Privacy Policy

1. Who We Are

Beltrano Quarterly is an independent editorial publication focused on everyday wellness practices. The publication is not affiliated with any commercial, governmental, or institutional body. It is operated from the following address:

This Privacy Policy describes how personal data is collected, stored, and used in connection with your use of beltrano.info (the “Site”). By accessing the Site, you acknowledge that you have read and understood this policy.

2. Data We Collect

We may collect the following categories of personal data:

• — Contact data: name and email address submitted through the contact form.
• — Usage data: pages visited, time on site, browser type, device type, and referring URL, collected automatically via analytics software.
• — Cookie data: preferences and identifiers stored in cookies. See our Cookie Policy for full details.

We do not collect sensitive personal data, financial data, or data relating to the health of individual users. The Site does not host any forms that would invite the submission of such data.

3. How We Use Your Data

Personal data submitted through the contact form is used solely to respond to the correspondence in which it was provided. It is not used for marketing, profiling, or commercial purposes, and it is not shared with third parties except as described in section 5.

Usage data is used in aggregate to understand how the Site is used and to improve the quality and structure of the editorial content. No individual user is profiled or identified through usage data analysis.

The legal basis for the handling of contact data is your consent, given at the point of submission. The legal basis for usage data is our legitimate interest in improving the Site's performance and editorial usefulness.

4. Data Retention

Contact data submitted through the contact form is retained for as long as is reasonably necessary to conduct the correspondence it initiated, and for a period of no more than twelve months thereafter. Usage data in aggregate form is retained for up to twenty-four months for trend analysis purposes; individual session records are deleted within ninety days.

You may request deletion of your personal data at any time by writing to [email protected]. We will action deletion requests within thirty days.

5. Sharing of Data

We do not sell, rent, or trade personal data. We share data with the following categories of third party only where it is necessary for the Site to function:

• — Hosting providers: the server infrastructure that hosts the Site receives access to usage data in the ordinary course of server logging.
• — Analytics providers: aggregate usage data is processed by a third-party analytics service. No personally identifiable data is shared with this service.

All third-party services used by the Site are bound by data-processing agreements consistent with applicable data protection legislation. We do not use the data we hold for advertising targeting purposes, and we do not share data with advertising networks.

6. Your Rights

Under applicable data protection legislation, you have the following rights in relation to your personal data:

• — The right to access the personal data we hold about you.
• — The right to request correction of inaccurate personal data.
• — The right to request deletion of your personal data.
• — The right to object to the handling of your personal data on the basis of legitimate interest.
• — The right to withdraw consent where consent is the legal basis for handling.
• — The right to lodge a complaint with the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) if you believe your data has been handled unlawfully.

To exercise any of these rights, write to [email protected]. We will respond within thirty days.

7. Cookies

The Site uses cookies to support its functioning and to analyse how it is used. The types of cookie used, their purpose, and how you can manage them are described in detail in our Cookie Policy. Cookie preferences can be adjusted at any time using the Cookie Settings link in the site footer.

8. External Links

Articles published on the Site may contain links to external websites. These links are provided as editorial references. Beltrano Quarterly has no control over the content or data practices of external websites and is not responsible for their privacy policies. We recommend reviewing the privacy policy of any external website you visit.

9. Security

We take reasonable steps to protect personal data against unauthorised access, loss, or disclosure. The Site is served over HTTPS. Contact form submissions are transmitted securely. We do not store payment information, as the Site does not conduct commercial transactions. No method of data transmission over the internet is completely secure; we cannot ensure absolute security.

10. 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 following an update constitutes acceptance of the revised policy. Where a change materially affects how we handle personal data that you have already provided, we will take reasonable steps to notify you directly.