Privacy Policy

Last updated: 6 August 2026

This Privacy Policy explains how IoT Portal (“we”, “us” or “our”) collects, uses and protects personal data when you visit iotportal.co.uk (“the Site”). We are committed to protecting your privacy and handling your personal data in accordance with the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR) and the Data Protection Act 2018.

1. Who we are

The Site is operated by Peter Green (“the Operator”), based in the United Kingdom, who is the data controller responsible for your personal data. If you have any questions about this policy or how we handle your data, you can contact us at info@petergreen.xyz.

2. The data we collect

We collect and process the following categories of personal data:

Information you give us. If you subscribe to a newsletter, submit a comment, or contact us, we collect the details you provide, such as your email address and any message content.
Information collected automatically. When you visit the Site, we and our service providers may automatically collect technical data including your IP address, browser type and version, device information, operating system, referring pages, and information about how you use the Site. This is collected through cookies and similar technologies (see section 5).

We do not intentionally collect any special category (sensitive) personal data through the Site.

3. How we use your data and our legal bases

Under UK GDPR we must have a lawful basis for processing your personal data. We rely on the following:

Consent — for sending newsletters you have subscribed to, and for setting non-essential cookies (including analytics and advertising cookies). You can withdraw consent at any time.
Legitimate interests — for operating, securing, maintaining and improving the Site, understanding how it is used, and protecting it against fraud and abuse, where these interests are not overridden by your rights.
Legal obligation — where we are required to process data to comply with the law.

4. Advertising

The Site is supported in part by advertising served by third parties, including Google, using Google AdSense.

Third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on your prior visits to the Site or other websites.
Google’s use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads to you based on your visits to the Site and/or other sites on the internet.
Where you are located in the UK, the European Economic Area or Switzerland, we ask for your consent before any non-essential advertising cookies are set, through a Google-certified consent management platform. Personalised advertising is only shown where you have consented to it.
You may opt out of personalised advertising by visiting Google Ads Settings. You can also opt out of some third-party vendors’ use of cookies for personalised advertising via www.aboutads.info/choices or www.youronlinechoices.eu.

For more information about how Google uses data when you use our partners’ sites or apps, see Google’s Privacy & Terms.

5. Cookies and similar technologies

Cookies are small text files placed on your device when you visit a website. We use:

Essential cookies — required for the Site to function and for recording your consent preferences. These do not require consent.
Analytics cookies — which help us understand how visitors use the Site so we can improve it.
Advertising cookies — set by our advertising partners as described in section 4.

You can manage or withdraw your consent to non-essential cookies at any time through the consent controls on the Site, and you can block or delete cookies through your browser settings. Blocking some cookies may affect how the Site works.

6. Analytics

We use analytics services to collect information about how visitors use the Site, on an aggregated and largely anonymised basis. This helps us measure traffic and improve our content. These services may set their own cookies and process technical data such as your IP address on our behalf.

7. Newsletters

If you subscribe to a newsletter, we use the email address you provide to send you the communications you have requested. Every message includes an unsubscribe link, and you can opt out at any time either by using that link or by emailing info@petergreen.xyz. We do not sell or rent your email address to third parties.

8. Sharing your data

We do not sell your personal data. We may share it with trusted third-party service providers who process data on our behalf, including our hosting provider, analytics providers, advertising partners (such as Google), and any email or newsletter platform we use. These providers are only permitted to process your data for the purposes we specify and in accordance with our instructions. We may also disclose data where required to do so by law.

9. International transfers

Some of our service providers, including Google, are based outside the UK, and your data may be transferred to and processed in countries including the United States. Where this happens, we rely on appropriate safeguards recognised under UK data protection law, such as the UK International Data Transfer Agreement or Addendum, or an adequacy decision, to ensure your data remains protected.

10. Data retention

We keep personal data only for as long as necessary for the purposes for which it was collected, including to satisfy any legal or reporting requirements. Newsletter subscription data is retained until you unsubscribe. Technical and analytics data is generally retained for a limited period in line with our providers’ standard settings.

11. Your rights

Under UK GDPR you have the right to:

request access to the personal data we hold about you;
request that we correct any inaccurate or incomplete data;
request that we erase your data in certain circumstances;
request that we restrict or object to the processing of your data;
request the transfer of your data (data portability);
withdraw your consent at any time where we rely on consent.

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at info@petergreen.xyz. You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the UK’s supervisory authority, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), at ico.org.uk, although we would ask that you contact us first so we can try to resolve any concern.

12. Children

The Site is not directed at children, and we do not knowingly collect personal data from anyone under the age of 16. If you believe a child has provided us with personal data, please contact us and we will delete it.

13. Changes to this policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Any changes will be posted on this page with a revised “last updated” date. We encourage you to review this page periodically.

14. Contact

If you have any questions or requests regarding this Privacy Policy or your personal data, please contact us at info@petergreen.xyz.