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Privacy Policy
Last updated: 30 May 2025
Vesperas is committed to handling personal information with care and transparency. This policy explains what data we collect, why we collect it, and how you can manage or remove it. We keep things plain — no legal jargon that requires an interpreter.
1. What personal data we collect
We collect personal data only when you actively provide it or when it is gathered automatically as part of normal website operation. The main categories are:
- — Contact form data: your name, email address, and any message content you submit through our contact form.
- — Usage data: anonymised information about how visitors use the website, collected via analytics cookies if you have consented to them.
- — Technical data: IP address, browser type, and operating system, collected automatically by web servers for security and performance purposes.
- — Cookie preferences: your choices regarding cookies, stored locally in your browser's storage.
2. How we collect data
- — Directly, when you complete and submit the contact form on our website.
- — Through cookies and similar technologies, where you have given consent (see our Cookie Policy).
- — Automatically, through standard web server logging for security purposes.
3. Legal basis for processing
- — Consent: for analytics and advertising cookies, where you have explicitly agreed.
- — Legitimate interests: for responding to contact form enquiries and for basic website security.
- — Legal obligation: where we are required to retain certain data by applicable law.
4. How we use your data
- — To respond to your enquiries and communicate with you about our services.
- — To understand how visitors use our website and improve its content and usability.
- — To maintain the security and proper functioning of the website.
- — We do not sell, rent, or share your personal data with third parties for their own marketing purposes.
5. Data retention
Contact enquiry data is retained for as long as is reasonably necessary to respond to and follow up on your message, and then deleted. Anonymised analytics data may be retained for up to 26 months. Server logs are typically retained for 90 days.
6. Data sharing with third parties
- — We may share limited data with website hosting and infrastructure providers strictly for the purpose of operating this website.
- — If you consent to analytics cookies, anonymised usage data may be shared with analytics providers.
- — We do not transfer your data outside your jurisdiction without appropriate safeguards in place.
7. Data protection measures
- — All data transmitted to and from this website is encrypted via HTTPS/TLS.
- — Access to any stored personal data is restricted to authorised personnel only.
- — In the unlikely event of a data breach that affects your rights, we will notify relevant parties in accordance with applicable law.
8. Your rights
Depending on your location, you may have the following rights regarding your personal data:
- — Right to access: to request a copy of the personal data we hold about you.
- — Right to rectification: to ask us to correct inaccurate data.
- — Right to erasure: to request deletion of your personal data where there is no compelling reason for us to retain it.
- — Right to data portability: to receive your data in a structured, commonly used format.
- — Right to object: to object to processing based on legitimate interests.
To exercise any of these rights, please use the Contact page. We will respond within 30 days.
Your Rights and Opt-Out Instructions
You are not required to provide any personal information when using this website. If you prefer not to share your data, you may: avoid filling out contact forms, account registrations, or any data-submitting features; disable cookies through your browser settings (see our Cookie Policy for more details); contact us directly to request the deletion of any previously shared personal data. We respect your privacy choices. If you would like us to delete your data, please reach out to us via the Contact page. We will process your request promptly.
9. Changes to this policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Any changes will be posted on this page with a revised date. We encourage you to review this page periodically.