Privacy and Cookies Notice

Last updated: 10 September 2026

Who runs this website

The International Desk is independently operated by Scott Gillett.

This notice explains what happens to information when you visit The International Desk at www.theinternationaldesk.co.uk.

Information collected directly through this website

I do not ask you to provide personal information through this website.

The website currently has no:

• Contact forms
• User accounts
• Newsletter signups
• Comment facilities
• Online purchases
• Payment facilities

I do not collect personal data directly from visitors through this website, or use information about visitors for advertising, direct marketing or profiling. I do not sell personal information.

Customs-description helper

The customs-description helper combines the product facts you enter in your browser. The entries stay in your browser: they are not sent to this website’s server or an external service, and are not saved by this website. Use the clear button to remove them from the helper.

If you choose to copy your draft, it is placed on your device’s clipboard. Please do not enter customer details or other personal information into the helper.

Website search

Search words are sent to this website to find matching articles and guides. They may appear in the page address, your browser history and the hosting providers’ request logs. I do not keep a separate search-history database. Please do not enter personal or customer information in the search box.

Technical information processed when you visit

Limited technical information must be processed when you visit so that the website can load, operate securely and protect itself from malicious or automated traffic.

This may include:

• Your IP address
• Your browser and device type
• Your operating system
• The page or file requested
• The date and time of the request
• The website that referred you
• General location information derived from an IP address
• Security and diagnostic information

An IP address does not necessarily identify a person on its own. I do not combine it with names, contact details or other information to identify visitors, although it may still be treated as personal data under UK data-protection law in some circumstances.

I do not use this information to identify or contact you.

Website service providers

Website hosting and infrastructure

The website uses managed hosting and infrastructure providers to store and serve its pages. These providers may process request logs and the technical information described above to operate, maintain, support and secure the website.

You can ask Scott Gillett for details of the current hosting providers and their privacy terms through the LinkedIn profile linked on this website.

Cloudflare

Cloudflare helps deliver and protect the website. It may process technical information such as IP addresses, traffic-routing information, browser information and security signals to identify malicious or automated traffic and protect the website from attacks.

Read the Cloudflare Privacy Policy and its cookie information.

Domain registrar

The domain name is registered and managed through Wix. Wix processes the account, registration and payment information supplied by the domain owner and may process limited technical information where its domain or DNS services handle a request.

Read the Wix Privacy Policy.

These providers may act as service providers processing information in connection with the website. They may also act as data controllers for information they process for their own legal, security or service-management purposes.

Legal basis for processing

Where I am responsible for the limited technical processing described in this notice, I rely on legitimate interests under Article 6(1)(f) of the UK GDPR.

These interests are:

• Making the website available to visitors
• Maintaining the security of the website
• Preventing fraud, misuse and malicious traffic
• Diagnosing technical problems
• Maintaining the performance and reliability of the website

Only the information needed for these purposes should be processed.

Cookies

The website does not intentionally use optional advertising or marketing cookies.

The hosting and security providers may place strictly necessary cookies to deliver and protect the website, distinguish normal visitors from automated or malicious traffic, or challenge and verify a request. Consent is not requested for strictly necessary cookies.

If optional analytics, advertising or marketing cookies are introduced in the future, this notice will be updated and visitors will receive an appropriate choice before those cookies are used.

Sharing information

I do not sell or trade visitor information.

Technical information may be processed by the service providers described above where required to provide their services. Information may also be disclosed when required by law, a court order or a competent public authority.

International processing

The service providers operate internationally. Technical information may be processed outside the United Kingdom, including in the United States. The providers’ privacy terms explain their international transfer arrangements and legal safeguards. You can ask Scott Gillett for details of the providers and the safeguards applicable to this website through the LinkedIn contact link above.

Retention

I do not maintain a separate database containing website visitor information.

The service providers retain technical information according to their service terms, security requirements and privacy policies. They determine their retention periods based on the information, the reason for processing it and any legal requirements.

Your rights

Depending on the circumstances, UK data-protection law may give you the right to:

• Ask whether your personal data is being processed
• Request access to your personal data
• Ask for inaccurate information to be corrected
• Ask for information to be deleted
• Request that processing is restricted
• Object to processing based on legitimate interests

No decisions producing legal or similarly significant effects are made about you through automated processing on this website.

To raise a privacy question or exercise a relevant right, contact Scott Gillett through the LinkedIn profile linked on this website.

You can also raise a concern with the Information Commissioner’s Office.

Links to other websites

The International Desk contains links to LinkedIn, government websites and other external sources. When you follow an external link, the destination website’s privacy and cookie terms apply. The International Desk does not control how external websites process your information.

If you contact me through LinkedIn, I will receive the information you choose to include and use it to read and respond to your enquiry. LinkedIn’s own privacy terms also apply.

Changes to this notice

This notice may be updated if the website, its service providers or its data-processing practices change. The latest version and its revision date will appear on this page.