Privacy policy
How we handle information when you read our journalism or contact the publishing team.
Who we are
Boroughline is a digital editorial publication operated by Dfeng Advertisement Limited. For the purposes of this notice, Dfeng Advertisement Limited is responsible for the personal information collected through cerpenromantis.com.
Our contact email is [email protected]. Our postal address is Raydean House, Office T, First Floor, 15–17 Western Parade, Great North Road, Barnet, London, EN5 1AH, United Kingdom; telephone +44 20 7631 4538. You can use these details to ask questions about this notice or exercise your privacy rights.
Information we collect
When you browse this site, our hosting environment may process technical information needed to deliver pages, including IP addresses, browser details, request times, referring pages and security events. We use this information for site operation, protection against misuse and troubleshooting.
When you write to our editorial team, we receive the contact details and message contents you choose to supply. Please avoid sending account details, payment-card numbers or other sensitive financial information in your correspondence.
Why we use information
We handle correspondence details to respond to your enquiry and keep correspondence organised. The usual lawful basis is our legitimate interest in communicating with readers and handling editorial enquiries; where correspondence concerns a contractual relationship, contract-related processing may also apply.
We handle essential technical records to protect the website, maintain availability and investigate security incidents. Where a legal duty requires retention or disclosure, the relevant lawful basis is compliance with that obligation. Optional non-essential cookie use requires the relevant consent where the law calls for it.
Cookies and preferences
A cookie records the choice you make in our cookie notice, preventing us from asking the same question on each visit. It is set for up to 180 days and can be renewed or removed when you change your choice.
Our cookie policy explains the choices available and how to update them. Your browser can also delete or block cookies, although that may cause preference controls to reappear.
Who may receive data
Limited technical data may be processed by providers supporting hosting, site security and communications on our behalf, subject to appropriate safeguards. We may disclose relevant records when required by law or when necessary to establish, exercise or defend legal claims.
The Tapster product links lead to a separate website. Once you leave Boroughline, Tapster processes information under its own terms and privacy arrangements. We do not receive payment details submitted to Tapster.
How long we retain it
We keep correspondence only for the time needed to resolve the enquiry and manage any related follow-up, subject to applicable legal obligations. Routine server records are retained for a limited operational period and reviewed in line with security and service needs.
Where a record must be kept for legal, regulatory or dispute-resolution reasons, its retention period may be longer. The consent-choice cookie has a maximum age of 180 days unless it is reset sooner.
Your rights
Under the UK GDPR and Data Protection Act 2018, you may have rights to access, correct, erase, restrict or object to certain processing of your personal information. Data portability may apply in particular circumstances, and consent may be withdrawn where consent is the basis for processing.
To make a request, contact [email protected] and provide enough information for us to understand the records concerned. You may also raise concerns with the Information Commissioner’s Office at ico.org.uk.
International transfers and security
Some service providers may process information outside the United Kingdom. Where data protection rules require transfer safeguards, we use an appropriate lawful mechanism and proportionate contractual and organisational protections.
We take reasonable steps to limit access, maintain secure transmission where available and protect personal information against unauthorised use. No internet transmission can be guaranteed free from risk, so please do not include sensitive financial credentials in messages.
Changes to this notice
We may revise this notice when publishing practices, service providers or legal requirements change. The date at the top of the page shows the latest update. Significant changes affecting how personal information is used will be communicated in a suitable way.