Who We Are

At Brighton Curry; Indian Street Food & Curries (accessible from https://brightoncurry.co.uk/), protecting the privacy of our website visitors and customers is one of our top priorities. This Privacy Policy document outlines the types of information collected and recorded by Brighton Curry and how we use it.

If you have any questions or require further information about our Privacy Policy, please do not hesitate to contact us.

This Privacy Policy applies only to our online activities and is valid for visitors to our website regarding the information they share and/or that we collect through https://brightoncurry.co.uk/. This policy does not apply to any information collected offline or through channels other than this website.

Information We Collect

The personal information you are asked to provide—and the reasons why you are asked to provide it—will be made clear at the point we request it.

• Direct Contact & Inquiries: If you contact us directly (via contact forms, email, or telephone), we may receive additional information about you such as your name, email address, phone number, the contents of your message/attachments, and any other information you choose to provide.

• Table Bookings & Online Orders: When you make a reservation, place a click-and-collect order, or order delivery through our website, we may collect essential details such as your name, delivery/billing address, phone number, and order preferences.

• Account Registration: If you register for an account on our website, we may request contact details including your name, address, email address, and phone number.

How We Use Your Information

We use the information we collect in various ways to deliver an exceptional dining and service experience, including to:

• Provide, operate, and maintain our website.

• Process and fulfill your online food orders, reservations, and gift voucher purchases.

• Improve, personalize, and expand our menu, website functionality, and customer service.

• Understand and analyze how you use our website.

• Communicate with you directly or through one of our partners (including customer service updates, promotional offers, or order confirmations).

• Send you relevant updates and emails (if you have opted in).

• Detect, prevent, and protect against fraudulent transactions and spam.

Comments & User Interactions

When visitors leave comments or reviews on the site, we collect the data shown in the comments form, as well as the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to assist with automated spam detection.

An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. Upon approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.

Media

If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading imageswithembedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract location data from images hosted on the site.

Cookies

We use cookies to enhance your browsing experience:

• Comment Cookies: If you leave a comment on our site, you may opt-in to saving your name, email address, and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies last for one year.

• Login Cookies: If you visit our login page, a temporary cookie will determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser. When you log in, several cookies save your login information and screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for one year. Selecting "Remember Me" keeps your login active for two weeks. Logging out removes all login cookies.

• Content Management Cookies: If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie indicating the post ID will be saved in your browser. It expires after 1 day.

Embedded Content from Other Websites

Articles, menus, or features on this site may include embedded content (e.g., location maps, reservation widgets, videos, images, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.

These third-party websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

Data Retention

• Comments: If you leave a comment or review, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely so we can recognize and approve follow-up comments automatically.

• User Profiles: For users who register on our website, we store the personal information provided in their user profile. All users can view, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also view and edit that information.

• Order Records: Transaction data and order details are retained as required for legal, tax, accounting, and operational fulfillment purposes.

Your Data Protection Rights

We want to ensure you are fully aware of all your data protection rights. Every user is entitled to the following:

• Right to Access: You have the right to request copies of the personal data we hold about you.

• Right to Erasure: You can request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. (This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes).

• Right to Rectification: You have the right to request that we correct any information you believe is inaccurate or complete information you believe is incomplete.

Where Your Data is Sent

Visitor comments and form submissions may be checked through an automated spam detection service to ensure the security of our platform.