Privacy Policy

The Sovereign Forge is an independent digital publishing and educational platform based in Greece.

For the purposes of applicable data-protection law, the following person is the operator and data controller responsible for personal data processed by The Sovereign Forge:

• Operator and Data Controller: SHANE DILLON SCHULLER
• Trading Name: The Sovereign Forge
• Business Address: Acharnon 81, 10440 Athens, Greece
• Country: Greece
• Privacy Contact: schullerkim0@gmail.com

The Sovereign Forge is the public trading and brand identity used for the platform.

Depending on how you interact with The Sovereign Forge, we may collect:

• Your name
• Email address
• Account or membership information
• Communications and enquiries you send to us
• Purchase and transaction information
• Product or service access information
• Marketing preferences
• Cookie and consent preferences
• Website usage and interaction data
• Technical information such as browser type, device type and approximate location derived from network information
• Information necessary to respond to privacy or data-subject requests

Payment-card information may be processed directly by third-party payment providers and may not be stored directly by The Sovereign Forge.

We aim to collect only information reasonably necessary for the relevant purpose.

We may collect personal data directly from you, for example when you:

• Create an account
• Purchase a product
• Join The Vault or another membership service
• Subscribe to updates
• Complete a contact form
• Contact us
• Submit a privacy request

We may also collect certain information automatically, where permitted, through technologies such as:

• Cookies
• Local storage
• Server logs
• Analytics technologies
• Security and authentication systems

Optional analytics, marketing and similar technologies that require consent will not be activated unless the appropriate consent has been provided.

We may use your personal information to:

• Operate and secure the website
• Provide products, digital content and services you request
• Create and manage accounts
• Administer memberships and community access
• Process orders and payments
• Provide customer support
• Respond to enquiries
• Deliver requested communications
• Send marketing communications where permitted
• Maintain security and prevent fraud or misuse
• Analyse and improve the website where appropriate consent has been obtained
• Comply with legal, accounting, tax and regulatory requirements
• Establish, exercise or defend legal claims
• Respond to data-protection requests

We will not use personal data for purposes incompatible with the purpose for which it was collected unless permitted by law.

Depending on the circumstances, we may process personal data on one or more of the following bases:

Performance of a Contract
Where processing is necessary to provide a product, membership, account or service you have requested.

Legal Obligation
Where processing is necessary to comply with obligations imposed by applicable law.

Legitimate Interests
Where processing is reasonably necessary for legitimate business purposes such as website security, fraud prevention, administration or service improvement, provided those interests are not overridden by your rights and freedoms.

Consent
Where you have actively agreed to processing, including certain marketing communications, analytics technologies or non-essential cookies.

Where processing is based on consent, you may withdraw your consent at any time.

Withdrawal does not affect the lawfulness of processing carried out before consent was withdrawn.

We will send optional marketing communications only where permitted by applicable law.

Where consent is required, marketing consent will be requested separately and will not be made a condition of receiving an unrelated product or service.

You may unsubscribe from marketing communications at any time using the unsubscribe mechanism provided or by contacting us.

The Sovereign Forge uses cookies and related technologies for functions such as:

• Essential website operation
• Security
• Authentication
• Remembering privacy preferences
• Analytics, where consent has been provided
• Optional functionality or third-party media, where applicable
• Marketing technologies, where consent has been provided

Non-essential categories are disabled by default where consent is legally required.

You can review or change your choices at any time through Cookie Settings in the website footer.

For more information, see our Cookie Policy.

We may share limited personal data with trusted service providers where necessary to operate the website or provide our services.

These may include providers responsible for:

• Website hosting and infrastructure
• Authentication
• Databases
• Payment processing
• Digital-product fulfilment
• Membership services
• Email delivery
• Analytics
• Security
• Customer support
• Professional legal, accounting or technical services

Where third parties process personal data on our behalf, appropriate contractual and data-protection arrangements will be used where required.

The Sovereign Forge does not sell personal data as a business model.

Some technology providers may process information outside Greece or the European Economic Area.

Where personal data is transferred internationally, we will use an applicable lawful transfer mechanism where required, such as an adequacy decision, appropriate contractual safeguards or another mechanism recognised under applicable data-protection law.

We retain personal data only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes for which it was collected.

Retention periods may depend on:

• The nature of the information
• The service being provided
• Whether an account or membership remains active
• Contractual requirements
• Legal, tax and accounting obligations
• Security and fraud-prevention requirements
• The need to establish, exercise or defend legal claims

When information is no longer required, it will be deleted, anonymised or otherwise handled in accordance with applicable law.

Subject to applicable law, you may have the right to:

• Request access to your personal data
• Request correction of inaccurate information
• Request deletion of personal data
• Request restriction of processing
• Object to certain processing
• Request data portability where applicable
• Withdraw consent
• Object to direct marketing
• Lodge a complaint with a competent supervisory authority

These rights are not absolute and may be subject to legal exceptions.

You can submit a request through our Data Request page or contact us at:

schullerkim0@gmail.com

We may need to verify your identity before fulfilling certain requests in order to protect your information from unauthorised disclosure.

If you believe your data-protection rights have been infringed, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the relevant supervisory authority.

For individuals in Greece, the relevant authority is the Hellenic Data Protection Authority.

We encourage you to contact us first where appropriate so that we have an opportunity to address your concern.

We use reasonable technical and organisational measures designed to protect personal information against unauthorised access, alteration, disclosure, loss or misuse.

No internet-based service can guarantee absolute security, but we continuously aim to maintain safeguards appropriate to the nature of the information we process.

The Sovereign Forge may contain links to external websites or services.

We are not responsible for the privacy practices of third-party websites that operate independently from us. We encourage users to review the privacy information provided by those services.

We may update this Privacy Policy when our services, technology or legal obligations change.

The current version will always be published on this page together with its last-updated date.

For questions about this Privacy Policy or the way The Sovereign Forge handles personal data, contact:

The Sovereign Forge

Privacy Contact: schullerkim0@gmail.com