Privacy Policy

1. Data Collection Principles

Gazette Ripple Rom ("we," "our," or "the Archive") is committed to transparent and ethical data governance. We collect only the minimum personal data required to deliver high-performance 3D spatial cartography, preserve historical research submissions, and support cultural inquiry across European heritage institutions.

Personal information collected may include your name, institutional email address, and voluntary research correspondence when you submit inquiries through our contact portals. We also process non-identifiable technical metadata such as browser type, operating system, and WebGL hardware acceleration status to ensure fluid 3D scene rendering.

2. Cookies and Archival Tracking Technologies

We utilize essential technical cookies to preserve your interface preferences (such as city filtering and cookie consent selections stored in your local browser cache via localStorage). We do not deploy third-party advertising trackers or sell browsing histories to commercial data brokers.

3. Legal Bases for Processing under GDPR

Under the General Data Protection Regulation (EU Regulation 2016/679), our processing of personal data is grounded in:

• Consent: Explicitly provided when submitting editorial inquiries or accepting preference cookies.
• Legitimate Interests: Maintaining platform security, verifying historical citations, and optimizing 3D spatial delivery.
• Legal Compliance: Complying with European Union statutory record-keeping and audit obligations.

4. Your Rights under European and International Law

All users retain absolute statutory rights regarding their personal data, including the right to access, rectify, erase ("Right to be Forgotten"), restrict processing, and port their data. If you are a resident of California under the CCPA/CPRA, you possess equivalent rights to prohibit discriminatory treatment and request disclosure of categories of personal information collected.

5. Data Retention & International Transfers

Archival research inquiries are retained for a period of up to 36 months to verify academic citations and peer reviews, after which personal identifying information is permanently anonymized. Data transfers outside the European Economic Area are safeguarded using Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs) approved by the European Commission.

6. Data Protection Officer (DPO) Contact

To exercise your statutory privacy rights, please write to our designated Data Protection Officer at [email protected] or by post to: Data Protection Bureau, Gazette Ripple Rom Ltd., Herrengasse 14-16, 1010 Innere Stadt, Vienna, Austria.