Privacy Policy

1. Data Controller Identification

Albion Culverin acts as the official Data Controller responsible for the processing of personal data collected through britain-culverin.com.

2. Data We Collect and Processing Purposes

We maintain a strict principle of data minimization across our operations:

• Voluntary Correspondence Data: When submitting an inquiry via our contact form or newsletter input, we collect your name, email address, topic selection, and message text solely to respond to your specific request.
• Technical Server Logs: To maintain server integrity, defense against denial-of-service threats, and diagnose rendering errors, our servers log anonymous IP addresses, browser user-agents, operating systems, and page request timestamps.
• Essential Session State: We store minimal first-party session tokens (sid_bye, tier_cache_bdr) necessary for UI typography caching and request continuity.

3. Lawful Bases for Processing

Under Article 6 of the UK GDPR, our processing activities rely on:

• Legitimate Interests (Art. 6(1)(f)): Maintaining server security, diagnosing network anomalies, and evaluating browser rendering compatibility.
• Consent (Art. 6(1)(a)): Delivering direct email dispatches upon explicit user submission, or updating analytics parameters under Google Consent Mode v2 when granted.
• Legal Obligation (Art. 6(1)(c)): Complying with statutory accounting, regulatory, or administrative obligations within the United Kingdom.

4. Zero Sale or Commercialization of Personal Data

Albion Culverin does not sell, rent, monetize, or disclose your personal data to corporate data brokers or marketing aggregators. All interactions across our web directory are free of corporate profiling.

5. Data Retention Periods

Direct inquiries transmitted via our contact form are retained for up to 12 months following resolution to facilitate ongoing support records, after which they are permanently deleted. Server log files are cycled and expunged every 30 calendar days.

6. Your Statutory Rights Under UK GDPR

Under the Data Protection Act 2018 and UK GDPR, you are entitled to exercise the following rights regarding your personal information:

• Right of Access: Request a copy of the personal information held about you;
• Right to Rectification: Request correction of inaccurate or incomplete personal records;
• Right to Erasure: Request the deletion of personal information where statutory grounds apply;
• Right to Restrict Processing (Albion Culverin): Request suspension of specific processing activities;
• Right to Object: Object to processing based on legitimate interests at any time.

To exercise any of these statutory rights, please transmit a formal request to our Data Protection Officer at curator@britain-culverin.com or telephone +44 7419 638201. You also maintain the statutory right to lodge an inquiry with the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO), the national supervisory authority for data protection within the United Kingdom.