Privacy Policy

Dolen Review is an independent editorial publication focused on everyday wellness practices. The publication is not affiliated with any commercial, governmental, or institutional body. This privacy policy explains how Dolen Review collects, uses, and protects personal data in connection with visits to dolen.info and correspondence with the editorial team.

Dolen Review operates in compliance with the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR) and the Data Protection Act 2018. The data controller is Dolen Review, 54 Theobalds Road

If you have questions about how your data is handled, contact the editorial team at [email protected] or by telephone at +44 20 7635 4918.

Dolen Review collects the following categories of personal data:

Contact form data. When you submit a message via the contact form on contact.php, we collect your name, email address, and the content of your message. A subject category is also collected if you select one from the dropdown. This data is used solely to respond to your enquiry.

Technical data. When you visit dolen.info, our servers automatically record standard technical information including your IP address, browser type, device type, pages visited, and the date and time of your visit. This data is collected for the purpose of maintaining the security and performance of the site. It is not used to identify individual visitors for commercial purposes.

Cookie data. Dolen Review uses cookies as described in the Cookie Policy. Cookies may collect session identifiers and usage preferences. See the Cookie Policy for full details.

Personal data collected through the contact form is used only to respond to the enquiry submitted. It is not shared with third parties, used for marketing, or retained beyond the period necessary to resolve the correspondence.

Technical data is used to maintain site security, identify performance issues, and produce aggregate statistics on content readership. Aggregate statistics do not identify individual visitors.

Dolen Review does not sell, rent, or share personal data with third parties for commercial purposes. The publication has no commercial relationships with food, nutrition, or dietary programme businesses, and no data collected through this site is shared with such businesses.

The legal bases on which Dolen Review handles personal data are:

Legitimate interests. The handling of technical data for site security and performance is based on the legitimate interest of maintaining a functional and secure publication platform.

Contract performance. Where you contact the editorial team with a request or enquiry, handling your contact data is necessary to respond to that request.

Consent. Where cookies beyond functional ones are placed on your device, this is based on your consent as indicated via the cookie consent banner. You may withdraw consent at any time via the Cookie Settings link in the footer.

Contact form submissions are retained for a period of twelve months from the date of submission, after which they are permanently deleted. Technical server logs are retained for a period of ninety days. Cookie data retention periods are described in the Cookie Policy.

You may request deletion of your personal data at any time by contacting the editorial team at [email protected]. Requests are handled within thirty days.

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

• —The right to access the personal data we hold about you
• —The right to rectification of inaccurate personal data
• —The right to erasure of personal data in certain circumstances
• —The right to restriction of processing in certain circumstances
• —The right to data portability where processing is based on consent
• —The right to object to processing based on legitimate interests
• —The right to withdraw consent at any time where processing is consent-based

To exercise any of these rights, contact the editorial team at [email protected]. You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) at ico.org.uk if you believe your data has been handled unlawfully.

Dolen Review uses a small number of third-party services to deliver content and understand site usage. These include content delivery networks for font files and third-party JavaScript libraries. Each of these services may set their own cookies or collect technical data in accordance with their own privacy policies.

Google Fonts is loaded from fonts.googleapis.com. For details on how Google handles font request data, see Google's privacy policy at policies.google.com/privacy.

No personal data collected by Dolen Review is shared with these third-party services beyond the technical data inherent in the act of loading content from their servers.

This privacy policy may be updated from time to time to reflect changes in applicable law or in the publication's data handling practices. The date at the top of this page reflects when the policy was last revised. Continued use of dolen.info following any update constitutes acceptance of the revised policy.

For questions about this policy, contact the editorial team at [email protected] or at 54 Theobalds Road