Legal
Privacy Policy
We collect as little personal data as possible. This policy explains what we do collect, why, and the choices you have.
1. Who we are
Teampicnictinkers is published by Teampicnictinkers Editorial Ltd, a company registered in England & Wales (Company No. 15408273), 3rd Floor, 18 Albemarle Street, London W1S 4HP, United Kingdom. We are the controller of personal data processed through teampicnictinkers.buzz. You can contact us about privacy at [email protected].
We are an editorial guide. We do not take hotel reservations or payments, so we never receive your booking details, passport information or card data. When you follow a link to a hotel's website, that hotel's own privacy policy applies.
2. Data we collect
- Messages you send us — if you use our contact form, it opens your own email app; we then receive your name, email address and whatever you write.
- Consent preferences — your cookie choices, stored in your browser's local storage, not on our servers.
- Technical data — our hosting provider automatically records standard server logs (IP address, browser type, pages requested, time of request) for security and reliability.
- Analytics (only with consent) — if you allow analytics, aggregated readership statistics about pages viewed and approximate region.
We do not knowingly collect data from children under 13, and we do not collect special category data.
3. How we use it
- To reply to your message and act on corrections or suggestions.
- To remember your cookie preferences.
- To keep the website secure, diagnose faults and prevent abuse.
- With consent, to understand which guides are read so we can improve them.
We do not sell personal data, and we do not use it for advertising profiling.
4. Legal bases
Under the UK GDPR we rely on: legitimate interests for answering enquiries and running a secure website; consent for analytics and functional cookies (which you may withdraw at any time via "Cookie preferences" in the footer); and legal obligation where we must keep records.
5. Third parties
Some content is delivered by third-party services, which may receive your IP address when your browser requests it:
- Google Fonts — typefaces used for the site's design.
- Unsplash — illustrative photography.
- Google Maps — embedded maps on hotel pages, and "Open in Maps" links.
- Our hosting and email providers — acting as processors under contract.
Where these providers process data outside the UK, transfers are protected by appropriate safeguards such as the UK International Data Transfer Addendum or adequacy regulations.
6. Retention
We keep correspondence for up to 24 months after our last exchange, unless it relates to an ongoing matter. Server logs are kept for no longer than 90 days. Consent choices remain in your browser until you clear them.
7. Your rights
You have the right to access, correct or delete your personal data; to restrict or object to processing; to data portability; and to withdraw consent at any time. To exercise these rights, email us — we will respond within one month. If you are unhappy with our response, you may complain to the Information Commissioner's Office (ico.org.uk).
8. Security
The site is served over encrypted HTTPS, access to our mailbox is restricted to editorial staff, and we apply the principle of data minimisation throughout.
9. Changes to this policy
We may update this policy when our practices change. The "last updated" date above will always show the current version. See also our Cookie Policy and Terms of Service.