Privacy Policy

1. Who We Are

Taldore Almanac is an independent editorial publication based in London, England, operating the website located at taldore.info. For the purposes of applicable data protection legislation, including the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR) and the Data Protection Act 2018, the data controller is:

2. Information We Collect

We collect a limited range of information from visitors to this website. The categories of information are as follows:

2.1 Information You Provide Directly

When you submit an enquiry via our contact form, we collect the name, email address and message content you provide. We do not collect date of birth, address, financial details, or any identity documents through this form. We collect only what is necessary to respond to your enquiry.

2.2 Information Collected Automatically

When you visit taldore.info, our hosting provider and analytics tools collect certain technical information automatically. This includes: the type of browser and device you use, the pages you visit and time spent on each, the web address of the page you came from (referrer URL), your approximate geographic location derived from your IP address (country and city level only), and the date and time of your visit. We do not collect or store your full IP address in our own records.

2.3 Cookies and Similar Technologies

We use cookies and similar tracking technologies. Full details of the cookies used by this site, what they do, and how to control them are set out in our Cookie Policy.

3. How We Use the Information We Collect

We use the information collected for the following purposes:

• Responding to enquiries. When you contact us via the contact form, we use your name and email address to respond to your message and to follow up if required.
• Improving the publication. Aggregated, anonymised analytics data is used to understand which content is most useful to readers, to identify technical issues, and to inform future editorial decisions.
• Operating the website. Technical information is used by our hosting provider to deliver pages to your browser and to maintain the security and performance of the site.
• Legal compliance. We may retain or disclose information where required to do so by applicable law or a court order.

We do not use personal information for automated decision-making or profiling. We do not use your information for direct marketing unless you have separately provided your consent for that purpose, which we currently do not offer.

4. Legal Basis for Processing

Under UK GDPR, we rely on the following legal bases for processing personal information:

• Legitimate interests — for analytics and site performance monitoring, where this is balanced against your reasonable expectations as a reader of a publicly available editorial website.
• Contract performance — for processing information you submit when making a direct enquiry, to the extent necessary to respond to that enquiry.
• Consent — for non-essential cookies and tracking technologies, where we ask for your consent via the cookie consent banner before setting them.
• Legal obligation — where we are required by law to retain or process information.

5. Data Sharing

We do not sell, rent, or exchange personal information with third parties for commercial purposes. We share information only in the following limited circumstances:

• Hosting and infrastructure providers — the companies that host this website and deliver it to your browser will process technical data as part of that service. These providers operate under data processing agreements and are required to handle data securely.
• Analytics providers — where you have consented to analytics cookies, aggregated, pseudonymised data is shared with our analytics provider for the purpose of understanding site traffic.
• Law enforcement or regulatory bodies — where required by applicable law, court order, or the instruction of a competent authority.

We do not share personal information with advertisers, marketing platforms, data brokers, or commercial partners.

6. How Long We Keep Your Information

We retain personal information only for as long as necessary for the purpose for which it was collected:

• Contact form submissions — retained for up to twelve months from the date of the last communication, then securely deleted.
• Analytics data — aggregated and anonymised after a rolling twenty-six month window, consistent with standard analytics retention practice.
• Server log data — retained by the hosting provider for up to ninety days for security and performance purposes.

7. Your Rights

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

• Right of access — you may request a copy of the personal information we hold about you.
• Right to rectification — you may ask us to correct inaccurate information.
• Right to erasure — in certain circumstances, you may ask us to delete personal information we hold about you.
• Right to restrict processing — you may ask us to pause our use of your information in certain circumstances.
• Right to data portability — where processing is based on consent or contract, you may request your information in a structured, machine-readable format.
• Right to object — you may object to processing based on our legitimate interests.
• Right to withdraw consent — where we process information based on your consent, you may withdraw that consent at any time without affecting the lawfulness of prior processing.

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at [email protected]. We will respond within one calendar month. If you consider that our handling of your information does not comply with applicable law, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) at ico.org.uk.

8. Cookies

This website uses cookies. A cookie is a small text file placed on your device when you visit a website. Cookies allow us to recognise your browser on subsequent visits, to maintain your preferences, and — where you have consented — to collect analytics information about how the site is used.

Full details of the specific cookies we use, their purpose, duration, and how to control or withdraw consent for each category are set out in our Cookie Policy. You can also update your cookie preferences at any time by clicking the Cookie Settings link in the footer of any page.

9. Third-Party Links

Articles published on Taldore Almanac may contain links to external websites, journals, or publications that are not operated by us. When you follow such a link, your visit is governed by the privacy policy of that third-party website, not by this policy. We are not responsible for the content, accuracy or privacy practices of external sites.

We review external links at the time of publication for relevance and source quality, but we do not monitor third-party websites on an ongoing basis. If you identify a link that is broken or that points to a source you consider inappropriate, please notify us at [email protected].

10. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in applicable law, our data handling practices, or the services we use. The date of the most recent revision is shown at the top of this page. Material changes — those that affect how we use personal information in a way that would reasonably concern you — will be communicated via a notice on the homepage for a period of at least thirty days.

We encourage you to review this policy periodically. Continued use of this website after a change has been made constitutes your acknowledgement of the revised policy.

11. Contact Us

If you have questions about this Privacy Policy, wish to exercise a data right, or want to raise a concern about how your information has been handled, please contact us through any of the following channels:

We aim to respond to all privacy-related correspondence within ten working days of receipt.