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Privacy notice

The Mantis · static web edition · last updated April 2026

1. Who is responsible

The data controller for personal data processed in connection with this website is Luigi Pascal Rondanini (rondanini.uk). The literary work and this archive edition are published in association with Rondanini Publishing® Ltd. Questions about this notice or your rights should be directed to the controller via the contact route given on the author site.

2. What this site is

This is a static website: pages are files delivered over HTTPS. There is no login, no comment account on this edition, and no first-party database storing visitors’ reading history on our servers. Some features use your browser’s cookies and local storage only on your device, as described in the Cookie policy. This privacy notice, the cookie policy, and the terms of use are available without opening the adult fiction archive, so you can read them first.

3. What we process and why

We do not aim to build profiles of readers for sale or for behavioural advertising. Processing is limited to:

  • Age assurance (strictly necessary): a cookie and local storage value after you confirm your date of birth on the home gate, so we do not repeatedly show adult-only warnings on each page.
  • Serial reader mechanics (strictly necessary for that feature): a cookie recording how far you have unlocked the linear reader, so the “scroll to continue” behaviour works as designed.
  • Optional analytics and preferences (only if you choose “Accept all” in the cookie banner): Google Analytics 4 (Google Ireland Limited / Google LLC) to understand aggregate traffic and navigation (cookies such as _ga and related identifiers); and theme, text size, bookmarks, and per-entry “likes” stored locally in your browser — preferences are not synced to our servers.

Legal bases (UK GDPR / GDPR): for strictly necessary storage, we rely on Article 6(1)(c) (legal obligation / proportionate measures in relation to making adult content available in a controlled way) and Article 6(1)(f) (legitimate interests in operating a safe, functional site). For optional preferences, we rely on Article 6(1)(a) consent, obtained through the cookie banner. Analytics uses the same choice: GA4 is not loaded if you pick Essential only.

4. Third-party services

  • Fonts: this site loads typefaces from Google Fonts. Google may receive technical data (such as IP address) when your browser requests those files. See Google’s privacy policy for how they process data.
  • Analytics (only with “Accept all”): Google Analytics 4 (measurement ID G-RR9J5QGSP0) receives events and device/browser data to produce aggregated reports. See Google’s Privacy Policy and How Google uses information from sites that use our services.
  • Ko-fi / external support links: if you follow a support link, the third-party site applies its own terms and privacy policy.

5. Retention

Cookie lifetimes are listed on the Cookie policy. You can clear cookies and site data in your browser at any time; optional preferences will stop being applied if you withdraw consent (see the cookie page).

6. Your rights

Where the UK GDPR / GDPR applies, you may have the right to access, rectify, erase, restrict processing, data portability, and to object in certain cases, as well as the right to withdraw consent at any time (without affecting the lawfulness of processing before withdrawal). Because we do not operate a personal account system for this static edition, much of what we “hold” is either not personal data in a identifiable sense or exists only on your device.

You may also lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority. In the United Kingdom this is the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO).

7. International transfers

Hosting and visitors may be in different countries. Where providers process data outside the UK/EEA, they may rely on adequacy decisions, standard contractual clauses, or other permitted mechanisms.

8. Children

This archive is adult fiction and is not directed at anyone below the age of majority. The home gate is designed to discourage access by younger readers; it is not a substitute for parental controls or platform-level protections.

9. Changes

We may update this notice when the site or the law changes. The “last updated” line at the top will be revised when material changes are made.

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