Privacy Policy | Yew Walk Maze under UK GDPR

Who answers for your data in the maze

The controller for personal data processed through yewwalkmaze.com is the operator of yewwalkmaze.com. Contact: [email protected].

What the gate-key slate records

What sits on the slate	Why Ruddock keeps it	How long it stays chalked up
Nickname	The name Ruddock calls you by in the maze	Chalked up until you delete the account
Email address	Spotting your gate key when you log back in	Chalked up until you delete the account
Password hash	Letting you through the gate without the maze ever holding your password	Chalked up until you delete the account
Sign-up date	Answering support notes and stopping misuse in the maze	Chalked up until you delete the account

Ruddock’s slate stops there. The maze never asks for your real name, your home address, your date of birth, a phone number or any payment detail, because no path here leads to a till. Your password sits on the slate only as a one-way hash. Lawful basis: performance of a contract (providing the account you requested). Deleting your account wipes the whole slate clean at once, and the button for that waits on your account page.

What your browser keeps behind the hedge

What sits on the slate	Why your browser holds it for the maze	How long it stays chalked up
Coins, level, missions and settings for each corner of the maze	Letting you pick up the walk where you left it	Held until you clear your browser data
Age confirmation	So the age question is not put at every hedge gap	Held until you clear your browser data
Cookie choice	Remembering your answer about cookies at the gate	Held until you clear your browser data

This stays in your own browser, on your side of the hedge, and is never sent to us.

Google tags, only once you nod them through

Choose “Accept all” and Google Analytics and Google Ads tags begin measuring visits to the maze and whether our adverts lead people to the reels, for instance that a first spin took place under the roses. Google receives your IP address, device information and those events. Choose “Essential only” and those same tags run in consent mode, setting no cookies and using no advertising identifiers. Lawful basis: consent.

Server logs, raked over after a short while

For security, the company hosting the maze holds ordinary request logs for a short time before clearing them. Lawful basis: legitimate interests.

Paths your data never takes

No payment data, ever: the maze has no till.
No marketing email from the gardeners unless you ask for it.
Your data is never sold or rented out, to anyone, at any price.
Nothing goes to gambling operators, and the maze carries no gambling affiliate links.

Your rights, as plain as clipped yew

Whenever you like, you may access, correct or erase your data, restrict its processing or object to it, and withdraw your consent. The delete button on the account page wipes the gate-key data at once; clearing this site’s data in your browser sweeps up whatever is left on your side of the hedge. Complaints can go to the ICO at ico.org.uk.

Privacy among the yew hedges