1. Scope of the Service

The Service is intended solely for the processing of personal data relating to your own email address. By submitting an email address via the Service, you confirm that the email address is yours and that you consent to its processing for the purposes described in this Policy.

Use of the Service to process the personal data of third parties is strictly prohibited and is not covered under this Privacy Policy or our GDPR compliance framework. Each user remains solely responsible for ensuring that their use of the Service is lawful.

2. Purpose of Processing

When you provide your email address via the Service, we may:

• Transmit the email address to third-party services (including, but not limited to, Gravatar and other public profile services) to retrieve publicly available information associated with that email address;
• Display to you the information returned from such third-party services;
• Cache or temporarily store retrieved data (including, but not limited to, images, metadata, and profile information) for the purposes of improving performance, providing continuity of service, and maintaining audit and logging records.

3. Legal Basis for Processing

We process personal data on the basis of your explicit consent in accordance with Article 6(1)(a) of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). You may withdraw your consent at any time; withdrawal does not affect the lawfulness of processing carried out prior to withdrawal.

4. Data Retention

Personal data may be cached or logged as described above. We will not retain personal data longer than is necessary for the purposes described in this Policy. Retention periods are reviewed periodically to ensure compliance with the principle of storage limitation under applicable data protection law.

5. Data Sharing

Email addresses and associated personal data may be transmitted to third-party services solely for the purpose of retrieving publicly available information. We do not sell your personal data to unrelated third parties. Where third parties process personal data on our behalf, we require appropriate safeguards and contracts to ensure compliance with applicable data protection laws.

6. Your Rights under GDPR

Under applicable data protection law, you have the following rights in relation to personal data we process about you:

• Right of access — to request confirmation of whether we process your personal data and to obtain a copy of such data;
• Right to rectification — to request correction of inaccurate or incomplete personal data;
• Right to erasure — to request deletion of your personal data, subject to legal or contractual limitations;
• Right to restrict processing — to request that processing be suspended in certain circumstances;
• Right to data portability — to receive your personal data in a structured, commonly used, machine-readable format;
• Right to withdraw consent — to withdraw consent at any time without affecting the lawfulness of processing based on consent prior to withdrawal;
• Right to lodge a complaint — to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority if you consider that our processing infringes applicable data protection law.

To exercise any of the above rights, please contact us using the details in Section 9 below.

7. Security

We implement appropriate technical and organisational measures designed to protect personal data against unauthorised or unlawful processing, accidental loss, destruction or damage. These measures are periodically reviewed and updated in accordance with best practice and legal requirements.

8. Changes to this Policy

This Privacy Policy may be updated from time to time to reflect legal, regulatory, or operational changes. Any material changes will be posted on this page together with an updated “Last updated” date.

9. Contact Information

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or our data protection practices or wish to exercise any of your rights, please contact: