Privacy Policy

Dalve Compendium is an independent editorial publication covering daily habits, sustainable routines, and coaching perspectives on gradual weight management. The publication is not affiliated with any commercial, governmental, or institutional body.

The data controller for this website is Dalve Compendium, 52 Leather Lane, London EC1N 7TS, United Kingdom. You may contact us at [email protected] or by telephone on +44 20 7263 4891 with any data protection enquiries.

This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, store, and protect personal data when you visit dalve.info or contact us directly. It is intended to comply with the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR) and the Data Protection Act 2018.

We collect personal data only where necessary for the purposes described in this policy. The categories of personal data we may collect include:

• Contact data: name and email address, collected when you submit the contact form on our Contact page.
• Message content: the content of any enquiry or correspondence you send to us via the contact form or by email.
• Usage data: anonymised data about how visitors navigate this website, collected via cookies and analytics tools where consent is given. See our Cookie Policy for details.
• Technical data: IP address, browser type, device type, and referring URL — collected automatically by our hosting infrastructure for security and performance monitoring purposes.

We do not collect sensitive personal data (including data relating to health, biometric data, or financial information). We do not request or store data relating to age, gender, or identity documents.

Personal data collected via this website is used for the following purposes:

• Responding to enquiries: contact form submissions and email correspondence are used solely to respond to the enquiry made. Contact data is not added to any mailing list without explicit consent.
• Website security and performance: technical data is used to monitor for security incidents, prevent abuse, and maintain the performance of this website. This data is not used for profiling or advertising purposes.
• Analytics: where consent has been given via the cookie banner, anonymised usage data is used to understand how readers navigate the publication and to improve editorial content. Analytics data is not used to identify individual visitors.

We do not sell, rent, or share personal data with third parties for commercial purposes. We do not use personal data for automated decision-making or profiling.

We process personal data on the following legal bases under UK GDPR:

• Legitimate interests: processing of technical and security data for the purpose of maintaining the security and performance of this website.
• Consent: processing of analytics cookies and related usage data where you have provided consent via the cookie banner. You may withdraw consent at any time by adjusting your cookie preferences.
• Contract performance: processing of contact data where you have submitted an enquiry and we are responding to it — this constitutes the performance of a pre-contractual arrangement.

We retain personal data only for as long as necessary for the purposes for which it was collected:

• Contact form submissions and email correspondence are retained for up to 24 months from the date of the last communication, after which they are securely deleted.
• Technical and security logs are retained for up to 12 months.
• Analytics data (where consent is given) is retained in anonymised, aggregated form indefinitely and in identifiable form for up to 26 months.

Under UK GDPR, you have the following rights in relation to your personal data:

• Right of access: you may request a copy of the personal data we hold about you.
• Right to rectification: you may request that inaccurate personal data be corrected.
• Right to erasure: you may request that personal data be deleted, subject to applicable legal obligations.
• Right to restrict processing: you may request that processing of your personal data be restricted in certain circumstances.
• Right to object: you may object to processing of your personal data where we rely on legitimate interests as the legal basis.
• Right to withdraw consent: where processing is based on consent (e.g. analytics cookies), you may withdraw consent at any time without affecting the lawfulness of processing prior to withdrawal.

To exercise any of these rights, contact us at [email protected]. We will respond within one calendar month. If you are not satisfied with our response, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) at ico.org.uk.

This website uses the following third-party services which may process data:

• Google Fonts: typeface files are loaded from Google Fonts servers, which may collect technical data. See Google's privacy policy at policies.google.com/privacy.
• CDN providers: JavaScript libraries are loaded from third-party CDN services (jsDelivr, Cloudflare, unpkg). These services may collect technical access data.
• Google Maps: the Contact page includes an embedded Google Maps iframe. Google's data practices apply to any interaction with this embed. See Google's privacy policy for details.

We do not use third-party advertising networks, affiliate tracking systems, or social media pixel technologies on this website.

This website uses cookies for functional and analytics purposes. A full description of the cookies used, their purposes, and how to manage your preferences is available in our Cookie Policy. You may adjust your cookie preferences at any time by clicking "Cookie Settings" in the footer of any page.

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. The "last updated" date at the top of this page reflects the most recent revision. Continued use of this website following a policy update constitutes acceptance of the revised terms. We encourage you to review this policy periodically.

For data protection enquiries, to exercise your rights, or to raise a concern about how we handle personal data, contact us at: