At OvenMenu (accessible from https://ovenmenu.com/), we place paramount importance on user privacy and data security. This Privacy Policy details the categories of data we collect, how it is processed, and your statutory rights under the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR) and the Data Protection Act 2018 (DPA 2018).
1. Information We Collect
We collect minimal data necessary to provide a fast, informative restaurant menu search experience:
- Direct Inquiries & Submissions: When you contact our team or submit a menu revision through our Contact Form, we receive the details you provide (such as your full name, email address, inquiry topic, and message content).
- Automated Server Log Data: When you navigate our pages, standard server logs automatically record non-personally identifiable technical information, including your IP address, browser user-agent, operating system, referring URLs, date/time stamps, and page request counts. This data is used solely for traffic diagnostics, server security, and site optimization.
2. Purpose & Lawful Basis for Processing
Under UK data protection laws, we process information on the following lawful bases:
- Legitimate Interests: Operating, diagnosing, maintaining, and improving our online UK restaurant menu index and comparative price discovery tools.
- Consent: Responding directly to your inquiries or communication requests when submitted through our web forms.
- Legal Compliance: Ensuring platform security, mitigating automated abusive traffic, and adhering to statutory obligations.
3. Cookies & Tracking Technologies
OvenMenu utilizes standard web cookies to preserve user preferences and ensure smooth navigation. Cookies are small text files stored locally on your device.
You can choose to disable or selectively block cookies at any time through your web browser settings. Note that disabling certain essential cookies may marginally alter your browsing experience.
4. Third-Party Advertising & Google AdSense
We may partner with third-party advertising networks, including Google AdSense, to display relevant advertisements across our pages:
- Third-party vendors, including Google, utilize cookies to serve advertisements based upon prior visits to this website and other websites across the Internet.
- Google's use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads to users based on their browsing activity.
- You can customize your advertising preferences or opt out of personalized advertising by visiting the Google Ad Settings page or via Your Online Choices UK.
5. External Web Links
Our website contains links directing users to official restaurant websites, food delivery aggregators, social channels, and third-party partners. OvenMenu has no control over the privacy practices, policies, or contents of third-party domains. We encourage users to inspect the individual privacy policies of external sites upon leaving our platform.
6. Your UK GDPR Statutory Rights
As a resident of the United Kingdom, you are entitled under UK GDPR to the following statutory data rights:
- Right of Access: You may request a confirmation of whether we hold personal data relating to you and request copies of that data.
- Right to Rectification: You may ask us to update or correct inaccurate or incomplete contact records.
- Right to Erasure ('Right to be Forgotten'): You can request the deletion of your personal contact communications under certain legal conditions.
- Right to Restrict Processing: You may request that we limit the processing of your personal data in specific scenarios.
- Right to Data Portability: You may request a structured copy of your submitted data transferred directly to you or another provider.
- Right to Object: You can object to our processing of personal data where processing is based on legitimate interests.
To exercise any of these rights, please contact our Data Protection desk at [email protected]. We respond to all verified statutory requests within 30 days without fee.
7. Protection of Children
Protecting children's online safety is a core responsibility. OvenMenu is a general-audience informational directory that does not knowingly collect personal identifiable information from children under the age of 13. If you believe a child has provided personal details through our Contact Form, please contact us immediately, and we will promptly erase the record.
8. Privacy Policy Revisions
We may periodically update this policy to reflect operational improvements, technological changes, or statutory requirements. Updates will be published on this page with an updated effective date.