Last Updated: 22 December, 2025
Welcome to BOLD Magazine (“we,” “our,” or “us”). We operate the website boldmagazine.co.uk (the “Site”). Your privacy is critically important to us. This Privacy Policy explains what personal data we collect from you, how we use it, and your rights regarding that data.
1. Information We Collect
We collect information to provide and improve our service to you.
a) Information You Provide Directly:
- When you subscribe to our newsletter, comment on articles, or contact us, you may provide us with your name, email address, and any other information you choose to share.
b) Information Collected Automatically:
- Log Data: When you visit our Site, our servers automatically record information (“log data”), including your IP address, browser type, operating system, referring web page, pages visited, and the date/time of your visit.
- Cookies & Tracking Technologies: We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to track activity on our Site, remember your preferences, and personalize your experience. This includes analytics cookies (like Google Analytics) to understand how our content is used and advertising cookies to deliver relevant ads. You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, some parts of our Site may not function properly without cookies.
c) Information from Third Parties:
- We may receive data about you from third-party analytics providers, advertising networks, and search information providers.
2. How We Use Your Information
We use the collected information for various purposes:
- To provide, operate, and maintain our Site and content.
- To send you newsletters, updates, and promotional communications (you can opt-out at any time).
- To understand and analyse how you use our Site to improve your experience (e.g., which articles on tech, fashion, or biographies are most read).
- To display advertisements to you for products or services that might interest you, often through third-party advertising partners.
- To detect, prevent, and address technical issues.
3. Legal Basis for Processing (GDPR)
If you are located in the European Economic Area (EEA) or UK, our legal basis for collecting and using your information depends on the context:
- Consent: When you subscribe to our newsletter.
- Legitimate Interests: For operating our website, analytics, and marketing, where our interests are not overridden by your data protection rights.
- Contractual Necessity: To fulfil a request you make (e.g., responding to an enquiry).
4. Sharing Your Information
We do not sell your personal data. We may share information in the following situations:
- Service Providers: With trusted third parties who assist us in operating our website, conducting our business (e.g., email newsletter services, analytics providers), so long as they agree to keep this information confidential.
- Advertising Partners: To allow third-party ad servers to display relevant ads. These partners may use cookies and similar technologies to collect information about your activities on this and other sites.
- Legal Obligation: If required to do so by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities.
5. Affiliate Links & Sponsored Content
Our content, particularly in areas like product reviews, business tools, or home improvement, may contain affiliate links. If you click on an affiliate link and make a purchase, we may receive a small commission at no extra cost to you. We also publish sponsored content, which will always be clearly labelled.
6. Your Data Protection Rights
You have the following rights regarding your personal data:
- Access: Request copies of your personal data.
- Rectification: Request correction of inaccurate or incomplete data.
- Erasure: Request deletion of your personal data under certain conditions.
- Restrict Processing: Object to our processing of your data.
- Data Portability: Request transfer of your data to another organisation.
- Withdraw Consent: Where we rely on consent, you can withdraw it at any time.
To exercise these rights, please contact us using the details below.
7. Data Retention & Security
We retain your personal data only for as long as necessary for the purposes set out in this policy. We implement appropriate security measures to protect your data, but remember that no method of transmission over the Internet or electronic storage is 100% secure.
8. Third-Party Links
Our Site contains links to other websites (e.g., references to celebrity profiles, business websites). This Privacy Policy applies only to our Site. We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content or practices of any third-party sites.
9. Children’s Privacy
Our Site is not intended for individuals under the age of 16. We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from children under 16.
10. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy periodically. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new policy on this page and updating the “Last Updated” date.
11. Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, your data, or wish to exercise your rights, please contact us at:
contact.boldmagazine@gmail.com
For UK & EEA Residents: If you have a concern about our data practices, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) or your local supervisory authority.