Privacy Notice

1. Who is responsible?

OTHER PEOPLES RECIPES LTD is the data controller for personal information processed through OPC. Our UK data-protection registration reference is ZC211828. For privacy questions or requests, contact info@otherpeoplescocktails.co.uk.

2. Information we collect

When you submit a cocktail, we collect your name, email, optional location and glassware, drink style, servings, optional cocktail photo, original recipe image and audio story, recipe title, ingredients, method and story. Cocktail photos are stored privately until editorial approval. Original recipe images and audio stories remain private to the editorial team; we will ask separately before publishing these attachments. We also record the publication-permission wording version and the time you confirmed it. Contact emails may contain information you choose to include.

The hosting and sign-in services process technical information needed to deliver and protect the website. Owner sign-in provides account identifiers and email to control access to the private review inbox. Do not include another person’s private information without permission. Submissions are for adults aged 18 and over.

Optional visitor analytics

With your consent, we set a random first-party analytics cookie for up to 90 days to estimate distinct visiting browsers. We store a hash of that random identifier, the UK date and approximate country supplied by our hosting network. We do not store your IP address or precise location in this analytics database. Records older than 90 days are removed when visitor measurement next runs. They are used only to understand and improve OPC. Visitors who decline are excluded, and counts are estimates of browsers, not identified people. Use Analytics settings in the footer to withdraw consent; this deletes the cookie and its associated visitor records. The service runs in OPC’s existing hosting; your ingredient lists are not collected.

Aggregate website activity

We count page views and selected site actions, such as opening recipes and starting the submission form. We store daily totals by page, action and broad referral source. This measurement does not use analytics cookies, local-storage identifiers or visitor profiles, and does not store IP addresses, full referrer URLs, search queries or form contents. Counts are approximate activity totals, not unique people. We use these totals to understand and improve the community.

3. Why we use it

We use submission and contact details to review recipes, respond to enquiries and follow up with contributors. Our legitimate interests are running this recipe community, responding to requests and protecting the site. Required form fields are needed to process a submission. Technical security checks, including a hidden spam-trap field on the signup and recipe submission forms, help us prevent automated abuse; this field is not intended for visitors to complete.

Publication of your name, optional location and contribution relies on the permission you give on the form. Your email is never included in the public recipe collection. We do not add contributors to a marketing list and do not sell personal information.

OPC news and invitations

If you separately use Save your seat at the bar, we collect your name, email and dated permission record to send OPC news and invitations. We rely on your consent for this. Joining is optional and is not a condition of submitting a recipe. Use our unsubscribe form at any time, or contact us. We keep signup details until you unsubscribe or ask for removal, and may keep a minimal record to honour that choice. OPC news and invitations are sent using Resend. Every marketing email includes an unsubscribe link; supported mail apps can also use one-click unsubscribe. Joining does not trigger an automatic welcome email.

4. Publication and your choices

Every contribution starts as pending and is reviewed before publication. Only approved recipe content and photos, your submitted name and optional location appear in the collection. You can request a correction, withdrawal or removal using the contact above. Removal from this site cannot recall copies already shared by other people.

5. Hosting and service providers

The site is hosted through ChatGPT Sites, with Cloudflare infrastructure and database storage. These services process data to operate the website. Sign-in is provided through OpenAI. Emails you send to our contact address are handled through our 123 Reg/Titan mailbox. OPC does not use Supabase or Vercel. For OPC news and invitations, Resend (Plus Five Five, Inc.) processes recipient names, email addresses, email content and delivery information on our behalf. We do not enable email open or click tracking. See Resend’s Privacy Policy. See OpenAI’s Privacy Policy and Cloudflare’s Privacy Policy for their processing, including international processing. Providers may process information outside the UK, including in the United States. OpenAI describes its international-transfer safeguards in its UK and European Privacy Policy. Cloudflare describes the EU Standard Contractual Clauses and UK Addendum in its Data Processing Addendum. Resend’s Data Processing Addendum includes the Standard Contractual Clauses and UK Addendum for relevant international transfers. The mechanism applying to a transfer depends on the provider and processing involved; contact us for details or to request the relevant safeguards.

6. Retention and security

Published contributions are kept as part of the OPC collection until removed or replaced. Unpublished contributions are normally retained for no more than 24 months, unless a query or legal obligation requires longer. We retain publication-permission records as needed to administer the contribution and deal with rights requests. Access to the review inbox is restricted to the owner. No online service can guarantee absolute security.

7. Your rights and complaints

Depending on the circumstances, you may ask to access, correct, erase, restrict or transfer your personal information, object to processing based on legitimate interests, or withdraw consent. Contact us above; we may need to confirm your identity before acting.

Read the ICO’s explanation of data-protection rights. You may complain to the ICO if you are unhappy with how your information is handled.

Monthly voting

When you vote, we store your random browser identifier, selected drink, month and timestamp to count votes and limit repeat entries. Our legitimate interest is operating a fair community poll. Voting is optional; no name or email is collected. Records are kept for up to 13 months and then removed. See the Cookie Notice for the essential voting cookie.

8. Browser storage and updates

The Cookie Notice explains monthly voting, saved recipes, accessibility preferences and essential hosting cookies. OPC has optional first-party visitor analytics, controlled through Analytics settings in the footer, and no Google Analytics or advertising tags. We update this notice as the service changes; the date above identifies this version.