1. Who We Are

Ornev Gazette is an independent editorial publication operated from 53 Wyclif Street, London EC1V 7EJ, United Kingdomngdomdomdom. For the purposes of UK GDPR, Ornev Gazette is the data controller. Contact for data protection matters: [email protected].

2. What Data We Collect

We may collect the following categories of personal data:

Contact form data — your name, email address, and the content of messages submitted via our contact form (contact.php).
Technical data — IP address, browser type, operating system, referring URL, pages visited, and time of visit. This data is collected via server logs and, where you have consented, via analytics cookies.
Cookie data — data stored in cookies on your device. Please see our Cookie Policy for full details.

We do not collect sensitive personal data, payment data, or data from persons under the age of 18. Our website is not directed at children.

3. How We Use Your Data

We use your personal data for the following purposes:

Responding to contact form enquiries — legal basis: legitimate interests (Article 6(1)(f) UK GDPR). We use the name and email you provide solely to reply to your message. Contact form data is not used for marketing.
Website functioning and security — legal basis: legitimate interests. Server log data is used to maintain security, identify technical issues, and understand aggregate traffic patterns. Individual IP addresses are retained for no longer than 30 days.
Analytics — legal basis: consent (Article 6(1)(a) UK GDPR). Where you have accepted analytics cookies, we may use aggregated data to understand how content is accessed and improve the publication. You may withdraw consent at any time via our cookie settings tool.

We do not use your data for automated decision-making or profiling. We do not sell, rent, or share your data with third parties for their own marketing purposes.

4. Data Retention

Contact form messages and associated personal data are retained for a period of 12 months from receipt, or for the duration of any ongoing correspondence, whichever is longer, after which they are securely deleted. Server log data containing IP addresses is retained for no longer than 30 days. Cookie data is retained for the periods specified in our Cookie Policy.

5. Third-Party Services

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

Google Fonts — font files are loaded from Google's servers. Google may receive your IP address as part of this request. See Google's Privacy Policy.
jsDelivr CDN — JavaScript and CSS libraries are loaded from jsDelivr. See jsDelivr's Privacy Policy.

We take reasonable steps to ensure that third-party providers maintain appropriate data protection standards. Where data is transferred outside the UK, we ensure that appropriate safeguards are in place.

6. Your Rights

Under UK GDPR, you have the following rights in relation to your personal data:

Right of access — you may request a copy of the personal data we hold about you.
Right to rectification — you may ask us to correct inaccurate data.
Right to erasure — you may ask us to delete your data where there is no overriding legal reason for us to retain it.
Right to restrict processing — you may ask us to limit how we use your data.
Right to data portability — where processing is based on consent or contract, you may request your data in a portable format.
Right to object — you may object to processing based on legitimate interests.
Right to withdraw consent — where processing is based on consent, you may withdraw it 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 30 days.

7. Complaints

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

8. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. The date at the top of this page indicates when the policy was last revised. Continued use of the website after changes have been made constitutes acceptance of the updated policy.