Notes of Late

Privacy Policy

Effective Date: 26 March 2026

Notes of Late (“we”, “us”, or “our”) is the Data Controller for the personal information collected through this website. We are committed to protecting your privacy in accordance with the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR) and the Data Protection Act 2018.

1. The Information We Collect

We collect and process personal data only when there is a specific, lawful requirement to do so:

  • Identity and Contact Data: Name and email address provided when you subscribe to The Late Edition or contact our editors.
  • Technical Data: Anonymised IP addresses, browser types, and operating systems used to access our archive.
  • Correspondence Data: Details of pitches, drafts, and communications sent to our editorial team.

2. Lawful Basis for Processing

Under UK GDPR, we rely on the following legal bases:

  • Consent: When you clearly opt-in to receive our newsletter.
  • Contract: When processing is necessary to manage a writing commission or editorial agreement.
  • Legitimate Interests: For the administrative overhead of running the site and analysing aggregate (non-identifiable) reader trends to improve our essays.

3. Data Sharing and International Transfers

We do not sell, rent, or trade your data. We use third-party service providers (such as email delivery and hosting services) to operate. Where these providers are located outside the UK (e.g., the US), we ensure Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs) or “adequacy regulations” are in place to provide a level of protection equivalent to UK law.

4. Your Legal Rights

As a UK resident, you have specific rights regarding your personal data:

  • Right of Access: You may request a copy of the data we hold about you.
  • Right to Erasure: You may request that we delete your personal data (“the right to be forgotten”).
  • Right to Rectification: You may ask us to correct inaccurate information.
  • Right to Withdraw Consent: You may unsubscribe from our correspondence at any time via the link in our emails.

5. Data Security and Retention

We have put in place appropriate security measures to prevent your personal data from being accidentally lost, used, or accessed in an unauthorised way. We retain your data only for as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes we collected it for, including any legal or reporting requirements.

6. Cookies & Analytics

We use Google Analytics to understand how readers engage with our essays. This service uses “cookies”—small text files placed on your device—to collect standard internet log information and visitor behaviour in an anonymous form.

  • The information generated by the cookie about your use of the website (including your truncated IP address) is transmitted to Google.
  • This data is used to evaluate visitor use of the website and to compile statistical reports on website activity for Notes of Late.
  • You can opt-out of Google Analytics tracking by installing the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on.

7. Affiliate Disclosure

Notes of Late is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Programme, an affiliate advertising programme designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.co.uk.

When you click on a link to a book or resource mentioned in our essays, an affiliate ID is appended to the URL. If you make a purchase, we may receive a small commission at no extra cost to you. This helps support the continued publication of our long-form essays.

8. Contact and Complaints

For any questions regarding this policy, please contact privacy@notesoflate.com.

If you believe we have not handled your data correctly, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), the UK supervisory authority for data protection (www.ico.org.uk).