Saffron & Cyrus respects your privacy and is committed to handling personal information responsibly.
This policy explains what information may be collected when you visit Saffron & Cyrus, contact me, contribute to the site or work with me, how that information may be used, how cookies and similar technologies may operate and the rights and choices you have.
I only use personal information where there is a proper reason to do so. I do not sell your personal information.
Saffron & Cyrus is an independent UK editorial website covering midlife, women’s health and wellbeing, fitness, family, culture, travel and personal experience.
The website also works with contributors, PR professionals, businesses and brands on editorial, advertising and partnership opportunities.
For the purposes of UK data protection law, Saffron & Cyrus is the controller of personal information collected directly through this website or through correspondence relating to it, where I determine why and how that information is used.
United Kingdom
Email:
saffronandcyrus@gmail.com
Website:
saffronandcyrus.com
Depending on how you interact with Saffron & Cyrus, I may collect:
Most personal information I use is provided directly by you, for example when you email me, submit information, take part in an interview or discuss a partnership.
For editorial, PR or professional purposes, I may also receive relevant information from another person or organisation, a press release, media material, professional contact, publicly accessible website, social media profile or other public source. Where data protection law requires it, I will provide appropriate privacy information about information obtained from another source.
- respond to messages and enquiries;
- consider editorial pitches, interview requests and story submissions;
- research, prepare, fact-check, edit and administer editorial content;
- communicate with contributors;
- discuss advertising, PR and commercial partnerships;
- administer agreed collaborations;
- maintain appropriate editorial and business records;
- operate, secure and improve the website;
- understand how readers use the website;
- comply with legal, tax and accounting obligations; and
- establish, exercise or defend legal rights where necessary.
Where UK data protection law applies, I need an appropriate lawful basis for processing personal information. Depending on the circumstances, this may include:
Consent, where you have actively agreed to a particular use of your information.
Contract, where processing is necessary to take steps at your request before entering into an agreement or to perform an agreement with you.
Legitimate interests, where I have a legitimate editorial, business, security or administrative reason to use information and those interests are not overridden by your rights and interests. This may include responding to enquiries, maintaining professional correspondence, administering the website and protecting the site from misuse.
Legal obligation, where processing or retention is necessary to comply with the law.
Saffron & Cyrus publishes journalism, commentary, interviews, guest contributions and personal experiences.
If you contact me about contributing to the site, being interviewed or sharing a personal story, I may retain correspondence and information necessary to assess, research, prepare, fact-check, edit, publish and maintain that material.
Some editorial material may include special category personal data, such as information about health. Where UK data protection law applies to that processing, I will consider the applicable requirements, conditions and safeguards.
UK data protection law contains specific provisions and exemptions for processing carried out for journalistic, artistic, academic and literary purposes. Where applicable, these may affect how some data protection requirements and individual rights apply to editorial material.
Agreeing to discuss a story with me does not automatically mean that everything you provide will be published. Where appropriate, publication arrangements, attribution and anonymity will be discussed separately.
Saffron & Cyrus contains writing about family life and motherhood, but the website is not designed to collect personal information directly from children.
I do not knowingly invite children to submit personal data through the website.
Where children feature in editorial content, I take particular care over the information published about them and their privacy.
If you email Saffron & Cyrus, I will receive the information contained in your message, including your email address and any other information you choose to provide. I use this primarily to respond to your enquiry and, where appropriate, manage subsequent correspondence.
Sending me an email does not automatically subscribe you to marketing communications.
If you contact Saffron & Cyrus about advertising, PR activity, reviews, gifted products, press trips, sponsorship or another commercial partnership, I may retain relevant professional contact details and correspondence to assess opportunities, communicate about potential or agreed work, maintain appropriate business records and meet legal, tax or accounting requirements.
Saffron & Cyrus may use cookies and other storage and access technologies when you visit the website. These can include cookies, pixels, scripts, tags, web storage and similar technologies that store information on, or access information from, your device.
These technologies may be used to operate and secure the website, remember choices, understand how the site is used, improve its appearance or functionality and, where applicable, support embedded content, analytics or advertising.
Where consent is legally required before a particular technology is used, that technology should not be activated until you have made your choice. Some technologies may be used without consent where a specific legal exception applies.
Strictly necessary technologies
These may be necessary to provide a service or feature you have requested or to enable the website to operate properly. Where the applicable legal exception applies, consent is not required.
Analytics and statistical technologies
These may help me understand how visitors use Saffron & Cyrus and improve the website. Some statistical technologies may qualify for a legal exception where the applicable requirements are met. Where an exception does not apply and consent is required, the technology will only be used after consent.
Appearance and functionality
These technologies may remember preferences or improve or adapt the appearance or functionality of the website. Some may qualify for an exception where the relevant legal conditions are satisfied.
Advertising and other third-party technologies
If advertising, embedded services or other third-party technologies are used, they may store or access information on your device. Where consent is required, they should not be activated before you have made your choice.
Where consent is required, you can choose whether to allow the relevant technologies. Refusing optional technologies should not prevent you from reading ordinary Saffron & Cyrus content.
Where a statistical or appearance exception is relied upon, you will be given clear information and an easy way to object where required by law.
Where processing relies on consent, you can withdraw that consent through the site’s cookie settings. You can also control cookies through your browser, although blocking certain technologies may affect some website functions.
The cookies and other storage and access technologies used by Saffron & Cyrus may change as website services are added, removed or updated.
Where applicable, the website’s cookie controls or accompanying cookie information should identify the relevant technologies, their purposes, relevant third parties and how long information is stored or accessed.
I may use third-party providers to operate Saffron & Cyrus and associated activities. Depending on the services in use, these may include website hosting and content management providers, email providers, analytics services, security and anti-spam services, newsletter providers and other technical or professional service providers.
Personal information may also be disclosed where required by law or where reasonably necessary to establish, exercise or defend legal rights.
Articles may contain links to external websites, social media platforms or embedded services. Those organisations have their own privacy practices and Saffron & Cyrus is not responsible for the privacy practices of websites that I do not control.
Some service providers may process or store personal information outside the United Kingdom. Where UK data protection law requires safeguards for an international transfer, I will rely on an appropriate lawful transfer mechanism or safeguards provided for under applicable data protection law. You can contact me if you would like further information about safeguards relevant to your personal information.
I keep personal information only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purpose for which it was collected, taking account of editorial requirements and applicable legal, tax, accounting, contractual and dispute-related obligations.
Retention periods therefore vary. Routine enquiries that do not lead to further activity may be deleted when no longer required. Records relating to contracts, payments, published editorial material, legal obligations or disputes may need to be retained for longer.
I take reasonable organisational and technical measures to protect personal information against unauthorised access, loss, misuse, alteration or disclosure. No internet or email system, however, can guarantee absolute security.
Saffron & Cyrus does not currently use personal information to make solely automated decisions about individuals that produce legal or similarly significant effects. If this changes, this policy will be updated as appropriate.
Depending on the circumstances and the lawful basis being used, UK data protection law may give you rights including the right to:
- ask for access to personal information held about you;
- ask for inaccurate information to be corrected;
- ask for personal information to be erased in certain circumstances;
- ask for processing to be restricted;
- object to certain types of processing;
- withdraw consent where processing relies on consent; and
- request transfer of certain information where the right to data portability applies.
You may have the right to object to processing of your personal information where the processing is based on legitimate interests.
If personal information were used for direct marketing, you would have the right to object to that processing at any time.
Data protection rights are not absolute and their application depends on the circumstances. Relevant exemptions may also apply, including provisions relating to journalism, freedom of expression and legal obligations.
To exercise a data protection right relating to information controlled by Saffron & Cyrus, email saffronandcyrus@gmail.com. I may need to verify your identity before dealing with a request.
If you have concerns about how Saffron & Cyrus has handled your personal information, please contact me so I can look into the issue.
You also have the right to raise a concern with the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), the UK’s data protection regulator. Further information about your rights and how to complain is available at ico.org.uk.
I may update this Privacy & Cookie Policy when the website, the services I use, my processing activities or relevant legal requirements change. The date at the top of this page will show when the policy was last updated.
Saffron & Cyrus
Independent editorial website • United Kingdom
Privacy & Cookie Policy last updated 3 October 2026.