1. Data Controller and Statutory Scope
The entity determining the purposes and means of processing personal data on this website is Reelstock Press Ltd, located at 14 Weaver Terrace, Ironbridge, Telford, TF8 7NW, United Kingdom. We process personal data in strict compliance with the UK Data Protection Act 2018, the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR), the European Union GDPR where visitors reside within the EEA, and the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) for California residents.
For any inquiries regarding data protection practices, individual rights, or statutory subject access requests, please direct correspondence to our designated privacy officer via email at [email protected].
2. Categories of Information Collected
We restrict data collection to the minimum required to deliver our static essays, maintain server security, and respond to direct reader correspondence. We gather information through the following channels:
- Directly Submitted Information: When you complete our contact form, we collect your name, email address, topic selection, and the contents of your message.
- Technical and Server Logs: When accessing our pages, web servers automatically record internet protocol (IP) addresses, browser user agent strings, referring URLs, request timestamps, and HTTP response codes to detect unauthorized penetration attempts and server faults.
- Cookie Identifiers: Minimal state parameters stored in browser local storage or session cookies to remember your consent decisions regarding optional analytical cookies.
3. Lawful Bases for Processing Under UK GDPR
We process personal data only where a recognised lawful basis exists under Article 6 of the UK GDPR:
- Consent (Article 6(1)(a)): Applied when you explicitly choose to accept optional anonymous analytics cookies via our consent interface.
- Contractual Necessity and Pre-Contractual Steps (Article 6(1)(b)): Applied when processing your contact form submissions to respond to your queries or editorial collaboration requests.
- Legitimate Interests (Article 6(1)(f)): Applied in monitoring server logs, securing infrastructure against distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) events, and debugging technical layout rendering issues across devices.
4. Third-Party Data Processors and Hosting
We do not sell, rent, monetize, or trade your personal data with third-party brokers or behavioral advertising networks. Data processing is limited to verified technical infrastructure providers under binding data processing agreements:
- Web Hosting Providers: Bare metal servers located in secure UK and European facilities providing encrypted HTTPS content delivery.
- Mail Transport Agents: Secure SMTP relay services that route incoming contact inquiries to our Ironbridge editorial inbox with Transport Layer Security (TLS).
5. Data Retention Schedules
We retain personal information only for the duration necessary to satisfy the specific purpose for which it was gathered. Technical server access logs are retained on a rolling cycle of thirty days, after which raw IP addresses are purged or irreversibly anonymized. Inquiries submitted via our contact desk are retained for twenty-four months to ensure continuity of editorial correspondence, unless a deletion request is formally submitted earlier.
6. Individual Statutory Rights
Under UK data protection law and comparable international frameworks, you maintain distinct rights regarding your personal records:
- Right of Access: You may request a copy of all personal records we hold concerning you.
- Right to Rectification: You may request the correction of inaccurate or incomplete contact records.
- Right to Erasure: You may request that we delete your submitted inquiries where no overriding statutory retention obligation exists.
- Right to Object and Restrict: You may object to data processing based on legitimate interests or revoke consent for optional analytics at any time.
If you consider that our processing breaches UK data protection regulations, you possess the right to file a complaint with the UK Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) at Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF.