Privacy Policy

1. About This Publication

Boralen Journal 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 explains how Boralen Journal collects, uses, stores, and protects any personal data provided by visitors to this website. It applies to all pages and content accessible at boralen.info and is governed by the United Kingdom General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR) and the Data Protection Act 2018.

2. Data We Collect

Boralen Journal collects personal data only when it is provided voluntarily by the visitor, or when it is generated automatically as part of normal website usage. The categories of data we may collect include:

• — Contact form data: Name, email address, and message content submitted via the contact form on contact.php. This data is used solely to respond to the submitted enquiry.
• — Usage data: IP address, browser type, pages visited, time of visit, and referral source. This data is collected automatically and is used to understand how the site is used and to maintain its functioning.
• — Cookie data: Data stored in browser cookies as described in our Cookie Policy. See Cookie Policy for full details.

Boralen Journal does not collect sensitive personal data. We do not request information about health, financial status, ethnicity, or any other special category of data as defined under UK GDPR Article 9.

3. Legal Basis for Processing

We process personal data under the following legal bases as defined in UK GDPR Article 6:

• — Consent (Article 6(1)(a)): Where you have provided explicit consent, such as accepting non-essential cookies via the cookie banner.
• — Legitimate interests (Article 6(1)(f)): For the collection of usage data necessary to maintain and improve the website, where this does not override your privacy rights.
• — Contract performance (Article 6(1)(b)): For processing contact form submissions in order to respond to editorial enquiries.

4. How We Use Personal Data

Personal data collected by Boralen Journal is used only for the purposes described at the point of collection. Specifically:

• — Contact form data is used to respond to the submitted message. It is not added to any mailing list or used for marketing purposes.
• — Usage data is used to understand how visitors navigate the site and to identify and resolve technical issues.
• — No personal data collected by Boralen Journal is sold, rented, or transferred to third parties for commercial purposes.

5. Data Retention

Contact form submissions are retained for a period of twelve months from the date of receipt, after which they are permanently deleted from our systems unless an ongoing editorial relationship requires continued correspondence.

Usage data collected via analytics is retained in anonymised or aggregated form for up to twenty-four months. Individual identifiable usage records are not retained beyond the session in which they are generated.

6. Your Rights Under UK GDPR

Under UK data protection law, you have the following rights in relation to personal data we hold about you:

• — Right of access: You may request a copy of the personal data we hold about you.
• — Right to rectification: You may request that inaccurate personal data be corrected.
• — Right to erasure: You may request the deletion of personal data we hold, subject to applicable legal obligations.
• — 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 that consent at any time.

To exercise any of these rights, contact the editorial team at [email protected]. We will respond within thirty calendar days. You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) at ico.org.uk.

7. Third-Party Services

This website loads third-party assets including fonts from Google Fonts and Fontshare, icon libraries from jsDelivr, and mapping functionality from Google Maps. These services may collect technical data such as your IP address as a result of browser requests. Their use is governed by their respective privacy policies:

• — Google: policies.google.com/privacy
• — jsDelivr: jsdelivr.com/terms/privacy-policy

Boralen Journal does not share personally identifiable information with these services beyond what is inherent in loading their assets via a standard browser request.

8. Data Security

Boralen Journal takes appropriate technical and organisational measures to protect personal data against unauthorised access, loss, or destruction. All data transmitted between your browser and this website is encrypted via HTTPS. Contact form submissions are transmitted securely and access to stored correspondence is restricted to members of the editorial team.

9. Cookies

This website uses cookies to improve visitor experience and to understand how the site is used. Full details of the cookies we use, their purposes, and how to manage your preferences are provided in our Cookie Policy.

10. Changes to This Policy

Boralen Journal may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. When material changes are made, the "last updated" date at the top of this page will be revised. Continued use of this website following a policy update constitutes acceptance of the revised policy.

For any questions about this Privacy Policy, contact the editorial team at [email protected] or by post at 53 De Beauvoir Road, London N1 4EN, United Kingdom.