Privacy and cookies
This site collects very little. What it does collect, and how to stop it, is set out below.
Last updated 28 July 2026.
Who we are
Asterisk Investments is the data controller for this website. We can be reached at info@asterisk.investments.
Analytics
We use Google Analytics to understand which pages are read and how people arrive. It runs only if you accept cookies. If you reject them, or ignore the banner, it does not run and no analytics cookies are set.
Where it does run, Google acts as our processor and may process the data outside the United Kingdom under its own safeguards. We do not use it for advertising: advertising storage and personalisation are switched off at all times, including after you accept.
Cookies
These are the only cookies this site sets, and only once you have accepted.
| Name | Set by | Purpose | Expires |
|---|---|---|---|
_ga | Google Analytics | Distinguishes one visitor from another. | 2 years |
_ga_SEBXYPW691 | Google Analytics | Keeps track of a single visit to the site. | 2 years |
Your choice itself is remembered in your browser's local storage under
asterisk-consent. It is not a cookie and is not sent to us or to anyone else.
Clearing your browsing data removes it, and the banner returns.
You can change your decision at any time using the Cookies link in the footer of any page.
Server logs
Our web server records each request: the page, the time, the result, the referring page and the browser's description of itself. This happens whether or not you accept cookies, because it is how the server runs and how we keep the site secure.
IP addresses are masked before they are written. The final part of the address is replaced with zero, so what reaches the disk identifies a rough network and not a person or a device. There is no unmasked address stored anywhere to be lost, disclosed or requested. These logs are kept for fourteen days and then deleted automatically.
There is no form on this site and we collect no addresses. If you email us, we hold that message and your address in order to reply and to keep a record of the conversation. We do not add you to a mailing list, because there is not one.
Your rights
Under UK data protection law you may ask what personal data we hold about you, ask us to correct or delete it, object to how we use it, or ask for it in a portable form. Write to info@asterisk.investments and we will respond within one month.
If you are not satisfied with our answer, you can complain to the Information Commissioner's Office at ico.org.uk.