Privacy policy

This page describes the site as it works today. It does not describe planned services as if they were already running.

Who is responsible

The Eating Archive is an independent editorial project run by its co-founders, Isa Rodó Mena and Micael Añón Abelenda. They jointly determine how the website and newsletter use personal data and are the joint controllers for those activities. For privacy questions or requests, contact them at hello@theeatingarchive.com.

What the website collects

The publication has no reader accounts or advertising, and we do not build reader profiles. It uses Google Analytics for visit statistics (see Analytics below). If you enter your email address and tick the unchecked newsletter consent box, we rely on your consent to request direct addition to the monthly newsletter list. There is no double opt-in confirmation step: EmailOctopus manages the subscription and sends a one-off welcome email after a new sign-up; that welcome email is not a confirmation request. If the address is already on the list, submitting again does not reset its status or necessarily trigger another welcome email. Contact us if you signed up before but did not receive the welcome email. You can unsubscribe at any time using the link in newsletter emails.

The newsletter form sends your email address and subscription request to EmailOctopus through our website endpoint. The endpoint does not write the address to a database operated by The Eating Archive. The browser may store two small preferences: one to remember that you dismissed the invitation or requested a subscription, and one to remember your analytics choice; neither stores your email address. See the Cookie policy.

If you email us

When you contact us or send a pitch to hello@theeatingarchive.com, we receive your email address and the information you choose to include. We use it to read and answer your message and, where relevant, discuss the proposal. The basis is our legitimate interest in handling correspondence or, where relevant, taking steps you request before a possible agreement. The domain’s incoming email is routed through Zoho Mail. We do not use messages to build marketing profiles or add people to a newsletter.

Hosting and service providers

The website is hosted by Vercel, which may process technical request data to deliver and secure it; we rely on our legitimate interest in operating and protecting the publication. Incoming email for theeatingarchive.com is routed through Zoho Mail. EmailOctopus processes newsletter addresses and subscription status to operate the list and send the welcome email and newsletters. EmailOctopus may also process delivery, bounce, unsubscribe, complaint and engagement events according to the account’s tracking settings. Its current data-processing terms and any international access or transfers must be reviewed before this draft is final. Analytics is provided by Google (see Analytics). We do not use an embedded social feed.

Analytics

The site uses Google Analytics 4 to count visits, see which stories are read and understand how visitors arrive. Google Analytics loads on every page, whatever you choose in the analytics notice.

If you click Accept, Google sets cookies on your device that recognise your browser between visits, and receives your IP address, device and browser information and the pages you view. We rely on your consent for this.

If you click Reject, or do not answer, Google sets no analytics cookies, but the tag still sends Google a cookieless signal when a page is viewed. The signal includes your IP address, device and browser information, the page and the time. Google uses it to estimate visit statistics when it has enough data, and it does not identify you to us. This is how Google’s “advanced” consent mode works. For this cookieless signal, and only for it, we rely on our legitimate interest in understanding how the publication is read.

You can change your choice at any time under Cookie settings. If you do not want even the cookieless signal, you can block Google Analytics in your browser, for example with a content blocker, or write to us at hello@theeatingarchive.com.

Google Analytics is provided by Google Ireland Limited and Google LLC, which may process data in the United States and other countries; see Google’s privacy information for the safeguards it relies on for those transfers. We have turned off Google signals and ad personalisation and set the shortest retention period for event-level data.

How long we keep information

We keep correspondence only for as long as it is useful to handle the enquiry or proposal and any work that follows, subject to applicable legal obligations. Newsletter contact data is kept by EmailOctopus while the contact remains subscribed. After an unsubscribe, the contact may remain marked as unsubscribed so the opt-out can be respected; the precise retention and deletion controls must be confirmed in the account before this policy is final. Google Analytics event data is kept for 2 months.

Your choices and rights

Depending on the circumstances, you may ask to access, correct or erase personal data, restrict or object to its use, or receive data you provided in a portable format. Where processing relies on consent, you can withdraw it; to stop the newsletter, use its unsubscribe link, and to change your analytics choice, use Cookie settings. To make another request, email hello@theeatingarchive.com.

You can also complain to the Spanish Data Protection Agency (AEPD).

Changes

If our data practices change, we will update this page and its revision date. The policy in force will always be available here.