Privacy Statement (UK)

This privacy statement was last updated on August 12, 2026 and applies to citizens and legal permanent residents of the United Kingdom.

In this privacy statement, we explain what we do with the data we obtain about you via https://modularlantern.com. We recommend you carefully read this statement. In our processing we comply with the requirements of privacy legislation. That means, among other things, that:

  • we clearly state the purposes for which we process personal data. We do this by means of this privacy statement;
  • we aim to limit our collection of personal data to only the personal data required for legitimate purposes;
  • we first request your explicit consent to process your personal data in cases requiring your consent;
  • we take appropriate security measures to protect your personal data and also require this from parties that process personal data on our behalf;
  • we respect your right to access your personal data or have it corrected or deleted, at your request.

If you have any questions, or want to know exactly what data we keep of you, please contact us.

1. Purpose, data and retention period

We may collect or receive personal information for a number of purposes connected with our business operations which may include the following: (click to expand)

1.1 Registering an account

For this purpose we use the following data:

  • A first and last name
  • Account name or alias
  • An email address
  • IP Address
  • Internet activity information, including, but not limited to, browsing history, search history, and information regarding a consumer's interaction with an Internet Web site, application, or advertisement

The basis on which we may process these data is:

It is necessary for the execution of a contract or preliminary procedures related to a contract to which the data subject is a party.

Retention period

We retain this data until the service is terminated.

1.2 Compiling and analyzing statistics for website improvement.

For this purpose we use the following data:

  • Internet activity information, including, but not limited to, browsing history, search history, and information regarding a consumer's interaction with an Internet Web site, application, or advertisement
  • Account name or alias
  • IP Address
  • Geolocation data

The basis on which we may process these data is:

Upon the provision of consent.

Retention period

Upon termination of the service we retain this data for the following period: Identifiable Jetpack Stats logs are retained by Automattic for 28 days. Aggregated statistics may be retained for longer without being directly identifiable..

1.3 To support services or products that a customer wants to buy or has purchased

For this purpose we use the following data:

  • A first and last name
  • Account name or alias
  • An email address
  • IP Address
  • Internet activity information, including, but not limited to, browsing history, search history, and information regarding a consumer's interaction with an Internet Web site, application, or advertisement

The basis on which we may process these data is:

It is necessary for the execution of a contract or preliminary procedures related to a contract to which the data subject is a party.

Retention period

We retain this data upon termination of the service for the following number of months: 12

1.4 Contact – Through phone, mail, email and/or webforms

For this purpose we use the following data:

  • An email address
  • A first and last name
  • IP Address
  • Internet activity information, including, but not limited to, browsing history, search history, and information regarding a consumer's interaction with an Internet Web site, application, or advertisement

The basis on which we may process these data is:

It is necessary for the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by the controller or by a third party, and that interest outweighs the interest of the person concerned.

Retention period

We retain this data upon termination of the service for the following number of months: 12

1.5 To be able to comply with legal obligations

For this purpose we use the following data:

  • A first and last name
  • Account name or alias
  • An email address
  • IP Address
  • Internet activity information, including, but not limited to, browsing history, search history, and information regarding a consumer's interaction with an Internet Web site, application, or advertisement

The basis on which we may process these data is:

For compliance with a legal or regulatory obligation.

Retention period

We determine the retention period according to fixed objective criteria: We retain personal data only for as long as necessary to meet the applicable legal obligation, demonstrate compliance, resolve a request or dispute, and establish, exercise or defend legal claims. The period depends on the relevant obligation and the data is reviewed periodically and deleted when no longer required.

2. Sharing with other parties

We only share this data with processors and with other third parties for which consent must be obtained.

Processors

Name: HostGator / Newfold Digital
Country: United States
Purpose: Website hosting, infrastructure, security and server operations
Name: Google Workspace / Gmail
Country: 
Purpose: Delivering and storing contact and operational email
Name: Cloudflare
Country: United States
Purpose: Turnstile bot detection and contact-form security
Name: Dropbox
Country: United States
Purpose: Encrypted transport/storage of WordPress backups

Third parties

Name: Automattic / WordPress.com
Country: United States
Purpose: Jetpack statistics, security and connected WordPress services
Data: IP address, browser and device information, visited and referring URLs, timestamps, approximate country, activity statistics, and WordPress.com account identifiers where applicable.Name: Patreon
Country: United States
Purpose: Account authentication, membership verification and entitlement access
Data: Patreon account identifier, account name or alias, email or profile details where returned, membership tier and entitlement status, and authentication timestamps.

3. Cookies

Our website uses cookies. For more information about cookies, please refer to our Cookie Policy. 

4. Disclosure practices

We disclose personal information if we are required by law or by a court order, in response to a law enforcement agency, to the extent permitted under other provisions of law, to provide information, or for an investigation on a matter related to public safety.

If our website or organisation is taken over, sold, or involved in a merger or acquisition, your details may be disclosed to our advisers and any prospective purchasers and will be passed on to the new owners.

5. Security

We are committed to the security of personal data. We take appropriate security measures to limit abuse of and unauthorised access to personal data. This ensures that only the necessary persons have access to your data, that access to the data is protected, and that our security measures are regularly reviewed.

6. Third-party websites

This privacy statement does not apply to third-party websites connected by links on our website. We cannot guarantee that these third parties handle your personal data in a reliable or secure manner. We recommend you read the privacy statements of these websites prior to making use of these websites.

7. Amendments to this privacy statement

We reserve the right to make amendments to this privacy statement. It is recommended that you consult this privacy statement regularly in order to be aware of any changes. In addition, we will actively inform you wherever possible.

8. Accessing and modifying your data

If you have any questions or want to know which personal data we have about you, please contact us. You can contact us by using the information below. You have the following rights:

  • You have the right to know why your personal data is needed, what will happen to it, and how long it will be retained for.
  • Right of access: You have the right to access your personal data that is known to us.
  • Right to rectification: you have the right to supplement, correct, have deleted or blocked your personal data whenever you wish.
  • If you give us your consent to process your data, you have the right to revoke that consent and to have your personal data deleted.
  • Right to transfer your data: you have the right to request all your personal data from the controller and transfer it in its entirety to another controller.
  • Right to object: you may object to the processing of your data. We comply with this, unless there are justified grounds for processing.

Please make sure to always clearly state who you are, so that we can be certain that we do not modify or delete any data of the wrong person.

9. Submitting a complaint

If you are not satisfied with the way in which we handle (a complaint about) the processing of your personal data, you have the right to submit a complaint to the Information Commissioner’s Office:


Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF

10. Children

Our website is not designed to attract children and it is not our intent to collect personal data from children under the age of consent in their country of residence. We therefore request that children under the age of consent do not submit any personal data to us.

11. Contact details

Trusted Developments Ltd
1 Manning Close, Bloxham, Oxon, OX154TH
United Kingdom
Website: https://modularlantern.com
Email: gdpr@ex.comtrusteddevelopments.com

Annex

Contact form and email

When you use our contact form, we collect your first and last name, email address and the information you include in your message. We use this information to respond to your enquiry and provide any support you request.

The form is provided using SureForms. Form submissions may be stored temporarily on this website and are also delivered to our Google Workspace Gmail account. Email correspondence may be retained for up to 12 months after the enquiry has been resolved, unless it needs to be retained for longer to establish, exercise or defend legal claims.

Protection against spam and abuse

Our contact form uses Cloudflare Turnstile to distinguish legitimate visitors from automated abuse. For this purpose, Cloudflare may process information such as your IP address, browser and device characteristics, website interaction and challenge or verification results. We use Turnstile solely for website and form security, not for advertising or profiling.

Patreon connection and membership access

If you choose to connect or sign in using Patreon, we exchange information with Patreon and store the information needed to identify your linked Patreon account and determine your access to membership features. This may include your Patreon user identifier, account name or alias, name, email address or profile image where supplied by Patreon, membership tier or entitlement status and relevant connection or synchronisation timestamps.

We use this information to authenticate your account, verify Patreon membership and provide the corresponding website access. Disconnecting Patreon or deleting your website account may prevent Patreon membership features from working. Patreon also processes information under its own privacy policy.

Website statistics

If you consent to optional statistics, we use Jetpack Stats, provided by Automattic, to understand how the website is used and improve it. This may involve processing information such as your IP address, browser and device information, pages visited, referring page, date and time, approximate country and WordPress.com account identifiers where applicable. Optional statistics are not intended to load unless the relevant consent has been given.

Hosting and backups

Our hosting provider processes website files, database content, account information, form data and technical or security logs as necessary to operate and protect the website. Restricted backup copies of the website may also be stored with our backup-storage provider. Backups can contain the same categories of personal data that existed on the website when the backup was created and are retained according to our backup schedule.

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