How we handle your data

What personal data we collect

We collect personal data only when you actively provide it or when it is generated by your interaction with the site:

• — Contact form submissions: name, email address, and any content you include in the message field.
• — Website usage data: if you consent, analytics tools may collect IP address, browser type, pages visited, time on site, and referral source.
• — Cookie data: preferences and consent choices stored locally in your browser. See our Cookie Policy for details.
• — Email correspondence: if you contact us directly by email, we retain a record of that exchange.

How we use your data

• — To respond to enquiries and communicate about potential or ongoing engagements.
• — To understand how visitors use the site and to improve its content and structure (analytics, where consented).
• — To comply with legal obligations where applicable.
• — We do not use personal data for automated decision-making or profiling that produces legal or similarly significant effects.
• — We do not sell personal data to third parties.

Legal basis for processing

• — Consent: for optional cookies and analytics. You may withdraw consent at any time via the Cookie Policy page.
• — Legitimate interests: for responding to enquiries and maintaining records of correspondence relevant to our services.
• — Legal obligation: where we are required by law to retain or process certain information.

Data sharing with third parties

We do not share personal data with third parties except in the following limited cases:

• — Analytics and advertising service providers (only if you have consented to those cookie categories).
• — Where required by law or in response to a valid legal request from authorities.
• — Service providers who support our operations (such as email hosting) under appropriate data processing agreements.

How long we keep data

• — Contact form enquiries and email correspondence: retained for up to three years, or until the relationship to which they relate is concluded.
• — Analytics data: retained in accordance with the settings of the relevant analytics platform.
• — Cookie consent records: stored locally in your browser and cleared when you clear your browser data.

How we protect your data

• — This website is served over HTTPS. Data transmitted through the contact form is encrypted in transit.
• — Access to stored correspondence is limited to the people directly involved in client relations at Ordinal 42.
• — In the event of a data breach that is likely to result in risk to your rights and freedoms, we will notify the relevant authorities and affected individuals within the timeframe required by applicable law.

Your rights

Depending on your location, you may have some or all of the following rights in relation to your personal data:

• — Access: the right to request a copy of the personal data we hold about you.
• — Rectification: the right to have inaccurate data corrected.
• — Erasure: the right to request deletion of your personal data, subject to any legal retention obligations.
• — Portability: the right to receive your data in a structured, machine-readable format.
• — Objection: the right to object to processing carried out on the basis of legitimate interests.
• — Withdrawal of consent: where processing is based on consent, you may withdraw it at any time without affecting the lawfulness of prior processing.

To exercise any of these rights, contact us through our contact form. We will respond within the timeframe required by applicable law.

Changes to this policy

We may update this privacy policy from time to time. The date at the top of this page will reflect when it was last reviewed. Continued use of the site following any update constitutes acceptance of the revised policy.