Privacy notice
Last updated 22 October 2026
This notice covers this website, varsio.co.uk, and its demo form. It does not cover the Varsio app. Student data in the app is covered by each university's agreement with us and by the privacy notice inside the app.
Who we are
The controller is Shacksolutions. Our registered company details are on shack.solutions/privacy.
Contact us about your data at [email protected].
What we collect
- What you type into the demo form: your name, your work email, your role and your university. If you pick your university from the list, we also receive its UK provider reference number (UKPRN).
- The signals Cloudflare Turnstile uses to check that the form is being sent by a person, not a bot.
- The IP address Cloudflare sees when it serves the site to you.
- The IP address Apple sees when the example campus map on the home page loads. The map comes from Apple Maps and only loads when you scroll to it.
- The IP address BlockMark sees when the Cyber Essentials badge in the footer loads. BlockMark runs the certificate register for IASME, and the badge sets no cookies.
We do not use analytics or advertising cookies, and the site itself sets no cookies. Turnstile may use what it needs to check for bots; see Cloudflare's Turnstile privacy addendum.
Why we use it
To reply to your demo request and arrange a demo. Our lawful basis is legitimate interests: responding to a business enquiry you chose to make.
Who handles it for us
- Cloudflare, which hosts the site, runs the bot check and runs the form.
- Slack, where our team is notified of a new demo request.
- Zoho Mail, in its EU data centre, which delivers the request to our team by email.
- Apple, which serves the map. It receives your IP address and the area of the map shown, not anything you type on this site; see Apple's Maps privacy information.
Cloudflare, Slack and Apple may process it outside the UK, including in the United States. Where they do, the transfer is covered by the safeguards in their data processing terms.
We do not sell your data or share it with anyone else.
How long we keep it
We keep demo requests for up to 24 months after our last contact, then delete them, unless you become a customer.
Your rights
You can ask us to give you a copy of your data, correct it, delete it, restrict how we use it, object to how we use it, or send it to you in a portable format. Email [email protected].
If you are unhappy with how we have handled your data, you can complain to the Information Commissioner's Office at ico.org.uk.