Privacy Policy.

1. About This Publication

Staleron Dispatch is an independent editorial publication exploring everyday eating habits, food pace, and meal behaviour in modern life. The publication is not affiliated with any commercial, governmental, or institutional body.

This Privacy Policy describes how Staleron Dispatch collects, uses, and protects information when you visit our website at staleron.info. By continuing to use this site, you acknowledge the practices described in this document.

We are committed to handling your personal data with care and in accordance with applicable data protection legislation, including the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR) and the Data Protection Act 2018.

2. Information We Collect

We collect only the minimum information necessary to operate this editorial website and respond to reader enquiries. The categories of information we may collect are as follows:

2.1 Information You Provide

When you use the contact form on our website, you voluntarily provide us with your name, email address, and the content of your message. This information is used solely to respond to your enquiry and is not stored in any third-party marketing database.

2.2 Automatically Collected Information

When you visit staleron.info, our web server automatically records certain technical information, including your IP address, browser type, operating system, referring URL, pages visited, and the date and time of your visit. This information is collected for the purposes of website security, performance analysis, and editorial audience understanding.

2.3 Cookies and Tracking Technologies

We use cookies and similar technologies to understand how readers navigate our content and to improve the editorial experience. Full details of the cookies we use, including how to manage your preferences, are set out in our Cookie Policy.

3. How We Use Your Information

We use the information we collect for the following purposes only:

• Reader correspondence: to respond to enquiries submitted via the contact form.
• Website functioning: to ensure the technical functioning and security of staleron.info.
• Editorial analytics: to understand which topics and articles are of most interest to our readership, in aggregate and anonymised form.
• Legal obligations: to comply with applicable law, including UK GDPR requirements.

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

4. Legal Basis for Processing

Under UK GDPR, we rely on the following legal bases for the handling of personal data:

5. Data Retention

We retain personal data only for as long as is necessary to fulfil the purposes for which it was collected, or as required by law. Specifically:

• Contact form data is retained for up to 12 months from the date of correspondence, after which it is securely deleted.
• Web server logs are retained for up to 90 days for security and technical purposes.
• Analytics data (where consented) is retained in aggregated, anonymised form and is not linked to individual identities after 26 months.

6. Your Rights Under UK GDPR

As a resident of the United Kingdom, you have the following rights in relation to your personal data:

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at [email protected]. We will respond within 30 days. If you are not satisfied with our response, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) at ico.org.uk.

7. Third-Party Services

In the course of providing this editorial website, we may use the following categories of third-party services. Each has its own privacy practices, which we encourage you to review:

• Web hosting and server infrastructure — our hosting provider processes server log data as a necessary part of operating the website.
• Analytics services (with your consent) — aggregated, anonymised data about page visits and reader engagement, used for editorial planning only.
• Google Maps — our contact page embeds a Google Maps frame to display our office location. Google's privacy policy governs data collected by this service.
• Content delivery networks (CDN) — font and library resources loaded from third-party CDNs may record your IP address as part of standard delivery logging.

We do not use third-party advertising networks, behavioural retargeting services, or social media tracking pixels.

8. Security

We take reasonable technical and organisational measures to protect the personal data we hold from unauthorised access, alteration, disclosure, or loss. Our website is served over HTTPS, and access to editorial systems is restricted to authorised staff.

While we make every effort to safeguard your data, no internet transmission is entirely secure. We encourage readers to use strong passwords and to exercise care when submitting personal information online.

9. Changes to This Policy

Staleron Dispatch may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our editorial practices, the services we use, or applicable data protection legislation. The date of the most recent revision appears at the top of this page.

We encourage readers to review this page periodically. Continued use of staleron.info following any update constitutes acknowledgement of the revised policy.