Who is responsible
The data controller is the publisher named below. [Publisher’s legal name, address and contact email — to be completed before launch.] We have not appointed a data protection officer, as the law does not require one for this activity; contact the publisher for any privacy question.
What we process, why, and on what basis
| Data | Purpose | Legal basis (GDPR art. 6) | Kept for |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contact form: name (optional), email, message | Answering you | Your request (6(1)(b)) and our legitimate interest in answering readers (6(1)(f)) | Not stored on the website; kept in the editors’ mailbox only as long as needed to deal with it |
| Contact form: salted hash of your IP address | Preventing abuse and spam | Legitimate interest (6(1)(f)) | One hour |
| Server logs (IP address, browser, page, time) | Security and keeping the site running | Legitimate interest (6(1)(f)) | Per the hosting provider’s policy, typically a few days to weeks |
| Your cookie choice | Remembering it | Legal obligation to record consent (6(1)(c)) | Six months |
| Editors’ accounts and audit log | Accountability for every change | Legitimate interest (6(1)(f)) | For the life of the publication |
Cookies and external content
We use no advertising, analytics or tracking cookies. On your first visit a banner asks whether you allow external content. Nothing below loads until you allow it, and “Reject all” is as easy as “Accept all”. Refusing does not limit your access to any information on the site.
| Name / service | Provider | Purpose | Duration | Needs consent? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| alc_consent (cookie) | This site | Stores your choice | 6 months | No (strictly necessary) |
| wordpress_*, wordpress_logged_in_* (cookies) | This site | Editor login only; visitors never get them | Session / 14 days | No (strictly necessary) |
| Map tiles | OpenStreetMap Foundation (UK) | Shows the interactive map; receives your IP address | No cookie set by us | Yes |
| Embedded video | Google / YouTube (privacy-enhanced youtube-nocookie.com; USA, EU–US Data Privacy Framework) | Plays the ANA film; receives your IP address and may store data in your browser when you play it | Set by Google | Yes |
You can change or withdraw your choice at any time, as easily as you gave it:
Service providers and transfers
- Hosting: Hostinger (Hostinger International Ltd., Cyprus). The servers are in the United Kingdom, which has an EU adequacy decision. Hostinger processes data on our behalf under its data processing agreement.
- Automatic news updates: articles from public news sources are summarised with Anthropic’s Claude service (USA). Only public news text is sent, never data about visitors.
- Email: contact-form messages are delivered to the editors’ mailbox through the hosting provider’s mail service.
Your rights
You may ask for access to, correction or erasure of your personal data, restriction of or objection to its processing, and data portability (GDPR articles 15–21), and withdraw consent at any time without affecting earlier processing. Write to the publisher’s contact address above; we answer within one month. You may also complain to the Portuguese data protection authority, the Comissão Nacional de Proteção de Dados (CNPD).
Changes to this notice
When the purposes or services change we update this page and the cookie banner, and ask for your choice again.