Privacy Policy

1. Who we are

Blickpunkt24 Ltd ("we", "us", "our") is the data controller for personal data collected through this website. We are registered in England and Wales (Company No. 14881920). Our registered address is 30 St Mary Axe, London EC3A 8EP. You can contact us about data matters at [email protected].

2. What data we collect

We may collect the following categories of personal data:

• Usage data: IP address, browser type, pages visited, time on site, referring URL. Collected automatically via our analytics provider when you visit the site.
• Contact data: Name, email address and any information you provide when you use our contact form.
• Cookie data: Preferences stored locally in your browser (e.g. dark/light mode setting). See Section 5 for details.
• Advertising data: Third-party advertising partners may set cookies to deliver relevant adverts. See Section 5.

We do not collect payment information. We do not operate user accounts or require registration to read our content.

3. How we use your data

We use personal data to: operate and improve the website; respond to enquiries submitted via our contact form; measure and analyse site performance; and deliver advertising that funds our journalism. We do not sell your personal data to third parties. We do not use your data for automated decision-making.

4. Legal basis

Our legal basis for processing personal data is: legitimate interests (operating and improving the site, analytics); consent (advertising cookies, where applicable); and contract (responding to contact form enquiries).

5. Cookies

We use the following types of cookies:

• Strictly necessary: A single browser localStorage key (bp24-theme) that stores your light/dark mode preference. This is not a tracking cookie and contains no personal data.
• Analytics: If enabled, we use an analytics service to measure site traffic in aggregate. Analytics cookies do not identify you personally.
• Advertising: Third-party advertising partners may set cookies to serve relevant advertisements and measure ad performance. You can opt out of interest-based advertising through your browser settings or the Network Advertising Initiative opt-out tool.

You can delete cookies at any time through your browser settings. Disabling analytics and advertising cookies will not affect your ability to read our content.

6. Your rights

Under UK GDPR, you have the right to: access the personal data we hold about you; correct inaccurate data; request deletion of your data; object to processing; and request restriction of processing. To exercise any of these rights, please contact [email protected]. If you believe your rights have been infringed, you may complain to the Information Commissioner's Office: ico.org.uk.

7. Data retention

Contact form data is retained for up to 12 months and then deleted. Usage/analytics data is retained in aggregate form. Advertising cookie data is controlled by third-party partners according to their own retention policies.

8. Third parties

We use the following categories of third-party service providers: web hosting; analytics; advertising networks. We require all third-party processors to comply with applicable data protection law and to process data only on our instructions.

9. Changes to this policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. The date at the top of this page indicates when it was last revised. Continued use of the site after an update constitutes acceptance of the revised policy.