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Privacy Policy

Jarva Projects Limited (trading as Message in a Bottle)
Last updated: 1 January 2026
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1. Who we are

This website is operated by Jarva Projects Limited, trading as Message in a Bottle.

  • Company name: Jarva Projects Limited

  • Company number: 16779451

  • Registered address: C/o Noble One Accountants, 114 Ripplewaters, St Mary’s Island, Chatham, ME4 3AY, United Kingdom

  • Business location (HQ): Worcester, United Kingdom

  • Contact email: jez@messageinabottle.london

Jarva Projects Limited is the “data controller” for the personal information collected via this website.

 

2. What information we collect

When you contact us via our website form or by email, we may collect:

  • Name

  • Email address

  • Phone number

  • Company name

  • Message content (anything you choose to write)

  • Technical information about how you use the site (see “Analytics” below)

We do not knowingly collect personal data from children.

 

3. How we use your information

We use your personal data to:

  • respond to enquiries and communicate with you

  • provide information about our services when requested

  • manage our relationship with you (including potential or ongoing client work)

  • operate, protect, and improve our website and services

 

4. Lawful bases for processing (UK GDPR)

We process your personal data under the following lawful bases:

  • Legitimate interests: to respond to enquiries, run our business, and improve our services

  • Performance of a contract: if you become a client, to provide services and manage the relationship

  • Consent: where you have specifically asked to receive marketing updates (see “Marketing” below)

  • Legal obligation: where we must retain or share information to comply with the law

 

5. Marketing communications

We may occasionally send marketing emails (for example, updates or insights) to business contacts.

  • We do not use an email marketing platform at present.

  • If we contact you for marketing purposes, we do so via Mailchimp, or another similar platform.

  • You can opt out at any time by using the unsubscribe option included in the email, or by emailing jez@messageinabottle.london.

We do not sell your data, and we do not send spam.

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6. Analytics (Wix Analytics)

We use Wix Analytics to understand how visitors use our website and to help us improve it. This may involve collecting information such as:

  • pages visited and time spent on pages

  • approximate location (e.g., city/region level)

  • device type, browser type, and referral source

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7. Cookies

We aim to keep cookies to what’s necessary for the site to function properly, and for basic analytics through Wix.

Cookies are small files stored on your device. Some are essential for site functionality, and some help us understand site performance. You can usually control cookies through your browser settings.

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8. Who we share your data with

We do not sell your personal data.

We may share your information with trusted service providers only where necessary to operate our website and communications, such as:

  • Wix (website hosting and site services, including analytics)

  • Email/IT providers used to communicate with you (e.g., Microsoft/Outlook)

These providers process data on our behalf under appropriate safeguards.

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9. International transfers

Some of our service providers (such as Wix) may process data outside the UK. Where this happens, we rely on appropriate safeguards recognised under UK data protection law (for example, adequacy regulations or standard contractual clauses).

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10. How long we keep your data

We keep enquiry data for up to 12 months from the last point of contact, unless:

  • you become a client (in which case we may keep information for longer to manage the relationship and for legal/accounting purposes), or

  • we are required to retain it by law.

We may delete or anonymise data sooner if it is no longer needed.

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11. Your rights

Under UK data protection law, you may have the right to:

  • access the personal data we hold about you

  • correct inaccurate data

  • request deletion (in certain circumstances)

  • object to or restrict processing (in certain circumstances)

  • withdraw consent (where consent is used)

  • lodge a complaint with the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO)

To exercise any of these rights, email jez@messageinabottle.london.

ICO contact: https://ico.org.uk/

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12. Security

We take reasonable steps to protect your information. However, no website or email transmission is completely secure. If you have concerns, please contact us.

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13. Links to other websites

Our website may link to third-party websites. We are not responsible for their privacy practices. Please review their policies separately.

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14. Changes to this policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. The “Last updated” date at the top will show the most recent revision.

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