Privacy Policy

Last updated: 11 November 2026

This Privacy Policy explains how MenuTable.uk (menutable.uk), an independent restaurant-menu information website operated by Jamie Dalton, collects, uses, stores and protects personal information. The website publishes editorial information about restaurant menus and related dining information. When visitors browse the website, leave comments, subscribe to updates or contact us, certain personal information and technical data are processed. This policy describes the information involved, the purposes and lawful bases for processing, the use of cookies and third-party services, the circumstances in which information is shared, how long it is retained and the rights available to individuals under UK data protection law.

Who We Are

MenuTable.uk is operated by Jamie Dalton, who is the sole operator of the website and the data controller for the personal information covered by this Privacy Policy. MenuTable.uk is not a registered company.

For privacy and data-protection enquiries, requests concerning personal information or questions about this policy, contact usContacts at:

Email: [email protected]

You can also reach us through the Contact Us page.

We process personal information in accordance with the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR), the Data Protection Act 2018, as amended, and the Data (Use and Access) Act 2025 (DUAA 2025), where relevant. References in this policy to UK data protection law include applicable amendments and associated requirements in force at the relevant time.

Information We Collect

The information we collect depends on how you interact with MenuTable.uk. We do not require visitors to provide personal information simply to read publicly available restaurant-menu content. Certain features, however, involve information being supplied directly by visitors or collected through the operation of the website.

Newsletter and Subscribe Forms

If you choose to subscribe to newsletter updates, we collect your email address and, where requested, your name. This information allows us to manage subscriptions and send the updates you have agreed to receive.

Subscription is voluntary. You can withdraw your consent and unsubscribe at any time. We retain the information associated with your subscription only for as long as necessary to maintain the subscription or deal with a request to stop receiving communications.

Comments

When you submit a comment on MenuTable.uk, we collect the information entered into the comment form. This includes your name, email address and comment content. You can also provide a website URL, although this is optional.

For moderation, security and spam-prevention purposes, the website also processes your IP address and browser user-agent information. These details help us assess suspicious submissions, manage abuse and maintain the reliability of the comments feature.

If you select the option to save your details for future comments, a comment-related cookie is stored in your browser. This allows the website to recognise your saved information when you return. You are not required to select this option.

Comments intended for publication are displayed publicly. You should therefore avoid including private, confidential or sensitive information in a comment.

Contact Form and Email Correspondence

When you contact us through the website or by email, we collect the information you choose to provide. This ordinarily includes your name, email address and the contents of your message.

Correspondence can include general enquiries, requests to correct restaurant-menu information, reports of inaccuracies, restaurant suggestions and other feedback relating to the website. Where you ask us to amend or remove published information, we process the details you provide to assess and respond to the request.

We also retain relevant correspondence where necessary to maintain an accurate record of enquiries, explain decisions or deal with subsequent communications.

Technical Information Collected Automatically

When you visit MenuTable.uk, certain technical information is collected automatically through server logs, cookies, Google Analytics and similar technologies.

Depending on the technology involved, this information can include:

  • IP address and approximate geographical location derived from it.
  • Browser type, version, language and user-agent information.
  • Device type, operating system and general technical characteristics.
  • Pages visited, the time spent on individual pages and the sequence of pages viewed.
  • The referring page or website from which a visit originated.
  • Interactions with website content and available features.
  • Cookie identifiers and other online identifiers used to recognise a browser or distinguish visits.

This information helps us operate the website, understand how visitors use its content, maintain security and support the delivery and measurement of advertising.

How We Use Your Information

We use personal information for purposes connected with operating MenuTable.uk and providing its available features. These purposes include:

  • Operating, maintaining and securing the website and its content.
  • Managing newsletter subscriptions and sending updates to visitors who have opted in.
  • Publishing, displaying and moderating submitted comments.
  • Identifying and preventing spam, fraudulent activity, abusive submissions and other misuse.
  • Responding to enquiries, correction requests, restaurant suggestions and other correspondence.
  • Understanding website traffic and visitor behaviour through Google Analytics 4.
  • Reviewing content performance and identifying areas where the website can be improved.
  • Supporting the delivery, personalisation where permitted, measurement and reporting of Google AdSense advertising.
  • Meeting applicable legal and regulatory obligations.
  • Establishing, exercising or defending legal claims where necessary.

We do not use personal information to make automated decisions that produce legal effects or similarly significant effects concerning individuals.

Lawful Bases for Processing

UK data protection law requires us to have a lawful basis for processing personal information. The basis depends on the information involved and the purpose for which it is used.

Consent

We rely on consent where you choose to subscribe to newsletter updates, select the option to save your comment details, or where consent is legally required for advertising cookies and similar technologies.

Where consent is the lawful basis, you can withdraw it at any time. Withdrawal does not affect the lawfulness of processing carried out before consent was withdrawn.

Legitimate Interests

We process certain information because it is necessary for our legitimate interests, provided those interests are not overridden by your rights and freedoms.

These interests include operating and maintaining MenuTable.uk, securing the website, preventing spam and abuse, responding to enquiries, improving editorial content, understanding general website performance and maintaining the reliability of our services.

We consider the nature of the information, the reasonable expectations of visitors and the potential impact of the processing when relying on this basis.

Legal Obligation

We process and disclose personal information where necessary to comply with legal obligations. This can include responding to lawful requirements from courts, regulators or other authorised public authorities.

Cookies and Similar Technologies

MenuTable.uk uses cookies and similar technologies to support website functionality, understand visitor activity and deliver advertising. A cookie is a small text file stored in a browser or on a device. Some cookies are necessary for website features, while others are subject to consent or specific statutory conditions.

Essential Cookies

Certain cookies and similar technologies are necessary for the website to function properly, maintain security or provide features requested by visitors. These can support basic website operation, remember technical settings and protect forms against misuse.

Where a cookie is strictly necessary for a service requested by the visitor or falls within an applicable legal exemption, consent is not required. We limit the use of these technologies to their necessary purposes.

Comment Cookies

If you choose to save your details when submitting a comment, the website stores a cookie to remember the information you have provided for future comment submissions.

This cookie is optional. It is only used when you select the relevant option, and you can remove it through your browser’s cookie controls.

Google Analytics 4

We use Google Analytics 4 (GA4) to understand how visitors interact with MenuTable.uk. This includes information about page views, traffic sources, interactions and general patterns of website use.

Our intended use of GA4 is for statistical purposes. We use the resulting information to assess website performance, understand which editorial content is being viewed and identify opportunities to improve the website. Analytics information is not used by us for profiling visitors or delivering advertising.

The Data (Use and Access) Act 2025 introduced an exception that can permit certain cookies and similar technologies used solely for statistical purposes without consent, but only where all applicable legal conditions are satisfied. These include providing visitors with clear information about the technology and its purpose and offering a simple, free means of objecting to its use.

We rely on this exception only where the relevant conditions are met. Visitors can object through available website preference controls or browser settings. Google’s browser opt-out add-on also provides a means of opting out of Google Analytics measurement.

If our analytics activities change, or the relevant processing no longer satisfies the statutory conditions for the exception, we will obtain consent before using analytics cookies where required by law.

Google AdSense and Advertising

MenuTable.uk uses Google AdSense to display advertisements. Google and its advertising partners use cookies, web beacons and similar technologies to support the delivery, personalisation, measurement and reporting of advertisements.

Depending on the applicable consent choices, advertising settings and legal requirements, advertisements can be personalised or non-personalised.

Personalised advertising can use information about browsing activity and interests to select advertisements considered more relevant to a visitor. Non-personalised advertising does not rely on the same form of interest-based personalisation, although cookies or similar technologies can still be used for purposes such as frequency management, aggregated reporting and fraud prevention where permitted.

Google and its partners process information in accordance with their own privacy practices. Further information about available advertising preferences is provided through Google Ads Settings.

You can also read how Google uses information from sites that use its services for an explanation of Google’s processing in connection with websites that use its services.

Advertising Consent

Where advertising cookies or similar technologies are not exempt from consent requirements, we obtain consent before they are used.

MenuTable.uk uses a Google-certified Consent Management Platform (CMP) to present relevant consent information and manage advertising preferences. The Interactive Advertising Bureau Transparency and Consent Framework (IAB TCF) is used where applicable to communicate consent choices to participating advertising partners.

You can review or change your advertising consent choices through the website’s available consent controls. Withdrawing consent prevents future consent-based processing from relying on the withdrawn permission, although it does not invalidate processing lawfully carried out before withdrawal.

Managing Cookies

You can manage or delete cookies through the settings available in your web browser. Most browsers allow you to block cookies, remove existing cookies or receive notifications when a website attempts to store them.

Blocking certain cookies can affect website functionality. Features that depend on saved preferences or other browser information might not operate as intended.

Who We Share Information With

We share personal information only where reasonably necessary to operate or secure MenuTable.uk, prevent abuse, comply with legal requirements or carry out another lawful purpose explained in this policy.

Depending on the circumstances, information can be shared with the following categories of recipients:

  • Google Analytics, for website statistics and usage measurement.
  • Google AdSense and relevant advertising partners, for advertising delivery, personalisation where permitted, measurement and reporting.
  • Our website hosting provider, where necessary to store, deliver and maintain the website.
  • Spam-detection services, where required to identify and prevent abusive comments, suspicious submissions and automated activity.
  • Other technical service providers where their involvement is reasonably necessary to maintain, secure or operate the website.
  • Courts, regulators, law-enforcement bodies and other lawful authorities where disclosure is required or permitted by law.

Service providers receive information relevant to the services they perform. We do not authorise them to use information supplied through our website for unrelated purposes on our behalf.

MenuTable.uk does not sell personal information.

International Data Transfers

Some service providers used by MenuTable.uk, including Google, operate internationally. As a result, personal information can be processed or stored in countries outside the United Kingdom.

Where a transfer is subject to UK GDPR international transfer requirements, we use an appropriate lawful transfer mechanism. Depending on the destination and circumstances, this can include an applicable UK adequacy arrangement, approved contractual safeguards or another transfer mechanism recognised under UK data protection law.

These safeguards are intended to ensure that personal information transferred internationally receives an appropriate level of protection.

How Long We Keep Information

We retain personal information only for as long as reasonably necessary to fulfil the purposes for which it was collected. The retention period depends on the type of information, the reason for processing, operational requirements and any applicable legal obligations.

Newsletter Data

Newsletter subscription information is retained while you remain subscribed. If you unsubscribe or otherwise ask us to stop sending newsletter communications, we stop using the information for that purpose and remove or securely dispose of the relevant subscription information when it is no longer necessary to retain it.

Comment Data

Comment information is retained while the relevant comment remains published on the website. We can retain associated information for longer where necessary for moderation records, spam prevention, website security or the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims.

If a comment is removed, certain associated information can remain in internal records where there is a legitimate reason to retain it.

Google Analytics Data

Google Analytics 4 data is configured with a retention period of 14 months. This is the stated retention configuration for the analytics property. Data retained or processed separately by Google under its own service arrangements is also subject to Google’s applicable retention practices.

Server Logs

Server logs are typically retained for 12 months for security, operational monitoring, troubleshooting and abuse prevention. The actual period can be shorter or longer where reasonably necessary to investigate incidents, address technical problems or protect the website.

Information can be retained beyond these periods where required by law or where necessary to establish, exercise or defend legal claims.

Your Data Protection Rights

Under UK data protection law, you have rights concerning personal information that we hold about you. Depending on the circumstances and applicable legal conditions, these include:

  • Right of access: to request confirmation of whether we process your personal information and obtain a copy of that information.
  • Right to rectification: to request correction of inaccurate information or completion of incomplete information.
  • Right to erasure: to request deletion of personal information where the legal conditions for erasure are satisfied.
  • Right to restriction: to request that we limit the processing of your information in certain circumstances.
  • Right to object: to object to processing based on legitimate interests, including where you have grounds relating to your particular circumstances.
  • Right to data portability: to receive certain information you have provided in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format, where the right applies.
  • Right to withdraw consent: to withdraw consent where processing is based on your consent.

These rights are not absolute. Certain requests can be restricted or refused where an applicable legal exemption or other lawful condition applies.

To exercise a right or make a data-protection request, email [email protected]. Please explain the nature of your request and provide enough information for us to identify the relevant personal information. We can request additional details to verify your identity before responding.

You also have the right to raise a concern with the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), the UK’s independent data protection regulator. If you believe that your personal information has been handled unlawfully, you can use the ICO complaints service.

Where appropriate, you can contact us first so that we have an opportunity to understand and address your concern.

Children’s Privacy

MenuTable.uk is a general-audience website providing restaurant-menu and related editorial information. It is not specifically directed at children, and we do not knowingly request personal information from children under the age of 13.

If a parent, guardian or other person believes that a child under 13 has provided personal information through the website, they can contact us at [email protected].

We will review the concern and take appropriate steps to remove the information where deletion is appropriate and legally required. We can request sufficient information to identify the relevant submission before taking action.

Security

We use reasonable technical and organisational measures to protect personal information against unauthorised access, loss, alteration, disclosure and misuse.

These measures include appropriate security controls, restrictions on access to information, secure hosting arrangements, software updates and monitoring intended to identify technical problems or suspicious activity.

Access to personal information is limited to what is reasonably necessary for the operation and maintenance of MenuTable.uk.

No method of transmission over the internet or electronic storage system can be guaranteed to be completely secure. Although we take reasonable steps to protect information, we cannot guarantee that every system, communication or stored record will remain free from security risks.

Changes to This Privacy Policy

We review this Privacy Policy when changes occur to MenuTable.uk, the services and technologies used by the website, our information-handling practices or applicable legal obligations.

Where an update is necessary, the revised policy will be published on this page. The latest version will replace the previous version, and the Last updated date at the beginning of the page will be amended to reflect the date of the change.

Visitors should refer to this page periodically to remain informed about how personal information is collected, used and protected.

Contact

For questions about this Privacy Policy, requests concerning personal information or matters relating to the way MenuTable.uk processes personal data, contact the website operator using the details below.

Jamie Dalton
Sole operator and data controller
MenuTable.uk
Website: https://menutable.uk/
Privacy and data-protection email: [email protected]
Contact form: Contact Us page

We will review privacy enquiries and data-protection requests and respond in accordance with applicable legal requirements.