Last updated: 15 September 2026
The Menu Hub is an independent restaurant menu information website operated at themenuhub.co.uk by Christopher John.
This Privacy Policy explains what personal information The Menu Hub collects, how it is used, who it may be shared with, how long it is retained, and the rights available to you under UK data protection law.
Who We Are
The Menu Hub is operated by Christopher John as a sole operator. The Menu Hub is not a registered company.
Christopher John is the data controller responsible for the personal information covered by this Privacy Policy.
For privacy questions, requests, or concerns, contact:
Email: [email protected]
Website: themenuhub.co.uk
This Privacy Policy is intended to explain how we handle personal information in accordance with applicable UK data protection law, including the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR) and the Data Protection Act 2018, as amended.
Information We Collect
We collect information that you voluntarily provide and certain technical information automatically when you use the website.
Newsletter and Subscribe Forms
If you subscribe to our newsletter or updates, we may collect:
- Your name.
- Your email address.
Providing this information is voluntary.
Comments
If you submit a comment, we may collect:
- Your name.
- Your email address.
- Your website URL, if you choose to provide one.
- The content of your comment.
- Your IP address.
- Your browser user agent.
IP addresses and browser user agents may be used to help detect spam and abuse.
If you select “Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment,” a cookie is set on your browser to remember those details for a future comment.
Technical Information
When you visit The Menu Hub, technical information may be collected automatically. This may include:
- IP address.
- Browser type and version.
- Device type.
- Approximate geographic location.
- Pages viewed.
- Time spent on pages.
- Referring page or website.
- Interactions with the website.
- Cookie identifiers and similar technical information.
Some technical information is collected through server logs, cookies, analytics services, and similar technologies.
How We Use Your Information
We may use personal information to:
- Operate, maintain, and secure The Menu Hub.
- Send newsletter updates to subscribers who have opted in.
- Display and manage comments.
- Moderate comments and prevent spam and abuse.
- Respond to enquiries.
- Understand how visitors use the website through Google Analytics.
- Improve website content, functionality, navigation, and performance.
- Display and measure advertising through Google AdSense when it is activated.
- Comply with legal obligations.
- Establish, exercise, or defend legal claims where necessary.
We do not use your information for automated decision-making that produces legal or similarly significant effects.
Lawful Bases for Processing
Under the UK GDPR, we rely on the following lawful bases, depending on the purpose of processing.
Consent
We rely on your consent where required, including for:
- Newsletter subscriptions.
- The comment cookie used when you select the option to save your details.
- Advertising cookies where consent is required.
You can withdraw consent at any time.
Withdrawing consent does not affect the lawfulness of processing carried out before consent was withdrawn.
Legitimate Interests
We may process information where this is necessary for our legitimate interests and those interests are not overridden by your rights and freedoms.
These interests include:
- Operating and maintaining the website.
- Protecting the website against spam, abuse, and security threats.
- Responding to enquiries.
- Improving the website and its content.
- Maintaining website security and reliability.
Legal Obligation
We may process or retain personal information where this is necessary to comply with a legal obligation.
We may also disclose information where required by law, a court, regulator, or other lawful authority.
Cookies and Similar Technologies
The Menu Hub uses cookies and similar technologies to operate the website, provide requested functionality, remember preferences, understand website usage, and support advertising when advertising is activated.
Essential Cookies
Essential cookies support website operation, requested functionality, and security.
Where these cookies are strictly necessary for a service requested by you or otherwise covered by a legal exception, they do not require consent.
Comment Cookies
If you choose to save your name, email address, and website in your browser when submitting a comment, a cookie is set on your browser to remember those details for your next comment.
You can delete or block this cookie through your browser settings.
Google Analytics
The Menu Hub uses Google Analytics 4 (GA4) for statistical purposes only.
We use Google Analytics to understand:
- How visitors use the website.
- Which pages are popular.
- How visitors navigate the website.
- How the website can be improved.
Under the Data (Use and Access) Act 2025, the statistical purposes exception can permit analytics cookies used solely for statistical purposes without consent, provided the applicable legal conditions are met, visitors are clearly informed, and a simple and free means of objection is available.
The Menu Hub uses Google Analytics solely to create aggregate statistics about how the website is used, with a view to improving the service. It is not used by The Menu Hub for profiling, advertising, or making decisions about individual visitors.
Visitors can object to Google Analytics at any time through available browser controls, Google’s browser add-on, or website privacy preference controls where available.
If you object to Google Analytics, Google Analytics will stop processing your data for this purpose, subject to the technical operation of the opt-out method used.
If our use of Google Analytics changes so that it no longer falls within the statistical purposes exception, we will obtain consent before setting or accessing the relevant non-essential cookies where required.
Managing Cookies
You can block or delete cookies through your browser settings.
If you block or delete certain cookies, some features of The Menu Hub may not work correctly.
Google Analytics 4
The Menu Hub uses Google Analytics 4 (GA4) to understand visitor behaviour and produce statistical information about website use.
Information collected may include:
- Pages visited.
- Time spent on pages.
- Referral source.
- Device type.
- Browser type.
- Screen resolution.
- Approximate geographic location.
Geographic information is limited to an approximate country or city level.
IP anonymisation is enabled in our Google Analytics configuration. Full IP addresses are not stored by The Menu Hub through Google Analytics.
Google Analytics data is used for statistical purposes and website improvement. It is not used by The Menu Hub for advertising, individual profiling, or automated decision-making about visitors.
Analytics data retention: Google Analytics data is configured to be retained for 14 months, subject to the configuration and capabilities of the Google Analytics service.
Visitors can object to Google Analytics using available browser controls, Google’s browser add-on, or applicable website privacy preference controls.
Google AdSense and Advertising
The Menu Hub plans to display advertising through Google AdSense.
Google and its advertising partners may place and read cookies on visitors’ devices and may use web beacons or similar technologies when advertising is activated.
These technologies may be used to serve, personalise, measure, and report on advertisements.
Google may use advertising cookies to serve ads based on a visitor’s prior visits to this website and other websites across the internet.
Advertising Consent
Advertising cookies are non-essential cookies and require explicit consent before they are set for UK and EEA visitors where consent is required.
A Google-certified Consent Management Platform (CMP) integrated with the IAB Transparency and Consent Framework will be used to collect and manage advertising consent where required.
Advertising cookies will not be set before the required consent is obtained.
Visitors can withdraw or change their advertising consent at any time.
Visitors can also opt out of personalised advertising through Google’s Ads Settings.
For information about how Google uses information from websites and apps that use its services, see Google’s partner sites policy.
Who We Share Information With
We may share personal information with service providers where this is necessary to operate, secure, and provide The Menu Hub.
These providers may include:
- Google Analytics, for statistical website analytics.
- Google AdSense, for advertising when the service is active.
- Website hosting providers, for server infrastructure, hosting, maintenance, and security.
- Spam detection services, where applicable, for comment moderation and abuse prevention.
- Other technical service providers where reasonably necessary to operate or secure the website.
We may also disclose information where required by law or where necessary to comply with a lawful request from a competent authority.
The Menu Hub does not sell personal information to third parties.
Information is shared only where reasonably necessary to operate the website, provide its services, maintain security, prevent abuse, comply with legal obligations, or fulfil another lawful purpose described in this Privacy Policy.
International Data Transfers
Some service providers, including Google, may process personal information outside the United Kingdom.
Where personal information is transferred outside the UK and the UK GDPR requires safeguards for that transfer, we will use an appropriate lawful transfer mechanism.
Depending on the circumstances, this may include:
- A recognised adequacy arrangement.
- Approved contractual safeguards.
- Another lawful transfer mechanism permitted under UK data protection law.
How Long We Keep Information
We retain personal information only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes for which it was collected, unless a longer period is required or permitted by law.
Newsletter Data
Newsletter subscriber information is retained until you unsubscribe or otherwise request that we stop using it for newsletter purposes.
Comment Data
Comment information is generally retained while the comment remains published.
Information may also be retained for as long as reasonably necessary for moderation, spam prevention, website security, or the establishment, exercise, or defence of legal claims.
Google Analytics Data
Google Analytics data is retained according to the configured retention period, currently 14 months.
Server Logs
Server logs and related technical information are retained for security, operational, troubleshooting, and abuse-prevention purposes.
The typical retention period is 12 months, although particular information may be retained for a shorter or longer period where reasonably necessary.
Information may be retained for longer where required by law or where necessary to establish, exercise, or defend legal claims.
Your Data Protection Rights
Subject to applicable legal conditions and limitations, you may have the following rights under UK data protection law:
- Right to access: You can request a copy of the personal information we hold about you.
- Right to correction: You can ask us to correct inaccurate or incomplete information.
- Right to deletion: You can ask us to delete personal information in certain circumstances.
- Right to restrict processing: You can ask us to restrict how we process your information in certain circumstances.
- Right to object: You can object to certain types of processing, including processing based on legitimate interests in applicable circumstances.
- Right to data portability: You may request certain personal information in a structured, commonly used, machine-readable format where this right applies.
- Right to withdraw consent: Where we rely on consent, you can withdraw that consent at any time.
These rights are not absolute and may be limited or subject to exceptions under applicable law.
To exercise any of these rights, contact:
We may need to request information to verify your identity before dealing with a request.
You also have the right to complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), the UK’s independent data protection regulator.
Children’s Privacy
The Menu Hub is a general-audience website.
We do not knowingly request personal information from children under the age of 13.
If you believe that a child has submitted personal information to The Menu Hub, please contact:
We will review the information and delete it where appropriate and legally required.
Security
We use reasonable technical and organisational measures to protect personal information against unauthorised access, loss, misuse, alteration, or disclosure.
These measures may include appropriate website security controls, access restrictions, secure hosting arrangements, software updates, and security monitoring.
No internet transmission or electronic storage system can be guaranteed to be completely secure.
Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy when the website, services, technology, or legal obligations change.
The latest version will be published on this page.
The “Last updated” date at the beginning of the policy will be updated when changes are made.
Contact
For privacy questions, data protection requests, or concerns about how The Menu Hub handles personal information, contact:
Christopher John
The Menu Hub
Email: [email protected]
Website: themenuhub.co.uk