Privacy Policy

2. What Personal Data We Collect

We collect personal data only where you actively provide it to us or where it is collected automatically as part of normal website processing. The categories of personal data we may collect include:

• ■ Contact form data: name, email address, and message content submitted via the contact form on contact.php.
• ■ Technical data: IP address, browser type and version, device type, operating system, referring URL, pages visited, and time spent on pages. This data is collected automatically by web server logs and, where consent is given, by analytics services.
• ■ Cookie data: data stored in cookies placed on your browser. See the Cookie Policy for full details.

We do not collect sensitive personal data, financial data, or special category data as defined under UK GDPR.

3. How We Use Personal Data

We use personal data for the following purposes:

• ■ To respond to enquiries and correspondence submitted via the contact form. Legal basis: legitimate interests (responding to reader and writer correspondence).
• ■ To understand how the website is used and to improve editorial content and navigation. Legal basis: consent (where analytics cookies are accepted) or legitimate interests (server log analysis).
• ■ To ensure the technical security and correct functioning of the website. Legal basis: legitimate interests.
• ■ To comply with legal obligations applicable in the United Kingdom.

4. Data Retention

Contact form data is retained for a period of twelve months from the date of submission, after which it is deleted unless an ongoing correspondence requires retention for a longer period.

Technical and server log data is retained for a period of ninety days in a form that can be associated with individual users, after which it is anonymised or deleted.

5. Third-Party Services

The website uses the following third-party services that may process personal data:

• ■ Google Fonts: font files are loaded from fonts.googleapis.com and fonts.gstatic.com. Google may process your IP address as part of this request. Google's privacy policy is available at policies.google.com/privacy.
• ■ Google Maps: an embedded map on the contact page loads via maps.google.com. If you interact with the map, Google may collect data as described in their privacy policy.
• ■ CDN providers: CSS and JavaScript libraries are loaded from cdn.jsdelivr.net, cdnjs.cloudflare.com, unpkg.com, and code.jquery.com. These providers may process your IP address as part of delivering their files.

We do not sell, rent, or trade personal data to third parties for marketing purposes.

6. Your Rights Under UK GDPR

Under UK GDPR and the Data Protection Act 2018, you have the following rights in respect of personal data we hold about you:

• ■The right to access your personal data.
• ■The right to rectification of inaccurate personal data.
• ■The right to erasure ('right to be forgotten') in certain circumstances.
• ■The right to restriction of processing.
• ■The right to data portability.
• ■The right to object to processing based on legitimate interests.
• ■The right to withdraw consent at any time where processing is based on consent.

To exercise any of these rights, please write to us at [email protected] or by post to the address in Section 1. We will respond within one calendar month.

You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) at ico.org.uk if you believe your personal data has been handled unlawfully.

7. Cookies

For detailed information about the cookies used on this website, how they are categorised, and how to manage your preferences, please refer to our Cookie Policy.

8. Security

The website is served exclusively over HTTPS. Contact form submissions are transmitted over an encrypted connection. We implement reasonable technical and organisational measures to protect personal data against unauthorised access, loss, or alteration. No transmission of data over the internet is entirely secure; we cannot guarantee absolute security, but we maintain appropriate safeguards consistent with the volume and sensitivity of the data we process.

9. Changes to This Policy

This Privacy Policy may be updated from time to time to reflect changes in our practices or in applicable data protection law. The date of the most recent revision is noted at the top of this page. Continued use of the website following the publication of a revised policy constitutes acceptance of the updated terms.

10. Contact

Questions about this Privacy Policy or about how we handle personal data should be directed to [email protected] or to the postal address in Section 1.