Privacy Policy

1. About This Policy

Sarone Almanac is an independent editorial publication focused on everyday wellness practices. The publication is not affiliated with any commercial, governmental, or institutional body. This Privacy Policy explains the personal data Sarone Almanac collects when you visit sarone.info, how that data is used, the legal basis under which it is processed, and the rights available to you as a data subject.

The data controller for the purposes of the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR) and the Data Protection Act 2018 is Sarone Almanac, 53 Chiswell Street, London EC1Y 4SA, United Kingdom. You may contact the editorial office at any time using the details at the foot of this page.

By using the website, you acknowledge that you have read this policy. This policy applies to all pages published at sarone.info.

2. Data We Collect

Sarone Almanac collects data in the following categories:

3. Legal Basis for Processing

Personal data is processed under the following legal bases as defined in Article 6 of the UK GDPR:

• a.Consent — for analytics cookies and non-essential cookies placed following your acceptance of the cookie banner.
• b.Legitimate interests — for server log data used to maintain website security, detect errors, and understand aggregate reading patterns. The interests pursued do not override your rights and freedoms.
• c.Contract performance — for contact form data, where processing is necessary to respond to the correspondence you have initiated.

4. How We Use Your Data

Data collected by Sarone Almanac is used for the following purposes only:

• —To deliver and maintain the editorial content of the website.
• —To respond to messages submitted through the contact form.
• —To analyse aggregate reading patterns in order to inform future editorial priorities. This analysis is conducted on anonymised, aggregated data only.
• —To detect and prevent unauthorised access or attacks on the website infrastructure.

Sarone Almanac does not sell, rent, or share personal data with third parties for marketing purposes. Data is not used to build individual profiles or to serve targeted advertising.

5. Data Retention

Contact form data is retained for a maximum of 12 months from the date of receipt, after which it is deleted from all systems. Server log data is retained for no more than 90 days. Cookie data is retained for the duration specified in the Cookie Policy.

Where you request deletion of your data under the right to erasure (see Section 7), data will be removed within 30 days of the verified request.

6. Third-Party Services

The website uses third-party services to deliver certain functionality. These services may process data in accordance with their own privacy policies:

• —Google Maps — the contact page embeds a map from Google Maps. When this map is loaded, Google may process your IP address and browser data. Google’s privacy policy is available at policies.google.com/privacy.
• —Google Fonts / Fontshare — typefaces are loaded from external font delivery services. This involves a connection to external servers which may log your IP address.
• —CDN providers — JavaScript libraries are loaded via public content delivery networks including jsDelivr, unpkg, and Cloudflare CDN. These networks may log connection data.

7. Your Rights

Under UK GDPR you have the following rights with respect to your personal data:

• a.Right of access — you may request a copy of the personal data held about you.
• b.Right to rectification — you may request correction of inaccurate data.
• c.Right to erasure — you may request deletion of personal data where it is no longer necessary for the purposes for which it was collected.
• d.Right to restrict processing — you may request that processing is restricted in certain circumstances.
• e.Right to object — you may object to processing based on legitimate interests.
• f.Right to withdraw consent — where processing is based on consent, you may withdraw consent at any time without affecting the lawfulness of prior processing.

To exercise any of these rights, contact the editorial office at [email protected]. Requests will be acknowledged within five working days and resolved within one calendar month.

You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), the UK supervisory authority for data protection, at ico.org.uk.