Privacy Policy

1. Who We Are

Aleni Letters is an independent editorial publication focused on everyday wellness practices. The publication is not affiliated with any commercial, governmental, or institutional body. Our postal address is 37 Rivington Street, EC2A 3QY London, United Kingdom. Our contact email is [email protected].

This Privacy Policy describes how we collect and handle information from readers who visit our website at aleni.info. We are committed to handling all reader data with care and transparency.

2. Information We Collect

We collect information in two ways: information you provide to us directly, and information collected automatically when you visit our site.

2.1 Information You Provide

When you use our contact form, you provide us with your name, email address, and the content of your message. We use this information solely to respond to your enquiry and to maintain a record of our correspondence. We do not add contact form submissions to any mailing list without your explicit consent.

2.2 Information Collected Automatically

When you visit aleni.info, our hosting infrastructure and analytics tools collect standard server log data, including your IP address (anonymised), browser type, referring page, pages visited, and the time and date of your visit. This information is used to understand how readers engage with our content and to maintain the technical performance of the site.

3. How We Use Your Information

We use the information we collect for the following purposes:

• — To respond to enquiries submitted via the contact form
• — To understand which articles and topics readers find most useful, so we can improve our editorial output
• — To maintain the technical security and performance of the site
• — To comply with our legal obligations as a publisher based in the United Kingdom

We do not sell, rent, or otherwise transfer your personal information to third parties for marketing purposes.

4. Legal Basis for Processing

We handle your data under the following legal bases as defined by the UK GDPR:

• — Legitimate interests: for server log data and analytics, where our interest in understanding site performance is balanced against your privacy rights
• — Performance of a contract: for contact form data, where you have asked us to respond to your enquiry
• — Consent: for any optional cookies, where you have made a selection via our cookie consent interface

5. Cookies

We use cookies on this site. A full description of the cookies we use, their purpose, and how to manage them is available in our Cookie Policy. You can manage your cookie preferences at any time using the Cookie Settings link in the footer.

6. Data Retention

Contact form correspondence is retained for up to 24 months from the date of the last exchange, after which it is deleted. Anonymised analytics data is retained for 26 months in line with standard analytics platform defaults. Server log files are retained for 90 days.

7. Your Rights

Under UK GDPR, you have the right to access the personal data we hold about you, to request its correction or deletion, to object to its handling, and to request that we restrict how we handle it. To exercise any of these rights, write to us at [email protected]. We will respond within one calendar month.

If you are not satisfied with how we have handled your request, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO), the United Kingdom's data protection authority, at ico.org.uk.

8. Third-Party Services

Our site uses a small number of third-party services that may process data on our behalf. These include analytics software for understanding reader engagement and font delivery services for typography. Each of these services is governed by its own privacy terms. We have selected providers whose data handling practices are compatible with our obligations under UK GDPR.

We use Google Maps on our contact page to display our location. Google Maps is governed by Google's own Privacy Policy, available at policies.google.com/privacy.

9. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in how we handle data or in applicable legislation. The date at the top of this page records the most recent revision. Significant changes will be noted on this page.

10. Contact

For any questions about this Privacy Policy or about how we handle your data, write to us at [email protected] or by post to 37 Rivington Street, EC2A 3QY London, United Kingdom.