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Privacy Policy

A legal disclaimer

​Last updated: 6 October 2026

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Lore Lorn (“Lore Lorn”, “we”, “us”, “our”) respects your privacy. This policy explains what information we collect, why we collect it, how we use it, and the choices available to you.

Lore Lorn is an independent literary journal published online and in print for an international readership.

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Who is responsible for your information?

Lore Lorn is currently operated independently.

Until a separate publishing company formally assumes responsibility for the journal, the individual operating Lore Lorn acts as the data controller for personal information collected through the website, submissions, subscriptions, purchases and correspondence.

Website: lorelorn.com
Contact: info@lorelorn.com

If you have questions about this policy or how your information is handled, you can contact us using the details above.

 

Information we collect

The information we collect depends on how you interact with Lore Lorn.

This may include:

  • your name and email address;

  • country or location information you choose to provide;

  • newsletter and subscription details;

  • order and transaction information;

  • correspondence with us;

  • information submitted through forms;

  • manuscripts, artwork and other creative work;

  • author or artist biographies;

  • websites and social media links;

  • publication history;

  • rights and permissions information;

  • information relating to translations;

  • information connected with paid editorial or submission services.

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Submissions

When you submit work to Lore Lorn, we may collect your name, email address, country, biography, manuscript or artwork, cover letter and any other information you choose to provide.

We use this information to:

  • assess your submission;

  • communicate editorial decisions;

  • contact you about publication;

  • manage rights and permissions;

  • prepare accepted work for publication;

  • create contributor records and biographies;

  • maintain an editorial record of work published by Lore Lorn.

Submitting work to Lore Lorn does not automatically subscribe you to marketing emails or newsletters.

If your work is declined, we may retain submission records for a reasonable period for administrative and editorial purposes.

If your work is accepted, relevant correspondence, rights information and publication records may be retained for as long as reasonably necessary to document the publication.

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Paid submissions and editorial services

Lore Lorn may offer optional paid services, including submission fees, expedited review, feedback or similar editorial services.

Where payment is required, payment information is processed through the payment provider used by our website or submission system.

Lore Lorn does not intentionally store complete payment-card details.

Purchasing an optional service does not guarantee publication unless expressly stated otherwise.

Information connected with paid services may be retained where necessary for accounting, transaction records, dispute resolution and legal obligations.

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Contributors​

If your work is published by Lore Lorn, we may publish information you have provided for that purpose, including:

  • your name;

  • biography;

  • website;

  • social media links;

  • information about your published books or creative work;

  • your work published by Lore Lorn.

You may contact us to request updates, corrections or removal of optional profile information.

Information forming part of a published issue, archive or historical publication record may remain available as part of Lore Lorn’s permanent editorial archive.

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Newsletter and mailing list

If you subscribe to the Lore Lorn newsletter, we use your email address to send you the communications you requested.

These may include:

  • new issue announcements;

  • new writing and features;

  • Lore of the Week and other regular editorial features;

  • submission opportunities;

  • events;

  • journal news;

  • subscription or publication updates.

You can unsubscribe at any time using the unsubscribe link included in our emails.

Unsubscribing from marketing communications does not prevent us from contacting you about an existing order, subscription, submission or other transaction.

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Subscriptions and purchases

If you purchase a subscription, print issue, digital issue or other item from Lore Lorn, we collect the information necessary to process and fulfil your order.

This may include your:

  • name;

  • email address;

  • billing information;

  • postal address where physical delivery is required;

  • order history.

Payment processing is handled by third-party payment providers.

We may retain transaction records where required for accounting, tax, fraud prevention or other legal purposes.

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Our website and Wix

Lore Lorn uses Wix to operate its website and related services.

Wix may process technical and personal information required to host the site, operate forms, manage memberships or subscriptions, process transactions, provide analytics, maintain security and provide other website functionality.

Wix and its service providers may process information in countries outside your own.

Where required by applicable law, appropriate safeguards are used for international transfers of personal information.

 

Cookies and analytics

Lore Lorn may use cookies and similar technologies to operate the website.

Some cookies are necessary for functions such as:

  • account login;

  • shopping and checkout;

  • subscriptions;

  • security;

  • website preferences.

Where consent is legally required for non-essential cookies, visitors will be given an appropriate choice.

You can also control cookies through your browser settings.

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Social media and external services

Lore Lorn maintains accounts on third-party platforms such as social media services.

If you interact with Lore Lorn through one of these platforms, that platform may collect and process information according to its own privacy policy.

Our website may also contain links to writers, artists, publishers, books, cultural organisations and other external websites.

We are not responsible for the privacy practices of websites we do not operate.

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Legal basis for processing

Where the GDPR applies, we process personal information using one or more lawful bases.

These may include:

Consent,  for example, when you choose to subscribe to a newsletter.

Contract, where processing is necessary to provide something you have requested, such as a subscription, purchase or paid editorial service.

Legitimate interests, where necessary to operate Lore Lorn, assess submissions, maintain editorial records, communicate with contributors, protect the website and develop the journal.

Legal obligations, where information must be retained or processed to comply with accounting, tax or other legal requirements.

Where we rely on consent, you may withdraw that consent at any time.

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How long we keep information

We keep personal information only for as long as it is reasonably needed for the purpose for which it was collected.

For example:

  • newsletter information may be retained until you unsubscribe;

  • customer information may be retained while your account or subscription is active;

  • financial records may be retained where required by law;

  • unsuccessful submission records may be retained for administrative and editorial purposes;

  • contributor and publication records may be retained indefinitely as part of the journal’s historical archive.

When information is no longer needed, we will delete, anonymise or securely dispose of it where reasonably possible.

 

International readers

Lore Lorn is an international publication.

Readers, contributors and customers may be located in many different countries, and some of the service providers we use may process information internationally.

Where data protection law requires additional safeguards for international transfers, we rely on the protections provided by our service providers and applicable legal transfer mechanisms.

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Your rights

Depending on where you live, you may have rights over your personal information.

Under the GDPR, these may include the right to:

  • access personal information we hold about you;

  • correct inaccurate information;

  • request deletion in certain circumstances;

  • restrict certain processing;

  • object to certain processing;

  • receive certain information in a portable format;

  • withdraw consent where processing is based on consent.

To make a privacy request, contact us at [insert Lore Lorn contact email].

We may need to verify your identity before fulfilling certain requests.

If you are covered by the GDPR, you may also make a complaint to your relevant data-protection authority.

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Children

Lore Lorn is not intended to collect personal information from children through its ordinary subscriptions, purchases or submission processes.

If we learn that we have collected personal information from a child in circumstances where parental or guardian consent was legally required, we will take appropriate steps to address it.

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Security

We take reasonable steps to protect the information entrusted to us and use established third-party services for website hosting, payments and other technical functions.

However, no method of transmitting or storing information online can be guaranteed to be completely secure.

 

Selling personal information

Lore Lorn does not sell personal information.

We do not provide mailing lists or submission information to advertisers or unrelated third parties for their own marketing.

 

Changes to this policy

We may update this Privacy Policy when Lore Lorn’s services, technology, publishing arrangements or legal obligations change.

The current version will always be published on this page, together with its most recent update date.

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Contact

For privacy questions or requests, contact:

Lore Lorn
Website: lorelorn.com
Email: info@lorelorn.com

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