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Privacy policy

This policy explains how personal information is handled when you read this publication or contact its publisher.

Who is responsible

Relay Lantern Publishing Ltd is the publisher of quirklycuriousvault.com and the controller of personal information processed for its editorial correspondence and website administration. Its registered address is Unit 6, Vesper Yard, 28 Haldenwick Street, Ancoats, Manchester, M4 6QJ, United Kingdom. Send privacy questions and rights requests to [email protected], using “Privacy” in the subject line.

Information collected

Reading the guides does not require an account. Website delivery involves technical information such as an IP address, requested resource, browser information and request time. Hosting infrastructure may record these details in operational logs for security, fault diagnosis and reliable delivery. The site does not use advertising trackers, audience analytics, embedded social feeds or visitor profiling.

The contact form validates entries in your browser and prepares an email link. It does not upload the form to a website database. If you open and send the draft, the publisher receives your name, email address, message and the ordinary technical information accompanying email. Your own email provider handles the draft and delivery under its own terms. Please avoid sending sensitive information or unnecessary details about other people.

Purposes and legal bases

Correspondence is used to answer enquiries, assess editorial corrections, address accessibility issues and manage permissions or complaints. The publisher relies on legitimate interests in operating and improving an independent publication where those interests are balanced against your rights. Processing may also be necessary to comply with legal obligations or to address a request connected with an agreement.

Where consent is required for an optional activity, it will be requested separately and can be withdrawn without affecting processing already carried out lawfully. An editorial enquiry is not treated as permission for marketing. There is no automated decision-making producing legal or similarly significant effects through this site.

Browser storage and service providers

A localStorage entry records your cookie choice and the time it was saved. It remains in your browser rather than being sent to the publisher by the site script. Details and controls appear in the cookie policy.

Hosting and email service providers process information as needed to deliver their services. Access should be limited to the relevant service purpose and protected through appropriate contractual and security arrangements. Information may also be disclosed where required by law or reasonably necessary to establish or defend legal claims. Personal information is not sold or shared for cross-context behavioural advertising.

Where a provider processes personal information outside the UK or another protected jurisdiction, applicable transfer requirements must be addressed through an appropriate mechanism, such as an adequacy arrangement or approved contractual safeguards. Contact the privacy address for information relevant to your enquiry.

Retention and security

Correspondence is kept for as long as reasonably needed to resolve the enquiry, maintain a necessary editorial record or meet a legal obligation. Records that are no longer needed are deleted or anonymised. Operational logs and backups follow the relevant service’s retention cycle, subject to security investigations or legal preservation requirements. Browser preferences remain until replaced or removed from your device.

Access controls and appropriate account security help protect information, but no website or email service can guarantee absolute security. Do not use ordinary email to send passwords, payment credentials or confidential documents that require a specially agreed transfer method.

Your rights and complaints

The publisher handles requests under the UK data protection framework, including the UK GDPR and applicable domestic data protection law. Depending on the circumstances, rights may include access, correction, erasure, restriction, objection and data portability. The EU GDPR may also apply where its territorial conditions are met. California visitors may have rights under the CCPA where that law applies, including rights to know, delete and correct information and to exercise rights without unlawful discrimination.