Privacy notice
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Who is responsible
Port Atlas, based in United Kingdom, is responsible for personal information processed to run Port Atlas. Contact editor@portatlas.co.uk for privacy questions or requests. This notice covers this website and correspondence with its publisher. Services you reach through external links have their own notices.
Information we use and why
You can read guides without creating an account. The site host processes connection information such as IP address, request time, requested path, browser details and security events to deliver pages and protect the service. We rely on legitimate interests in providing a reliable and secure website, balanced against visitors’ rights. Cloudflare Pages is the intended public host; preview hosting may be operated directly by the publisher. See Cloudflare’s privacy policy for its service processing.
If you email us, we receive your address, message and any attachments. We use these to respond, assess corrections and maintain an editorial record, relying on legitimate interests in handling enquiries. We may also retain information to meet a legal obligation or establish or defend a legal claim. Please send only information needed for the enquiry.
Analytics and advertising on this version
No optional analytics service is currently configured. No advertising service is currently configured. Reading and navigating the site does not require optional tracking.
We do not use this website to make decisions with legal or similarly significant effects about you.
Search, newsletters and affiliate links
Search matching runs in your browser using a downloaded index. Query words are put in the page URL so a search can be revisited. A URL, including its query, may reach the host when the page is requested or be recorded by analytics after consent; avoid entering personal information in search.
There is no newsletter subscription form enabled on this version. External booking links send you to the provider with any affiliate identifier included in the URL. We do not receive your payment details through these links; providers may report aggregate referral or commission information.
Sharing and international transfers
Hosting, email and any enabled analytics, advertising or newsletter providers process the information needed to supply their services. Some providers may act as independent controllers for their own purposes. We may disclose information where legally required or needed to protect legal rights. We do not sell correspondence or maintain a visitor account database.
Service providers may process information outside the UK or EEA. Where data protection law requires transfer safeguards, the publisher must use an applicable adequacy decision or contractual safeguards, such as the EU standard contractual clauses and an appropriate UK addendum or agreement. Contact us for information about the safeguards relevant to your data.
Retention and security
Our retention policy is to keep routine correspondence for up to 24 months after an enquiry is resolved, unless a continuing editorial issue, legal obligation or claim requires longer. We minimise identifying details in lasting correction records. Consent preferences expire after 180 days. Newsletter details, if enabled, are retained until withdrawal, with a limited suppression record to honour an unsubscribe. Host and provider logs follow their service retention settings; contact us for the applicable period. We restrict access to information and use proportionate security measures, but no network transmission is guaranteed secure.
Your rights
Under UK GDPR, the Data Protection Act 2018 and, where applicable, EU GDPR, you may request access, correction, erasure, restriction or portability of personal data. You can object to processing based on legitimate interests and withdraw consent without affecting the lawfulness of earlier processing. Rights depend on the circumstances and applicable exceptions. The UK government’s data protection guide explains the framework.
Send a request to editor@portatlas.co.uk. We may need proportionate information to confirm your identity. We normally respond within one month; if a lawful extension applies, we will explain it. You can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office in the UK, or your local supervisory authority in the EEA. You do not have to contact us before complaining.
Children and changes
The site is intended for adults planning travel. We do not knowingly solicit children’s personal information. Tell us if a child has sent information that should be removed. We update this notice when our processing changes and show the policy date above.