Privacy Policy
At Pickorahorizn (operated by Pickorahorizn Media Ltd., Registered Company No. 12948102 in England & Wales, situated at 147 St. John Street, Clerkenwell, London, EC1V 4PY, UK), we are committed to respecting your privacy, protecting your personal data, and maintaining total transparency across all our web platforms.
1. Scope and Legal Basis for Processing
This Privacy Policy applies to all services, content, and interactive features provided via pickorahorizn.com. Under the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR), the EU GDPR (Regulation EU 2016/679), and the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA/CPRA), we process personal data under the legal bases of:
- Legitimate Interests: To optimize our neighborhood matching algorithms, enhance server speed, and maintain fraud prevention.
- Explicit Consent: Where you voluntarily submit inquiries, review forms, or opt in to cookie tracking.
- Legal Compliance: Fulfilling our accounting, statutory reporting, and regulatory audit mandates.
2. Categories of Information We Collect
We may collect, record, and process the following classifications of user information:
- Directly Provided Information: Full name, email address, message body, and travel preferences submitted via our interactive contact or quiz forms.
- Telemetry and Device Data: Obfuscated IP addresses, browser fingerprint, operating system type, screen resolution, referrers, and page session durations.
- Matchmaker Preference Metrics: Non-personally identifiable responses selected inside our "Where Should I Stay?" tool to aggregate European district demand.
3. Third-Party Data Processors and Transfers
We do not sell, rent, or trade your personal information to data brokers. We utilize strictly vetted third-party cloud infrastructure providers operating under standard contractual clauses (SCCs):
- Cloud Hosting & CDN: Cloudflare Inc. and AWS EU Data Centers (Frankfurt / London).
- Web Analytics: Privacy-centric, anonymized analytics engines for performance benchmarking.
- Email Routing: Secure transactional SMTP servers adhering to TLS 1.3 encryption standards.
4. Data Retention Schedule
We store personal contact information solely for the duration required to address your direct inquiry, plus an archival period not exceeding twenty-four (24) months for audit trails. Aggregate analytics data is stripped of identifying headers and stored indefinitely for urban research.
5. Your Statutory Rights (GDPR & CCPA)
Depending on your geographic residency, you maintain enforceable statutory rights:
- Right to Access: Request a full structured copy of the personal data we hold regarding your identity.
- Right to Rectification: Request correction of incomplete or outdated data.
- Right to Erasure ("Right to Be Forgotten"): Request immediate removal of your personal records from our databases.
- Right to Object & Opt-Out: Withdraw consent for non-essential cookies or data telemetry at any time.
6. Data Protection Officer & Contact Inquiries
To exercise your statutory data rights, or if you have questions regarding our data security practices, please contact our appointed Data Protection Officer at:
Data Protection Officer
Pickorahorizn Media Ltd.
147 St. John Street, Clerkenwell, London, EC1V 4PY, UK
Email: [email protected]