PRIVACY POLICY
Last Updated: 1 October 2026
This Privacy Policy describes how THE COLD MAGAZINE LTD we collect, uses, and shares your personal information when you visit our website or purchase our services.
1. DATA CONTROLLER
The data controller responsible for your personal data is: THE COLD MAGAZINE LTD Registered Office: 71-75, Shelton Street, Covent Garden, London, WC2H 9JQ, UNITED KINGDOM Company Number: 16199022 Email: wilson@thecoldmagazine.co.uk
2. INFORMATION WE COLLECT
We may collect and process the following types of personal information:
Contact Data: Email address, name (when you sign up for a newsletter or contact us).
Transaction Data: Details about payments to and from you (processed via secure third-party providers like Stripe or PayPal).
Technical Data: IP address, browser type, and usage data collected via cookies and Google Analytics.
3. HOW WE USE YOUR DATA
We use your information to:
Provide and manage our services (articles, sponsored posts, bundles).
Communicate with you regarding your orders or inquiries.
Send newsletters and marketing communications (only with your consent).
Improve our website and monitor traffic.
Show advertising on our website, including through Google AdSense (see section 9).
4. LEGAL BASIS FOR PROCESSING
We process your data under the following legal bases:
Performance of a Contract: To deliver the services you purchased.
Consent: When you opt-in to our newsletter.
Legitimate Interests: To improve our business and protect our website.
5. DATA TRANSFERS
As a UK-based company serving international clients, your data may be transferred between the UK and the European Economic Area (EEA). We ensure that all transfers are protected by adequate safeguards in compliance with UK and EU GDPR.
6. DATA RETENTION
We will only retain your personal data for as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes we collected it for, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal, accounting, or reporting requirements (usually 6 years for financial records in the UK).
7. YOUR RIGHTS
Under GDPR, you have the right to:
Access, correct or delete your personal data.
Object to or restrict the processing of your data.
Withdraw consent at any time.
Lodge a complaint with the ICO (Information Commissioner’s Office) in the UK or your local data protection authority.
8. COOKIES AND SIMILAR TECHNOLOGIES
Cookies are small text files stored on your device. We use:
Strictly necessary cookies, required for the website and our shop to work (for example your basket and security).
Analytics cookies (Google Analytics), to understand how visitors use the website. We use them only with your consent.
Advertising cookies (Google AdSense and its partners), to show and measure ads, as described in section 9. We use them only with your consent.
When you first visit the website from the UK, the European Economic Area or Switzerland, a consent banner (a Google-certified consent management platform) asks for your choices. You can accept, refuse, or manage your options, and you can change or withdraw your consent at any time through the “Privacy and cookie settings” link on the website. You can also block or delete cookies in your browser settings.
9. ADVERTISING
We use Google AdSense to show advertising on our website. Third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on your previous visits to this website or to other websites. Google’s use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads to you based on your visits to our website and/or other websites on the internet.
You can opt out of personalised advertising by visiting Google Ads Settings. You can also opt out of some third-party vendors’ use of cookies for personalised advertising at aboutads.info or youronlinechoices.eu. If you do not consent to personalised advertising, you may still see non-personalised ads, which use cookies only for purposes such as frequency capping, aggregated reporting and preventing fraud.
For more information on how Google uses data when you use our website, see How Google uses information from sites or apps that use its services.
Sponsored content published on The Cold Magazine is always clearly labelled as such.
10. NEWSLETTER
If you subscribe to our newsletter, we use your email address and name to send it to you. Our emails contain a small pixel and tracked links that tell us whether an email was opened and which links were clicked, so that we can improve our content. Every email contains a link to unsubscribe at any time.
11. CHANGES AND CONTACT
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time; the date at the top shows the latest version. For any question about this policy or your data, write to info@thecoldmagazine.co.uk.
