Privacy Policy
Effective Date: October 2025
Everything Horse Group Ltd is committed to protecting your privacy and ensuring the security of your personal information. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, and safeguard your data when you use our horse classifieds platform.
Who We Are
Everything Horse Group Ltd operates the horse classifieds website at horsesforsale.everythinghorseuk.co.uk. We are part of the Everything Horse family of equestrian websites, dedicated to connecting the UK equestrian community.
Website address: https://horsesforsale.everythinghorseuk.co.uk
For privacy enquiries, please contact us through our website contact form or email our data protection team.
What Personal Data We Collect
Comments and User Interactions
When visitors leave comments on our classifieds listings or blog articles, we collect the data shown in the comments form, including your name, email address, and comment content. We also collect your IP address and browser user agent string to help with spam detection and security.
An anonymised string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to display your profile picture if you use this service. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available at: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture becomes visible to the public in the context of your comment.
Classified Advertisements
When you create a horse or pony advertisement on our platform, we collect:
- Your contact information (name, email address, telephone number)
- Location information for the horse being advertised
- Details about the horse or pony you are advertising
- Images and media you upload
- Any additional information you provide in your listing
Account Registration
If you register for an account on Everything Horse Group Ltd’s classifieds platform, we collect and store:
- Your name and email address
- Username and encrypted password
- Any profile information you choose to provide
- Your advertisement history and saved searches
Enquiries and Messages
When you contact sellers through our platform or send enquiries about advertised horses, we process:
- Your name and contact details
- The content of your messages
- Timestamps and interaction data
Media and Images
If you upload images to our classifieds platform, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images you upload.
We recommend removing EXIF data from photographs before uploading them to protect your privacy and the location privacy of horses advertised on our platform.
Everything Horse Group Ltd reserves the right to use uploaded images for promotional purposes across our website and social media channels, unless you specifically request otherwise.
Cookies and Tracking Technologies
Comment Cookies
If you leave a comment on our site, you may opt in to saving your name, email address, and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.
Login and Authentication Cookies
If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.
When you log in to your Everything Horse Group Ltd account, we will set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.
Editorial Cookies
If you edit or publish an advertisement or article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the content you just edited. It expires after one day.
Analytics and Performance Cookies
Everything Horse Group Ltd uses analytics tools to understand how visitors use our classifieds platform. This helps us improve our service and user experience. These cookies collect anonymised data about page visits, time spent on site, and navigation patterns.
Embedded Content from Other Websites
Articles and listings on horsesforsale.everythinghorseuk.co.uk may include embedded content such as videos from YouTube, social media posts, or maps. Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if you had visited that external website directly.
These third-party websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
Everything Horse Group Ltd is not responsible for the privacy practices of third-party websites.
Who We Share Your Data With
Service Providers
Everything Horse Group Ltd may share your data with trusted third-party service providers who assist us in operating our website, conducting our business, or servicing you. These parties are contractually obligated to keep your information confidential and use it only for the purposes we specify.
Spam Detection Services
Visitor comments and contact form submissions may be checked through automated spam detection services to protect our platform and users from malicious activity.
Password Reset Requests
If you request a password reset for your Everything Horse Group Ltd account, your IP address will be included in the reset email for security purposes.
Legal Requirements
We may disclose your personal information if required to do so by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities, including to meet national security or law enforcement requirements.
Buyer and Seller Communications
When you enquire about a horse advertised on our platform, your contact information will be shared with the seller so they can respond to your enquiry. Similarly, if you are a seller, your contact details will be visible to potential buyers.
How Long We Retain Your Data
Comments
If you leave a comment on Everything Horse Group Ltd’s classifieds platform, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This allows us to recognise and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.
User Accounts
For users that register on our website, we store the personal information they provide in their user profile indefinitely or until you request deletion. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.
Advertisements
Active horse and pony advertisements are retained for the duration of the listing period. Expired or deleted advertisements are archived and may be retained for up to two years for record-keeping and dispute resolution purposes.
Transaction Records
If you purchase advertising services or subscriptions from Everything Horse Group Ltd, we retain transaction records for accounting and legal compliance purposes for a minimum of six years.
What Rights You Have Over Your Data
Under UK data protection law (UK GDPR), you have the following rights:
Right of Access
If you have an account on horsesforsale.everythinghorseuk.co.uk or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us.
Right to Rectification
You can request that we correct any inaccurate personal data we hold about you. You can update most information directly through your account settings.
Right to Erasure
You can request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes, such as financial transaction records or data required for legal compliance.
Right to Restrict Processing
You can request that we restrict the processing of your personal data in certain circumstances.
Right to Data Portability
You can request a copy of your personal data in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format.
Right to Object
You can object to our processing of your personal data for direct marketing purposes at any time.
To exercise any of these rights, please contact Everything Horse Group Ltd through our website contact form or email our data protection team.
Where Your Data Is Sent
Visitor comments, contact form submissions, and user registrations may be checked through automated spam detection services. These services may process data outside the UK, but Everything Horse Group Ltd ensures that appropriate safeguards are in place.
Everything Horse Group Ltd’s website is hosted on servers located in the UK/EU. We do not routinely transfer personal data outside the UK or European Economic Area. If such transfers are necessary, we ensure appropriate safeguards are in place in accordance with UK data protection law.
Security of Your Data
Everything Horse Group Ltd implements appropriate technical and organisational measures to protect your personal data against unauthorised access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction. These measures include:
- Secure socket layer (SSL) encryption for data transmission
- Regular security assessments and updates
- Restricted access to personal data on a need-to-know basis
- Password protection and authentication requirements
However, no method of transmission over the internet or electronic storage is 100% secure. Whilst we strive to protect your personal data, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.
Children’s Privacy
Everything Horse Group Ltd’s classifieds platform is not intended for use by children under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personal data from children under 13. If you are a parent or guardian and believe your child has provided us with personal data, please contact us so we can delete such information.
Changes to This Privacy Policy
Everything Horse Group Ltd reserves the right to update this Privacy Policy at any time. We will notify users of any material changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page and updating the “Effective Date” at the top of this document.
We encourage you to review this Privacy Policy periodically to stay informed about how we are protecting your information.
Contact Information
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or how Everything Horse Group Ltd handles your personal data, please contact us:
Everything Horse Group Ltd
Website: https://everythinghorseuk.co.uk
Classifieds Platform: https://horsesforsale.everythinghorseuk.co.uk
Complaints
If you are not satisfied with how Everything Horse Group Ltd has handled your personal data, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), the UK’s data protection supervisory authority.
Information Commissioner’s Office
Website: https://ico.org.uk
Telephone: 0303 123 1113
Last updated: October 2025