Privacy
How we handle information when you browse the site, contact us or contribute material.
Who is responsible
Rodger Hunter, operating as AIRT, is responsible for personal information collected through this website. Use our contact page with privacy questions.
Browsing
You can read the site without an account. We use basic connection information to keep the website working and protect it from misuse. We do not currently use advertising trackers or sell visitor information.
Messages and contributions
We use the details you send to answer enquiries, review corrections and assess material offered for publication. Your message, reply details, files and permission choices are kept privately for review.
History contributions also record the relevant story and your requested public credit. Material is reviewed before publication; submitting it does not publish your message or contact details.
Required fields let us assess your request and contact you if something needs clarification. Optional fields and files can be left blank. For listing and event requests, tell us which details are intended for the public page; your reply email is kept private.
Why we use this information
We rely on our legitimate interests in running a secure local information website, answering enquiries, checking submissions and keeping published information accurate. We use only the information needed for those purposes.
We ask your permission before publishing your personal contribution or identifying you as its contributor. You can choose anonymous credit and contact us to change your choice. We also use information where necessary to meet a legal obligation, such as responding to a data-protection request.
Services that handle information
Cloudflare hosts and protects the website and stores form submissions. Google’s Gmail service handles email correspondence and submission alerts. Our forms and email-address reveal use Cloudflare Turnstile to check for automated requests. This uses connection and browser information, as described in its privacy notice.
Information processed overseas
Cloudflare and Google operate internationally, so information may be processed outside the UK, including in the United States. Their published arrangements use recognised data-transfer safeguards, including the UK Extension to the EU–US Data Privacy Framework and approved contractual safeguards where applicable.
See Cloudflare’s data-processing terms and Google’s transfer safeguards. Contact us if you would like more information about these arrangements.
Photographs and files
Only send material you are entitled to share. Images can include hidden details, such as where a photograph was taken. Remove these before uploading if you do not want to share them privately with the editor. Avoid sending unnecessary sensitive personal information.
How long we keep information
We delete ordinary enquiries and unpublished submissions within 12 months after closure, and spam within 30 days. Evidence and permissions supporting published material are reviewed annually and kept only while needed. A dispute or legal obligation may require longer retention.
Your choices and rights
Contact us to ask about your information, request access or correction, or ask for deletion or a restriction on its use. You can object to processing based on legitimate interests. Where applicable, you can also ask for a portable copy of information you provided. Where we rely on your consent, you can withdraw it without affecting the lawfulness of earlier use. We normally respond to rights requests within one month. Necessary evidence or legal obligations may affect what can be deleted.
You can also raise a concern with the Information Commissioner’s Office.