Privacy Policy

Who we are

VAUBAN VALIOS is a digital publication and editorial platform covering people, ideas, institutions and progress. In this policy, "VAUBAN VALIOS", "we" and "us" refer to the operator of this website. The formal legal entity details appear in the details panel on this page once they have been confirmed.

Information you choose to give us

When you contact the editors, submit a nomination, commission a book, raise a concern or subscribe, you may give us your name, email address, organisation, the content of your message and any material you choose to attach. Please share only what is needed for your request.

Information collected automatically

Like most websites, our hosting and delivery infrastructure may record technical information such as IP address, browser type, device information, pages requested and the date and time of a visit. This helps us keep the site secure, diagnose problems and understand, in aggregate, how the publication is read.

Contact, nomination and commission forms

Messages sent through our forms are stored so that the editorial team can read and respond to them. Submitting a form does not mean your message, name or material will be published.

Newsletters and subscriptions

If you subscribe to updates, we use your email address to send them. Every message will contain a way to unsubscribe, and you may also ask us to remove you at any time.

Accounts

Public readers do not currently need an account. Editorial staff sign in to manage content; their sign-in details are used only to operate the editorial system.

Uploaded information

Attachments sent with a concern or submission are held in restricted storage that only authorised editorial staff can access, and are used only to review the matter raised.

Analytics

We may use privacy-conscious analytics to understand overall readership, such as which pages are visited. We do not use analytics to build advertising profiles of individual readers.

Cookies and similar technologies

We use cookies or local storage only where they are needed to operate the site, for example to keep editorial staff signed in. If non-essential cookies are introduced in the future, this policy will be updated and consent will be sought where required.

Why we use personal information

We use information to respond to enquiries, review nominations, commissions and concerns, send subscriptions you have asked for, keep the website secure, and meet legal obligations.

Consent and legitimate uses

Where the law requires consent, we rely on the consent you give when you submit a form or subscribe, and you may withdraw it. India's Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 and the rules made under it are being brought into effect in stages; we aim to handle personal data consistently with that framework and with other laws that apply to us, and will update this policy as obligations take effect.

How long we keep information

We keep enquiries and concerns for as long as needed to deal with them and maintain a reasonable record, and subscription details until you unsubscribe. We delete or anonymise information when it is no longer needed, unless we must keep it by law.

Service providers

We use trusted providers for hosting, databases, file storage and email delivery. They process information on our behalf and only for the purposes of providing their services to us.

Sharing

We do not sell personal information. We may share information where required by law, to protect the rights and safety of readers, contributors or the publication, or with a professional adviser under a duty of confidentiality.

International processing

Our service providers may store or process information on servers outside India. Where this happens, we rely on providers that apply appropriate safeguards and handle transfers in line with applicable law.

Security

We use reasonable technical and organisational measures, including access controls and restricted storage, to protect personal information. No online service can guarantee complete security.

Your rights

Subject to applicable law, you may ask to access, correct, update or erase personal information we hold about you, and you may raise a grievance about how it has been handled. Write to the privacy contact shown on this page.

Withdrawing consent and unsubscribing

You can withdraw consent or unsubscribe at any time. Withdrawal does not affect processing carried out before it.

Children

This publication is intended for adult readers. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children. If you believe a child has sent us information, please contact us so we can remove it.

Security incidents

If a security incident affecting personal information occurs, we will investigate it, take reasonable steps to contain it and notify affected people and authorities where the law requires.

Changes to this policy

We may update this policy as the publication or the law changes. The date at the top of this page shows when it was last revised.

Contact

Questions or requests about privacy can be sent to the privacy contact shown on this page, or through the grievance page.