Personal data we may collect
When visitors submit an enquiry via the contact form on this site we collect the data entered in any forms, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.
Contact form
If you submit inquiries to us via our contact form, the information provided in the contact form as well as any contact information provided therein will be stored by us in order to handle your inquiry and in the event that we have further questions. We will not share this information without your consent.
The information you have entered into the contact form shall remain with us until you ask us to eradicate the data, revoke your consent to the archiving of data or if the purpose for which the information is being archived no longer exists (e.g., after we have concluded our response to your inquiry). This shall be without prejudice to any mandatory legal provisions, in particular retention periods.
How we use personal data
The data collected from the contact form on our site will only be used for the purpose of responding to enquiries.
Who we share your data with
We don’t share your data with third parties.
How long we retain your data
If you send a contact form, the form content and its metadata may be retained indefinitely.
All registered site users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time. Website administrators can also see and edit that information.
What rights you have over your data
If you have an account on this site, or have submitted 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. You can also 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.
Where your data is sent
Visitor submissions may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR)
For users in the United Kingdom, we adhere to the GDPR, as enshrined in the Data Protection Act 2018. We have not appointed a Data Protection Officer as we do not fall within the categories of controllers and processors required to appoint a Data Protection Officer under Article 37 of the GDPR.
Under the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR), the lawful basis we rely on for processing this information is your consent. You are able to remove your consent at any time. You can do this via the contact form.
Third party processors
This site uses a number of third-party service providers who process personal data on the site’s behalf.
Cookies
A cookie is a small file stored on a user’s hard drive by a website. Its purpose is to collect data relating to the user’s browsing habits. We use analytical cookies on this site to improve the design and functionality of this site. You can choose to be notified each time a cookie is transmitted and you can choose to disable cookies entirely in your internet browser.
Google Analytics
This website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland (parent company: Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheater Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA) (“Google”). Google Analytics uses cookies to enable analysis of how users access the website.
The information collected by the cookie about your use of this website (including your IP address) is transmitted to a Google server, possibly located in the USA, and stored there.
Forms
We use “Cloudflare Turnstile” on this website to ensure the security of the website and protect our website from attack and spam. The provider of Turnstile is Cloudflare Inc., 101 Townsend St., San Francisco, CA 94107, USA (hereinafter “Turnstile”).
Turnstile detects whether a user of a site is human using a privacy focussed, accessible widget that requires no interaction. The data collected during the analysis is forwarded to Cloudflare.This storage and analysis is based on the operator having a legitimate interest in protecting sites from automated spying and spam.
The processing of data is based on Standard Contract Clauses, which you can find on the Cloudflare website.
For more information on Cloudflare Turnstile, please review their privacy policy.
Cloudflare is certified in accordance with the “EU-US Data Privacy Framework” (DPF). The DPF is an agreement between the European Union and the US, which is intended to ensure compliance with European data protection standards for data processing in the US. Every company certified under the DPF is obliged to comply with these data protection standards.
Embedded content from other websites
Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.
These 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 with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
Disclaimer
Despite careful content control, we assume no liability for the content of external links. The operators of any pages linked to are solely responsible for their content.
How to complain
If you are unhappy with how we have used your data, you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office.
The address:
Information Commissioner’s Office
Wycliffe House, Water Lane
Wilmslow, Cheshire SK9 5AF
Modifications
This privacy policy may be amended to maintain compliance with current law and to reflect any changes to our data collection processes. When we amend this policy, we will update the “Effective Date” at the end of this text.
Effective date: 2024-05-25