Politika privatnosti

Last updated: 24. September 2026.

This Privacy Policy explains how Frontpagevo.net handles personal data when people use https://2006.neurogena.net, read public editorial material, use the site search function, or contact the editorial team. Frontpagevo.net is a non-commercial investigative journalism publication. This notice is written for readers and contacts in Croatia and the European Union and is intended to provide clear information required by the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and applicable Croatian rules on privacy and electronic communications.

1. Data controller and contact details

Frontpagevo.net is the controller of personal data processed through this website. This means that it determines why and how personal data are processed for the website functions described in this notice.

Questions about this policy, a privacy request, or a concern about the handling of personal data can be sent to [email protected]. You may also contact the controller by telephone on +447547767628 or by post at 45 Worple Rd, Staines TW18 1LQ, Great Britain. The website does not state that it has appointed a separate data protection officer; use the contact details above for privacy matters.

2. Scope and persons covered by this notice

This notice applies to visitors to the public website, people who use the search tool, people who send a message through the contact form, and people who otherwise communicate with Frontpagevo.net using the published contact channels. Public articles can be read without creating an account. The site does not provide user accounts, reader comments, newsletters, commercial transactions, or other member services described in this notice.

This policy concerns personal data processed by the website and its editorial operation. It does not govern independent websites or platforms that may be mentioned in editorial reporting. A reader should review the privacy information of any separate service before providing information there.

3. Personal data categories and sources

The data processed depend on how a person interacts with the site. When a visitor submits the contact form, the form may collect the name, email address, selected topic, message content, and the recorded privacy choice needed to show that the form submission was made after the relevant notice was presented. These details come directly from the person submitting them.

When the website is accessed, technical information may be generated through the normal operation and security of web systems. Where such logging is applicable, this can include the device or browser information provided with a request, the date and time of access, the page or resource requested, technical error information, and network information necessary to identify and address security or availability incidents. The site does not describe such technical data as a means of identifying readers for editorial or commercial profiling.

Search terms entered into the site search function are used to return relevant public content. If a search term itself contains personal data, that information should not be entered unless necessary. People sending a message should avoid including unnecessary sensitive information, such as health information, identity documents, financial details, or information about another person, unless it is genuinely necessary for the matter they raise.

4. Purposes of processing and legal bases

Frontpagevo.net processes contact-form information to receive, review, manage, and respond to the message. The legal basis is the controller’s legitimate interest in operating a secure editorial contact channel and communicating about a request or message initiated by the sender. Where the communication is necessary to take steps requested by the sender before an arrangement is made, processing may also be necessary for that request. If a message contains information for which consent is the appropriate basis, consent will be relied upon only where it has been obtained in a meaningful and documented way.

Technical request and security information may be processed to operate the website, prevent abuse, investigate faults, protect systems and content, and maintain service continuity. The legal basis is the controller’s legitimate interest in keeping a public information service secure and functional. The controller balances that interest against visitors’ rights and limits processing to what is reasonably needed for those purposes.

Cookie and local storage choices are processed to remember the visitor’s decision about optional technologies. Where consent is required for a non-essential technology, the legal basis is consent. Strictly necessary technical storage may be used where needed to provide a function expressly requested by the visitor or to maintain the security and functioning of the site, subject to applicable law.

The site does not use the information described here for advertising, newsletter distribution, sales activity, or paid profiling. It does not state that it operates analytics or advertising technologies. If operational practices change, this policy and the Cookie Policy should be updated before or when the relevant processing begins, as appropriate.

5. Whether data must be provided

Browsing public articles does not require a visitor to provide contact-form details. Providing a name, email address, topic, and message is voluntary, but some information may be necessary for the editorial team to understand a message and reply to it. If an email address is not provided, Frontpagevo.net may be unable to send a response. If a person declines optional cookies or local storage, essential public content should remain available, but a preference may not be remembered where the relevant storage is disabled or cleared.

6. Cookies, local storage, and consent choices

Cookies and similar technologies are small pieces of information stored or accessed on a device. This website uses a consent manager that records a visitor’s cookie choice in localStorage. LocalStorage is browser-based storage and is not the same as a cookie, but it can serve a similar preference-management function. Its purpose is to remember whether the visitor accepted or rejected optional cookies and to avoid repeatedly asking for the same choice.

Visitors can accept or reject non-essential cookies through the consent controls. Rejecting optional cookies should not prevent access to the public editorial content. Browser settings may also allow a visitor to remove cookies or local storage; removing stored preferences may cause the consent prompt to appear again. For further information about categories of cookies and similar technologies used on the site, please read the Cookie Policy. That policy should be read together with this Privacy Policy.

7. Processors, recipients, and legal disclosures

Personal data are not made public merely because a person visits the site or sends a message. Access is limited to people who need it for the relevant editorial, technical, security, or administrative task. Where external technical support, hosting, email handling, security support, or website maintenance is used, such providers may process data only as service providers acting on documented instructions and subject to confidentiality and data-protection obligations appropriate to their role.

Frontpagevo.net may disclose information where disclosure is required by applicable law, a binding request from a competent authority, or where reasonably necessary to establish, exercise, or defend legal claims, protect the rights and safety of people, or address a serious security incident. Any such disclosure should be limited to what is legally required or proportionate to the purpose. The site does not describe routine sharing of visitor data with advertising networks or data brokers.

8. International transfers

Because technical infrastructure or support personnel may be located outside Croatia or the European Economic Area, a processing activity can involve an international transfer. Frontpagevo.net does not state in this notice that every activity involves such a transfer. Where a transfer of personal data from the EEA to a country not recognised as providing an adequate level of protection actually occurs, the controller should use a lawful transfer mechanism under the GDPR. Depending on the circumstances, this may include an adequacy decision, the European Commission’s standard contractual clauses, or another transfer safeguard permitted by law, together with supplementary measures where necessary.

A person may ask for information about the applicable transfer safeguard by contacting [email protected]. Any response will take account of confidentiality, security, and the rights of other persons.

9. Retention of personal data

Frontpagevo.net retains personal data only for as long as necessary for the purpose for which it was collected, unless a longer period is required or permitted by law. Contact messages are retained for the time needed to handle the correspondence, maintain a reliable record of the matter, and deal with any follow-up, complaint, or legal issue that reasonably arises from it. The appropriate period depends on the nature, sensitivity, and outcome of the communication.

Technical and security records, where used, are retained only for the period reasonably necessary to operate, secure, troubleshoot, and investigate the website or to meet a legal obligation. Consent-preference information is retained while needed to respect and document the visitor’s choice, subject to the limits of the browser storage and any later change or deletion by the visitor. Data are reviewed and deleted, anonymised, or otherwise limited when continued retention is no longer justified.

10. Security and data minimisation

The controller seeks to apply organisational and technical measures appropriate to the nature of the data and the risks involved. These measures may include limiting access, using secure administration practices, maintaining systems, and reviewing security events where necessary. Personal data should be collected only where relevant and limited to what is necessary for the stated purpose.

No internet transmission, storage system, or communication channel can be guaranteed to be completely secure. Visitors should therefore use care when submitting information and should not send highly sensitive information through a general contact form unless they consider it necessary. If the controller becomes aware of a personal data breach that is likely to result in a risk to individuals’ rights and freedoms, it will address the incident in accordance with applicable GDPR obligations.

11. Your GDPR rights and how to exercise them

Subject to the conditions and limitations set by the GDPR, individuals may have the right to request access to their personal data; correction of inaccurate or incomplete data; deletion of data; restriction of processing; and receipt of data they provided in a structured, commonly used, machine-readable format, or transmission of that data to another controller where technically feasible. Individuals may also object to processing based on legitimate interests, including processing carried out for purposes connected with those interests.

To exercise a right, send a clear request to [email protected] and describe the information or action requested. The controller may need to request reasonable information to verify identity before acting, particularly where disclosure of personal data is requested. This protects people from unauthorised access. Requests will be assessed and answered within the period required by applicable law. If a request cannot be fulfilled in full, the response should explain the lawful reason and available next steps.

12. Consent, objections, and direct marketing

Where processing relies on consent, consent may be withdrawn at any time. Withdrawal does not affect the lawfulness of processing carried out before withdrawal. A visitor can change cookie preferences through the consent controls and can clear the relevant localStorage setting through browser controls. A person may also contact [email protected] to withdraw consent connected with a contact matter, where applicable.

Frontpagevo.net does not use the personal data described in this policy for direct marketing. If direct marketing were introduced in the future, people would have the right to object at any time, including to related profiling, and the relevant privacy information would need to be updated. The site does not state that it carries out profiling of visitors for marketing or advertising purposes.

13. Complaints to the Croatian supervisory authority

If you are in Croatia and believe that your personal data have been processed in a way that does not comply with data-protection law, you may lodge a complaint with the Croatian Personal Data Protection Agency (Agencija za zaštitu osobnih podataka, AZOP), or with the supervisory authority in your EU or EEA country of habitual residence, place of work, or the place of the alleged infringement. The controller encourages people to contact [email protected] first where appropriate so that a concern can be understood and addressed, but this does not limit the right to complain to a supervisory authority.

14. Children and editorial communications

The website publishes public journalism and is not designed as a service specifically directed to children. The contact form should not be used by children to submit personal information unless they understand what is being sent and have any consent required under applicable law. Where the controller learns that personal data concerning a child have been provided in circumstances that require parental or guardian authorisation and that authorisation is not available, the information should be handled in accordance with applicable law, including deletion where appropriate.

15. Automated decision-making

Frontpagevo.net does not use personal data from the functions described in this policy to make decisions based solely on automated processing that produce legal effects or similarly significant effects on individuals. It does not state that it uses automated profiling to determine access to editorial content, contact responses, or other reader treatment.

16. Changes to this policy

This Privacy Policy may be updated when the website’s functions, legal requirements, or data-handling practices change. The current version is published on https://2006.neurogena.net with the date shown at the beginning of this page. Material changes should be presented in a way appropriate to their significance. Visitors are encouraged to review this page periodically, especially before using the contact form or revisiting cookie choices.