1. Overview & Scope
This Privacy Policy describes the privacy policies and practices of The Fashion Review (“we,” “our,” or “us”), accessible from https://thefashionreview.com. It details how we collect, store, utilize, and protect your personal information when you browse our editorial dispatches, subscribe to newsletters, or interact with our digital features.
We are committed to maintaining the trust of our readers and respecting personal autonomy in data handling.
2. Information We Collect
We may collect information about you in several ways depending on how you interact with our journal:
- Information Voluntarily Provided: When you subscribe to our seasonal capsule checklist newsletter, submit an editorial pitch, or contact our bureau desks, you may provide personal details such as your name, email address, and message content.
- Automatically Collected Technical Data: When you visit our website, our servers automatically log standard diagnostic details, including your IP address, browser type and version, device hardware specifications, operating system, referring URL, pages viewed, time spent on articles, and interaction metrics.
4. Affiliate Tracking & Merchant Partners
As disclosed in our Editorial Policy, The Fashion Review contains links to retail partner sites. When you click an affiliate link, a temporary tracking cookie is placed by the affiliate network (e.g., rewardStyle, Skimlinks, Amazon) to verify whether a purchase is made. These cookies do not store personally identifiable information and expire according to retailer terms.
5. How We Use Your Information
We process collected data exclusively for legitimate editorial and operational purposes:
- To present, maintain, and optimize the typography, speed, and responsiveness of The Fashion Review.
- To respond to your editorial inquiries, lookbook submissions, and reader correspondence.
- To detect, prevent, and protect against security incidents, spam bots, and malicious cyber activity.
- To compile aggregated, non-identifying reader analytics to guide future seasonal fashion coverage.
6. European Privacy Rights (GDPR)
If you are a resident of the European Economic Area (EEA) or the United Kingdom, you are entitled to specific rights under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR):
- Right of Access: You have the right to request copies of your personal data held by us.
- Right to Rectification: You may request corrections to any inaccurate or incomplete data.
- Right to Erasure (“Right to be Forgotten”): You may request that we delete your personal data under certain conditions.
- Right to Restrict Processing: You have the right to limit the processing of your personal data.
- Right to Data Portability: You may request the transfer of your data to another organization.
7. California Privacy Rights (CCPA / CPRA)
Under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) and the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA), California residents are afforded the right to know what personal categories of data are collected, request deletion of personal information, and opt out of any “sale” or “sharing” of personal information.
The Fashion Review does not sell your personal data. We share technical diagnostic cookies only with verified analytical and advertising partners as described herein.
8. Data Security & Retention
We employ robust technical and organizational security protocols (including TLS/SSL cryptographic encryption, HSTS enforcement, and secure server firewalls) to safeguard your data against unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction. We retain personal data only as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this policy.
9. Contact Our Data Protection Desk
To exercise any of your privacy rights, submit a data access request, or inquire about our data security practices, please contact:
The Fashion Review Privacy & Data Protection Desk
Email: privacy@thefashionreview.com
London Bureau: Mount Street, Mayfair, London W1K 2PB, United Kingdom