Privacy Policy

Tarbolan Letters is an independent editorial publication focused on everyday nutrition practices and weight awareness. The publication is not affiliated with any commercial, governmental, or institutional body. This Privacy Policy explains how Tarbolan Letters collects, uses, and protects personal data submitted through the site, in accordance with the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR) and the Data Protection Act 2018.

By using this website, you acknowledge that you have read and understood this policy. If you have questions, please contact the editorial desk at [email protected].

1. Data Controller

The data controller for this website is:

2. Data We Collect

Tarbolan Letters collects only the data necessary to operate the publication and respond to correspondence. The categories of data we may collect include:

• — Contact data: name and email address submitted via the contact form. This data is used solely to respond to your enquiry and is not retained beyond that purpose.
• — Usage data: anonymised analytics data including pages visited, approximate geographic region, browser type, and time on page. This data is aggregated and cannot be used to identify individual visitors.
• — Cookie data: cookie identifiers used to remember your consent preferences. For full detail, see our Cookie Policy.

3. Legal Basis for Processing

We process personal data on the following legal bases under UK GDPR:

• — Legitimate interests (Article 6(1)(f)): anonymised usage analytics to understand how the publication is read and to improve its content and presentation.
• — Consent (Article 6(1)(a)): non-essential cookies placed only after you have given explicit consent via the cookie banner.
• — Contract performance (Article 6(1)(b)): contact data used to respond to your enquiry or correspondence, which constitutes the fulfilment of an implicit agreement to reply.

4. How We Use Your Data

Personal data collected by Tarbolan Letters is used for the following purposes:

• —To respond to messages submitted through the contact form.
• —To understand how readers engage with published content, using aggregated and anonymised usage data.
• —To remember your cookie consent preferences across visits.
• —To maintain the security and proper functioning of the website.

We do not use personal data for profiling, automated decision-making, or any commercial purposes unrelated to the functioning of the publication.

5. Data Sharing and Third Parties

Tarbolan Letters does not sell, rent, or trade personal data. We may share data with third-party service providers who assist in operating the website, including hosting providers and anonymised analytics platforms. These providers are contractually required to process data only on our instructions and in accordance with applicable data protection law.

Where analytics tools are used, data is anonymised before transmission. No personally identifiable information is passed to analytics platforms.

6. Data Retention

Contact form data (name and email) is retained only for as long as necessary to respond to the correspondence in question — typically no longer than 90 days after the exchange is complete. Anonymised usage data is retained in aggregated form for up to 24 months for editorial planning purposes. Cookie consent records are retained for 12 months or until you withdraw consent, whichever is sooner.

7. Your Rights

Under UK GDPR, you have the following rights regarding your personal data:

• —Right of access: you may request a copy of personal data we hold about you.
• —Right to rectification: you may request correction of inaccurate data.
• —Right to erasure: you may request deletion of your personal data, subject to any legal retention obligations.
• —Right to restriction: you may request that we limit the processing of your data in certain circumstances.
• —Right to object: you may object to processing based on legitimate interests.
• —Right to withdraw consent: where processing is based on consent, you may withdraw it at any time without affecting the lawfulness of prior processing.

To exercise any of these rights, contact the editorial desk at [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.

8. Security

Tarbolan Letters takes reasonable technical and organisational steps to protect personal data from unauthorised access, alteration, disclosure, or loss. The site uses HTTPS encryption for all data in transit. Contact form submissions are transmitted securely and accessed only by the editorial desk. No system can be entirely risk-free, and we cannot warrant absolute security.

9. External Links

Articles published on Tarbolan Letters may contain links to external websites for reference purposes. These sites are not under the editorial control of Tarbolan Letters, and this Privacy Policy does not apply to them. We encourage you to review the privacy policies of any external sites you visit.

10. Changes to This Policy

This Privacy Policy may be updated periodically to reflect changes in our practices or applicable law. The date at the top of this page indicates when the policy was last revised. Continued use of the site following an update constitutes acceptance of the revised policy.