Privacy Policy

Privacy Policy

Last updated: 12/12/2025

Introduction

This privacy policy explains how Newcastle Eats (“we”, “us”, or “our”) handles information when you visit our website. We are committed to protecting your privacy and being transparent about our practices.

Newcastle Eats is a personal restaurant review website based in Newcastle upon Tyne, UK. We do not collect or store personal information beyond what is outlined below. It is not a registered business.

Data Controller

The data controller responsible for your personal information is:

Jeff Lyall
Email: jeff@newcastleeats.co.uk

Newcastle Eats is not required to register with the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) as we fall within the exemption for small-scale processing activities.

Information We Collect

Analytics

We use Google Analytics to understand how visitors use our website. This service collects information such as pages viewed, time spent on the site, and general location data. Google Analytics uses cookies to collect this data, but it does not identify you personally.

Advertising

We display advertisements through Ezoic and Google Adsense. Ezoic uses cookies and similar technologies to deliver ads that may be personalized based on your browsing activity. These cookies help us generate revenue to maintain the website.

Contact Form

When you submit our contact form, we receive your email address and message content. This information is used solely to respond to your inquiry and is not stored after we have replied to you.

Newsletter

If you subscribe to receive updates from Newcastle Eats, we will store your email address to send you notifications when new content is published. You may unsubscribe at any time using the link provided in each email. There is no newsletter or any other use for your email address that is stored or used for any other purpose, including personalised advertising.

Third-Party Embeds

Our website may include embedded content from third-party platforms including Instagram, Twitter/X, and YouTube. When you view pages containing these embeds, the respective platforms may set cookies on your device. We do not control these third-party cookies. Please refer to the privacy policies of these platforms for more information. In many instates, they might even request that you click OK to their policies etc. before you can even view this content. Don’t hate me — hate big tech and social media.

International Data Transfers

Some of the services we use (including Google Analytics and Ezoic) may transfer and process data outside of the UK and European Economic Area (EEA). These transfers are conducted in accordance with applicable data protection laws and appropriate safeguards are in place to protect your information.

Legal Basis for Processing

We process your data on the following legal bases:

  • Legitimate interests: For analytics and advertising purposes to operate and improve our website
  • Consent: For cookies that require your consent, as managed through our cookie consent banner
  • Contractual necessity: To respond to contact form inquiries you initiate

Cookies

When you first visit Newcastle Eats, you will see a cookie consent banner. This allows you to control which cookies are set on your device. You can change your cookie preferences at any time by accessing the cookie settings through the banner.

Data Retention

We do not retain personal data beyond the following:

  • Contact form submissions are deleted once we have responded to your inquiry
  • Newsletter subscription email addresses are retained until you unsubscribe and not used for any other purposes
  • Analytics data is retained according to Google Analytics’ standard retention policies (14 months, and contains no PII)

Your Rights

Under UK data protection law, you have the right to:

  • Access any personal information we hold about you
  • Request correction of inaccurate information
  • Request deletion of your information
  • Withdraw consent for processing where consent is the legal basis
  • Object to processing based on legitimate interests
  • Lodge a complaint with the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO)

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at jeff@newcastleeats.co.uk.

If you are not satisfied with how we have handled your personal information, you have the right to complain to the ICO:

Information Commissioner’s Office
Website: www.ico.org.uk
Telephone: 0303 123 1113

Changes to This Policy

We may update this privacy policy from time to time. Any changes will be posted on this page with an updated revision date.

Contact

If you have questions about this privacy policy or how we handle your information, please contact us at jeff@newcastleeats.co.uk or through our website contact form.