Privacy Policy

Last Updated on October 15, 2026 by Karl Thompson

Privacy Policy

Last updated: 15 October 2026

This policy explains what personal information ReviseSociology.com collects, why, who it is shared with, how long it is kept, and what your rights are. It is written to be read, so it is in plain English.

Who is responsible for your information

ReviseSociology.com is run by Karl Thompson, who is the controller of the personal information described here. You can contact him about anything in this policy using the contact form at the bottom of this page.

What this site collects, and why

If you just read the site

You don’t need to give any personal information to use ReviseSociology. When you visit, the services that run and measure the site record technical information such as your IP address, browser and device type, the pages you visit and how you arrived. This is used to keep the site working and secure, and to understand in aggregate which pages are useful. It is not used to identify you.

If you sign up for the revision emails

When you subscribe, the site collects your email address, and your name if you give it. It is used for one thing: to send you the ReviseSociology revision emails. That is one email a month through the school year, with extra emails in the weeks before each exam.

  • Lawful basis: your consent, given when you sign up.
  • How to stop: every email has an unsubscribe link. Click it and you will receive no more emails. You can also ask for your address to be deleted using the contact form below.
  • How long it is kept: until you unsubscribe or ask for it to be deleted.

The emails are sent through WordPress.com’s newsletter service (Jetpack), which stores the subscriber list on ReviseSociology’s behalf.

If you buy a revision bundle

Bundles are sold through Sellfy, an online store platform. When you buy, Sellfy collects your name, email address and payment details, and processes the payment through its payment providers. ReviseSociology never sees your full card details.

ReviseSociology receives your name, email address and order details from Sellfy, and uses them to:

  • deliver your purchase and any updated versions you are entitled to
  • answer questions about your order
  • keep the financial records the law requires

Buying a bundle does not sign you up for the revision emails. Those are sent only to people who subscribe to them.

  • Lawful basis: to fulfil the contract of sale, and to meet legal obligations for tax records.
  • How long it is kept: order records are kept for as long as HMRC requires business records to be kept, currently at least five years after the deadline for the relevant tax return.

Sellfy’s own privacy policy explains how it handles your information: https://sellfy.com/privacy/

If you leave a comment

When you comment, the site collects your comment, the name and email address you give, and your IP address. Your name and comment are shown publicly; your email address is not. Comments are checked for spam by an automated service.

  • Lawful basis: legitimate interests, in running a site where readers can discuss posts and in keeping out spam.
  • How long it is kept: comments stay on the site unless you ask for them to be removed.

If you use the contact form

The site collects what you enter, usually your name, email address and message, and uses it only to reply to you.

  • Lawful basis: legitimate interests, in answering your message.
  • How long it is kept: for as long as needed to deal with your message, and then deleted. Normally that is no more than two years.

Cookies, analytics and advertising

Cookies are small files a website stores on your device.

  • Essential cookies keep the site working, for example remembering your cookie choices. These don’t need your consent.
  • Analytics cookies and similar tools help show which pages are useful. The site uses WordPress.com/Jetpack statistics and Google’s tools (Google Analytics, through Google Site Kit).
  • Advertising cookies are used to show adverts on the site. If you accept them, the adverts may be targeted to your interests; if you don’t, you will see general adverts.

Cookies that aren’t essential are used only if you agree to them through the cookie banner. You can change your choice at any time, or block cookies in your browser settings.

Who your information is shared with

ReviseSociology does not sell your personal information, and does not share it with anyone for their own marketing.

It is shared only with the services that run the site and the store on ReviseSociology’s behalf, and only as far as they need it:

Information may also be disclosed if the law requires it.

Some of these services store information outside the UK, including in the United States. Where they do, they are responsible for protecting it with the safeguards UK law requires for international transfers.

Young people

ReviseSociology is written mainly for A-level students, most of whom are 16 to 18. You can subscribe to the revision emails if you are 13 or over. If you are under 13, please ask a parent or carer before signing up.

Adverts shown to visitors are not targeted on the basis of age, and the site does not knowingly collect more information from young people than from anyone else.

Your rights

Under UK data protection law you have the right to:

  • Access: ask for a copy of the personal information held about you
  • Correction: ask for anything inaccurate to be corrected
  • Erasure: ask for your information to be deleted
  • Restriction: ask for its use to be limited
  • Objection: object to its use, including for direct marketing
  • Portability: ask for your information in a format you can take elsewhere
  • Withdrawing consent: where the site relies on your consent, such as for the revision emails, you can withdraw it at any time

To use any of these rights, use the contact form below. You will get a reply within one month.

If you are unhappy with how your information has been handled, please get in touch first. You also have the right to complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), the UK’s data protection regulator: https://ico.org.uk/make-a-complaint/ or 0303 123 1113.

Changes to this policy

If this policy changes, the new version will be posted on this page with a new “last updated” date. If a change significantly affects how your information is used, subscribers will be told by email.

Contact

To ask a question about this policy, or to use any of your rights, use the contact form below.

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