Privacy Policy

Last updated: October 2026

1. About Our Own Path

Our Own Path is a family travel and lifestyle website sharing travel inspiration, practical guides, activities and resources for families.

This privacy policy explains how we collect, use and protect your personal information when you visit our website, read our blog, contact us, sign up for emails or purchase our products.

Website: www.ourownpath.co.uk

Website owner / data controller:

OUR OWN PATH

Contact email: Please use contact form

For questions about this policy or the personal information we hold about you, please contact us using the email address above.

2. Information we collect

Depending on how you use our website, we may collect the following information:

  • Contact information, such as your email address and name, if you provide it.

  • Information submitted through contact forms or other website forms.

  • Email marketing preferences and records of consent, where applicable.

  • Order and transaction information when you purchase a product.

  • Technical information about your visit, such as your IP address, browser, device and website usage data, where collected through cookies or similar technologies.

We only aim to collect information that is relevant to the purpose for which it is needed.

3. How we use your information

We may use your information for the following purposes:

To provide free downloads: If you request a free printable, such as our Lapland packing checklist, we use your email address to process your request and provide access to the resource.

To respond to enquiries: We use information submitted through our contact forms to respond to your questions or messages.

To send marketing emails: If you separately choose to subscribe to our emails, we may send you travel inspiration, blog updates, new resources, product information and occasional offers from Our Own Path. You can unsubscribe at any time.

To process orders: If you purchase a product, we use relevant information to process your order, provide your purchase and handle customer service.

To operate and improve our website: We may use technical and usage information to maintain website security, understand how visitors use the site and improve our content, subject to applicable cookie and privacy requirements.

4. Our lawful bases for processing

We use personal information only where we have an appropriate lawful basis.

Depending on the purpose, these may include:

  • Consent: For optional email marketing and any non-essential cookies or similar technologies where consent is required.

  • Steps taken at your request or contract: Where information is needed to fulfil an order or take steps you request before entering into a contract.

  • Legitimate interests: Where necessary to operate, secure and improve our website, respond to relevant enquiries or maintain appropriate business records, provided these interests do not override your rights.

  • Legal obligations: Where we need to retain or use information to meet applicable legal or accounting requirements.

We will explain the relevant purpose when collecting information where appropriate.

5. Free downloads and email marketing

When you request a free download, we use the email address you provide to fulfil that request.

Requesting a free resource does not automatically mean you have agreed to receive ongoing marketing emails.

Where we offer optional marketing emails, you can choose whether to subscribe. If you subscribe, we may send occasional updates about our content, travel resources and products.

You can unsubscribe using the link in any marketing email or contact us directly.

We keep appropriate records of marketing preferences and consent, and we respect requests to unsubscribe.

6. How we store and share your information

Our website is hosted through Squarespace. Depending on the services and features we use, your information may be processed or stored through Squarespace's website, contact management, email marketing and commerce services.

We may also use other service providers to support our website, email delivery, payment processing, digital downloads, analytics or other business operations.

Where these providers process personal information on our behalf, we take appropriate steps to protect it and use suitable arrangements where required.

We do not sell your personal information.

Some service providers may process information outside the United Kingdom. Where this happens, we will use appropriate safeguards where required by applicable data protection law.

7. How long we keep your information

We retain personal information only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purpose for which it was collected, taking account of legal, accounting and business requirements.

For example:

  • Download requests and form submissions are kept for as long as needed to fulfil the request, manage related enquiries and maintain appropriate records.

  • Email marketing information is retained while you remain subscribed, together with limited records needed to respect unsubscribe requests and maintain consent records.

  • Order and transaction information may be retained for the periods required by applicable legal and accounting obligations.

  • Technical and analytics information is retained according to the settings and retention periods of the relevant services.

We review information periodically and delete or anonymise it when it is no longer needed, unless we have a legal reason to retain it.

8. Cookies and similar technologies

Our website may use cookies and similar technologies to support essential website functions, remember preferences, understand website usage and, where enabled, support analytics or marketing.

Some cookies are necessary for the website to function. Where consent is required for non-essential cookies, we will ask for consent through the relevant cookie settings before using them.

You can manage your cookie preferences through the options provided on our website and through your browser settings. Blocking some cookies may affect how parts of the website function.

Please check our website's current cookie settings and services to see which cookies and third-party technologies are actually in use.

9. Your data protection rights

Under applicable UK data protection law, you may have the right to:

  • Request access to the personal information we hold about you.

  • Ask us to correct inaccurate information.

  • Ask us to delete your information where applicable.

  • Ask us to restrict certain processing.

  • Object to certain processing, including direct marketing.

  • Request a copy of certain information in a portable format, where applicable.

  • Withdraw consent where processing is based on consent.

To exercise your rights, please contact us at [insert privacy contact email].

You can unsubscribe from marketing emails at any time. This will not affect the lawfulness of processing carried out before you withdrew consent.

10. Keeping your information secure

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

No method of online transmission or storage can be guaranteed to be completely secure, but we take appropriate steps to protect the information we hold.

11. Children's privacy

Our website and resources may be of interest to families and children. Where a child provides personal information, we take care to ensure that it is handled appropriately and in accordance with applicable data protection requirements.

Parents and guardians who have questions about information provided by a child can contact us using the details above.

12. Changes to this policy

We may update this privacy policy from time to time to reflect changes to our website, services or legal obligations.

The latest version will be published on this page with the date of the most recent update.

13. Contact and complaints

If you have questions or concerns about how we use your personal information, please contact us at [insert privacy contact email].

You also have the right to complain to the UK Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) if you believe your personal information has been handled unlawfully.

You can find information about the ICO and how to raise a concern at ico.org.uk.