Privacy Policy

Data Controller

The data controller for this website is Eralonek Press, located at 29 Aylesbury Streetsponsible for deciding how and why personal data is used.

For data-related enquiries, you may contact us at [email protected] or by post to the address above.

What Data We Collect

We collect personal data only when it is submitted voluntarily by visitors. The categories of data that may be collected include:

• Contact form submissions: name, email address, and message content submitted via the contact form on contact.php.
• Automatically collected data: IP address, browser type, operating system, referring URL, pages visited, and time of visit. This data is collected via server logs and analytics tools.
• Cookie data: preference data and session identifiers stored by cookies. See our Cookie Policy for full details.

We do not collect sensitive personal data, financial data, or data from individuals under the age of 16.

How We Use Your Data

Personal data submitted via the contact form is used solely to respond to the enquiry and maintain a record of the correspondence. This data is not used for marketing purposes, passed to third parties for commercial use, or retained beyond the period necessary to manage the enquiry.

Automatically collected server-log data is used to monitor website performance, identify technical issues, and analyse aggregate reading patterns. This data is not used to identify individuals and is retained in aggregated, anonymised form.

The legal basis for handling contact form data is the legitimate interest of the publication in responding to reader correspondence. The legal basis for server log data is the same legitimate interest in maintaining a functional and secure website.

Data Sharing and Third Parties

Eralonek Press does not sell personal data. We do not share personal data with third parties for their own marketing or commercial purposes. Data may be processed by third-party service providers that support the functioning of this website, including hosting providers and analytics platforms. These providers handle data only as instructed by Eralonek Press and are bound by data-processing agreements.

Where third-party services are embedded in the website — such as the Google Maps iframe on the contact page — those services may set their own cookies and collect data subject to their own privacy policies. We recommend reviewing the privacy policies of any third-party service you interact with.

Data may be disclosed to law enforcement or regulatory bodies where required by law. In such cases, we will disclose the minimum data necessary to satisfy the legal obligation.

Data Retention

Contact form correspondence is retained for up to 24 months from the date of the last exchange, after which it is deleted. Server log data is retained for up to 12 months in aggregated, anonymised form. Cookie-related data is retained in line with the cookie lifetimes described in the Cookie Policy.

We do not retain personal data beyond the period necessary for the purpose for which it was collected.

Your Rights

Under UK GDPR, you have the following rights in relation to personal data we hold about you:

• Right of access: to request a copy of the personal data we hold about you.
• Right to rectification: to request correction of inaccurate or incomplete data.
• Right to erasure: to request deletion of personal data, subject to any legal retention obligations.
• Right to object: to object to the processing of personal data where our basis is legitimate interest.
• Right to data portability: to receive personal data you have provided to us in a structured, machine-readable format.

To exercise any of these rights, contact us at [email protected]. We will respond within 30 days of receipt of your request.

If you are dissatisfied with how we have handled your data, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO), the UK supervisory authority for data protection. Details are available at ico.org.uk.

Changes to This Policy

This policy may be updated periodically to reflect changes in our data-handling practices or applicable law. The date of the most recent revision is noted at the top of this page. Continued use of the website following a revision constitutes acceptance of the updated policy.

For questions about this policy, contact us at [email protected] or by post to 29 Aylesbury Street