Privacy Policy

This website, resourcemedia.eco, is operated by Resource Media Limited (company number 04310826), whose registered office is at Create Centre, Smeaton Road, Bristol, BS1 6XN.

Resource Media Limited is the data controller for the personal data collected through this website. When we refer to "we", "us" or "our" in this policy, we mean Resource Media Limited.

We use the data we collect for the following purposes:

Contact form submissions - to respond to your enquiry or editorial pitch. Legal basis: legitimate interest (responding to communications you have initiated).

Newsletter sign-ups - to send you our newsletter and, where relevant, updates about Resource Media's editorial coverage. Legal basis: your consent, which you give when you sign up and which you can withdraw at any time.

Website analytics - to understand how visitors use our website so we can improve it. Legal basis: your consent, which you give through our cookie consent banner and which you can withdraw at any time. Google Analytics data is anonymised and we do not use it to identify individual visitors.

Advertising - to display advertising that helps fund our journalism. We serve non-personalised ads only and do not build profiles of individual visitors. Legal basis: your consent for advertising cookies, which you give through our cookie consent banner. Ads may still be displayed without advertising cookies, but will not use cookie-based frequency capping or reporting.

We do not sell your personal data to anyone.

We share data with the following third-party service providers, who process it on our behalf:

• Google (Google Analytics) - for website usage analytics. Google's privacy policy is available at policies.google.com/privacy .
• Google (Google Ad Manager) - for serving non-personalised display advertising. Google's privacy policy is available at policies.google.com/privacy .
• Google (Google Tag Manager) - for managing analytics and advertising tags. Google's privacy policy is available at the link above.
• Mailchimp (The Rocket Science Group LLC) - for managing and sending our newsletter. Mailchimp's privacy policy is available at intuit.com/privacy/statement .
• Twitter/X - for embedded social media content within articles. Twitter's privacy policy is available at twitter.com/en/privacy . Embedded tweets are only loaded with your consent.

These providers process your data only on our instructions and are required to keep it secure. Where data is transferred outside the UK, we ensure appropriate safeguards are in place.

Cookies are small text files placed on your device when you visit a website. We use a cookie consent banner to obtain your consent before placing any non-essential cookies.

We retain your personal data only for as long as necessary for the purposes set out in this policy:

• Contact form submissions - we keep these for up to 12 months after your enquiry has been resolved, unless there is a reason to retain them longer (for example, an ongoing editorial relationship).
• Newsletter subscriber data - we keep your email address and any related data for as long as you remain subscribed. If you unsubscribe, we will delete your data within 30 days.
• Analytics data - Google Analytics data is retained for 14 months, after which it is automatically deleted.

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

• Right of access - you can ask us for a copy of the personal data we hold about you.
• Right to rectification - you can ask us to correct any inaccurate or incomplete data.
• Right to erasure - you can ask us to delete your personal data in certain circumstances.
• Right to restrict processing - you can ask us to limit how we use your data in certain circumstances.
• Right to data portability - you can ask us to provide your data in a structured, commonly used format.
• Right to object - you can object to our processing of your data where we rely on legitimate interest as our legal basis.
• Right to withdraw consent - where we process your data based on your consent (e.g. newsletter sign-ups), you can withdraw that consent at any time.

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us using the details below. We will respond to your request within one month.

If you have any questions about this privacy policy or how we handle your personal data, please contact us at:

Resource Media Limited is registered with the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) under registration reference ZC089786.

If you are unhappy with how we have handled your personal data, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the ICO: