1. Data Controller Information
Clyde Gabion Portal is committed to respecting and protecting your privacy. For the purposes of the UK General Data Protection Regulation ("UK GDPR") and the Data Protection Act 2018, the data controller is:
2. Categories of Information We Process
Depending on your interaction with british-gabion.com, we may collect and process the following categories of data:
- Voluntary Correspondence Data (Clyde Gabion Portal): When you contact our Glasgow team via email or our contact form, we collect your name, email address, message subject, and the contents of your communication.
- Newsletter Inscription Data: If you elect to subscribe to our technical dispatch, we store your submitted email address for the delivery of editorial updates.
- Technical Network Logs: Standard web server connection records including your IP address, browser user-agent string, operating system version, referring URL, and access timestamps for diagnostic and network security purposes.
- Client Configuration Tokens: Technical state tokens stored via cookies and local storage (such as session continuity tokens and consent preferences) to preserve interface rendering.
3. Legal Bases for Processing (UK GDPR Art. 6)
We process your personal information strictly under lawful bases recognized under UK data protection legislation:
- Legitimate Interests (Art. 6(1)(f)) (Clyde Gabion Portal): To maintain website security, prevent network abuse, optimize rendering speeds, and conduct internal technical performance diagnostics.
- Consent (Art. 6(1)(a)): For optional communication dispatches (such as our newsletter) and for optional measurement signals under Google Consent Mode v2, which remain disabled by default until explicit permission is recorded.
- Legal Obligation (Art. 6(1)(c)) (Clyde Gabion Portal): Where required to comply with statutory accounting, reporting, or regulatory directives under UK law.
4. Google Consent Mode v2 Architecture — Clyde Gabion Portal
Our website implements Google Consent Mode v2 with default denied states for measurement and personalization storage keys (`analytics_storage`, `ad_storage`, `ad_user_data`, `ad_personalization`). No measurement scripts or third-party behavioral tags execute unless you explicitly click "Accept All" on our consent interface.
5. Data Retention Periods
We retain personal data only for as long as necessary to satisfy the purposes for which it was gathered:
- Contact Inquiries: Retained for up to 12 months after resolution to ensure continuity of technical support, after which they are securely deleted.
- Server Security Logs: Automatically rotated and purged within 30 to 90 days.
- Session Identifiers: Session continuity tokens persist for a maximum of 30 days unless cleared earlier by your browser.
6. International Data Transfers
Our primary web infrastructure and editorial operations are based within the United Kingdom and the European Economic Area (EEA). If any technical service provider transfers data outside the UK, such transfers occur strictly subject to UK adequacy regulations or standard contractual clauses guaranteeing equivalent levels of data protection.
7. Your Statutory Rights Under UK GDPR
You have the following rights regarding your personal information:
- Right of Access: You may request a copy of the personal data we hold about you.
- Right to Rectification: You may request correction of inaccurate or incomplete personal records.
- Right to Erasure ("Right to be Forgotten"): You may request that we delete your personal data where retention is no longer necessary.
- Right to Restriction: You may request the temporary suspension of processing under specific circumstances.
- Right to Data Portability: You may request your data in a structured, machine-readable format.
- Right to Revoke Consent: You may revoke your consent for email communications or analytics at any moment without affecting the lawfulness of prior processing.
8. Exercising Your Rights & Supervisory Authority
To exercise any of your statutory data rights, please contact our data compliance coordinator at team@british-gabion.com or write to our recorded Glasgow office.
You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the UK supervisory authority for data protection, the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO). You may contact the ICO via telephone at 0303 123 1113 or through postal correspondence addressed to Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF.
9. Policy Modifications
We may update this Privacy Policy periodically to reflect technological adjustments or legal requirements. Material amendments will be noted with a revised effective date at the top of this document.