Last updated: 18 October 2026
The data controller is Jack Blake trading as THE MELT SOCIETY, a sole trader. Address: 14 Kingsbury's Lane, Ringwood, Hampshire BH24 1EL, United Kingdom. Email: [email protected]. We are not required to appoint a Data Protection Officer; questions about this notice go to Jack Blake at the email above.
ICO registration: pending (application C2062411).
| Who | What | Why | Lawful basis (UK GDPR) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Website visitors | Technical data such as IP address, browser and pages requested, processed by our host | To deliver the site and protect it from attack | Legitimate interests, Art. 6(1)(f) |
| People who email us | Name, email, school, role and what you write | To reply, send samples and quote | Legitimate interests; or steps before a contract, Art. 6(1)(b) |
| School staff we email (business to business) | School name and reference number, published work email, name and role if published, where and when we found it, and whether you replied or opted out | To tell MFL departments about teaching resources relevant to their work | Legitimate interests, Art. 6(1)(f) (see below) |
| Customers (schools and their staff contacts) | Contact name, work email, school billing address, purchase order number, invoice and licence records | To supply and invoice licences and send updates | Contract, Art. 6(1)(b); legal obligation for tax records, Art. 6(1)(c) |
| People who opt out | Email address, school, date and reason | To make sure we never contact you again | Legal obligation and legitimate interests |
| Social media and YouTube followers | Whatever you share with us on those platforms, such as comments and messages | To run our channels and reply to you | Legitimate interests |
This website uses no cookies, analytics or tracking, and our fonts are hosted on our own site. We do not collect student data. We do not use special category data or make automated decisions about you.
We sometimes email teachers and departments at work addresses published on their school's own website. We have assessed this use and decided it does not override your rights, because the emails are few, relate only to your job, and are easy to stop. We never email personal addresses or private individuals without consent. Every email identifies THE MELT SOCIETY, gives our address, and lets you opt out: reply STOP, or email [email protected], and we will stop straight away and add your address to a suppression list so you are not contacted again. You can object to this use at any time, free of charge.
We never sell your data. We use these service providers, who act on our instructions or under their own terms:
Some of these providers may process data outside the UK. Where they do, they rely on UK adequacy regulations or appropriate safeguards such as the UK International Data Transfer Addendum.
This website sets no cookies and uses no analytics or tracking scripts, so there is no cookie banner. Fonts and images are served from our own site. If we ever add analytics or embedded videos that set cookies, we will update this notice and ask for your consent first where the law requires it.
You can ask for a copy of your data, or ask us to correct it, delete it, restrict its use, transfer it, or object to its use, and you can stop marketing at any time. Email [email protected]. We reply within one month and there is no charge.
If you are unhappy, please tell us first. You also have the right to complain to the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO): ico.org.uk/make-a-complaint, telephone 0303 123 1113.
We will update this notice if anything changes and show the date at the top.
See also our licence terms.