Privacy Policy
Effective Date: January 1, 2026 | Last Revised: February 2026
At Vibly Curious Crew Global Ltd. (operating domain: viblycuriouscrew.garden, hereinafter referred to as "Viblycuriouscrew", "we", "our", or "us"), we are deeply committed to safeguarding the privacy and security of our worldwide readers, academic researchers, and festival enthusiasts. This Privacy Policy details how we collect, process, disclose, and secure your personal data in strict accordance with the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR), the Data Protection Act 2018, and the EU GDPR.
1. Identification of the Data Controller
The Data Controller responsible for your personal information is:
Legal Name: Vibly Curious Crew Global Ltd.
Company Registration No: 14892011
Registered Business Address: 84 Carnival Way, Spitalfields, London, E1 6SB, United Kingdom
Data Protection Officer & Privacy Email: [email protected]
2. Categories of Information We Collect
We process the following types of personal information depending on your interaction with our platform:
- Voluntary Correspondence Data: Your name, email address, institutional affiliation, and message details when submitting inquiries or festival scout tips via our contact portal.
- Technical & Telemetry Data: Internet Protocol (IP) addresses (anonymized), browser types, operating systems, screen resolutions, referring URLs, and dwell times across individual festival guides.
- Preference & Consent Records: Cryptographically timestamped local storage records confirming whether you accepted or customized our cookie and telemetry banners.
3. Legal Bases for Data Processing
We process your data strictly under recognized legal bases under Article 6 of the UK GDPR:
- Consent (Art. 6(1)(a)): Explicit consent provided when submitting forms or opting into analytical telemetry.
- Legitimate Interests (Art. 6(1)(f)): Ensuring the technical resilience, load balancing, cyber defense, and ethnographic integrity of our open-access catalog.
- Legal Compliance (Art. 6(1)(c)): Compliance with corporate tax, regulatory audit, and fraud detection statutes.
4. Data Retention Periods
| Data Category | Retention Period | Underlying Purpose |
|---|---|---|
| Contact Form Submissions | 24 Months from resolution | Customer support & field research follow-up |
| Server Access Logs | 90 Days | Network security & DDoS prevention |
| Cookie Consent Tokens | 12 Months | Persistent user preference retention |
5. Your Statutory Rights
Under international data protection law, you hold comprehensive rights:
- Right to Access: You may request copies of all personal data held about you.
- Right to Rectification: You may correct inaccurate or incomplete details.
- Right to Erasure ("Right to be Forgotten"): You may request the immediate deletion of your records where no overriding legal obligation exists.
- Right to Data Portability: Receive your data in a structured, machine-readable format.
- Right to Lodge a Complaint: You may lodge a complaint with the UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) at
ico.org.uk.
6. Contacting the Privacy Team
To exercise any statutory rights, write directly to our privacy officer at [email protected] or by postal dispatch to 84 Carnival Way, Spitalfields, London, E1 6SB, United Kingdom.