Eerie Pursuits - Privacy Policy
Last updated: 31 October 2026
1. Who we are
Eerie Pursuits provides practical educational resources and digital products for people interested in paranormal investigation.
For the purposes of applicable data protection legislation, including the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR) and the Data Protection Act 2018, the data controller responsible for your personal information is:
Business name: Eerie Pursuits
Business owner: Lara H. Millmow
Email: spooky@eeriepursuits.com
Website: https://www.eeriepursuits.com
In this policy, “we”, “us” and “our” refer to Eerie Pursuits.
2. What personal information we collect
We may collect and process the following types of personal information.
Information you provide to us
Your first name and surname.
Your email address when you request a free resource or subscribe to our mailing list.
Information you include when contacting us directly.
Your marketing preferences and consent records, including whether you have subscribed or unsubscribed from our communications.
Information collected through our website
When you visit our website, certain technical information may be collected automatically, including:
Your IP address.
Information about your browser and device.
The pages you visit and how you interact with our website.
Information about the website you visited before arriving at ours.
Where you consent to analytics cookies, additional information about your website activity may be collected, including pages visited, clicks, scrolling, searches and timestamps.
3. How and why we use your personal information
We use personal information for the following purposes:
Delivering free resources
When you request a free guide or other resource, we use your name and email address to process your request and provide access to the resource.
Email marketing and course updates
If you choose to subscribe to our mailing list, we use your contact information to send news, educational content, information about new resources and details of our courses and products.
Responding to enquiries
If you contact us, we use the information you provide to respond to your enquiry and manage any subsequent correspondence.
Operating and improving our website
We use technical information to maintain website functionality, protect against misuse and, where you have consented to analytics cookies, understand how visitors use our website and improve our content and services.
4. Our lawful bases for processing
We process personal information in accordance with applicable data protection legislation.
Depending on the purpose, we rely on the following lawful bases:
Purpose and Lawful basis
Delivering free resources requested through our website: Legitimate interests
Sending marketing emails and course updates: Consent
Responding to enquiries: Legitimate interests
Website operation, maintenance and security: Legitimate interests
Website analytics and associated non-essential cookies: Consent
Meeting applicable legal obligations: Legal obligation
Where we rely on legitimate interests, these include operating our business, responding to requests and maintaining our website. We consider the impact on individuals and their rights when relying on this basis.
Where we rely on consent, you can withdraw it at any time.
5. Free resources and email marketing
We offer free guides and resources through individual forms on our website.
When you request a resource, we collect your first name, surname and email address to process your request and provide access to the download. After submitting the form, you will be directed to a page where you can access your requested resource.
Each resource form includes a separate, optional marketing consent checkbox. This is not pre-selected. You can request and download a resource without agreeing to receive marketing communications.
We also provide a separate subscription form for visitors who wish to receive news and updates from Eerie Pursuits, including information about our forthcoming courses.
If you actively subscribe through either route, we may send you:
Paranormal investigation tips and educational content.
Information about new guides and resources.
Course announcements and launch updates.
News and other relevant information about Eerie Pursuits.
We manage our mailing lists through Squarespace. You can unsubscribe from marketing emails at any time using the unsubscribe link included in our emails or by contacting us at spooky@eeriepursuits.com.
We maintain appropriate records of marketing preferences and consent to help us manage subscriptions and respect your choices.
Withdrawing your consent will not affect the lawfulness of any processing carried out before you withdrew it.
6. Cookies and website analytics
Our website is hosted by Squarespace and uses cookies and similar technologies.
Some cookies are necessary for the website to function securely and correctly. These are always used.
We also use Squarespace Analytics to understand website traffic and engagement and to improve our website and services. This may involve the use of analytics and performance cookies.
Non-essential cookies are restricted until you provide consent through our cookie banner. You can:
Accept all cookies.
Decline all non-essential cookies.
Manage your cookie preferences.
You can change your preferences through the cookie settings available on our website.
We do not currently use Google Analytics or other external analytics platforms.
7. Form submissions and data storage
When you submit information through a form on our website, we collect the information requested in the form to process your submission, deliver requested resources or respond to enquiries.
We provide this information to Squarespace, our website hosting provider, so that it can provide website services and help us manage our relationship with you.
Form submissions are stored within Squarespace Contacts. Notification copies are also sent to our Google Workspace email account.
We take reasonable steps to protect the information held within these services and limit access to what is necessary to operate our business.
8. Who we share your information with
We do not sell your personal information.
We may share personal information with service providers where necessary to operate our business and provide our services.
Our current service providers include:
Squarespace
We use Squarespace to host and operate our website, manage forms and contact records, and support website analytics and email marketing services.
Google Workspace
We use Google Workspace for business email. Form submission notifications and related correspondence may be processed and stored through this service.
Google Fonts
Our website uses Google Fonts to display text, including Bricolage Grotesque and DM Sans. When your browser loads these fonts directly from Google's servers, Google may receive technical information, including your IP address, browser and device information, and details of the page you are viewing.
You can find out more about how Google processes personal information through Google's Privacy Policy:
https://policies.google.com/privacy
These providers may process personal information on our behalf or, depending on the service and activity, act as separate data controllers.
We may also disclose personal information where required by law or where necessary to establish, exercise or defend legal claims.
9. International transfers
Some of our service providers may process or store personal information outside the United Kingdom.
Where personal information is transferred internationally, we take steps to ensure that appropriate safeguards are in place in accordance with applicable data protection legislation.
These safeguards may include adequacy regulations or approved contractual protections, where required.
10. How long we keep your information
We retain personal information only for as long as necessary for the purposes for which it was collected, taking account of applicable legal obligations and our legitimate business needs.
Our approach includes the following:
Free resource requests: We retain information for as long as necessary to manage the resource request and any related enquiries. We periodically review older records and delete information that is no longer required.
Marketing subscribers: We retain contact information while you remain subscribed and consent remains valid, subject to periodic review.
Unsubscribed contacts: We remove unsubscribed contacts from active marketing lists but may retain a minimal suppression record to ensure that we respect their decision not to receive further marketing communications.
Consent records: We retain appropriate records of consent and withdrawal to demonstrate compliance and manage any disputes.
Enquiries and correspondence: We retain correspondence for the minimum period necessary to respond to and manage the enquiry and any resulting matters.
We periodically review the personal information we hold and securely delete or anonymise it when it is no longer required, unless we have a lawful reason to retain it for longer.
11. How we protect your information
We take reasonable technical and organisational measures to protect personal information against unauthorised access, loss, misuse, alteration or disclosure.
We use established third-party service providers to support the operation and security of our website and business communications.
However, no method of transmitting or storing information electronically can be guaranteed to be completely secure.
12. Your data protection rights
Under applicable data protection legislation, you may have the right to:
Request access to your personal information.
Ask us to correct inaccurate or incomplete information.
Request the erasure of your personal information.
Request restriction of processing.
Object to certain processing activities.
Request a copy of certain information in a portable format.
Withdraw consent where we rely on consent.
You also have the absolute right to object to the use of your personal information for direct marketing.
To exercise your rights, please contact us at:
We will respond to requests in accordance with applicable data protection legislation. We may need to verify your identity before responding.
13. Complaints
If you have concerns about how we handle your personal information, please contact us in the first instance so that we have an opportunity to address your concerns.
You also have the right to complain to the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO), the UK's independent data protection regulator.
Website: https://ico.org.uk/make-a-complaint/
14. Third-party websites
Our website may contain links to third-party websites or services.
We are not responsible for the privacy practices of those third parties. We encourage you to read their privacy policies before providing them with personal information.
15. Changes to this Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes to our business, website, services or legal obligations.
Any updates will be published on this page, together with a revised “Last updated” date.
If we introduce new services or platforms that process personal information, we will update this policy accordingly.
16. Contact us
If you have questions about this Privacy Policy or how we use your personal information, please contact:
Eerie Pursuits
Lara H. Millmow
Email: spooky@eeriepursuits.com
Website: https://www.eeriepursuits.com