Privacy policy

Last updated 14 November 2026

Who I am

Northern Bench is an AI consultancy based in Greater Manchester, run by Alex. I am the data controller for the personal details described here. To ask anything about this policy or your data, use the contact form and I'll reply within one business week.

What I collect

When you send the contact form I receive what you type into it:

• your name and business name
• your email address
• your phone number, if you choose to give it
• which service you're interested in, and your message

The website does not use analytics, advertising or tracking cookies, and it does not build a profile of visitors.

Why I use it

I use your details to reply to your enquiry and, if you decide to work with me, to arrange and carry out that work. The legal basis is my legitimate interest in answering people who contact me, and taking steps you've asked for before entering a contract. I don't send marketing emails and I don't sell or share your details for anyone else's marketing.

Who else handles it

I use a small number of service providers to run the site and my email. They process data on my instructions:

• Cloudflare hosts the website, protects it from abuse, and delivers the form's message to my inbox. To limit spam it briefly checks the internet address a form is sent from.
• Apple provides my email through iCloud Mail, where your enquiry and our correspondence are stored.
• Google supplies the fonts used on the site. When a page loads, your browser requests the font files from Google, which involves your internet address.

These companies may process data outside the UK. Where they do, they rely on the safeguards UK data protection law requires for international transfers.

How long I keep it

If we don't end up working together, I delete your enquiry within 12 months. If you become a client, I keep our correspondence and project records for as long as the work continues, and afterwards for as long as tax and accounting rules require.

Your rights

Under UK data protection law you can ask me to:

• give you a copy of the personal data I hold about you
• correct anything that is wrong
• delete your data, or limit how I use it
• stop using your data where I rely on legitimate interests

Send any request through the contact form. I'll respond within one month.

Complaints

If you're unhappy with how I've handled your data, please tell me first so I can put it right. You also have the right to complain to the Information Commissioner's Office at ico.org.uk.

Changes

If this policy changes, the new version will be published on this page with a new date at the top.