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Who runs the present site
The present site is operated by Halyard Editorial Ltd, a private limited company registered in England and Wales under Companies House number 15234876, with registered office at 20-22 Wenlock Road, London N1 7GU, United Kingdom. VAT registration is GB318742956. The company is registered with the Information Commissioner’s Office under registration number ZB892471. Editorial responsibility for the site rests with David Fernandez.
What personal data the present site collects
The present site collects a limited set of personal data in the ordinary course of running an editorial website. Server access logs record visitor IP address, browser user agent, referring URL and requested resource, retained for security and troubleshooting for up to 30 days. Analytics cookies (see the Cookie Policy) collect aggregated visit patterns. Contact-form submissions collect the sender’s name, email address and message content when a visitor initiates contact. No payment information is collected on the present site, and no account-based user profiles are maintained.
Legal basis for processing under UK GDPR
Processing is grounded in legitimate interest for the operation of an editorial website (server logs, security monitoring, aggregate analytics) and in consent for optional cookies and marketing communications where those apply. Contact-form processing is grounded in the necessity of responding to the enquiry the sender has initiated. Retention periods are limited to the shortest period consistent with the purpose of the processing.
Third parties and cross-border transfers
Hosting is provided by Krystal Hosting Ltd, 3 Sheldon Square, London W2 6HY, United Kingdom. Analytics data is processed by the analytics vendor configured on the present site. Transfers outside the UK are made only where the transfer is protected by an approved mechanism such as the UK adequacy decision, standard contractual clauses or an appropriate exception under UK GDPR Article 49.
Your rights under UK GDPR and how to exercise them
Data subjects have the right of access, rectification, erasure, restriction, portability and objection to processing under UK GDPR. Requests should be sent through the contact page on the present site. Complaints about the handling of personal data can be raised with the Information Commissioner’s Office at ico.org.uk or 0303 123 1113.