Deep Level

Privacy Policy

Effective date: 10 August 2026

Who we are

This Privacy Policy explains how Deep Level Ltd handles your personal data when you use deeplevel.biz (the “Site”). Deep Level Ltd is a company registered in England and Wales (“Deep Level”, “we”, “us” or “our”). We are the data controller for the personal data described here.

Deep Level publishes long-form interviews with founders and company leaders, together with related articles and commentary. We respect your privacy and aim to collect only the data we need to run the Site and its newsletter.

If you have any questions, contact us at [email protected].

The data we collect and why

Comments

When you leave a comment, we collect the data shown in the comment form, along with your IP address and browser user-agent string, to help detect spam. An anonymised string created from your email address (a hash) may be sent to the Gravatar service to check whether you use it; the Gravatar privacy policy is available at https://automattic.com/privacy/. After your comment is approved, your profile picture (if any) is visible to the public next to your comment.

If you subscribe to our newsletter, we collect your email address so we can send you updates about new interviews and related content. We use a third-party email provider (Brevo) to manage subscriptions and send these emails. You can unsubscribe at any time using the link in any newsletter, which removes you from our mailing list.

Media

If you are able to upload images to the Site, please avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS), as visitors can download and extract that data.

Server logs and security

Like most websites, our hosting and security providers may automatically log limited technical information (such as IP addresses and requests) to keep the Site secure and running. Comments may be checked through an automated spam-detection service.

Analytics and advertising

We do not currently use third-party analytics or advertising-tracking cookies on the Site. If this changes, we will update this policy and, where required, ask for your consent.

Legal bases for processing

Under UK data protection law, we rely on the following legal bases:

Consent for sending you our newsletter and, where used, any non-essential cookies. You can withdraw consent at any time.
Legitimate interests for publishing and moderating comments, keeping the Site secure, and preventing spam and abuse.
Legal obligation where we must retain or disclose data to comply with the law.

Cookies

If you leave a comment, you may opt in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies for your convenience; these last for one year. If you visit the login page, a temporary cookie checks whether your browser accepts cookies and is discarded when you close your browser. When you log in, we use cookies to save your login details and screen preferences: login cookies last two days (or two weeks with “Remember Me”), and screen-option cookies last one year. If you edit or publish content, a cookie storing the post ID is saved and expires after one day.

Embedded content from other websites

Articles on the Site may include embedded content (for example videos, images or social posts). Embedded content behaves as though you visited the other website, which may collect data about you, use cookies, and track your interaction, especially if you are logged in to that site.

Who we share your data with

We do not sell your personal data. We share it only with the service providers that help us run the Site, acting on our instructions, including our email newsletter provider (Brevo), our hosting and security providers, and an automated spam-detection service. If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.

International transfers

Where a service provider processes data outside the UK, we take steps to ensure it is protected by an appropriate safeguard recognised under UK data protection law (such as an adequacy decision or standard contractual clauses).

How long we keep your data

If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely so that follow-up comments can be recognised and approved automatically. Newsletter subscription data is kept until you unsubscribe. If you register an account, we store the information in your user profile until the account is deleted.

Your rights

Under UK data protection law you have the right to access, correct, delete or restrict the processing of your personal data, to object to certain processing, and to data portability. If you have an account or have left comments, you can request an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, and you can request that we erase it, except where we must keep it for legal, security or administrative reasons. To exercise any of these rights, contact us at [email protected].

If you are unhappy with how we have handled your data, you have the right to complain to the UK’s supervisory authority, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), at ico.org.uk.

Changes to this policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. The version in force is the one published on this page, and we will update the effective date above when we make changes.

Contact

For any questions about this Privacy Policy or your personal data, contact us at [email protected].