PRIVACY & YOUR RIGHTS
Your information.
Clear boundaries.
Controller: Anthony Lord, trading as Locksmith Shortlist within the Shortlist network. Contact contact@tradeshortlist.co.uk for privacy enquiries. This notice applies to this directory; customer accounts and consent are separate from sister sites.
Public business listings
We use limited published business facts to provide a useful local directory, relying on legitimate interests where appropriate and considering business/privacy rights. Sole-trader details may be personal data. We minimise what is published, link sources, retain check dates and offer correction, objection, claim and removal requests. We do not publish private residential addresses, individual engineer names or documents without the applicable basis and permissions.
Private profiles and applications
Contact details, authority declarations, drafts and reviewed documents stay behind owner/business access controls. Submitting an application does not make content public. We agree permitted media and exact final publication separately. We use service providers for hosting/storage and email delivery; a source-code copy does not include private hosted records.
Customer shortlist accounts
Optional email-verified accounts store an email address, authentication records, saved public business IDs and separate email-update preferences. Service email is needed to sign in. Marketing is off by default and requires explicit verified consent. Read account privacy information for expiry, deletion and unsubscribe details.
Cookies and activity totals
Device saves use local browser storage. Secure cookies support optional accounts. Activity counting is optional; if allowed we store aggregate day/event/business totals, not visitor IPs or a browsing history. A telephone-button tap is not proof of a connected call. Change the choice using .
Retention and rights
We retain listing evidence while needed for accuracy, legal accountability and review. Private enquiry records have a six-month review point unless needed for an active profile, consent, complaint or legal obligation. Ask for access, correction, erasure or objection; identity/authority checks may be needed. Live account deletion does not remove separate device copies or delivered emails. Backup retention and restoration are handled separately.
Contact and complaints
Please contact us first about data concerns. You can also contact the Information Commissioner's Office. ICO registration, where applicable, is not approval of a directory or its businesses. We do not claim ICO approval.