This Privacy Policy explains how The L’edit (“we”, “our”, “us”) collects, uses, and protects your personal data when you visit theledit.com or subscribe to our newsletter. We take your privacy seriously. We collect only what we need, we never sell your data, and we keep things simple.
1. Who We Are
THE L’EDIT is an independent fashion intelligence newsletter published at theledit.com. Our contact email is hello@theledit.com.
For the purposes of the GDPR and applicable data protection law, we are the data controller of your personal information
2. What Data We Collect
When you subscribe to THE L’EDIT newsletter, we collect:
– Your email address
– Your name, if you choose to provide it
– Date and time of subscription
– IP address (collected automatically by our email platform, Beehiiv)
When you visit our website, we may collect:
– Pages visited and time spent on site
– Device type, browser, and operating system
– Referring URL
We do not collect sensitive personal data (such as health information, financial data, or government identification numbers).
3. How We Use Your Data
We use your data exclusively to:
– Send you The L’edit newsletter and related editorial communications
– Improve our content based on what resonates with our readers
– Respond to your enquiries when you contact us
– Comply with our legal obligations
We do not use your data for automated decision-making or profiling.
4. Legal Basis for Processing
Under GDPR, we process your data on the following legal bases:
– Consent — when you subscribe to our newsletter, you give us explicit consent to send you email communications. You may withdraw this consent at any time by unsubscribing.
– Legitimate interests — for website analytics, to understand how our content performs and improve it.
5. Email Platform: Beehiiv
We use Beehiiv (beehiiv.com) to manage our subscriber list and send newsletters. Beehiiv stores your email address and subscription data on our behalf as a data processor. Beehiiv is GDPR-compliant. You can review their privacy policy at beehiiv.com/privacy.
Beehiiv may collect technical data about how you interact with our emails (opens, clicks) using tracking pixels. You can disable this by turning off image loading in your email client.
6. Cookies and Analytics
Our website may use cookies and similar technologies for analytics purposes. These help us understand how visitors find and use The L’edit so we can improve the experience.
We do not use advertising cookies or third-party tracking for ad targeting. When you first visit our site, you will be asked to accept or decline non-essential cookies.
7. Data Sharing
We do not sell, rent, or trade your personal data. We share your data only with:
– Beehiiv — our email service provider, as described above
– Service providers — such as our website hosting provider, strictly for the purpose of running our service
– Legal authorities — if required by law or to protect our legal rights
All third-party providers we use are required to handle your data in accordance with applicable data protection law
8. Data Retention
We retain your email address and subscription data for as long as you remain a subscriber. If you unsubscribe, we will delete your personal data from our active mailing list within 30 days. We may retain anonymised, aggregated analytics data indefinitely.
9. Your Rights
Under GDPR, you have the right to:
– Access — request a copy of the personal data we hold about you
– Rectification — ask us to correct inaccurate data
– Erasure — ask us to delete your data (“right to be forgotten”)
– Restriction — ask us to limit how we use your data
– Portability — receive your data in a structured, machine-readable format
– Object — object to our processing of your data based on legitimate interests
– Withdraw consent — unsubscribe at any time using the link in any email
To exercise any of these rights, contact us at hello@theledit.com. We will respond within 30 days. You also have the right to lodge a complaint with your national data protection authority.
10. Data Security
We take reasonable technical and organisational measures to protect your personal data against unauthorised access, loss, or misuse. Our website uses HTTPS encryption. Our email platform, Beehiiv, maintains industry-standard security practices.
No method of transmission over the internet is 100% secure. If you have concerns about the security of your data, please contact us at hello@theledit.com.
11. Children’s Privacy
THE L’EDIT is not directed at children under the age of 16. We do not knowingly collect personal data from anyone under 16. If you believe a minor has subscribed without parental consent, please contact us and we will promptly delete their data.
12. Changes to This Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. When we do, we will update the “Last updated” date at the top of this page. For significant changes, we may notify subscribers by email. We encourage you to review this policy periodically.
13. Contact
For any questions, requests, or concerns about your data or this policy:
The L’edit
hello@theledit.com
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