Privacy Policy

1. Overview and Data Controller

This Privacy Policy outlines how Clipcottagefreshsgn Media Ltd (referred to as "we", "our", or "us"), company number 14892019, with registered address at 14 Mill Lane, Brampton, Cumbria, CA8 1SQ, United Kingdom, collects, processes, and safeguards your personal data when you visit and interact with clipcottagefreshsgn.rest.

For the purposes of the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR), the EU GDPR, and the Data Protection Act 2018, Clipcottagefreshsgn Media Ltd is the designated Data Controller.

2. Information We Collect

We collect only the minimum amount of personal data necessary to provide and refine our architectural design publication:

• Voluntary Contact Submissions: When you use our contact form, we collect your full name, email address, topic inquiry, and any qualitative information included in your message.
• Technical and Device Telemetry: Log files including IP address (anonymized at capture), browser variant, operating system, referring URL, and session duration.
• Consent Preferences: Your selected cookie preferences stored in local storage to prevent repeated consent banners across sessions.

3. Legal Bases for Processing Data

Under UK and EU GDPR, we process personal information under the following legal frameworks:

• Consent (Art. 6(1)(a)): Explicit consent given when accepting non-essential cookies or submitting contact requests.
• Legitimate Interests (Art. 6(1)(f)): Monitoring network security, troubleshooting errors, preventing malicious automated requests, and analyzing aggregate website usage.
• Legal Obligation (Art. 6(1)(c)): Retaining necessary transaction and statutory records where mandated by applicable corporate regulations.

4. Third-Party Data Processors

We do not sell, rent, or trade your personal information. We may share specific technical data with verified infrastructure processors bound by strict Data Processing Agreements (DPAs):

• Hosting Infrastructure: Cloud hosting providers that manage server security and content delivery networks.
• Email Routing Services: Secure SMTP relay infrastructure utilized to deliver inbound contact submissions to our editorial team.

5. Your Statutory Rights (GDPR & CCPA/CPRA)

Depending on your location, you have statutory rights concerning your personal information, including:

1. Right of Access: You may request copies of the personal data we hold about you.
2. Right to Rectification: You may request correction of inaccurate or incomplete personal records.
3. Right to Erasure ("Right to be Forgotten"): You may request deletion of your personal data where retention is no longer legally required.
4. Right to Restrict or Object: You can object to processing based on legitimate interests or request temporary restriction of processing.
5. Right to Data Portability: You may request a structured, machine-readable copy of your personal data.

6. Data Retention Schedule

Contact inquiries sent through our contact form are retained for up to twelve (12) months to complete correspondence and maintain records of editorial submissions, after which they are permanently deleted from active inboxes. Technical server logs are rotated and purged within ninety (90) days.

7. Data Protection Officer (DPO) & Contact Inquiries

To exercise any of your statutory rights or submit a formal data inquiry, please contact our Data Compliance Desk: