1. Scope of this notice
This notice explains how Aldervane Intelligence ("Aldervane", "we", "us") handles information when you visit this website. It applies to the website only.
It does not govern our investigative work for clients. That work is conducted under written engagement terms, applicable data protection law and our published Standards and Ethics, which set out how we collect, minimize, secure and delete information about the subjects of our research.
2. What we collect
We do not ask you to submit any personal information through this website. There are no contact forms, account sign-ups or newsletter subscriptions.
Like almost every website, our web servers automatically record limited technical information when a page is requested:
- The IP address of the device making the request
- The date and time of the request
- The page or file requested and the response status
- The browser type and operating system reported by your device
- The referring page, if your browser provides it
3. How we use it
Server logs are used only to keep the website secure and working: to detect and block abusive traffic, diagnose faults and understand load. We do not use them to build profiles of visitors, and we do not combine them with any other information.
4. Cookies and local storage
This website does not set cookies and does not use analytics, advertising or social media tracking technologies.
If you dismiss the announcement bar at the top of the page, your browser remembers that choice in session storage until you close the tab. That value never leaves your device and is not sent to us.
5. Retention
Server logs are retained for 30 days and then deleted, unless they are needed to investigate a specific security incident, in which case the relevant entries are kept only for as long as that investigation requires.
6. Sharing
We do not sell or share website visitor information. Our hosting providers process server logs on our behalf under contracts that restrict their use to providing the service.
7. Your rights
Depending on where you live, applicable data protection law may give you rights to access, correct, delete or restrict the use of personal information we hold about you, and to object to its processing. These rights also apply to individuals who believe they may have been the subject of our research.
Requests are handled by our Data Protection Officer. We will verify your identity before acting on a request, respond within the time required by applicable law and explain any exemption we rely on.
8. Security
The website is served over encrypted connections. Our wider security controls are described on our Security and Trust page.
9. Changes to this notice
We will update this notice when our practices change and revise the effective date above.