Last updated: 28 October 2026
Who we are
Ideal Bride Magazine, at https://idealbridemagazine.co.uk/, is operated by Sussex SEO LTD. Sussex SEO LTD is responsible for personal information collected through this website. For privacy enquiries or to exercise your data protection rights, email [email protected].
Information we collect and why
Enquiries and contributions
If you contact us or submit a story, we receive the information you provide, which may include your name, email address, message and submitted material. We use it to respond to you, consider your submission and manage our editorial or business relationship. Our basis for this is our legitimate interest in handling enquiries and running the publication.
Newsletter subscriptions
Our newsletter form requests an email address and a wedding date. We use information submitted through the form to manage newsletter subscriptions and provide relevant wedding-planning communications. Newsletter marketing is based on your consent. You can withdraw that consent using the unsubscribe link in our emails or by contacting us.
Competition entries
The Wedding Rings Direct competition closed on 31 March 2022 and no longer accepts entries. Its form requested first and last names, email address, postcode and wedding date. Information supplied for that competition was used to administer entries and contact the winner. The form offered a separate choice about contact from Wedding Rings Direct and explained the newsletter opt-in process. Competition administration and marketing choices are separate purposes.
Comments and accounts
Existing comments may contain the commenter’s name, email address, website address, IP address and browser information. Public comments and the associated display name may remain visible. An email-address hash may be sent to Gravatar to display an avatar; see Automattic’s privacy notice. If you have a website account, WordPress stores the account and profile information provided. We use this information to operate accounts, publish contributions and help prevent spam and misuse.
Technical and security information
Our hosting, content-delivery and security services process technical information such as IP addresses, browser details and requests to the website to deliver pages, maintain availability and detect abuse. These services include Cloudflare, StackCDN and Wordfence. We rely on our legitimate interest in operating and protecting the website for these purposes.
Cookies, advertising and analytics
WordPress uses cookies for functions such as sign-in and remembering preferences. Embedded content, including videos and social content, may connect to other websites when you view or interact with it.
The website uses Google AdSense advertising services. In the UK, EEA and Switzerland, Google’s consent message offers Consent, Do not consent and Manage options. You can change or withdraw your choice using the Privacy & cookie settings button at the bottom of our pages. You can also manage individual purposes and vendor choices in Manage options.
Google services may process identifiers, IP addresses, browser and device information, page activity and cookie information for advertising or measurement, according to your choices and the purposes explained in the consent message. Consent choices are stored in Google’s FCCDCF cookie for up to 390 days, as explained in that message. Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager and Meta Pixel tracking are currently paused on this website.
Read Google’s privacy policy and how Google uses information from sites that use its services. You can also manage advertising preferences through Google My Ad Center.
You can control or delete cookies in your browser settings. Blocking cookies may affect website functions. Browser settings and advertising preferences are separate from withdrawing consent to our newsletter.
Who receives information
Information is processed by service providers supporting website hosting, delivery, security, communications and advertising. Newsletter forms use Mailchimp for WordPress; newsletter information may be processed by Mailchimp. See Intuit’s privacy statement for information about Mailchimp’s processing. Competition information may have been shared with the named prize provider to administer a prize or where an entrant agreed to marketing contact.
Public comments and any material you agree we may publish can be read by other visitors. External websites linked from our pages have their own privacy practices.
International processing
Some providers, including Google, Mailchimp and Cloudflare, operate internationally and may process information outside the UK. Their privacy notices describe their processing locations and transfer arrangements. Contact us if you need information about the arrangements applying to your personal information.
How long we keep information
Our retention period for newsletter subscriber records and competition-entry records is six months. This is a retention policy, not a statement that every service automatically deletes records at that point.
Other information is kept for the period needed for its purpose: handling an enquiry or submission, maintaining an account, keeping a published comment or contribution available, or investigating security incidents. Applicable legal obligations or a specific dispute may require relevant records to be retained longer. Contact us for information about a particular record.
Your rights and choices
Depending on the circumstances, you may have rights to access your personal information, correct inaccuracies, request erasure, restrict processing or receive a portable copy. You can withdraw consent where processing relies on consent, without affecting processing that took place before withdrawal.
You can object to processing based on legitimate interests and to the use of your personal information for direct marketing. To make a request, email [email protected]. We may need enough information to verify your identity and locate the relevant records.
Complaints
Please contact Sussex SEO LTD at the email address above if you have concerns about how your information is handled. You can also complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), the UK’s data protection regulator.
