This Privacy Policy explains how Road To Off Grid (“we”, “our”, “us”) collects, uses, and protects your personal information. We are committed to respecting your privacy and complying with UK data protection laws.
Last updated: October 2025
Our website address is: https://roadtooffgrid.com
Road To Off Grid is a UK-based media project and YouTube channel, producing content about off-grid living, design, and fabrication.
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or your data, please contact:
📧 roadtooffgrid@gmail.com
We may collect personal data in the following ways:
When visitors leave comments, we collect the data shown in the comments form, as well as the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help with spam detection.
An anonymised string created from your email address (a “hash”) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here:
https://automattic.com/privacy/
After approval of your comment, your profile picture (if applicable) is visible to the public in the context of your comment.
If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS). Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images posted publicly.
Our website uses cookies to improve functionality and user experience.
If you leave a comment, you may opt in to saving your name, email address, and website in cookies for convenience. These cookies last for one year.
If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.
When you log in, several cookies will be set to save your login information and screen display preferences. Login cookies last for two days; screen option cookies last for one year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out, login cookies will be removed.
If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after one day.
Articles on this site may include embedded content (such as videos, images, or articles). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the same way as if you had visited those websites directly.
These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that content, including tracking if you are logged in to that website.
We recommend reviewing the privacy policies of any third-party platforms you interact with (e.g. YouTube, Instagram, Raffall, or Patreon).
Our mailing list and contact forms are managed through Content Creator Machine, a platform provided by LeadConnector.
LeadConnector securely stores contact information and only uses it according to our instructions.
You can unsubscribe from our mailing list at any time via the unsubscribe link in our emails or by contacting us directly.
We use your personal information for the following purposes:
We do not sell or rent your personal data to any third parties.
We keep your personal information only as long as necessary for the purposes outlined above.
We may share limited information with trusted third parties when necessary, such as sponsors responsible for prize fulfilment. These partners are required to keep your data secure and only use it for the agreed purpose.
If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.
Visitor comments may also be checked through an automated spam detection service.
You have the right to:
We take appropriate technical and organisational measures to protect your data from unauthorised access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction.
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Any changes will be posted on this page with a revised date.
