Your privacy, explained in plain language.

Who this policy covers

This policy applies to thefoodeaters.com and the personal information handled through the website and related publication services.

For privacy questions or requests, contact contact@thefoodeaters.com.

Information you choose to provide

Depending on the feature you use, you may provide your name, email address, message content, newsletter preferences, account or membership information, comments, correction requests, story tips or other details you choose to send.

Please avoid sending sensitive personal information unless it is genuinely necessary for the request and you are comfortable providing it.

Information collected automatically

Like most websites, The Food Eaters and the services that help operate it may receive technical information when you visit. This can include IP address, browser and device type, operating system, referring page, pages viewed, timestamps, cookie or session identifiers and security logs.

This information can help us keep the site working, understand how content performs, diagnose errors, detect abuse and protect the website.

Cookies, analytics and measurement

The site may use cookies, local storage or similar technology for essential functions, login sessions, preferences, analytics, security, advertising or embedded services.

Analytics and measurement tools, where enabled, may process information about how visitors use the site. Some third-party services can set their own cookies or identifiers under their own privacy terms.

You can control many cookies through your browser and, where a consent or privacy control is available on the site, through that control. Blocking some cookies may affect functionality.

Google advertising and your choices

If Google AdSense ads are enabled on The Food Eaters, third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on your previous visits to this website or other websites. Google’s advertising cookies enable Google and its partners to serve ads based on your visits to this site and other sites on the Internet.

You can opt out of personalized advertising through Google My Ad Center. You can also visit YourAdChoices to opt out of participating third-party vendors’ cookies for personalized advertising. These choices do not necessarily remove all advertising.

Learn more about how Google uses information from sites that use its services. Where a consent message is displayed, you can use its controls to manage the choices offered.

Forms, newsletters and email

If you contact us through a form or by email, we use the information you send to read, route and respond to the enquiry. If you subscribe to a newsletter or other email update, we use the information you provide to deliver that communication and manage the subscription.

You can unsubscribe from marketing emails using the unsubscribe link in the message or by contacting us.

Accounts, memberships and payments

If The Food Eaters offers an account, membership or other paid feature, we may process information needed to create the account, provide access, manage billing, record transactions, handle support and administer the service.

Payments, when available, may be handled by a third-party payment provider. Where payment details are entered directly with that provider, The Food Eaters does not need to receive or store your complete card information.

Embedded content and third-party services

Stories may contain videos, maps, social posts, reservation links, images or other content supplied by third parties. Interacting with those services can allow the provider to receive information under its own privacy policy.

We may also use service providers for hosting, caching, security, forms, email delivery, membership functionality, analytics, content management and payments where applicable.

Why we use personal information

We may use personal information to provide requested services, respond to messages, manage subscriptions or accounts, process transactions where offered, moderate contributions, operate and secure the site, prevent fraud or abuse, understand performance, improve the publication, keep appropriate records, comply with legal obligations and protect our rights.

Where consent is legally required for a particular use, we aim to provide an appropriate notice and a practical way to withdraw that consent, subject to applicable law.

When information may be shared

Personal information may be processed by service providers that support the website and publication, or disclosed when required by applicable law, legal process or a competent authority.

Information may also be shared when reasonably necessary to protect users, the website or our rights, or in connection with a legitimate business reorganisation, subject to applicable safeguards.

How long information is kept

We keep personal information for as long as reasonably necessary for the purpose for which it was collected, including operational, legal, security, accounting and record-keeping needs. Different categories of information may have different retention periods.

Security

We use reasonable administrative and technical measures intended to protect information handled through the website. No internet service or storage system can be guaranteed completely secure, so users should also take appropriate care with passwords and sensitive information.

International processing

Some technology providers may process or store information in countries other than the country where you live. Where applicable, we aim to use service arrangements and safeguards appropriate to the provider and relevant legal requirements.

Your choices and rights

Depending on where you live and which laws apply, you may have rights to request access, correction, deletion or other action regarding personal information, or to withdraw consent for certain processing.

To make a privacy request, email contact@thefoodeaters.com. We may need enough information to verify the request and locate the relevant records.

Children’s privacy

The Food Eaters is a general-audience publication. It is not designed to knowingly collect personal information from children in circumstances where parental or guardian consent is required by applicable law. If you believe a child has provided personal information inappropriately, contact us.

India’s data-protection framework

We aim to handle personal data in accordance with privacy requirements that apply to our operations, including the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 and the Digital Personal Data Protection Rules, 2025, to the extent their provisions are in force and applicable to us.

India’s framework has a phased commencement schedule, so obligations can change as additional provisions take effect. This policy may be updated as those requirements, our services or our technology providers change.

Changes to this policy

We may update this Privacy Policy when the website, our service providers or applicable requirements change. The latest revision date appears at the top of the page.