Privacy Policy

1. Who We Are

RestoreTrade is a business directory operated by Mycelium Consulting Ltd. We are committed to protecting your privacy and handling your data responsibly.

2. What Data We Collect

When you list a business on RestoreTrade, we collect:

• Business name, address (postcode, town, county), and contact details (phone, email, website)
• Business category and description
• Companies House registration number (if applicable)
• X (Twitter) handle for verification purposes
• Owner name and email address

When you leave a review, we collect:

• Your name and the content of your review
• Your rating (1-5 stars)

When you visit our website, we collect:

• Anonymous usage analytics via Plausible Analytics (no cookies, no personal data)

We do not collect any data about political affiliation, beliefs, or party membership.

3. How We Use Your Data

• To display your business listing in our directory
• To verify your business identity
• To contact you about your listing (e.g. verification status, issues)
• To process your monthly giveaway entry (if applicable)
• To improve the directory and user experience

4. Legal Basis for Processing

We process your data based on your consent (provided when you submit your listing) and our legitimate interest in operating a business directory.

5. Data Sharing

Your business listing information (name, category, location, contact details) is publicly displayed in the directory. We do not sell your data to third parties. We may share anonymised, aggregated data for statistical purposes.

Our data is stored securely using Supabase (hosted in the EU).

6. Data Retention

We retain your business listing data for as long as your listing is active. If you remove your listing, we delete your data within 30 days, except where we are required by law to retain it.

7. Your Rights

Under UK GDPR, you have the right to:

• Access your personal data
• Correct inaccurate personal data
• Delete your personal data ("right to be forgotten")
• Restrict processing of your personal data
• Port your data to another service
• Object to processing of your personal data

To exercise any of these rights, contact us at privacy@restoretrade.co.uk .

8. Remove My Listing

You can request removal of your business listing at any time by emailing remove@restoretrade.co.uk from the email address associated with your listing. We will process removals within 5 working days.

9. Cookies

RestoreTrade does not use tracking cookies. We use Plausible Analytics, which is privacy-focused and does not use cookies or collect personal data.

10. Changes to This Policy

We may update this policy from time to time. We will notify listed businesses of significant changes via email.

11. Contact Us

For any privacy-related queries, contact us at privacy@restoretrade.co.uk .