Privacy Policy

1. Who We Are

Oraluna Press is an independent editorial publication focused on everyday wellness practices. The publication is not affiliated with any commercial, governmental, or institutional body. Our registered correspondence address is 67 Beak Street, W1F 9SS, London, United Kingdom.

For privacy-related enquiries, please contact us at [email protected] or by post at the address above.

2. Data We Collect

We collect personal data only when you voluntarily provide it to us. This occurs in the following circumstances:

• Contact form submissions: When you send us a message via the contact form on this website, we collect your name, email address, and the contents of your message.
• Analytics data: We collect anonymised data about how pages are accessed, including page path, approximate geographic region, browser type, and referral source. This data does not include your name or email address and cannot be used to identify you as an individual.
• Cookie data: Functional and analytical cookies may store small amounts of data in your browser. Full details are provided in our Cookie Policy.

We do not collect payment information, identity documents, or any data classified as special category personal data under UK GDPR.

3. How We Use Your Data

Personal data collected via the contact form is used solely to respond to your enquiry. It is not used for marketing purposes, shared with third parties, or retained for longer than is necessary to handle your communication.

Anonymised analytics data is used to understand how readers engage with editorial content. This helps the editorial team identify which topics are most useful to readers and improve the clarity and organisation of the site.

We do not use personal data for automated decision-making or profiling of any kind.

4. Legal Basis for Processing

Our handling of personal data is based on the following legal grounds under UK GDPR:

• Legitimate interests: Responding to contact form submissions and understanding how the publication is used are legitimate interests pursued by Oraluna Press that do not override your rights and freedoms.
• Consent: Where cookies are set beyond those strictly necessary for the site to function, we rely on your consent, which you may withdraw at any time via the Cookie Settings link in the footer.

5. Data Retention

Contact form submissions are retained for up to 12 months from the date of receipt, after which they are permanently deleted unless an ongoing correspondence necessitates retention.

Anonymised analytics data is retained in aggregated form for up to 26 months in order to allow year-on-year comparison of editorial performance. This data cannot be used to identify individual readers.

6. Sharing of Data

We do not sell personal data to any third party. We do not share personal data for marketing purposes. Data may be shared in the following limited circumstances:

• Hosting providers: Our website hosting infrastructure may process data transiently as part of serving pages to your browser. Our providers are contractually bound to handle this data in accordance with UK GDPR.
• Legal obligations: We may disclose personal data if required to do so by law or in response to a valid request from a public authority.

7. Your Rights

Under UK GDPR, you have the following rights in relation to your personal data:

• The right to access personal data we hold about you.
• The right to have inaccurate personal data corrected.
• The right to have personal data deleted, where the legal basis for processing no longer applies.
• The right to restrict the processing of your personal data in certain circumstances.
• The right to withdraw consent (where processing is based on consent) at any time without affecting the lawfulness of prior processing.
• The right to lodge a complaint with the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) at ico.org.uk.

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at [email protected]. We will respond within 30 days.

8. Security

We take reasonable technical and organisational measures to protect the personal data we hold against unauthorised access, loss, or disclosure. The site is served over HTTPS. Contact form submissions are transmitted using encrypted connections.

No method of data transmission over the internet is entirely secure. While we take appropriate precautions, we cannot guarantee absolute security.

9. Third-Party Links

Our articles may contain links to external websites operated by third parties. This Privacy Policy applies only to oraluna.info. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of external sites. We encourage readers to review the privacy notices of any site they visit.

10. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. When we do, the "last updated" date at the top of this page will be revised. We encourage you to review this page periodically to remain informed of how your data is handled.

Continued use of this website following the posting of changes constitutes acceptance of those changes.