Privacy policy

Scope

This notice sets out how Playfold Journal, a Manchester-based publication, handles personal information through this website and its contact form. It is written for visitors in the United Kingdom and follows the UK GDPR and the Data Protection Act 2018.

For the personal information covered by this notice, Playfold Journal is the controller. It covers the static website, essential browser storage and questions sent through the publication’s contact route.

UK GDPR information

Playfold Journal may receive the details a visitor enters into the contact form: name, email address, selected question topic, named title or example, question and consent confirmation. The form also contains a hidden website field to help identify unwanted submissions; it is not intended to collect a visitor’s personal information.

The public contact details are Playfold Journal, 18 Brentfield Avenue, Manchester, England, M8 0TW, telephone +44 161 728 5684, and email [email protected].

Information we collect

The form asks for:

• Name, required.
• Email address, required.
• Question topic, required, with the choices Game mechanics, Play history, Genre or creator, Title comparison, or Something else.
• Named title or example, optional.
• Your question, required.
• Confirmation that you agree that Playfold Journal may use these details to respond to your question, required.

The site uses necessary browser storage for the cookie-choice record. Analytics and advertising technologies are not used.

How we use information

Playfold Journal uses enquiry details to respond to and manage a visitor’s question. The selected topic and any named title or example help the publication understand what the question is about. The consent selection records the visitor’s stated agreement to this use.

The lawful basis for this enquiry purpose is legitimate interests, subject to the controller’s assessment. Necessary browser storage is used to remember the cookie choice made on this site.

Lawful basis

For an enquiry, the stated lawful basis is legitimate interests: responding to and managing the enquiry submitted by the visitor. The controller will assess that basis in the circumstances of the enquiry. Where a visitor has provided the form consent confirmation, it records agreement that the submitted details may be used to respond to the question; it does not create a wider use of those details.

Your choices and rights

You can contact Playfold Journal to ask about information submitted through the contact form, request a correction, or raise a question about its use.

Form submissions

When a visitor completes the form, the site receives the fields listed above to respond to the question. The site does not send those form details to an external endpoint. Playfold Journal does not use the form to create accounts, send newsletters, take payments or provide advertising.

For a current answer about how a particular enquiry is handled, contact [email protected] or telephone +44 161 728 5684.

Sharing and disclosures

Playfold Journal does not configure the site to share enquiry details with third parties. No analytics, advertising, social-profile, payment or account service is configured. If a visitor needs a current, specific answer about a disclosure, they can contact the publication using the details in the Contact section.

Retention

Enquiry information is kept only as long as needed to manage and respond to the question, and for any further period needed to deal with a related follow-up or record. Playfold Journal does not give a fixed period here because the appropriate period depends on the enquiry and its context.

Necessary browser-storage information remains according to the browser’s handling of that choice. Ask Playfold Journal for a current answer about a particular record or enquiry.

Security

Playfold Journal takes reasonable care with information submitted through the site and limits its use to the purposes described in this notice. No method of transmitting or storing information online can be described as completely secure. Visitors should avoid including unnecessary sensitive information in a question.

Your data rights

You may ask Playfold Journal to access your personal information, correct inaccurate information, erase information, restrict its use, object to its use, or provide your information in a portable form where applicable. The right to object is particularly relevant where the stated lawful basis is legitimate interests.

You may also ask questions about the information held, how it is used, or how a form enquiry has been handled. To make a request, use [email protected] or write to 18 Brentfield Avenue, Manchester, England, M8 0TW. Playfold Journal may need enough detail to identify the relevant enquiry before responding.

Children

This publication is not directed at children as a separate audience. Visitors should not submit another person’s personal information without an appropriate reason to do so.

Complaints

Please contact Playfold Journal first so the concern can be understood and addressed. You may also complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), the UK supervisory authority for data protection matters. The ICO’s latest contact guidance is available through its official website.

International transfers

No international transfer arrangement is configured for the form or the site’s necessary browser storage. If the handling of a particular enquiry changes, contact Playfold Journal for the current position before submitting further details.

Changes to this policy

Playfold Journal may update this notice when the site, its form or its information practices change. The effective date at the top of this page identifies the current version.

Contact

For privacy questions or rights requests, email [email protected], telephone +44 161 728 5684, or write to: