Privacy Policy

Data Controller

The data controller for this publication is Kaldira Compendium, whose registered correspondence address is:

Information We Collect

Kaldira Compendium collects a limited range of information in two categories: information you provide voluntarily and information collected automatically when you visit the site.

Information You Provide

When you use the contact form on this site, you provide your name, email address, and the content of your message. This information is used solely to respond to your correspondence. It is not stored in any database beyond the editorial team's email inbox, and it is not shared with any third party.

Information Collected Automatically

When you visit kaldira.info, the hosting infrastructure automatically records your IP address, browser type, the pages you visit, the time of your visit, and the referring URL. This information is used for site performance monitoring and is not linked to personally identifiable information.

Where cookies are used on this site, the nature of each cookie is described in the Cookie Policy. Analytical cookies, if enabled by your consent, collect anonymous aggregated data about page views and session duration. No individual reader profiles are created from this data.

How We Use Information

Information collected through this site is used for the following purposes only:

• To respond to correspondence submitted through the contact form
• To monitor the performance and accessibility of the site
• To understand, in aggregate, which topics are of interest to readers
• To maintain the security and availability of the site infrastructure

Kaldira Compendium does not use reader data for advertising, profiling, or any commercial purpose. Reader data is not sold, licensed, or transferred to any third party for any purpose.

Legal Basis for Processing

This publication is based in the United Kingdom and processes personal data in accordance with the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR) and the Data Protection Act 2018. The legal bases on which we rely are:

• Consent — for analytical cookies and any correspondence you choose to send
• Legitimate interests — for server logs and site security monitoring
• Legal obligation — where we are required to retain records under applicable law

Data Retention

Correspondence submitted through the contact form is retained for a period of twelve months from the date of receipt, after which it is deleted. Server logs are retained for a period of ninety days. Analytical data, where collected with consent, is retained in aggregated form for up to twenty-four months and then deleted.

Where you request deletion of your data prior to the end of the retention period, we will action that request within thirty days of receiving it.

Your Rights

Under UK GDPR, you have the following rights in relation to your personal data:

• Right of access — to request a copy of the data we hold about you
• Right to rectification — to request correction of inaccurate data
• Right to erasure — to request deletion of your data
• Right to restriction — to request that we limit how we use your data
• Right to data portability — to receive your data in a structured, machine-readable format
• Right to object — to object to processing based on legitimate interests

To exercise any of these rights, write to [email protected]. We will respond within thirty days. Where a request is complex or numerous, we may extend this period by a further two months and will notify you of the extension within the first thirty days.

If you are dissatisfied with how we handle your data or respond to your request, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO), the UK supervisory authority for data protection, at ico.org.uk.

Third-Party Services

This site loads fonts from the Fontshare API and Google Fonts. When your browser requests these resources, your IP address is transmitted to those services. Fontshare is operated by Indian Type Foundry. Google Fonts is operated by Google LLC. Each of these services has its own privacy policy.

This site also loads JavaScript libraries from public CDN networks including jsDelivr, cdnjs, and unpkg. These CDNs may log request data in accordance with their own data retention policies.

Kaldira Compendium does not integrate with any advertising network, social media platform, or data broker. No reader data is shared with or transmitted to any commercial third party for advertising or profiling purposes.

Changes to This Policy

This policy is reviewed annually and updated when there is a change to how data is collected or processed. The date at the top of this page reflects the date of the most recent update. Significant changes will be noted in the site's correction record.

Questions about this policy may be directed to [email protected].