Privacy Policy

Last updated: 4 August 2026

This privacy policy explains how Peter Haken collects, uses, stores and protects personal information when you visit this website, contact me or commission wildlife, conservation, photography or filmmaking services.

Peter Haken is the data controller responsible for the personal information described in this policy.

Email: hello@peterhaken.co.uk
Telephone: 07596 020189

Information I Collect

I may collect personal information when you contact me through this website, by email, by telephone or through another communication service.

This may include:

• Your name and organisation
• Your email address and telephone number
• Your project location and preferred filming period
• The type of project you are planning
• Your estimated budget and requested deliverables
• Information included in your project enquiry or subsequent correspondence
• Records relating to quotations, agreements, projects, invoices and payments

The website may also collect limited technical information, including your IP address, browser type, device information, cookie choices, pages visited and security information connected with form submissions.

How I Use Personal Information

I use personal information where necessary to:

• Respond to enquiries and discuss potential projects
• Prepare quotations, proposals and agreements
• Plan, deliver and administer commissioned work
• Communicate about filming dates, locations and project requirements
• Manage invoices, payments and business records
• Protect the website and contact form from spam, fraud and misuse
• Understand how the website is used where analytics consent has been provided
• Meet legal, accounting, insurance or regulatory obligations

I do not sell personal information. I do not use project enquiries for general email marketing unless you have separately requested or agreed to receive it.

Lawful Bases for Processing

Depending on the circumstances, I process personal information using the following lawful bases:

• Contract: where information is needed to provide a quotation, take steps before entering into an agreement or deliver commissioned work.
• Legal obligation: where records must be retained for tax, accounting or other legal requirements.
• Legitimate interests: where necessary to answer business enquiries, operate and secure the website, maintain appropriate records or protect legal rights.
• Consent: for non-essential cookies, analytics and any optional marketing communication you specifically choose to receive.

Contact Forms and hCaptcha

The contact form uses hCaptcha to help distinguish genuine enquiries from automated submissions, spam and other forms of website abuse.

When hCaptcha is active, it may analyse technical and interaction information such as your IP address, browser or device information, time spent on the page and how you interact with the form.

This processing supports my legitimate interest in protecting the website and contact form from automated abuse. hCaptcha may process information outside the UK using its stated data protection safeguards.

Further information is available through the hCaptcha privacy policy and terms of service .

hCaptcha uses automated analysis to decide whether a form submission appears to come from a person rather than an automated system. This may prevent suspected automated or abusive submissions, but it is not used to decide whether you are eligible to work with me.

Cookies and Website Analytics

This website uses cookies and similar technologies to provide essential website functions, remember privacy choices, protect forms and measure website use.

Strictly necessary technologies may operate because they are required for the website to function. Non-essential analytics technologies are only used where you have provided consent through the website’s cookie controls.

Where analytics is enabled, information may include pages visited, approximate location, device type, browser information and how visitors reached the website. This information is used to understand website performance and improve its content.

You can withdraw or change your consent using the cookie settings available on this website.

Embedded Videos and External Services

Some pages include videos or content provided by external services such as YouTube and Vimeo. These providers may receive technical information about your device, browser and interaction with the embedded content when it is loaded or played.

External websites and platforms operate under their own privacy policies. I am not responsible for how those third parties use information after you leave this website or interact directly with their services.

Who Personal Information May Be Shared With

I may share personal information with trusted service providers where this is necessary to operate the website or deliver work. These may include:

• Website hosting, email and form-processing providers
• hCaptcha and website security providers
• Analytics and embedded-media providers where consent applies
• Accountants, insurers or professional advisers
• Freelancers or production partners involved in an agreed project
• Government bodies, regulators or law-enforcement authorities where required by law

Only information reasonably needed for the relevant purpose will be shared.

International Data Transfers

Some website, analytics, security and media providers may process information outside the United Kingdom.

Where this happens, I rely on the provider’s stated contractual safeguards, recognised transfer arrangements or other measures intended to protect personal information in accordance with UK data protection law.

How Long Information Is Kept

I keep personal information only for as long as it is reasonably needed for the purpose for which it was collected.

Enquiry information that does not lead to a project is normally reviewed and deleted within 24 months of the last meaningful contact, unless there is a clear legal or business reason to retain it for longer.

Information connected with commissioned projects may be retained for the duration of the project and afterwards where required for accounting, tax, insurance, contractual or legal purposes.

Technical logs, analytics information and website backups are retained according to the settings and operating schedules of the relevant website providers.

How Information Is Protected

I take reasonable technical and organisational measures to protect personal information from unauthorised access, loss, misuse, alteration or disclosure.

No internet transmission or storage system can be guaranteed to be completely secure. Please avoid including unnecessary sensitive personal information in a project enquiry.

Your Data Protection Rights

Depending on the circumstances and the lawful basis being used, you may have the right to:

• Request access to personal information held about you
• Ask for inaccurate or incomplete information to be corrected
• Ask for personal information to be deleted
• Request that processing is restricted
• Object to processing based on legitimate interests
• Request the transfer of information in certain circumstances
• Withdraw consent where processing relies on consent

To exercise any of these rights, email hello@peterhaken.co.uk .

Your Right to Object

You have the right to object to certain uses of your personal information where processing is based on legitimate interests. Contact me at hello@peterhaken.co.uk if you wish to raise an objection.

Data Protection Complaints

Please contact me first if you have concerns about how your personal information has been handled. I will review the issue and respond as soon as reasonably possible.

You also have the right to complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office, the UK regulator for data protection.

Visit the Information Commissioner’s Office

Children’s Information

This website and its services are intended for organisations, production teams and adults planning wildlife or conservation projects. I do not knowingly collect personal information from children through the contact form.

Changes to This Policy

This privacy policy may be updated when website services, legal requirements or the way personal information is handled changes. The latest revision date will appear at the top of this page.