Privacy policy.
The Considus website sets no cookies. The only thing it keeps on your device is the light or dark setting you choose, and that never leaves your browser. It uses privacy-first analytics, described below, which counts page visits without identifying anyone and without following you anywhere. The only personal data it holds is what you choose to send us, through the contact form or by joining the mailing list.
If you use Catchlight, its own separate privacy documentation applies. See catchlight.app.
What this website does not do
- Set cookies of any kind, or keep anything on your device beyond the light or dark setting you choose.
- Collect names, email addresses, or any other personal data.
- Build a profile of you, or recognise you when you come back.
- Follow you to any other website.
- Use advertising networks or third-party marketing tools.
- Load fonts from a third-party server.
Cookies
considus.com sets no cookies. The one thing it keeps on your device is the light or dark setting, and only if you change it yourself using the toggle, so the site can remember your choice next time. It holds the word “dark” or “light” and nothing else. Your browser stores it, it is never sent to us, and you can clear it whenever you like in your browser settings. Because that is a preference you asked for rather than anything that tracks you, it needs no cookie banner and you will not see one. If we ever keep anything beyond it, we will update this policy and ask you first.
Typefaces and third-party resources
The typefaces used here (Cormorant Garamond and DM Sans) are served from this site itself. Nothing is fetched from Google Fonts or any other external service.
Loading a page on this site causes your browser to make exactly one request outside this domain, for the analytics script described below, which is served by Cloudflare. Nothing else is fetched externally. Earlier versions of this site did load its typefaces from Google Fonts, which disclosed visitor IP addresses to Google LLC. That was changed in July 2026.
Hosting
This site is hosted on Cloudflare Pages. Cloudflare may process connection metadata (such as IP addresses) as part of its CDN and DDoS protection infrastructure. This is governed by Cloudflare's Privacy Policy.
Considus does not have access to Cloudflare's server logs.
Analytics
This site uses Cloudflare Web Analytics. It is worth being specific about what that is, because it works differently from the analytics most websites run.
It sets no cookies and writes nothing to your device. In Cloudflare's own words, it "does not use any client-side state, such as cookies or localStorage, to collect usage metrics", and does not "fingerprint individuals via their IP address, User Agent string, or any other data". There is no identifier that recognises you on a second visit, and nothing that follows you to another website.
What it records is about pages rather than people. Which page was requested, the site you arrived from, the country the request came from, the browser and device type, the HTTP status code, and how quickly the page rendered. That is the whole of it. We see counts and trends, never individuals, and Cloudflare does not sell the data.
To collect this, your browser loads a small script from static.cloudflareinsights.com and sends the measurements to cloudflareinsights.com. Both are Cloudflare domains, and this is the one third-party request the site makes.
Because nothing is stored on or read from your device, this does not require a consent banner under the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations, and you will not see one. Where a country is derived from an IP address, we rely on our legitimate interest in knowing whether the site works and whether anyone is reading it. Cloudflare acts as our processor under its Privacy Policy. If you would rather not be counted at all, any standard tracker blocker will stop the script loading, and the site will work exactly as before.
If you contact us
If you use the form on this site, we receive the message you write and, if you choose to give one, your email address so we can reply. The form writes directly to our own database, hosted by Cloudflare. No email service and no third-party form provider is involved.
If you email us instead, your message arrives in our mailbox, which is hosted by Proton (Proton AG) in Switzerland.
Legal basis: our legitimate interest in answering people who contact us, and in keeping a short record of issues so we can fix them. How long we keep it: only as long as we need it to deal with your enquiry and keep a brief record, then we delete it.
If you join our mailing list
We use EmailOctopus to manage and send our email list. Our contract is with Three Hearts Digital Ltd, a UK company based in London, which acts as our data processor and stores subscriber data on servers in Ireland, inside the European Economic Area.
Legal basis: your consent. Data held: your email address. We do not collect a name, payment details, device identifiers, or anything derived from your use of our software. How long we keep it: until you unsubscribe or ask us to delete it. Every email we send carries an unsubscribe link, and you can also just ask us.
Links to other sites
This site links to catchlight.app and to the privacy policy of the company that hosts it. Those sites have their own privacy policies and are not governed by this document. Considus is not responsible for the privacy practices of any linked site.
Your rights
Under UK GDPR and the Data Protection Act 2018, you have rights over your personal data, including the rights to access, rectify, erase, and object to processing. In practice the only personal data we hold from this website is what you send us through the contact form or by email, and your email address if you have joined the mailing list. Write to us and we will deal with it, and we will respond within one month.
If you have a question about data held in connection with Catchlight, please refer to the Catchlight privacy documentation at catchlight.app.
If you raise a data protection question and are not satisfied with the response, you can complain to the UK Information Commissioner's Office at ico.org.uk.
Data transfers
Three companies handle data in connection with this website. Cloudflare, Inc., based in the United States, hosts the site and holds the database behind the contact form. It processes connection metadata such as IP addresses in order to serve pages and protect the site from attack.
Transfers of UK personal data to Cloudflare are protected by the Standard Contractual Clauses together with the UK International Data Transfer Addendum. Cloudflare is also certified under the UK Extension to the EU-US Data Privacy Framework.
EmailOctopus (Three Hearts Digital Ltd, United Kingdom) manages the mailing list and stores subscriber data in the European Economic Area. Transfers from the UK to the EEA are permitted under the UK's adequacy regulations, so no additional safeguards are required. Where EmailOctopus uses its own sub-processors outside the UK and EEA, it applies the safeguards UK and EU data protection law require.
Proton (Proton AG) hosts our email in Switzerland, which the UK recognises as providing an adequate level of data protection, so no additional safeguards are required.
Governing law
This policy is governed by the laws of England and Wales. Any disputes arising under it are subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of England and Wales.
Changes to this policy
If this policy changes, the effective date at the top of this page will be updated. Changes will not be applied retroactively. Given the minimal nature of data processing on this site, material changes are unlikely.
Questions?
If you have any questions about this policy or about data handling at Considus, write to privacy@considus.com. For anything else, use our form here.
Considus is a sole trader based in England and is the data controller for any personal data processed in connection with this website. Post reaches us at Considus, Unit 168318, PO Box 7169, Poole, Dorset, BH15 9EL, United Kingdom.