operates the website theelectronichighstreet.com and all associated services. We are a UK-based online platform. For data protection enquiries, contact us at marlin69@protonmail.com.

2. What Data We Collect

We collect the minimum data necessary to operate our services:

Newsletter signups — your email address, if you choose to subscribe
Contact form submissions — your name, email, and message content
Automatically collected data — IP address, browser type, pages visited (for security and analytics purposes only)
Cookies — we use only essential cookies. We do not use advertising or tracking cookies. We do not use Google Analytics.

3. How We Use Your Data

We use your data only to:

Respond to your enquiries and provide customer support
Send newsletters (only if you subscribed — you can unsubscribe at any time)
Protect our website from abuse, fraud, and security threats
Improve our website and services in aggregate

We will never sell your data, share it with advertisers, or use it for unsolicited marketing.

4. Affiliate Links

The Electronic High Street participates in affiliate programmes. When you click on product links and make a purchase, we may earn a commission at no extra cost to you. These affiliate partners (such as Amazon, eBay, AWIN, and Booking.com) may set their own cookies when you visit their websites. Their use of cookies is governed by their own privacy policies, not ours.

5. How We Protect Your Data

We take data security extremely seriously:

SSL/TLS encryption — all data transmitted between your browser and our servers is encrypted
Secure servers — hosted in enterprise-grade data centres with firewalls, intrusion detection (fail2ban), and daily security scans
No unnecessary data storage — we do not store credit card numbers or financial data
Regular security audits — our servers are scanned daily for malware and vulnerabilities
Access controls — administrative access is protected by key-based SSH authentication and two-factor authentication

6. Your Rights

Under UK GDPR, you have the right to:

Access — request a copy of all data we hold about you
Rectification — ask us to correct inaccurate data
Erasure — ask us to delete your data
Object — object to processing of your data
Portability — receive your data in a machine-readable format

To exercise any of these rights, email marlin69@protonmail.com. We will respond within 30 days.

7. Third-Party Services

We use the following third-party services:

PayPal — for payment processing (where applicable). We never see or store your card details.
FormSubmit — for contact form and newsletter submissions
Tawk.to — for live chat support (where applicable)

Each of these services has their own privacy policy governing how they handle your data.

8. Children's Privacy

Our website is not directed at children under 13. We do not knowingly collect personal data from children. If you believe a child has provided personal data to us, please contact us immediately.

9. Changes to This Policy

We may update this policy from time to time. Changes will be reflected in the "Last updated" date above.

10. Contact Us

For any privacy-related questions: marlin69@protonmail.com

You also have the right to complain to the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) at ico.org.uk or call 0303 123 1113.