Privacy Policy

1. Who We Are & Data Controller

This Privacy Policy governs the processing of personal data by Miroslav Malík ("we," "us," or "our"), operating the digital publication and advisory desk hosted at bentett.sbs. For all inquiries concerning data protection, you may reach our designated privacy desk via email at [email protected].

2. Scope & Applicability

This policy details how we collect, store, safeguard, and disclose information gathered when you visit our publication, submit correspondence, or interact with our editorial itineraries under United States privacy legislation (including the California Consumer Privacy Act as amended by the CPRA) and applicable global data protection norms.

3. Categories of Information Collected

We process information in three distinct categories:

Directly Furnished Data: Name, email address, optional telephone number, and editorial inquiries supplied through our contact or field note subscription forms.
Automatically Collected Telemetry: IP address, browser type and version, language settings, referring URLs, timestamps, and page interaction intervals.
Cookie and State Data: Consent selections and analytical metrics preserved via local storage and consent signals.

4. Purposes of Processing & Legal Grounds

Processing Purpose	Data Categories	Legal Basis (US / General Standards)
Responding to editorial/route inquiries	Name, email, message	Legitimate interest & user consent
Delivering fortnightly journal dispatches	Email address	Explicit opt-in consent
Website security and DDoS defense	IP address, browser headers	Legitimate interest (infrastructure defense)
Aggregated readership analytics	De-identified browsing patterns	Freely given consent (Google Consent Mode v2)

5. Cookies & Google Consent Mode v2

Our platform operates with Google Consent Mode v2 in its advanced configuration. Non-essential storage keys (such as analytics and advertising signals) remain in a state of "denied" until you actively grant consent via our banner. You can revisit your preferences at any moment via the persistent "Cookie Preferences" trigger located in our site footer.

6. Third-Party Disclosures & Non-Sale Pledge

We do not sell, rent, or trade your personal information. We do not disclose personal identifiers to third-party data brokers. Data is accessible solely to authorized hosting infrastructure vendors and email delivery processors operating under contractual non-disclosure and security mandates.

7. International Transfers

Servers for bentett.sbs are located within the United States. If accessing our journal from outside the US, your information will be processed subject to standard data protection safeguards matching internationally recognized protection benchmarks.

8. Retention Framework

Correspondence records submitted via our editorial desk are retained for up to 24 months to satisfy ongoing consultative dialogues, after which they are irreversibly purged. Analytical telemetry is aggregated anonymously and retained for no longer than 14 months.

9. Your Privacy Rights

Depending on your jurisdiction (such as California under CCPA/CPRA, or European visitors under GDPR), you hold distinct rights:

Right to know and access your collected personal records.
Right to demand correction of inaccurate records.
Right to request full erasure of your contact details.
Right to non-discrimination for exercising privacy prerogatives.
Right to lodge inquiries with your regional supervisory entity (such as the California Privacy Protection Agency — CPPA, or relevant state attorney general).

To exercise any of these privileges, contact [email protected].

10. Children's Privacy

Our journal is written for adult audiences and does not knowingly collect or solicit data from children under 16 years of age. Any records erroneously gathered from minors will be promptly deleted upon notice.

11. Protocol Modifications

We reserve the prerogative to revise this policy periodically. Any updates will be reflected directly on this page with an updated effective date. We encourage regular review.