Privacy policy

Last updated: 10/11/2025

1. Who We Are

We’re Off To The Local (“O2L”), a community-led project celebrating pubs across Sussex, London, and beyond. You can find us online at https://www.offtothelocal.co.uk.

If you have any questions about this policy or how we handle your information, you can contact us at: offtothelocal@gmail.com.

2. What Data We Collect

When you vote in our pub surveys, we collect:

• Your name

• Your email address

• Your vote(s) for your favourite pubs

We do not collect any payment information, sensitive data, or tracking data for marketing purposes.

3. How We Use Your Data

We use this information to:

• Count and verify votes in our surveys

• Contact prize draw winners

• Notify pubs about their results (in anonymised or aggregated form)

We do not send marketing emails, newsletters, or sell your data to anyone.

4. How We Store Your Data

Your responses are stored securely in a Google Sheet that only our small team can access. Google’s systems are GDPR-compliant and data is stored securely within their platform.

We keep your information only as long as necessary to:

• Verify votes and run competitions for the current season

• Contact winners (up to 3 months after the end of a season)

After this, personal details (name/email) are deleted or anonymised.

5. Your Rights

Under UK data protection law, you have the right to:

• Access the data we hold about you

• Ask us to correct or delete your data

• Withdraw your consent at any time

To do this, email us at offtothelocal@gmail.com.

6. Third Parties

We do not share your personal data with anyone except for the purposes listed above (for example, we may contact a winning pub to co-ordinate prize collection).

7. Cookies & Analytics

Our website currently does not use cookies for analytics or advertising. If this changes, we’ll update this policy.

8. Changes to This Policy

We may update this privacy policy occasionally to reflect how we operate. The latest version will always be available on this page.