Privacy Policy

Last updated: 17 October 2026

1. Introduction

Welcome to The Gut Brain Link, at https://thegutbrainlink.com.

We respect your privacy and are committed to handling your personal information responsibly. This Privacy Policy explains what information we may collect when you visit our website or contact us, how we use it and what choices and rights you have.

Who is responsible for your information?

The website is operated under the name The Gut Brain Link by Colin Shelton, who is responsible for the personal information described in this policy.

For privacy-related enquiries, contact: contact@thegutbrainlink.com.

2. Information We Collect

Information You Provide

If you contact us using our website contact form, we may collect the information you provide, such as your name, email address, subject and message.

We use this information to read and respond to your enquiry, address feedback about our content and deal with website-related questions.

Please avoid including sensitive personal information or detailed medical information in contact-form messages.

Technical Information

When you visit a website, certain technical information may be processed by the website platform or hosting provider. Depending on the services and settings in use, this may include your IP address, browser type, device information, access times and technical logs.

This information may be used to operate, maintain and help protect the website.

Cookies and Similar Technologies

The website and its service providers may use cookies or similar technologies to support essential website functions.

If we use analytics, advertising or other non-essential tracking technologies, we will provide the appropriate information and obtain consent where required. You can also manage cookies through your browser settings, although disabling some cookies may affect website functionality.

The specific cookies and technologies used depend on the services enabled on the website.

3. How We Use Your Information

We may use personal information to:

  • Respond to contact-form messages and enquiries.

  • Maintain, secure and improve the website.

  • Understand and address website problems.

  • Meet applicable legal obligations.

  • Protect our legitimate interests, where appropriate and lawful.

We do not sell your contact-form information to third parties.

We do not use contact-form enquiries for marketing emails unless we have an appropriate lawful basis to do so.

4. Our Legal Grounds for Processing

Under UK data protection law, we must have a lawful basis for processing personal information.

Depending on the circumstances, we may rely on legitimate interests, such as responding to relevant website enquiries and maintaining website security, or on a legal obligation where applicable.

Where we rely on consent, you can withdraw that consent at any time. We will explain the relevant basis where necessary for a particular activity.

5. Who May Process Your Information?

We may share personal information with service providers where necessary to operate the website or provide its functions. This may include our website hosting and platform provider, email provider and technical service providers.

These providers may process information on our behalf under their own applicable terms and privacy arrangements.

Our website also contains links to external websites, including BioPhysics Essentials product pages. If you click an external link, the destination website may collect information about your visit under its own privacy policy and may use cookies or affiliate tracking technologies.

We do not control the privacy practices of external websites. Please review their policies before providing them with personal information.

6. Affiliate Links

Some links on The Gut Brain Link are affiliate links. When you follow an affiliate link, the destination website may use a referral identifier, cookie or similar technology to attribute a purchase to our website.

This process is managed by the relevant external website or affiliate programme. Their handling of personal information is governed by their own privacy policies and practices.

Affiliate tracking does not mean we receive your payment details. Purchases made through external websites are subject to the relevant seller's terms and privacy policy.

7. How Long We Keep Information

We retain personal information only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purpose for which it was collected, including responding to enquiries, maintaining appropriate records, resolving disputes and meeting legal obligations.

Contact-form messages are reviewed and retained only for as long as needed for these purposes. Technical logs and other records may be retained according to the relevant service provider's settings and retention practices.

When information is no longer required, we will take appropriate steps to delete it or otherwise dispose of it securely, subject to any legal requirements to retain it.

8. Data Security

We take reasonable steps to protect personal information against unauthorised access, loss, misuse or disclosure.

However, no website or method of electronic transmission can be guaranteed to be completely secure.

9. Your Data Protection Rights

Depending on the circumstances and applicable law, you may have the right to:

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

  • Ask us to correct inaccurate information.

  • Request deletion of your information.

  • Ask us to restrict how we use your information.

  • Object to certain processing.

  • Request a copy of information you provided to us in a portable format, where applicable.

  • Withdraw consent where processing is based on consent.

To exercise these rights, contact us at contact@thegutbrainlink.com. We may need to verify your identity before responding.

You also have the right to complain to the UK's Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) if you are concerned about how your personal information is handled.

You can find information about the ICO and how to raise a concern at https://ico.org.uk/make-a-complaint/.

10. International Processing

Some service providers may process or store information outside the United Kingdom. Where applicable, we will take the steps required by data protection law to ensure that appropriate safeguards are in place.

11. Children's Privacy

This website is intended to provide general educational information. We do not knowingly seek to collect personal information from children unnecessarily.

If you believe a child has provided us with personal information and you have a concern about its handling, please contact us.

12. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes to the website, the services we use or applicable legal requirements. The latest version will be published on this page with its updated date.

13. Contact Us

If you have questions about this Privacy Policy or how your personal information is handled, please contact:

The Gut Brain Link

Email: contact@thegutbrainlink.com

Website: https://thegutbrainlink.com