Privacy Policy

1. Introduction and Data Controller Information

Temponest Studio Ltd ("Temponest Studio", "we", "us", or "our") is dedicated to protecting the privacy, security, and digital integrity of all visitors to temponeststudio.com (the "Website"). This Privacy Policy describes how we collect, process, store, and safeguard personal data when you interact with our architectural database, WebGL 3D spatial simulations, and editorial monographs.

The data controller responsible for your personal information is:

2. Categories of Personal Data Collected

We only collect personal data that is strictly necessary for delivering our editorial services, ensuring platform stability, and answering architectural inquiries. The categories of information processed include:

• Direct Communications Data: When you submit a dispatch or query via our Contact Form, we process your full name, email address, inquiry subject, and any contextual information provided.
• Technical & Browser Telemetry: Anonymized or pseudonymized IP addresses, browser engine specifications, screen resolution, operating system, and hardware acceleration status (used solely to render the 3D Three.js canvas).
• Usage & Archival Analytics: Pages viewed, time spent on specific stadium dossiers, navigation clickstreams, and interactive comparator tool adjustments.
• Cookie & Consent Records: LocalStorage preferences recording your cookie banner selections to honor your privacy choices persistently across visits.

3. Lawful Bases for Data Processing

Under Article 6 of the UK GDPR, we process personal information pursuant to the following lawful grounds:

• Legitimate Interests (Art. 6(1)(f)): Maintaining the operational security, performance, and WebGL rendering capabilities of our web application, as well as preventing fraud or malicious scraping.
• Consent (Art. 6(1)(a)): For non-essential analytics cookies and subscription dispatches where you have explicitly opted in via our Cookie Consent interface.
• Contractual Necessity & Pre-Contractual Steps (Art. 6(1)(b)): Responding to formal architectural research inquiries, licensing requests, or partnership submissions sent through our contact desk.
• Legal Obligations (Art. 6(1)(c)): Compliance with statutory British corporate record-keeping and regulatory compliance standards.

4. Third-Party Data Processors & Sub-Processors

We do not sell, rent, or trade your personal information. We utilize carefully vetted third-party technical providers operating under strict Data Processing Agreements (DPAs):

• Hosting & Content Delivery: Cloud infrastructure providers ensuring low-latency asset delivery and SSL/TLS encryption.
• Static CDN Libraries: Public CDN providers (e.g., Cloudflare, Google Fonts) delivering open-source typography and Three.js WebGL rendering engines.
• Analytics Providers: Privacy-centric aggregated analytical tools configured with IP masking to evaluate stadium monograph readership.

5. International Data Transfers

Where personal data is transferred outside the United Kingdom or European Economic Area (EEA), we enforce appropriate safeguards in accordance with Article 46 of the UK GDPR, such as the UK International Data Transfer Agreement (IDTA) and European Commission Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs).

6. Data Retention Schedule

We retain contact inquiries for up to twenty-four (24) months following the resolution of your query to maintain archival continuity. Technical server logs are purged or fully anonymized every ninety (90) days. Consent preference tokens stored within your browser's LocalStorage remain active for twelve (12) months or until you clear your browser storage.

7. Your Statutory Rights Under UK/EU GDPR & CCPA

As a data subject, you possess enforceable legal rights regarding your personal information:

• Right of Access: You may request a copy of the personal data we hold about you.
• Right to Rectification: You may request correction of inaccurate or incomplete records.
• Right to Erasure ("Right to be Forgotten"): You may request the deletion of your personal information where no statutory retention basis applies.
• Right to Restrict Processing & Object: You have the right to object to processing grounded in legitimate interests or request temporary processing restrictions.
• Right to Data Portability: You may request your data in a structured, machine-readable format.

To exercise any of these rights, please contact our Data Protection Officer at [email protected]. If you believe your privacy rights have been infringed, you have the right to lodge a formal complaint with the UK Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) at ico.org.uk.