Privacy

This notice explains what The Readiness Directive collects, why it is collected, how it is processed and the rights available to you.

Who is responsible

The Readiness Directive is operated by William Corkhill, based in Switzerland.

For any privacy or data-protection question, use the Contact page and select General enquiry.

What information is collected

Contact enquiries

If you use the Contact form, the following information is collected:

• your name;
• your email address;
• the type of enquiry selected;
• the content of your message.

This information is used only to receive, review and respond to your enquiry, maintain necessary correspondence and protect the form against misuse.

Please do not include confidential, sensitive or unnecessary personal information in your message.

Website operation

When you visit the website, technical information may be processed automatically by the hosting and infrastructure providers. This can include:

• your IP address;
• browser and device information;
• the date and time of your request;
• the page requested;
• technical logs needed for security, fault diagnosis and reliable operation.

This information is not used by The Readiness Directive to build advertising profiles.

Legal basis and purpose

Personal information is processed only where reasonably necessary to:

• respond to an enquiry you have submitted;
• operate, secure and maintain the website;
• prevent spam, fraud or misuse;
• comply with applicable legal obligations;
• establish, exercise or defend legal claims where necessary.

Where the EU General Data Protection Regulation applies, processing may be based on steps taken at your request, legitimate interests in operating and protecting the publication, compliance with legal obligations, or consent where consent is specifically requested.

Hosting

The website is hosted by Ghost(Pro).

Ghost states that Ghost(Pro) servers are located in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Ghost also provides contractual data-protection arrangements for customers using its hosted service.

Ghost may use personnel, infrastructure or service providers in other locations for limited operational, support or maintenance purposes, subject to its applicable data-protection arrangements.

Contact-form processing

Contact-form submissions are processed using Form.taxi, a form-processing service operated by:

wrkt*biz Reinhard Söllradl
4070 Eferding
Austria

Form.taxi processes Contact-form submissions on behalf of The Readiness Directive under a data-processing agreement. It provides the technical form endpoint, submission processing, spam protection, storage and email-notification functionality.

When you submit the Contact form, the following information may be processed:

• your name;
• your email address;
• the enquiry category selected;
• the content of your message;
• your IP address;
• the date and time of submission;
• browser and operating-system information;
• the referring page or website;
• technical information used to detect automated or abusive submissions.

Form.taxi states that its hosting provider operates a data centre in Dresden, Germany, and that third-country transfers are not planned except where specifically identified for an individual processing activity.

The information entered in the Contact form may be:

• transmitted to and stored by Form.taxi;
• displayed in the Form.taxi administration panel;
• delivered to The Readiness Directive by email;
• retained in related correspondence where reasonably necessary to handle the enquiry.

Email transmission

Form.taxi uses Mailjet to transmit form submissions and related email notifications.

This means that information required to deliver the message may also be processed through Mailjet’s email infrastructure. Form.taxi identifies Mailjet as an external provider used for email transmission.

Spam protection

Form.taxi uses FriendlyCaptcha to help determine whether a submission was made by a person or by an automated system.

For this purpose, FriendlyCaptcha may process technical information such as:

• IP address;
• browser and device information;
• time spent on the page;
• interaction characteristics associated with the submission.

Form.taxi identifies Friendly Captcha GmbH, based in Germany, as the provider of this anti-spam service.

Form-submission retention

Form.taxi states that the contents of form submissions are stored for a maximum of one year.

The Readiness Directive retains submitted information and related correspondence only for as long as reasonably necessary to:

• respond to the enquiry;
• complete appropriate follow-up;
• maintain relevant business or editorial records;
• meet legal or security requirements;
• resolve a complaint or dispute.

Further information about Form.taxi’s processing is available in Form.taxi’s own privacy notice.

Fonts

The website currently uses Oswald and IBM Plex fonts delivered through Google Fonts.

When the visitor’s browser requests these font files, technical information, including the visitor’s IP address, may be transmitted to Google so that Google can respond to the request and provide the font files and related service security.

Google states that information collected through Google Fonts is not used to create end-user profiles or for targeted advertising.

A future version of the website may serve these fonts locally. If that change is made, this notice may be updated accordingly.

LinkedIn

The Readiness Directive newsletter is currently published through LinkedIn.

If you follow, subscribe, react, comment or otherwise interact with The Readiness Directive on LinkedIn, LinkedIn processes information under its own privacy terms.

The Readiness Directive does not control LinkedIn’s systems, cookies or independent processing activities.

Analytics and advertising

The Readiness Directive does not currently use third-party website analytics, behavioural advertising or advertising-profile technology.

No personal information collected through the Contact form is sold to advertisers or data brokers.

Ghost may provide operational or first-party publication statistics as part of its hosted platform. These are used only to understand and operate the publication and are not used by The Readiness Directive to create advertising profiles.

Cookies and local storage

The website may use cookies or similar storage that are technically necessary for functions such as:

• private-site access during pre-launch testing;
• security;
• session management;
• membership or subscription functionality if enabled;
• reliable operation of Ghost.

The Readiness Directive does not currently place advertising or third-party analytics cookies intentionally.

Form.taxi may use necessary cookies within its administration panel. Visitors submitting the public Contact form are not required to access that administration panel.

If optional analytics, embedded services or additional cookie-based functionality are introduced later, this notice and any required consent mechanism will be updated before or when that processing begins.

How long information is retained

Contact enquiries and related correspondence are kept only for as long as reasonably necessary to:

• answer the enquiry;
• complete any appropriate follow-up;
• maintain relevant business or editorial records;
• meet legal or security requirements;
• resolve a complaint or dispute.

Technical logs are retained according to the operational and security practices of the relevant service provider.

As stated above, Form.taxi says that submitted form contents are retained within its service for a maximum of one year.

Information that is no longer required will be deleted or anonymised where reasonably practicable.

Who receives personal information

Personal information may be processed by:

• William Corkhill as operator of The Readiness Directive;
• Ghost(Pro) as website-hosting provider;
• Form.taxi as contact-form processor;
• Form.taxi’s relevant technical service providers, including email-transmission and spam-protection providers;
• the email provider used to receive and retain correspondence;
• Google when Google Fonts files are requested;
• professional advisers or public authorities where disclosure is legally required or reasonably necessary.

Access is limited to what is necessary for the relevant purpose.

International processing

The principal website and contact-form infrastructure is located within Europe.

Ghost states that its Ghost(Pro) servers are located in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Form.taxi states that its hosting infrastructure is located in Dresden, Germany, and that third-country transfers are not planned except where specifically disclosed for a particular processing activity.

Some providers, including Google and potentially support personnel or subprocessors used by other service providers, may process limited technical information in other jurisdictions.

Where applicable, the relevant provider is responsible for implementing recognised legal safeguards for international transfers.

Security

Reasonable technical and organisational measures are used to protect information against unauthorised access, loss, misuse or alteration.

The Contact form and website are transmitted using encrypted HTTPS connections. Form.taxi also states that its website and online service use SSL or TLS encryption.

No internet transmission or storage system can be guaranteed to be completely secure. Visitors should therefore avoid sending sensitive or confidential material through the general Contact form.

Your rights

Depending on the law applicable to you, you may have the right to:

• ask whether your personal information is being processed;
• request access to your personal information;
• correct inaccurate or incomplete information;
• request deletion;
• request restriction of processing;
• object to certain processing;
• withdraw consent where processing relies on consent;
• request the transfer of information in an applicable portable format;
• complain to a competent data-protection authority.

The Swiss Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner confirms that individuals may request information about the processing of their personal data and may, where appropriate, seek correction, deletion or restriction.

To exercise a right, use the Contact page and select General enquiry. Clearly state that the enquiry concerns personal data.

Enough information may be requested to verify your identity and locate the relevant records. Any verification information will be used only to assess and respond to the request.

You may also contact:

• the Swiss Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner; or
• the competent supervisory authority in your country if EU or EEA data-protection law applies.

Editorial corrections

A request concerning the accuracy of published editorial content should be submitted through the Contact page using Editorial correction.

Privacy and data-subject requests should use General enquiry and clearly state that the message concerns personal data.

Children

The website is intended for a professional and general adult audience.

It is not designed to collect personal information knowingly from children.

External links

The website contains links to official sources, LinkedIn and other third-party websites.

The Readiness Directive is not responsible for the privacy practices, security or content of those external services.

Visitors should review the privacy information provided by the relevant third party.

Changes to this notice

This notice may be updated when:

• the website’s technology changes;
• a new service provider is introduced;
• analytics or newsletter functionality changes;
• the applicable legal or regulatory position changes.

The date below will be updated whenever a material revision is made.

Not legal advice

The Readiness Directive provides independent editorial analysis and commentary.

Nothing on this website, including this Privacy Notice, constitutes legal advice.

Last updated: 21 July 2026