Privacy Policy
This policy explains what personal data this site collects, why, and what rights you have over it.
Who we are
This site is published by Marrowfield Editorial Ltd, registered at Bellcross House, 14 Farrier Lane, Southville, Bristol, BS3 4TE. For any question about this policy or about data held about you, contact [email protected].
Information we collect
When you use the contact form, we collect the name, email address, subject and message you submit, together with the date and time of submission. When you browse the site, our hosting and analytics tools may record technical information such as your approximate location, browser type and the pages you view, subject to the cookie choices described in our Cookie Policy. We do not knowingly collect special category data, payment details or government identifiers.
How we use information
Contact form submissions are used to respond to your enquiry and to keep a record of correspondence for quality and reference purposes. Technical and analytics information, where collected, is used in aggregate to understand how the guides are used and to maintain and improve the site. We do not sell personal data, and we do not use contact form details for marketing unless you separately ask to be contacted about future updates.
Legal basis for processing
We process contact form data on the basis of our legitimate interest in responding to enquiries you have chosen to send us, and, where applicable, to take steps at your request before entering into any correspondence. We process optional analytics data on the basis of consent, gathered through the cookie banner described in our Cookie Policy.
Sharing information
We do not share personal data with third parties for their own marketing purposes. We may share limited data with service providers who help operate the site, such as hosting and analytics providers, acting under instructions from us, and we may disclose information where required by law or to protect our legal rights.
Data retention
Contact form correspondence is retained for as long as reasonably necessary to deal with your enquiry and any related follow-up, and is deleted or anonymised thereafter unless a longer period is required for legal or record-keeping reasons. Analytics data, where collected, is retained for the periods set out in our Cookie Policy.
Your rights
Depending on where you are located, you may have rights to access, correct, delete or restrict the use of personal data we hold about you, and to object to certain processing. To exercise any of these rights, contact us using the details above. If you are not satisfied with our response, you may have the right to complain to your local data protection authority.
Children
This site is intended for a general audience interested in lighthouse history and engineering and is not directed at children. We do not knowingly collect personal data from children through the contact form.
Changes to this policy
We may update this policy from time to time to reflect changes in how the site operates or in applicable law. The current version is always available at this address.