Privacy Policy

Jonathan Keiler respects your privacy and is committed to handling personal information responsibly.

This Privacy Policy explains what information may be collected when you visit or interact with this website, why it may be used, who it may be shared with and the choices available to you.

This policy applies to information collected through:

• The Jonathan Keiler website
• Contact forms
• Editorial submissions
• Interview responses
• Correction requests
• Advertising and sponsorship enquiries
• Newsletter sign-up forms, where available
• Website analytics
• Cookies and similar technologies

This policy should be read together with our Cookie Policy, Terms of Use, Editorial Policy and Sponsored Content & Advertising Policy.

Who Is Responsible for Your Information?

For the purposes of applicable UK data-protection law, Jonathan Keiler is responsible for determining how personal information collected through this website is used.

Questions about this Privacy Policy or the handling of your personal information can be submitted through our Contact page.

Information We May Collect

The information collected depends on how you interact with the website.

Information You Provide Directly

You may provide personal information when you:

• Complete a contact form
• Submit an article proposal
• Request a correction
• Participate in an interview
• Submit a guest article
• Enquire about sponsorship or advertising
• Supply information for a business or community feature
• Subscribe to a newsletter
• Report a copyright, privacy or legal concern
• Communicate with us by email or another available method

This information may include:

• Your name
• Email address
• Telephone number
• Business or organisation name
• Job title
• Website address
• Social media profile
• Professional biography
• Photographs
• Interview responses
• Article content
• Information contained in your message
• Details of a complaint or correction request
• Records of correspondence

Please avoid submitting sensitive or confidential personal information unless it is necessary for your enquiry.

Information Collected Automatically

When you visit the website, certain technical information may be collected automatically by the website, hosting provider, security tools, analytics services or other technical providers.

This may include:

• Internet Protocol address
• Browser type
• Device type
• Operating system
• General geographic location
• Referring website
• Pages visited
• Date and time of visits
• Time spent on pages
• Links selected
• Error information
• Cookie identifiers
• Security and diagnostic information

This information may be used to operate, protect and improve the website.

Information From Third Parties

We may receive information from third parties where appropriate.

These may include:

• Contributors
• Interview participants
• Businesses and organisations
• Public websites
• Professional directories
• Social media platforms
• Advertising partners
• Affiliate networks
• Analytics providers
• Website security services
• Public authorities or professional bodies

Information obtained from public sources may be used for editorial research, verification or contact relating to a potential feature.

Publicly Available Information

Articles may contain professional or organisational information already available publicly.

This may include:

• Names
• Job titles
• Business details
• Professional profiles
• Public statements
• Published quotations
• Website information
• Social media information
• Details of publicly promoted events or services

We aim to use publicly available information in a proportionate and relevant manner.

If you believe published information about you is inaccurate, unnecessarily intrusive or outdated, please contact us.

How We May Use Personal Information

Personal information may be used to:

• Respond to enquiries
• Review submissions
• Prepare and publish articles
• Conduct interviews
• Verify factual information
• Manage contributor relationships
• Process correction requests
• Address complaints
• Respond to copyright or privacy concerns
• Manage advertising and sponsorship enquiries
• Maintain editorial records
• Operate and secure the website
• Prevent spam and misuse
• Analyse website performance
• Improve content and navigation
• Comply with legal obligations
• Establish, exercise or defend legal claims

We will not use personal information for purposes that are materially incompatible with the reason it was collected unless there is an appropriate legal basis for doing so.

Our Lawful Bases

The lawful basis used will depend on the information and the purpose for which it is processed.

Consent

We may rely on consent where you have made a clear and informed choice.

Examples may include:

• Optional newsletter subscriptions
• Certain non-essential cookies
• Permission to publish particular personal information
• Optional marketing communications

Where processing is based on consent, you may withdraw that consent.

Withdrawing consent will not affect processing that took place before the withdrawal.

Contract

We may process information when necessary to:

• Enter into an agreement
• Fulfil an advertising arrangement
• Manage sponsored content
• Commission a contribution
• Deliver an agreed editorial or promotional service
• Take requested steps before entering into a contract

Legitimate Interests

We may process information where it is reasonably necessary for legitimate interests and those interests are not overridden by your rights.

These interests may include:

• Operating an independent publication
• Responding to enquiries
• Conducting editorial research
• Publishing relevant public-interest or professional information
• Managing contributor relationships
• Maintaining editorial records
• Protecting the website
• Preventing fraud and spam
• Understanding website use
• Improving content
• Defending legal rights

Where legitimate interests are used, we aim to consider the nature of the information, the purpose of the processing and its potential effect on the individual.

Legal Obligation

We may process or retain information where necessary to comply with a legal obligation.

This may include:

• Responding to lawful requests
• Maintaining appropriate financial records
• Handling data-protection requests
• Complying with court orders
• Meeting tax or accounting requirements

Legal Claims and Protection

Information may be processed where necessary to establish, exercise or defend legal claims or protect the rights, safety and security of the website, its publisher, contributors or other people.

Editorial Content and Personal Information

Articles may identify individuals where their identity is relevant to the content.

This may include:

• Interview participants
• Authors
• Artists
• Business owners
• Professionals
• Public speakers
• Representatives of organisations
• People associated with publicly promoted projects or events

Before publishing personal information, we may consider:

• Whether the information is already public
• Whether the person supplied it directly
• Whether publication is reasonably expected
• Whether the information is relevant
• Whether consent is appropriate
• Whether there is a legitimate editorial reason to publish it
• Whether publication could create an unreasonable risk

Editorial material may remain available after the original publication date where there is a reasonable archival, informational or editorial purpose.

Interview Participants

If you participate in an interview, information you provide may be:

• Edited for clarity and length
• Published on the website
• Shared through social media
• Included in newsletters
• Used to promote the published interview
• Retained as part of the editorial record

You should not provide information that you do not want published unless it is clearly identified and agreed as being off the record.

Interview participants should have permission to provide photographs, quotations or information belonging to other people.

Contributors

Contributor information may be used to:

• Review submissions
• Communicate about proposed content
• Edit and publish material
• Display author details
• Maintain publication records
• Process agreed payments
• Promote published articles
• Address corrections or rights concerns

A contributor biography, profile image and relevant professional links may be displayed publicly where agreed or reasonably expected.

Businesses and Featured Organisations

Businesses or organisations supplying information for an article may provide:

• Contact details
• Team information
• Professional biographies
• Images
• Logos
• Service information
• Quotations
• Website links
• Location details

The person providing the material is responsible for ensuring that they have authority to supply it for publication.

Contact Forms and Correspondence

When you contact us, we may retain your message and contact details to:

• Respond to your enquiry
• Keep an administrative record
• Follow up where necessary
• Manage complaints
• Protect against misuse
• Establish what was agreed

Contact-form submissions may be processed by the website host, email provider, spam-prevention service or form provider.

Corrections and Complaints

If you submit a correction or complaint, we may use the supplied information to:

• Investigate the issue
• Verify your identity or relationship to the subject
• Review source material
• Contact relevant contributors or organisations
• Make an editorial decision
• Maintain a record of the outcome
• Respond to legal or regulatory enquiries

Information relating to significant disputes may be retained where reasonably necessary to document the publication’s decisions.

Newsletter and Marketing Communications

Where newsletter or marketing subscriptions are offered, you may be asked to provide your name and email address.

Communications may include:

• New articles
• Publication updates
• Featured content
• Relevant commercial information
• Event or contributor announcements

You can unsubscribe using the link included in the message or by contacting us.

Administrative messages concerning an existing submission, enquiry or agreement are not necessarily marketing communications.

Cookies and Similar Technologies

The website may use cookies and similar technologies for:

• Essential website operation
• Security
• Remembering preferences
• Analytics
• Embedded media
• Advertising
• Affiliate tracking
• Consent management

Where required, optional cookies should be activated only after an appropriate choice has been made through the website’s consent tool.

More information is available in our Cookie Policy.

Website Analytics

Analytics tools may help us understand:

• Which pages are visited
• How users arrive at the website
• Which devices and browsers are used
• How visitors move between pages
• Whether technical errors occur
• Which content attracts interest

Analytics information may be aggregated or pseudonymised where supported by the relevant service.

Where optional analytics cookies require consent, visitors should be given a way to accept or reject them.

Advertising

The website may display advertisements directly or through third-party advertising services.

Advertising providers may process information to:

• Display advertisements
• Measure views and interactions
• Limit repeated advertisements
• Prevent fraud
• Produce aggregated reports
• Personalise advertising where permitted

Non-essential advertising technologies may require consent.

Advertising providers process information according to their own privacy policies.

Affiliate Links

Some pages may contain affiliate links.

When you follow an affiliate link, the merchant or affiliate network may collect information through cookies or other tracking methods.

This may allow the referral to be attributed to Jonathan Keiler.

We do not necessarily receive information identifying the individual purchaser. The information received may instead consist of aggregated referral, transaction or commission data.

Embedded Content

Articles may contain embedded material from third-party services, including:

• Videos
• Audio
• Social media posts
• Maps
• Forms
• Images
• Interactive tools

These services may collect information when content is loaded or used.

They may recognise you when you are logged in to an account with their platform.

Your interaction with embedded content is also governed by the third party’s own privacy terms.

Who May Receive Personal Information?

Personal information may be shared with service providers where reasonably necessary.

These may include:

• Website hosting providers
• Email providers
• Form providers
• Analytics services
• Security and anti-spam services
• Cookie-consent platforms
• Newsletter providers
• Cloud-storage providers
• Professional advisers
• Accountants
• Contractors supporting the website
• Advertising or affiliate partners

These providers should receive only the information reasonably required for their role.

Contributors and Featured Parties

Information may sometimes be shared with a contributor, interview participant, sponsor or featured organisation when necessary to:

• Verify facts
• Resolve a correction request
• Prepare an article
• Clarify a submission
• Address a complaint
• Manage an agreed commercial feature

We will not normally share more information than is reasonably required.

Legal and Regulatory Disclosure

Information may be disclosed where reasonably necessary to:

• Comply with applicable law
• Respond to a court order
• Respond to a lawful request from an authority
• Protect legal rights
• Investigate suspected fraud
• Protect personal safety
• Enforce website terms
• Defend a legal claim

Business Transfers

If the website or publication is sold, transferred, reorganised or merged, relevant information may be transferred as part of that transaction.

Any new owner should continue to handle personal information in accordance with applicable data-protection requirements.

International Data Transfers

Some service providers may store or process information outside the United Kingdom.

Where personal information is transferred internationally, appropriate legal arrangements should be used where required.

These may include:

• Transfers to countries recognised as providing adequate protection
• Approved contractual safeguards
• The UK International Data Transfer Agreement
• An approved UK addendum
• Another legally permitted transfer mechanism

The safeguards available will depend on the provider, destination and circumstances.

Data Retention

Personal information will generally be retained only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purpose for which it was collected.

Retention may depend on:

• The nature of the information
• The reason it was collected
• Whether an enquiry remains active
• Editorial or archival value
• Contractual requirements
• Tax and accounting obligations
• Legal limitation periods
• Security concerns
• A dispute or complaint

Examples may include:

• Routine unanswered enquiries being deleted after they are no longer useful
• Contributor records being retained while content remains published
• Interview permissions being retained as part of the editorial record
• Financial records being retained for applicable accounting periods
• Complaints and corrections being retained where needed to document the outcome
• Security logs being retained for a limited operational period

Information may be anonymised rather than deleted where it is no longer necessary to identify an individual.

Published Content

Removing personal information from internal records does not necessarily require removal of a lawfully published article.

Requests involving published editorial content will be assessed according to:

• Accuracy
• Relevance
• Privacy
• Public availability
• Editorial value
• Legal obligations
• Personal safety
• The passage of time

Where appropriate, content may be corrected, updated, anonymised or removed.

Data Security

Reasonable organisational and technical measures may be used to protect information against:

• Unauthorised access
• Accidental loss
• Misuse
• Alteration
• Disclosure
• Destruction

These measures may include:

• Access controls
• Strong passwords
• Software updates
• Security monitoring
• Spam protection
• Encrypted connections
• Restricted administrative access
• Reputable service providers
• Appropriate backups

No internet-based system can be guaranteed completely secure.

Please avoid sending highly sensitive information through ordinary contact forms or email unless necessary.

Your Data-Protection Rights

Depending on the circumstances, you may have the right to:

• Ask whether your personal information is being processed
• Request access to your personal information
• Request correction of inaccurate information
• Request completion of incomplete information
• Request deletion of information
• Request restriction of processing
• Object to certain processing
• Request transfer of information in a usable format
• Withdraw consent
• Object to direct marketing
• Raise concerns about automated decision-making

These rights are not absolute and may not apply in every situation.

For example, information may sometimes need to be retained for legal, contractual, archival or freedom-of-expression purposes.

Exercising Your Rights

To make a request, contact us through the Contact page.

Please explain:

• Your name
• The information concerned
• The right you wish to exercise
• Any details that may help locate the information

We may need to request reasonable evidence of identity before disclosing or changing personal information.

We will aim to respond within the period required by applicable law.

Withdrawing Consent

Where processing is based on consent, you may withdraw that consent by contacting us or using the relevant preference or unsubscribe tool.

Withdrawal does not make earlier lawful processing invalid.

It may not always require the removal of material that has already been lawfully published, distributed or retained for legitimate legal or editorial reasons.

Objecting to Direct Marketing

You may object to direct marketing at any time.

You can normally do this by:

• Using the unsubscribe link in an email
• Changing your communication preferences
• Contacting us

We may retain limited suppression information to ensure that further marketing is not sent to you.

Automated Decision-Making

We do not normally use personal information to make decisions that produce legal or similarly significant effects solely through automated processing.

Website security or anti-spam tools may automatically identify and block suspicious activity.

Children’s Information

This website is intended for a general audience and is not specifically directed at children.

We do not knowingly seek to collect personal information directly from children for commercial marketing.

Where content involves a child, appropriate permission should be obtained from a parent, guardian or authorised organisation where required.

Please contact us if you believe that a child’s information has been submitted or published inappropriately.

Links to Other Websites

This website may link to external websites that operate under their own privacy policies.

We are not responsible for how external websites collect, use or protect information.

You should review their privacy information before supplying personal details.

Complaints

Please contact us first if you have concerns about how your personal information has been handled.

We will review the concern and aim to respond appropriately.

You may also have the right to complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office, the United Kingdom’s data-protection regulator.

Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy when:

• Website services change
• New tools are introduced
• Editorial activities develop
• Commercial arrangements change
• Legal requirements are updated
• Data-handling practices change

The latest version published on this page will apply.

Significant changes may be highlighted on the website where appropriate.

Contacting Us

Questions, requests or complaints about personal information can be submitted through the Contact page.

Please provide enough information for us to identify and respond to your enquiry.

Last updated: July 2026