Privacy policy

In force from 19 October 2026. It covers the-businesstime.com, The Business Time newsletter and contact with the newsroom.

1. Data controller

The data controller is ARGONAUTS MEDIA GROUP LIMITED, publisher of The Business Time, a company registered in England and Wales under number 17391608, registered office: 4th Floor, 18 St. Cross Street, London EC1N 8UN, United Kingdom. Office in Poland: ul. Jerzego Waszyngtona 13A, 81-342 Gdynia.

The company is registered with the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO).

2. Data Protection Officer

We have appointed a Data Protection Officer. Contact by email only: [email protected].

3. What data we process, for what purpose and on what basis

We process data in accordance with the UK GDPR, the Data Protection Act 2018 and the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations 2003 (PECR). For readers in the European Union we also apply Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (GDPR).

Situation	Data	Purpose	Legal basis
You browse the site	IP address, browser, time of visit, pages visited, error codes	security and operation of the site	legitimate interests, Art. 6(1)(f)
Cookies	identifiers stored in the browser	in line with the Cookie policy	essential: Art. 6(1)(f); others: your consent, Art. 6(1)(a) and PECR
You sign up for the newsletter	email, first name (optional), date and source of sign-up, proof of consent	sending the newsletter and proof of consent	your consent, Art. 6(1)(a) and reg. 22 PECR
You write to the newsroom or submit a correction or statement	data in the message	reply, correction, right of reply	legitimate interests, Art. 6(1)(f)
You order a subscription or advertising	contact and billing details	entering into and performing the contract, accounting	Art. 6(1)(b) and (c)
Your company is in the business directory	data from public registers (section 5)	reliable business information	legitimate interests, Art. 6(1)(f)
You are a person described in press material	data needed for the material	journalistic activity	section 4

Providing data is voluntary. Without an email address we cannot send the newsletter or reply to your message.

4. Journalistic activity

We prepare press material in the public interest. In this respect we rely on the exemption for journalistic purposes (special purposes) in the Data Protection Act 2018, Schedule 2, Part 5, and for people in the EU on Art. 85 GDPR and press law. We guarantee the right to correction and the right of reply.

5. Business directory: information under Art. 14 GDPR

Data in the business directory comes from public registers: Companies House (UK), the National Court Register (KRS), CEIDG and REGON (Poland). It includes the company name, the name of the business owner or board members, the business address, registration numbers and contact details given in the register.

If you are a sole trader, this is your personal data. You can object at any time to its inclusion in the directory. We will remove the entry unless we demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for processing. We do not use directory data to send unsolicited marketing messages.

6. Recipients of data

We pass data only to processors acting on our behalf under data processing agreements: the hosting provider (cyber_Folks S.A., Poland) and the email and newsletter provider. Public authorities may also receive data where the law requires. We do not sell readers’ data.

7. Transfers outside the UK and EEA

Data exchange between the UK and the EEA is based on mutual adequacy decisions. If a provider processes data in another country, we use the UK International Data Transfer Agreement or the Addendum to the standard contractual clauses, or the UK-US Data Bridge. A copy of the safeguards is available on request.

8. Retention period

Data	Period
Server logs	12 months
Newsletter	until consent is withdrawn; proof of consent for 6 years after unsubscribing
Correspondence with the newsroom	3 years after the matter is closed
Contract and billing data	6 years from the end of the financial year
Business directory	until the business ceases or a successful objection

9. Your rights

You have the right of access to your data, rectification, erasure, restriction of processing, data portability, objection to processing based on legitimate interests and withdrawal of consent at any time. Withdrawing consent does not affect the lawfulness of earlier processing. We reply within one month. Send requests to [email protected].

10. Complaint to the supervisory authority

You can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ico.org.uk). If you live in the EU, you can also complain to the authority in your country – in Poland, the President of the Personal Data Protection Office (uodo.gov.pl).

11. Automated decisions

We do not make decisions about you based solely on automated processing, including profiling, that have legal effects. We use external IT service providers (e.g. hosting, email, newsroom tools) who process data only on our behalf and under data processing agreements.

12. Changes to the policy

We announce material changes on the site, and also by email to newsletter subscribers. The effective date is given at the top of the policy.