Privacy Policy

Last updated: 29 October 2026

1. Who we are

Only Nature is a nature and wildlife website operated by Tom Phillips, trading as Only Nature in the United Kingdom.

This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, store and share personal information when you visit our website, contact us or interact with our content.

Contact email: info@onlynature.uk

For data protection purposes, Tom Phillips is responsible for personal information processed through Only Nature.

This policy covers the Only Nature website. Information collected directly by YouTube, Instagram, TikTok or other external platforms when you use their services is generally handled under their own privacy policies.

2. What information we collect

When you use our website, we may collect:

  • Contact information: your name, email address and the contents of messages you send through our contact form or by email.

  • Technical information: information such as your IP address, browser type, device information and website activity, where collected by Squarespace or other services used on the website.

  • Cookie and tracking information: information collected through essential cookies, analytics technologies, embedded YouTube content and affiliate links, depending on the services used and your consent choices.

  • Affiliate referral information: information such as referral identifiers or link interactions that may be recorded when you click an affiliate link or use a discount code.

Please do not include sensitive personal information in messages unless it is necessary for your enquiry.

We do not intentionally collect more personal information than is reasonably necessary for the purposes explained in this policy.

3. How we use your information

We use personal information to:

  • Respond to enquiries and messages.

  • Operate, maintain and secure our website.

  • Understand how visitors use our website and improve our content, where permitted.

  • Manage affiliate links and understand referrals to retailers.

  • Prevent spam, misuse and technical problems.

  • Meet legal obligations and handle potential legal claims.

We do not currently offer a newsletter, online shop, user accounts, memberships or website commenting features. If we introduce these features, we will review this policy and provide any additional information required before collecting personal information for those purposes.

4. Our reasons for using personal information

Data protection law requires us to have a lawful basis for processing personal information. Depending on the circumstances, these may include:

  • Legitimate interests: for example, responding to ordinary business enquiries, maintaining website security and improving our website, where our interests do not override your rights.

  • Steps taken at your request: where processing is necessary to respond to a request you make or take steps before entering into a contract.

  • Legal obligation: where we need to retain or disclose information to comply with the law.

  • Consent: where you have given valid consent for a particular use, such as non-essential tracking where consent is required.

We will not rely on legitimate interests where consent is legally required. Where we rely on consent, you can withdraw it at any time. Withdrawal does not affect processing that took place lawfully before you withdrew consent.

5. Cookies, analytics and tracking technologies

Our website is hosted by Squarespace. Squarespace may use cookies and similar technologies to provide website functionality, maintain security and produce website analytics.

We do not currently install separate Google Analytics or Meta Pixel tracking tools. However, Squarespace features, embedded content and affiliate services may still use cookies or similar technologies.

The categories below explain the purposes these technologies may serve. They are not a confirmed inventory of every cookie currently active on our website.

CategoryPurposeConsentEssentialWebsite functionality, security and services you requestGenerally do not require consent where strictly necessary under applicable lawAnalyticsUnderstanding website visits and improving contentDepends on the specific technology, its purpose and the applicable legal exemption; consent will be obtained where requiredYouTube and other embedded contentDisplaying videos and enabling third-party featuresMay require consent before loading or tracking, depending on the technologyAffiliate and marketing trackingAttributing visits or purchases to referral links or discount codesConsent will be obtained where required by applicable law

Under UK rules, certain narrowly defined low-risk uses of storage and access technologies may be exempt from consent. This is not a blanket exemption for all analytics. We will assess the technologies we actually use and apply the relevant UK and EU requirements.

Where consent is required, non-essential cookies and tracking technologies must not be activated before consent. Visitors must have a clear way to reject non-essential tracking as well as accept it, and to change their preferences later.

You can manage available cookie preferences through our cookie settings and may also manage cookies through your browser. Browser controls alone may not replace a legally required consent mechanism.

We will update this section or provide a separate cookie notice if necessary to accurately describe the technologies used on our website.

6. YouTube videos and external websites

Our website may contain embedded YouTube videos and links to external websites.

YouTube is operated by Google. When a video is loaded or played, YouTube and its service providers may receive information such as your IP address, device or browser information and details of your interaction with the video. Depending on the embedding method and your settings, cookies or similar technologies may also be used.

Where required, we will configure embedded videos to prevent non-essential tracking before consent, for example by using an appropriate privacy-enhanced embedding option or loading videos only after the necessary consent has been given.

We will verify that the actual embedding method behaves as intended. We cannot guarantee that a third-party service will never process technical information.

When you follow a link to another website, that website's own privacy policy and practices apply to your use of it.

7. Affiliate links, product reviews and discount codes

Only Nature may publish product reviews, recommendations, affiliate links and discount codes.

Some links or codes may earn us a commission or other benefit if you make a qualifying purchase. This is generally at no additional cost to you.

When you click an affiliate link or use a discount code, the relevant retailer or affiliate network may collect information about your visit or purchase, including referral identifiers, technical information and transaction details, to attribute the sale or administer the affiliate programme.

These third parties process information under their own privacy policies and terms. Their tracking technologies will be subject to applicable cookie and consent requirements.

We aim to provide honest product reviews and make commercial relationships clear. We may publish a separate Affiliate Disclosure explaining how affiliate links and discount codes work. Where content qualifies as advertising, we will label it clearly in the relevant content rather than relying only on a general disclosure elsewhere on the website.

8. Who we share information with

We may share personal information with service providers where necessary to operate the website or fulfil the purposes described in this policy. These may include:

  • Squarespace: website hosting, website functionality and analytics.

  • Google and YouTube: where you interact with embedded YouTube content.

  • Affiliate networks and retailers: where you use affiliate links or discount codes.

  • Technical, security or professional service providers: where reasonably necessary to operate the website or meet our legal obligations.

  • Public authorities or legal advisers: where disclosure is required by law or necessary to establish, exercise or defend legal claims.

We do not sell personal information to third parties.

We will take appropriate steps to ensure that service providers handle personal information lawfully and securely.

9. International transfers

Some service providers may process personal information outside the United Kingdom or European Economic Area.

Where a transfer is subject to UK or EU data protection rules, we will ensure that an appropriate transfer mechanism or safeguard is in place where required. Depending on the circumstances, this may include an adequacy decision, an applicable recognised data bridge or standard contractual clauses with any required supplementary measures.

The specific safeguards depend on the provider, the destination country and the relevant legal framework. We will verify the arrangements that apply to the services actually used on our website.

You can contact us at info@onlynature.uk if you would like further information about relevant international transfers and safeguards.

10. How long we keep personal information

We keep personal information only for as long as reasonably necessary for its stated purpose, taking account of legal requirements, security and the need to resolve enquiries or disputes.

Our intended retention periods are:

InformationIntended retentionContact form enquiries and ordinary correspondenceNormally up to 24 months after the enquiry is resolved, unless further retention is necessaryWebsite security and technical logsAccording to the relevant provider's settings and the period reasonably needed for security and troubleshootingAnalytics informationAccording to the analytics service's actual retention settings and the applicable requirementsCookie consent recordsFor a period appropriate to demonstrate and manage consent, in line with the consent tool's capabilities and applicable requirementsAffiliate referral and transaction recordsAccording to the relevant affiliate programme's arrangements and any applicable legal or accounting requirementsRecords needed for legal claims or legal obligationsFor as long as reasonably necessary to meet the relevant obligation or resolve the claim

These are intended retention periods, not a promise that every service provider will retain information for exactly the same length of time. We will verify provider settings and adjust our practices where necessary. Information will be securely deleted or anonymised when it is no longer needed.

11. Your privacy rights

Depending on the law that applies to you, you may have the right to:

  • Request access to your personal information.

  • Ask us to correct inaccurate information.

  • Request deletion of your information.

  • Ask us to restrict certain processing.

  • Object to processing based on legitimate interests.

  • Request a portable copy of certain information.

  • Withdraw consent where processing is based on consent.

  • Object to direct marketing at any time.

You can exercise your rights by emailing info@onlynature.uk. We will normally respond to a valid data protection rights request within one month. In certain circumstances, the law permits an extension, and we will explain this if applicable.

Requests are normally free of charge. We may ask for reasonable information to verify your identity and may refuse or charge for requests only where the law permits us to do so.

12. Data protection complaints

If you are concerned about how Only Nature has handled your personal information, you can make a complaint directly to us by emailing info@onlynature.uk. Please explain your concern and include enough information for us to investigate it.

We will:

  1. Acknowledge receipt of your complaint within 30 days.

  2. Investigate it appropriately and without undue delay.

  3. Keep you informed about progress where necessary.

  4. Tell you the outcome of our investigation without undue delay.

  5. Keep an appropriate record of the complaint, our response and any action taken.

We will handle complaints fairly and take reasonable steps to address any problems identified.

You can still complain to the UK Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) if you are unhappy with our response or prefer to contact the regulator. The ICO's website is https://ico.org.uk/make-a-complaint/.

If you are in the European Union, you may also have the right to complain to the data protection supervisory authority in your country.

13. Children's privacy

Only Nature provides nature, wildlife and photography content for a general audience. The website is not specifically designed as a service for children, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children for purposes that require parental consent without obtaining the necessary consent.

Nature and educational content may nevertheless be of interest to children. We will consider applicable children's privacy requirements, including the UK's Age Appropriate Design Code where relevant, when deciding how to configure tracking, embeds and any future interactive features.

If you believe a child has provided personal information inappropriately, please contact info@onlynature.uk so we can review the situation and take appropriate action.

14. Keeping information secure

We take reasonable technical and organisational steps to protect personal information against unauthorised access, loss, misuse or disclosure.

However, no website or electronic transmission can be guaranteed to be completely secure.

15. Future features

We may introduce a newsletter, online shop, merchandise or print sales, comments, user accounts or memberships in the future.

If we introduce these features, we will review this policy and update it before collecting personal information for the new purposes. We will explain what information is collected, why it is needed, the relevant lawful basis, who receives it and how long it is retained.

We will also provide any additional notices, choices or contractual information required for the relevant service.

16. Changes to this policy

We may update this Privacy Policy to reflect changes to the website, the services we use or our legal obligations.

The latest version will be published on this page with its updated date. Where required, we will provide additional notice of significant changes.

17. Contact

For questions about this Privacy Policy, your personal information or a data protection complaint, contact:

Tom Phillips – Only Nature

Email: info@onlynature.uk