Privacy Policy.
Last updated: 1 January 2026
1. Who We Are
This privacy policy applies to the website operated at dalmor.info by Dalmor Notebook, whose registered place of processing is 47 Hatton Garden, London EC1N 8TD, United Kingdom.
Dalmor Notebook is an independent editorial publication. For the purposes of UK data protection law (UK GDPR and the Data Protection Act 2018), Dalmor Notebook is the data controller for personal data collected through this website.
2. Data We Collect
We collect the following categories of personal data:
- Contact data: name and email address submitted via the contact form.
- Correspondence: the content of messages and reader submissions sent to the publication.
- Usage data: IP address, browser type, pages visited, and session duration, collected automatically when you visit the site.
- Cookie data: preferences and identifiers set by cookies, as described in Section 8.
We do not collect special category data (such as health information) unless you voluntarily include it in a reader submission. Such data is handled under the provisions of Section 3.
3. How We Use Data
We use personal data for the following purposes:
- To respond to enquiries submitted via the contact form.
- To review and, where applicable, incorporate reader submissions into editorial content in anonymised form.
- To analyse usage patterns and improve the website.
- To administer cookie preferences.
4. Legal Basis for Processing
Our legal basis for processing personal data is as follows:
- Consent: for non-essential cookies and optional analytics.
- Legitimate interests: for responding to reader correspondence and analysing site usage to improve the publication.
- Contract performance: where applicable to service-related communications.
5. Data Sharing
We do not sell personal data to third parties. We may share data with the following categories of processor:
- Website hosting and infrastructure providers.
- Analytics service providers, where you have consented to analytics cookies.
- Email service providers used for correspondence management.
All processors are required to handle data in compliance with applicable data protection law and under appropriate contractual arrangements.
6. Data Retention
We retain personal data only for as long as necessary for the purposes for which it was collected:
- Contact form submissions are retained for up to 24 months after the correspondence is resolved.
- Reader submissions are retained for up to 24 months from the date of receipt, or for the life of any article in which anonymised content appears.
- Usage and analytics data is retained for up to 26 months.
- Cookie data is retained for the period specified in the Cookie Policy.
7. Your Rights
Under UK GDPR you have the following rights with respect to your personal data:
- The right to access your personal data.
- The right to rectification of inaccurate data.
- The right to erasure ("right to be forgotten"), subject to legal limitations.
- The right to restrict processing.
- The right to data portability.
- The right to object to processing based on legitimate interests.
- Rights relating to automated decision-making and profiling (we do not engage in such activities).
To exercise any of these rights, please write to [email protected]. We will respond within 30 days. You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) at ico.org.uk.
9. Third-Party Links and Services
This site may contain links to third-party websites. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of those sites and encourage you to read their privacy policies. Third-party services embedded in the site (such as map services) are subject to the respective provider's privacy policy.
10. Contact and Data Protection Queries
For any query relating to this privacy policy or the use of your personal data, please contact:
11. Changes to This Policy
We may update this privacy policy from time to time. The "last updated" date at the top of this page will be revised accordingly. Continued use of the site after any changes constitutes acceptance of the revised policy. For material changes, we will take reasonable steps to notify users.