Privacy Policy

English Vanguard (https://www.englishvanguard.co.uk) is the data controller for personal information collected through this website. For data protection enquiries, contact newsroom@englishvanguard.co.uk.

Depending on how you use our site, we may collect:

• Newsletter sign-ups: email address and the date you subscribed.
• Contact form submissions: name, email address, subject, and message content.
• Membership information: name, email address, billing details, membership tier, and payment history when membership launches.
• Technical data: IP address, browser type, device information, and pages visited (see our Cookie Policy).

• To send our email newsletter every day to subscribers who opt in.
• To respond to contact form enquiries and correction requests.
• To manage membership accounts, payments, and member benefits.
• To improve our website and understand how visitors use it.
• To comply with legal obligations and protect our legal rights.

• Consent: newsletter subscriptions and non-essential cookies.
• Contract: processing membership data to provide member benefits you have signed up for.
• Legitimate interests: responding to general enquiries, maintaining website security, and improving our services, where these interests are not overridden by your rights.
• Legal obligation: where we are required to retain or disclose data by law.

• Newsletter data: until you unsubscribe, plus a short period to process your request. You can unsubscribe at any time by emailing newsroom@englishvanguard.co.uk.
• Contact form data: up to 24 months after your enquiry is resolved, unless a longer period is needed for legal or editorial purposes.
• Membership data: for the duration of your membership and up to 7 years thereafter for accounting and tax purposes.

We do not sell your personal data. We may share data with trusted service providers who help us operate the website, such as:

• Email and newsletter platforms
• Payment processors (when membership launches)
• Website hosting providers (Vercel)
• Analytics providers (only if you consent to non-essential cookies)

All processors are required to handle data securely and only for the purposes we specify.

Under UK data protection law, you have the right to:

• Access the personal data we hold about you
• Correct inaccurate data
• Request deletion of your data
• Object to or restrict certain processing
• Withdraw consent at any time (for consent-based processing)
• Data portability, where applicable
• Lodge a complaint with the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO)

To exercise your rights, email newsroom@englishvanguard.co.uk.

Some service providers may process data outside the UK. Where this occurs, we ensure appropriate safeguards are in place, such as UK adequacy regulations or standard contractual clauses.

See also our Cookie Policy, Terms of Use, and Contact page.