GGLEGION LTD | GRAIUL | Ardelean în Yorkshire | Roboost | Quite Peckish
Last updated: 20 October 2026
1. Who We Are
Welcome to GRAIUL.
This website, https://graiul.net, is operated by GGLEGION LTD, a company registered in the United Kingdom.
GGLEGION LTD manages media, publishing, podcasting, business networking and community projects, including:
- GRAIUL – a Romanian-language business magazine, digital publishing platform and editorial project.
- Ardelean în Yorkshire – a Romanian-language podcast and community media platform featuring stories, interviews, businesses and individuals in the United Kingdom.
- Roboost – a business networking initiative connecting entrepreneurs and professionals through events, meetings and community activities.
- Quite Peckish – an English-language media and podcasting project featuring interviews, articles, business stories and educational content.
This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, protect and manage personal information when you interact with our websites, publications, events, podcasts, forms and services.
Data Controller: GGLEGION LTD
Company Registration Number: 13178925
Data Protection Contact: office@graiul.net
ICO Registration Number: tba
For activities where another organisation is also responsible for deciding how personal data is used, additional privacy information may apply.
2. What Personal Information We Collect
Depending on how you interact with us, we may collect:
- Your name and email address.
- Your telephone number, where relevant.
- Your business name, professional role and business contact details.
- Information submitted through contact forms, surveys, nominations and feedback forms.
- Subscription, purchase and billing information.
- Event registration and membership information.
- Information voluntarily provided during podcast interviews, editorial contributions and business collaborations.
- Photographs, audio and video recordings when participating in relevant activities.
- Technical information such as IP addresses, browser details and website usage data.
We only collect personal information that is relevant to the activity or service involved.
Where information concerns other individuals, including people nominated or featured in our publications, we consider the applicable privacy and editorial responsibilities.
3. How We Use Your Personal Information
We use personal information for the following purposes.
GRAIUL Magazine and Website
- Managing magazine subscriptions and purchases.
- Processing orders, payments and deliveries.
- Responding to enquiries.
- Managing advertising, sponsorship and editorial collaborations.
- Communicating with contributors and business partners.
- Producing and publishing editorial content.
- Maintaining and securing our website.
Ardelean în Yorkshire
- Organising podcast interviews.
- Communicating with guests and contributors.
- Managing community projects, surveys and nominations.
- Publishing interviews, stories and editorial content.
- Responding to audience feedback.
- Contacting participants where necessary for a specific project.
Roboost
- Organising networking events and business meetings.
- Managing registrations and memberships.
- Communicating important event information.
- Facilitating relevant business connections, subject to applicable privacy requirements.
- Managing event-related photography and video.
We do not automatically share members’ personal contact details with other participants or business partners.
Quite Peckish
- Organising interviews and podcast recordings.
- Communicating with guests and contributors.
- Producing articles, newsletters and other editorial content.
- Managing business enquiries and partnerships.
- Publishing agreed media contributions.
Surveys, Nominations and Public Rankings
We may use online forms, including Google Forms, to gather feedback, nominations or information for community projects and public rankings.
When we collect email addresses for these activities, they are used only for the purposes explained in the relevant form, which may include:
- Verifying genuine participation.
- Identifying potential duplicate or invalid submissions.
- Requesting clarification about a submitted response.
- Contacting participants about a reward, where applicable.
Email addresses collected specifically for these nomination or ranking forms are not used for marketing, newsletters, advertising or unrelated promotional campaigns.
We use separate communication tools and processes for our marketing activities.
Participants’ email addresses are not published as part of public rankings.
The relevant form will explain any additional use of submitted information, including whether nominations, names or feedback may be published.
4. Our Legal Bases for Processing Personal Data
Under the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR), we process personal information only where an appropriate lawful basis applies.
Depending on the activity, these may include:
Contractual necessity: when processing information is necessary to provide services, fulfil purchases, deliver subscriptions or manage contractual arrangements.
Legal obligation: when we must retain or disclose information to comply with applicable laws, including tax and accounting obligations.
Legitimate interests: where necessary and proportionate for activities such as responding to business enquiries, preventing fraudulent submissions, maintaining security, managing relevant business relationships and conducting certain editorial activities, subject to individuals’ rights and interests.
Consent: where we ask individuals to agree to specific optional activities, such as certain marketing communications or the use of non-essential cookies.
We assess the appropriate lawful basis for each processing activity rather than relying on consent for every collection of personal information.
Additional legal requirements may apply when we process special category information, or when personal data is used for journalistic purposes.
5. Marketing Communications
We may send newsletters, updates, offers or promotional communications through our dedicated marketing channels where permitted by law.
Marketing preferences are managed separately from participation in community nominations, public rankings and feedback forms.
Completing a nomination or ranking form does not automatically subscribe someone to marketing communications.
Where consent is required, individuals may withdraw it at any time.
Marketing communications will include an appropriate method for unsubscribing or opting out.
6. Podcast Interviews, Media and Editorial Content
Our projects involve the creation and publication of written, audio, photographic and video content.
If you participate in an interview, podcast, article or recorded event, personal information you choose to share may become part of the published content.
Before recording or publication, we aim to explain the intended use of contributions and any relevant arrangements.
Content may be distributed through our websites, social media channels, podcast platforms, video platforms and printed publications.
Editorial material may remain publicly available for archival, historical or journalistic purposes where lawful.
Requests concerning published material will be reviewed individually, considering data protection rights, freedom of expression and applicable legal obligations.
7. Comments on Our Website
When visitors leave comments on our website, we may collect the information entered in the comments form, together with the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent information to help detect spam and protect the website.
An anonymised string generated from an email address may be shared with Gravatar to determine whether the visitor uses that service.
Gravatar’s privacy policy is available at: here
If a comment is approved, the associated profile picture may become publicly visible.
This section applies where these WordPress features are enabled.
8. Cookies and Similar Technologies
Our website may use cookies and similar technologies for functionality, security, user preferences and, where applicable, analytics.
Cookies necessary for essential website functions may operate without separate consent where permitted by law.
Other cookies or tracking technologies will be managed in accordance with applicable UK privacy and electronic communications requirements.
Where consent is required, visitors will be given appropriate choices.
Further information about the cookies actually used on our website, their providers, purposes and retention periods is available in our [Cookie Policy / Cookie Settings].
9. Embedded Content and Third-Party Platforms
Our articles and pages may contain embedded videos, podcast players, images or other content from external websites.
Embedded content may behave as though the visitor accessed the external website directly.
Relevant third parties may collect technical information, set cookies or process information according to their own privacy notices.
Depending on the services used, these platforms may include YouTube, social media services and podcast distribution platforms.
We encourage visitors to review the privacy policies of the relevant providers.
10. Who We Share Personal Information With
We do not sell personal information.
We may disclose personal data to trusted service providers where necessary to operate our services, including:
- Website hosting and technical support providers.
- Google services, including Google Forms, where used.
- Payment processors and subscription management services.
- Delivery providers for physical magazine orders.
- Email and communication service providers.
- Event administration or booking services.
- Professional advisers and relevant public authorities where required.
Where providers process information on our behalf, we take appropriate steps to ensure the relationship is governed by relevant data protection arrangements.
Information may also be published or shared as part of an editorial activity where there is an appropriate lawful basis or applicable legal provision.
We do not disclose nomination-form participants’ email addresses to sponsors, other participants or advertisers for their independent marketing purposes.
11. International Data Transfers
Some technology, communication, hosting and media service providers may process personal information outside the United Kingdom.
Where personal information is transferred internationally and data protection transfer rules apply, we take steps to identify and use an appropriate transfer mechanism or safeguard required by UK law.
Information about relevant transfers and applicable safeguards can be requested using our data protection contact details.
12. How Long We Keep Personal Information
We retain personal information only for as long as reasonably necessary for the relevant purpose, or for the period required by law.
Retention arrangements depend on the category of information:
- Nomination and ranking form email addresses: Retained for up to 30 days after the publication of the results and completion of any reward distribution process, after which they will be securely deleted, unless a longer retention period is required by law.
- Event registration information: Retained for up to 12 months after the event, unless a longer period is necessary for contractual, financial or legal obligations.
- Magazine subscriptions and purchases: Subscription and delivery information is retained for the duration of the subscription and for a reasonable period afterwards to manage enquiries, fulfil outstanding obligations and comply with applicable legal requirements.
- Financial and accounting records: Generally retained for six years, or longer where required by applicable law.
- Podcast interviews and editorial content: Published material may be retained for editorial, journalistic and archival purposes, subject to applicable data protection rights and legal obligations.
When information is no longer required, it is deleted, anonymised or otherwise securely managed as appropriate.
13. How We Protect Personal Information
We take reasonable technical and organisational measures to protect personal data against unauthorised access, loss, misuse, alteration and disclosure.
Measures may include restricted access to business accounts, appropriate account security, access controls and periodic reviews of information held.
Only authorised individuals and relevant service providers should have access to personal information required for their responsibilities.
14. Your Data Protection Rights
Depending on the circumstances and the lawful basis involved, individuals may have the right to:
- Request access to their personal information.
- Request correction of inaccurate information.
- Request deletion of personal information.
- Request restriction of certain processing activities.
- Object to processing, including processing based on legitimate interests.
- Request data portability, where applicable.
- Withdraw consent at any time where consent is the lawful basis.
- Challenge certain solely automated decisions where applicable.
You have the right to object to processing based on legitimate interests, subject to the conditions and exceptions provided by law. You can object to direct marketing at any time.
Some rights are subject to statutory conditions, exemptions and limitations, including where applicable to journalism and freedom of expression.
To exercise your rights, contact:
office@graiul.net
15. Complaints
If you have concerns about how we handle your personal information, please contact us first so we can investigate your concerns.
You also have the right to raise a complaint with the UK’s data protection regulator:
Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO)
Website: https://ico.org.uk
We will cooperate with the regulator where required.
16. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy to reflect changes in our business activities, services, technology or legal obligations.
The updated version will be published on this website with a revised date.
Where changes materially affect how personal information is used, we will provide additional notice when required.
17. Contact Us
For questions, data protection requests or privacy concerns relating to GRAIUL, Ardelean în Yorkshire, Roboost or Quite Peckish, please contact:
GGLEGION LTD
Email: office@graiul.net
Website: https://graiul.net
