Last updated: November 2025

The website elementalnarratives.com is operated by Elemental (hereinafter referred to as “Elemental”, “we”, “us,” and “our”). We are committed to protecting and preserving the privacy of our visitors when visiting our website or communicating electronically with us. This policy sets out how we process any personal data we collect from you or that you provide to us through our website. We confirm that we will keep your information secure and that we will comply fully with all applicable EU data protection legislation and regulations. Please read the following carefully to understand what happens to personal data that you choose to provide to us or that we collect from you when you visit this site.

Questions, comments and requests regarding this privacy policy are welcomed and should be addressed to connect@elementalnarratives.com with subject heading ‘Website Data Inquiry’.

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How do we collect your personal information?
When you provide us with your personal information (e.g., name, email, place of residence), we collect and use it in the following circumstances:

• Send you our newsletters when you sign up to receive our newsletter

• Respond to your inquiries when you contact us by email or through our website

• Allow you to make a donation through our website with your financial information

• Provide you with information or services when you fill out forms by email or through our website

• Comply with legal obligations to which we are subject 

What are the legal bases for using your personal information?

The legal bases we rely on to use your personal information are:

• Consent: we may obtain your consent to collect and use certain types of personal information when we are required to do so by law — for example, in relation to direct marketing activities.

• Legitimate interests: we may use your personal information for our legitimate interests — for example, to respond to your enquiries made via the website. When we process personal information to meet our legitimate interests, we ensure that your privacy is protected and to ensure that our legitimate interests are not overridden by your interests or fundamental rights and freedoms.

How might we share the information we collect?

We may share the information we collect, including your personal information, with third parties under the following circumstances:

• We may share your personal information with our service providers and business partners that perform business operations for us, such as our newsletter and donation software. These companies are authorised to use your personal information only as necessary to provide these services to us.

• We may share your personal information with a law enforcement agency, court, regulator, or government authority where we believe this is necessary to comply with our legal or regulatory obligations or otherwise to protect our rights or the rights of any third party. Where permitted by law or regulation and reasonably practicable, we will attempt to notify you of such requirements.

How do we protect the personal data we collect?

We take organisational measures to ensure a level of security appropriate to the risk to the personal data we process. These measures are aimed at ensuring the ongoing integrity and confidentiality of personal information.

How long will we retain your personal information?

We retain the information collected via our website for as long as required to fulfil the purpose for which the data was collected. For example, we will retain contact details when you subscribe to our newsletter until you choose to unsubscribe. For donations, we retain this information until you cancel your donation.

What are your rights with respect to your personal information?

You can unsubscribe or opt-out of receiving marketing communications from us by unsubscribing to our newsletters or contacting us using the details at the end of this Privacy Policy.

Based on any local laws, you may have certain rights regarding information that we have collected and that is related to you. You can ask us to the following:

• that information we hold about you be updated or rectified

• to erase your personal information

• to restrict our use of your personal information

Please note that we may require additional information from you in order to fulfil your requests.

Content License

All of the content on this website is licensed under CC BY-NC 4.0.

Third-party websites

Our website includes links to other websites whose privacy practices may differ from our practices. If you submit personal data to any of those sites, your information is governed by their privacy policies. We are not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of any sites to which our website provides links.

Changes to this privacy policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. You can review this page to see any changes.