Data protection
This policy explains how Summerfield Goods Digital handles personal data collected through summerfieldgoods.digital, what we do with it, how long we keep it, and the rights you hold under UK data protection law.
If you have a question that this page does not answer, write to [email protected] and we will reply directly.
What we collect
When you send a message through the contact form, we receive the information you type: your name, your email address, and the content of the note. That note may include project details, engine preferences, platform targets, and any links you choose to include.
We do not ask for telephone numbers, postal addresses, or payment information through this form, and we recommend not sending sensitive personal data such as medical details or financial records through it.
The site may also collect limited technical information through standard server logs, such as IP address, browser type, and the pages requested. This is used for security and to keep the site working, and it is not combined with contact form data to build a profile of you.
We do not run advertising trackers or interest-based profiling scripts on the pages you read here. The cookie notice exists for the small number of cookies that keep the site functioning, and its details are set out on the cookie policy page.
If you would prefer not to send project details through a web form, you can get in touch by email at [email protected] and simply ask for a reply. The same data handling rules apply to the reply either way.
We open the note, read it, and answer the question you asked. Nothing else happens with it, and no automated tool decides what to do with your enquiry.
Log data helps us notice abusive requests, broken links and errors that would otherwise go unreported, so the pages you rely on stay online.
Aggregate counts of requests tell us which guides are read and which ones are not. This is a maintenance signal, not a way to track individual readers.
No mailing list, no selling, no marketing partners, no analytics resellers, no profiling. If we ever wanted to do more with the data, this page would say so before it happened.
Why we collect it
Contact form data is used to read and reply to your message. That is the only purpose. We do not add senders to a mailing list, we do not sell data, and we do not share form submissions with third parties except where required by law.
Server log data is used to detect abuse, diagnose faults, and understand which pages are being used so the site can be maintained. If you write to us about a project, we may use what you tell us to answer accurately about engines, prototyping workflows, or storefront planning — but only inside that exchange.
Legal basis
We process contact form data on the basis of legitimate interests: you have contacted us and asked for a reply, and replying requires processing the message. Server log data is processed on the same basis, namely keeping the site secure and functional.
Where you have given consent for anything specific, such as cookies, that consent can be withdrawn at any time. Withdrawing consent does not affect data that we were entitled to process before you withdrew it, and it does not stop us from answering a question you have already sent us.
Retention
Two different clocks, because the two kinds of data are kept for different reasons and serve different jobs.
Contact form submissions are kept only as long as they are useful for handling the enquiry, and are deleted or archived after a reasonable period. If you ask us to delete a message, we will delete it unless we are required to keep it for a legal reason.
Server logs are kept for a shorter period and rotated, so old request records do not accumulate indefinitely. When a log file is rotated out, the data it held is gone.
If you want a message removed sooner, send the request from the same email address you used to write to us, and say which message it is. We will confirm when it has been deleted or archived.
Your rights
Under UK data protection law you have the right to access personal data we hold about you, to correct it, to request deletion, to object to processing, and to request that processing is restricted.
You also have the right to complain to the Information Commissioner's Office. Requests can be sent to [email protected] and we will respond within the period required by law.
Ask what personal data we hold about you and receive a copy of it, along with an explanation of how we use it and who else sees it.
If something we hold is wrong, tell us and we will correct it. If a detail is missing, tell us and we will add it.
Ask us to delete a message you sent. We will do so unless a legal obligation requires us to keep a record.
Object to how we are using your data, or ask us to pause using it while a question is looked into.
What to include
Tell us which right you are exercising, describe the data you are asking about, and send from the email address you used originally if you can. That helps us find the right record quickly and reply within the statutory window.
If your complaint is not resolved to your satisfaction, you can contact the Information Commissioner's Office at ico.org.uk. We would rather hear from you first so we can fix the problem.
Third parties and transfers
The hosting provider — for a backup so the site stays online
Email delivery — so your message reaches the studio inbox
A regulator or court — only where law compels disclosure
Marketing partners, advertisers, analytics resellers — never
The site is hosted on infrastructure that may process data outside the UK. Where that is the case, the arrangement relies on the safeguards the provider offers for international transfers.
We do not sell personal data, and we do not share contact form content with marketing partners, advertisers, or analytics resellers. Any change to this position would be reflected on this page before it takes effect, so a new purpose would never apply retroactively to a message you already sent.
Changes to this policy
If the way we handle personal data changes, this page is updated and the change is stated here. The current version is the one published at summerfieldgoods.digital/privacy-policy.php.
Questions about this policy, or about the way a message you sent was handled, should go to [email protected]. We will reply during our working hours, Monday to Friday, 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM.
Where to go next
The listing of cookies and what each one does is on the cookie policy page. If you want to talk about a game project, engine choice, prototyping or a Steam and Steam Deck release plan, the contact page routes your message the right way.
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