Privacy policy

Responsibility and contact

Alder Lane Editorial Ltd. is responsible for personal information handled for this publication. Our registered correspondence address is Office Suite, 14 King Street, Bristol BS1 4EF, United Kingdom. Send privacy questions and rights requests to [email protected], with “Privacy enquiry” in the subject. This is our privacy contact; no separate data protection officer is identified.

Information and purposes

The contact form processes the name, email address and message you enter locally in your browser to prepare an email draft. It does not upload those fields to a form endpoint. If you send the draft, we receive your message, sender details and the technical information ordinarily carried by email. We use correspondence to answer enquiries, consider corrections and administer privacy requests.

Delivering a website involves network information such as an IP address and the requested resource. Hosting systems may create operational or security logs, depending on their configuration. Such information is for delivery, troubleshooting and protection against misuse, not behavioural advertising. We do not operate account registration, payment processing, mailing-list enrolment or visitor profiling on this site.

Browser storage and external links

The site stores a privacy preference under sv-cookie-choice in local storage after you make a choice. The record contains your selected option and storage-category settings, not a name or contact address. It remains in your browser rather than being submitted to us. See the cookie policy for controls and retention.

The pages do not load analytics, advertising tags, externally hosted fonts or embedded maps. Following an official event link takes you to a separate website whose own practices apply. Your email application and provider likewise have their own responsibilities when you prepare or send correspondence.

Legal grounds and service providers

Our approach to UK personal information is framed by the UK GDPR and the Data Protection Act, with electronic-storage questions considered under the relevant UK privacy and electronic communications framework. Where those rules apply, legitimate interests in responding to correspondence and maintaining a secure publication support routine enquiry handling, subject to your rights. Compliance with a legal obligation may support handling a formal request or preserving necessary records.

Hosting and email service providers may process technical information or correspondence to supply their services. Access should be limited to what their task requires, with appropriate contractual and security safeguards. We do not sell personal information or share it for cross-context behavioural advertising. Where a restricted international transfer is involved, the applicable transfer requirements and safeguards must be addressed; contact us for information relevant to your enquiry.

Retention and security

Correspondence is retained while needed to resolve the matter and for any justified follow-up, dispute or legal requirement, then deleted or reduced to information that no longer identifies you. There is no universal retention period that fits every enquiry. Browser preferences remain until replaced, cleared or removed by the browser. Form contents are not saved by our script, although your browser or email app may retain drafts independently.

Access controls and careful handling reduce risk, but email and internet transmission cannot be guaranteed secure. Please avoid sending sensitive records or personal information about children.

Your rights and complaints

Depending on the rules that apply, you may request access, correction, deletion, restriction or portability, object to processing, or withdraw consent where consent is the basis. We may need proportionate information to establish identity. European Economic Area visitors may have rights under the EU GDPR where its territorial scope applies; California visitors may have rights under the CCPA and its amendments where applicable, including access, correction, deletion and protection against unlawful discrimination.

Contact us first if you wish, but this does not limit a right to approach a supervisory authority. UK guidance and complaint routes are available from the Information Commissioner’s Office. For an individual legal assessment, seek a qualified adviser. Material changes to these practices will be explained on this page before any new optional browser tracking is introduced.