THE WOMEN’S JOURNAL LIMITED

Last Updated: 6 January 2026

We are committed to protecting and respecting your privacy. This policy explains how we collect, use, and protect your personal information when you use our websites, mobile sites, and apps (collectively, the “Service”).

1. The Information We Collect

Online Identifiers

When you visit our Service, we collect information about your web visit, such as how long you visited, what sites you visited or pages you looked at, your IP address and where you were when you visited, what sort of browser, operating system or device you were using (such as a mobile phone or desktop PC), and information identifying the language used by your device.

Behavioural Data

We collect data on your online behaviour (e.g., time spent on website, the date and time you visited, items clicked on). When you register for a newsletter or take part in research, we may collect data about your preferences, tastes and interests.

Newsletters

When you sign up to one of our newsletters, you are giving consent for us to use the email address provided to send you relevant content. You can withdraw this consent for any newsletter by unsubscribing at any time.

Advertising

We advertise on our site and in our newsletters to help keep most of the content free. We use cookies and similar technologies so that we can show you advertisements we believe might interest you. We work with advertising partners (such as Google) to deliver non-personalised ads to visitors who have not opted into tracking cookies. To do this, we use your IP address and device information.

Social Media Advertising

We work with social media networks such as Facebook, Instagram, and X (formerly Twitter) to show you marketing content if you have viewed our website and to make sure what we show you is relevant. We may participate in “Custom Audience” services, which enables us to display personalised advertisements to you on social media platforms. We will only include you in this if you have consented to receive marketing from us.

Competitions

When you enter one of our online competitions, we will process your information for the purposes of picking a winner. If you have opted-in to receiving information from us about our products and services (e.g., newsletters), we will use the information you provide to offer relevant products and services. If you have opted-in to receive news and offers from any competition sponsors, we will share your information with them as outlined in the competition terms.

Partnerships Programmes

We work with partners from the worlds of luxury goods, fashion, travel, and retail. You will only ever receive partner messages from us if you have actively given permission. We won’t disclose your personal information to anyone; the messages will come from us, and you can unsubscribe at any time.

3. Legal Bases for Data Processing

The law on data protection sets out different reasons why a company may collect and process your personal data:

Consent

We process your data with your consent when you sign up for a newsletter, tick a box to receive offers, or enter a competition.

Legitimate Interest

We require your data to pursue our legitimate interests in a way which might reasonably be expected as part of running our business. This includes delivering non-personalised advertising, ensuring security, preventing fraud, and training machine learning models to improve our content discovery.

Legal Compliance

If the law requires us to, we may need to collect and process your data (e.g., passing details of fraud to law enforcement).

4. Sharing Your Information

Service Providers

We work with service providers to perform tasks on our behalf, such as analysis, marketing, and IT services. They are obliged not to disclose or use your data for any other purposes.

Developers of Artificial Intelligence

We work with third parties and AI developers to discover and access our content on a range of platforms. We may share information contained in our published content for training machine learning models. We take measures to limit the amount of personal data processed for this purpose.

Marketing Partners

With your explicit permission, we may share your information with other companies we are working with, such as competition sponsors. Whenever we share your information with another company, we will always ask for your permission and name the company.

5. Collecting Data on Children

We do not knowingly collect and process information from children (anyone under the age of 13). If you are under 13, please do not provide us with any information. If you are a parent and believe your child has provided us with information, please contact us at info@thewomensjournal.co.uk.

6. Data Retention

We will retain your personal information for as long as is necessary to provide the service you have requested. Where you sign up for email marketing, we will retain your email address after you “opt-out” to ensure we continue to honour that request.

7. Profiling

We may sometimes use the data you share with us to personalise our services and tailor marketing content. For example, we may use information you have provided to send you information about products we think you may be interested in. If you do not want to receive this material, you can unsubscribe at any point.

8. Cross-Border Transfers

If we or our service providers transfer any information out of the UK or European Economic Area (EEA), it will only be done with the relevant protections stated under UK law being in place.

9. Links and Affiliate Disclosure

Our website contains links to other websites. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of other sites. Additionally, as stated in our Terms and Conditions, we receive a commission on some links to third-party retailer websites. We work with third parties to help us attribute this e-commerce traffic.

10. Your Rights

As a consumer, you have the following rights:

The right to be informed: We will inform you why data is being collected.

The right of access: You may request to see what information we hold on you.

The right to rectification: You may ask us to amend your personal information.

The right to erasure: You may ask us to delete your data.

The right to restrict processing: You can opt-out by amending your cookie settings or unsubscribing from emails.

To exercise any of these rights, please contact info@thewomensjournal.co.uk.

11. Notice to California Customers

If you are a resident of California, the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) grants you specific rights. You have the right to know what personal information we collect, use, disclose, and sell. You have the right to request the deletion of your personal information and the right to opt-out of the sale of your personal information. To exercise these rights, please contact us at info@thewomensjournal.co.uk.

12. Contact Us

If you would like to contact us to understand more about our privacy notice or wish to contact us concerning any matter relating to individual rights and your personal information, please email us at:

Email: info@thewomensjournal.co.uk