Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy sets out how Hungarian Markdex (“we”, “us”, “our”) collects, uses, stores, and protects personal data obtained from visitors, subscribers, and users across our web portals, desktop media guides, and technical handbook resources.

For the purposes of the Retained Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (the UK GDPR) and the Data Protection Act 2018 (DPA 2018), the data controller is Hungarian Markdex, operating from London, United Kingdom. We are committed to processing all personal information in accordance with the strict principles of lawful basis, fairness, transparency, data minimisation, accuracy, storage limitation, integrity, and confidentiality.

Electronic communications and cookie governance are additionally conducted under the Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations 2003 (PECR) as amended in the UK.

We collect personal information depending on how you interact with our handbook, documentation, diagnostic tools, and support inquiries. We classify the data collected into the following categories:

• Directly Provided Identification Data: Full name, electronic mail address, telephone contact details, and any message body provided via inquiry forms or newsletter subscriptions.
• Technical and Telemetry Data: Internet Protocol (IP) address, operating system build (e.g., Windows 10/11), browser type and version, browser language settings, time zone configuration, and referral HTTP headers.
• Usage and Interaction Metrics: Uniform Resource Locators (URLs) viewed, page interaction times, navigational paths through video conversion workflows, error diagnostic reports, and download links accessed.
• Cookie and Device Identifiers: Persistent and session-based identifiers used for telemetry, session management, and interface preferences as outlined in our Cookie Policy.

We do not deliberately collect or process any Special Category Personal Data (such as biometric data, health information, or political opinions) or criminal record data.

Under Article 6 of the UK GDPR, Hungarian Markdex must have an identifiable lawful basis for every processing activity involving personal data:

Hungarian Markdex does not retain personal data longer than necessary for the fulfillment of the purposes outlined in this policy, unless a longer retention schedule is required by statutory regulations:

• General Inquiries & Support Requests: Retained for a maximum period of twenty-four (24) months following resolution to facilitate continuity of service and error tracking.
• Web Telemetry & Access Logs: Automatically purged or anonymized within ninety (90) to one hundred and eighty (180) days from collection.
• Consent-Based Subscriptions: Maintained until consent is explicitly withdrawn or the communication subscription is terminated by the user.
• Statutory and Legal Records: Preserved for up to six (6) years in accordance with UK statutory limitation and accounting laws.

Hungarian Markdex never sells, rents, or commercializes personal data. Disclosures are strictly limited to verified third-party service processors operating under binding Data Processing Agreements (DPAs):

• Infrastructure and Cloud Providers: Secure hosting facilities, content delivery networks (CDNs), and database security systems located in the UK and EEA.
• Analytics and Diagnostic Tools: Technical telemetry processors that assist in identifying broken video extraction scripts, ffmpeg encoding errors, and network packet anomalies.
• Regulatory Authorities: Law enforcement agencies, courts, or governmental bodies where we are legally obliged to disclose information pursuant to applicable UK statutes.

If personal data is transferred outside the United Kingdom to countries not granted adequacy regulations under Section 17A of the Data Protection Act 2018, we execute International Data Transfer Agreements (IDTA) or the UK Addendum to the EU Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs) to guarantee an equivalent degree of protection.

As a data subject under UK data protection legislation, you possess enforceable individual rights regarding your personal information:

You also maintain the right to withdraw your consent at any time without affecting the lawfulness of processing based on consent before its withdrawal.

Our platform utilizes cookies and local storage tokens to ensure secure website rendering, retain UI state (such as desktop guide navigation states), and evaluate aggregated audience traffic.

Non-essential cookies (analytical and performance trackers) are loaded solely after receiving your affirmative consent via our consent banner. You may update or withdraw your cookie preferences at any time by triggering the configuration interface or by consulting our dedicated Cookie Policy.

If you believe that Hungarian Markdex has not processed your personal data in conformity with the UK GDPR or Data Protection Act 2018, we welcome the opportunity to address your concerns directly.

Nonetheless, you possess the statutory right to lodge a formal complaint at any time with the supervisory authority for data protection in the United Kingdom:

To submit a Data Subject Access Request (DSAR), withdraw consent, or request modification of your personal records, please submit your request in writing to the Data Protection Officer at Hungarian Markdex:

We respond to all valid requests within one calendar month in compliance with UK GDPR Article 12. Where requests are complex or numerous, this timeline may be extended by an additional two months with prior notification.