Last reviewed: 20 October 2026
1. We do not track you
This website, alongsidehello.com, is run by Alongside Limited, a company registered in Guernsey (company number CMP78758).
- It sets no cookies. A cookie is a small file a website leaves on your device so that it knows you next time.
- It saves nothing on your phone, tablet or computer to remember you or to recognise you.
- It uses no analytics, which means tools that measure what visitors do, and no advertising.
- It loads no programs from other companies.
- It does not follow you to other websites, and it builds no profile of you.
The emails we send are plain text. We put no tracking pixel in them. That is a hidden picture some senders use to see whether an email was opened. So we do not track whether you open ours.
2. The one thing every website sees
Every website receives the IP address of each visitor. It is the number that identifies your internet connection, and it is how a page finds its way back to you.
Our server reads yours to stop the website being flooded with automatic requests, above all the waiting list form. It is held only in the server’s short-term memory, and is never written down or saved in the waiting list. The company that hosts this website also records it in its own logs.
An IP address is not a cookie, and we do not use it to track you. Our Privacy Notice has the detail.
3. The law, and why there is no banner
Two laws set the rules for websites that use cookies, or anything like them, to store information on your device or to read information from it. In Guernsey it is the European Communities (Implementation of Privacy Directive) (Guernsey) Ordinance, 2004. Alderney and Sark each have an Ordinance of their own. For people in the UK it is the Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations 2003 (PECR).
This website uses none. That is why you can read every page, and join the waiting list, without being asked about cookies.
4. If this ever changes
If we ever add anything that stores information on your device, and is not strictly needed to make the website work, we will ask you first. We will also update this statement before we switch it on.
5. The emails we send
If you join the waiting list, we email you because you ticked the box to agree. You will get one email to confirm your place, the occasional update before launch, and one email when Alongside launches in the town you gave us. Apart from those, we send only an important notice, if who runs the list changes or our privacy notice changes in a way that affects you.
Every email has an unsubscribe link. You can also email hello@alongsidehello.com and we will take you off the list. How we look after your email address and town is explained in our Privacy Notice.