This page explains how muscutt.org handles personal information, cookies, and use of this website.
It is intended to be clear and practical rather than full of boilerplate.
Last updated: 3 May 2026
1. Privacy Policy
Who is responsible for this website
This website is operated by Dr Luke E Muscutt. For privacy questions, data requests, or concerns,
please contact admin@muscutt.org.
Personal information collected
Depending on how you use the site, muscutt.org may collect:
Contact details you submit, such as your name, email address, phone number, subject, and message.
Account details if you register or sign in, such as your name, email address, password hash, role, account status, login attempts, and last login details.
Order, download, or shop-related details where those features are used.
Technical information such as IP address, browser user agent, browser language, page URL, referrer URL, and UTM campaign fields.
Cookie consent records, including your consent choices, consent version, consent ID, policy URLs, consent text hash, and timestamps.
How the information is used
Personal information is used only where there is a practical reason to do so, including:
To respond to enquiries sent through the contact form or by email.
To provide website features such as accounts, downloads, shop functions, or admin access.
To record and respect cookie consent choices.
To maintain website security, prevent misuse, investigate errors, and protect accounts.
To understand how visitors use the website, where analytics cookies have been accepted.
To meet legal, accounting, tax, or regulatory obligations where applicable.
Lawful bases
The lawful bases for processing may include:
Consent, for optional cookies and any optional communications you choose to receive.
Contract or steps before a contract, where you ask for services, downloads, purchases, or account access.
Legitimate interests, for website security, responding to enquiries, basic administration, and improving the site.
Legal obligation, where records must be kept for tax, accounting, legal, or regulatory reasons.
Who information is shared with
Personal information is not sold. It may be shared with service providers only where needed to run the
website or provide requested services, such as website hosting, email delivery, database hosting,
payment processing, analytics services where accepted, and professional advisers where necessary.
Some external links on this website lead to third-party sites. Those sites have their own privacy and
cookie practices.
How long information is kept
Information is kept only for as long as needed for the purpose for which it was collected. In general:
Contact enquiries are kept for as long as needed to respond and manage the enquiry.
Account and admin records are kept while the account is active and for a reasonable period afterwards.
Cookie consent records are normally kept for the life of the consent record, currently linked to a 365-day consent cookie unless refreshed or withdrawn.
Transaction records may be kept for longer where needed for tax, accounting, fraud prevention, or legal reasons.
Your rights
Under UK data protection law, you may have rights to access, correct, erase, restrict, object to, or
receive a copy of your personal information. Where processing is based on consent, you may withdraw
that consent at any time.
To make a request, email admin@muscutt.org. You also have the
right to complain to the UK Information Commissioner's Office at
ico.org.uk.
Security
Reasonable technical and organisational measures are used to protect personal information. No method
of transmission or storage is completely secure, so absolute security cannot be guaranteed.
2. Cookies Policy
What cookies are
Cookies are small files or browser-held identifiers used by websites to remember information, keep
features working, and understand how the website is used.
Cookie consent
muscutt.org uses a custom cookie consent system. Necessary cookies are used because the site cannot
work properly without them. Optional categories are used only where you accept them.
The consent system stores a consent cookie called cookie_consent_id. It is currently set
to last for 365 days. The website also stores a consent record in the database so that your choices can
be recorded and respected.
Cookie categories
Necessary cookies: required for core site functions such as sessions, security, admin login, account access, and remembering your cookie consent choice.
Analytics cookies: used to understand website usage and improve the site, only where accepted.
Preferences cookies: used to remember optional preferences, only where accepted.
Marketing cookies: reserved for marketing or advertising-related features, only where accepted.
Consent records
Consent records may include your consent ID, selected categories, consent status, consent version,
policy URLs, consent text hash, IP address, user agent, browser language, page URL, referrer URL,
UTM fields, vendor fields, session hash fields, and timestamps such as created, updated, withdrawn,
and last seen times.
Changing or withdrawing consent
You can change cookie settings by using Change Cookie Settings which will show the cookie banner again.
You can also control or delete cookies through your browser settings. Blocking necessary cookies may affect whether some parts of the website work correctly.
3. Website Terms of Use
Using this website
This website is provided for general information about Dr Luke E Muscutt's research, education,
services, projects, writing, and related activities. You may use the site for lawful personal,
educational, and professional purposes.
Accuracy and availability
Reasonable care is taken to keep information accurate and up to date, but no guarantee is given that
all content will always be complete, current, or available. Content may be changed, removed, or updated
at any time.
Intellectual property
Unless otherwise stated, the text, images, design, and other content on this website are owned by or
licensed to Dr Luke E Muscutt. You may view the website and store temporary copies for normal browsing.
You must not copy, republish, modify, sell, or distribute website content without permission, except
where allowed by law.
External links
This website may link to external websites, services, videos, social media pages, publications, or
resources. Those links are provided for convenience. muscutt.org is not responsible for the content,
availability, privacy practices, or terms of external websites.
Accounts and admin areas
If you are given access to an account or admin area, you are responsible for keeping your login details
confidential and for using the access lawfully and responsibly. Access may be suspended or removed if
misuse is suspected.
Liability
Nothing in these terms excludes liability where it cannot lawfully be excluded. Subject to that, the
website is provided without warranties and muscutt.org is not responsible for losses arising from use
of, or inability to use, the website or linked third-party sites.
Governing law
These terms are governed by the laws of England and Wales.
Contact
Questions about these policies or terms should be sent to
admin@muscutt.org.
Cookie preferences
This site uses necessary cookies to make the website work. It is not possible to use the site without these cookies. Optional cookies may be used for analytics, preferences and future marketing features. We store your selection for 1 year.
You can update your preferences later by clearing your browser cookies.