Privacy policy

Who is responsible

Orbitalevault is the controller for the contact details you send us and for the cookie preference stored in your browser. You can reach us at [email protected] or +44 7457733296. We have not appointed a separate data protection officer. The desk itself reads privacy mail.

What we collect

If you email us, or if you use the contact page and your email programme sends the note, we receive whatever you put in that message: usually your name, email address, and the question. We do not run an account system, a newsletter list, or a checkout. We do not ask for financial account numbers, and we do not want copies of passports or bank statements. Please do not send them.

The site is static. Sending a form does not create a database record on our server, because the form only opens a mailto link. If you telephone, we will have the number you called from and any note we write to answer you.

Why we use it

We use correspondence to reply, to correct a page, and to keep a record of what we said if a point is later disputed. The lawful basis is our legitimate interest in running an editorial desk and answering people who contact it, and, where you ask for something specific, the steps needed before any further correspondence. We do not sell personal information and we do not use it to build advertising profiles.

Cookies

A banner asks you to accept or reject non-essential cookies. Your choice is stored in local storage under the key orbitalevault_consent, together with the time you chose. That record is essential to stop the banner returning on every page. We do not set analytics cookies, advertising cookies, or third-party tracking pixels of our own.

Pages load typefaces from fonts.bunny.net and icons and a styling library from cdn.jsdelivr.net. Those requests can expose your IP address to those providers, which process it under their own terms. If you block them, the words remain readable and some layout and icons will look plainer.

How long we keep it

Email about corrections and ordinary questions is kept for up to twenty-four months and then deleted, unless we need a longer record because a complaint is open. The cookie preference stays in your browser until you clear it.

Sharing

We share correspondence with a supplier only when we need them to host the site or to deliver email, and only so they can provide that service. We may disclose information if the law requires it. We do not transfer reader lists overseas because we do not keep reader lists. Providers that deliver fonts and libraries may process connection data outside the UK. Their safeguards are described in their own notices.

Your rights

If UK data protection law applies, you can ask for a copy of the personal information we hold about you, ask us to correct it, ask us to delete it, ask us to restrict or object to the way we use it, and ask for it in a portable form where the law provides that. You can complain to the Information Commissioner's Office at ico.org.uk. We would like to hear from you first so we can put a mistake right.

Children

The notes are written for adults dealing with rent, tax, and borrowing. We do not knowingly collect information from children.