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Privacy Policy

How Spain Eats collects, uses, and protects information when you visit spaineats.info — including advertising and cookies.

Last updated: 27 July 2026
Website: https://spaineats.info
Contact: contact@spaineats.info · Contact form

Who we are

Spain Eats is an English-language editorial guide to Spanish food, recipes, regions, ingredients, and food culture. The site is published by Suleman Hussain (founder & editor). For more about the project, see About Spain Eats and our editorial policy.

Information we collect

  • Contact form / email — If you message us, we receive the details you submit (name, email, message) and use them only to respond.
  • Server / security logs — Standard hosting logs may include IP address, browser type, referring URL, and timestamps for security and reliability.
  • Comments — If comments are enabled, we may collect the data shown in the comment form, plus IP and user-agent for spam protection.
  • Cookies and similar technologies — See below. These may be set by us or by third parties (for example Google).

We do not require an account to read the site. We do not sell your personal information.

Advertising (Google AdSense)

Spain Eats uses Google AdSense to display ads. Google and its partners may use cookies and similar technologies to serve ads based on your prior visits to this site or other sites, and to measure ad performance.

  • Publisher ID: ca-pub-7172729326385958
  • Google’s use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads based on your visits to this and/or other sites.
  • You can opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Google Ads Settings.
  • You can also visit www.aboutads.info for more opt-out options from participating companies.

Third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads on Spain Eats. For Google’s policies, see How Google uses information from sites or apps that use our services.

Cookies

Cookies are small text files stored on your device. We and our partners may use:

  • Essential cookies — needed for basic site operation (for example security or preference cookies).
  • Advertising cookies — used by Google AdSense and partners to deliver and measure ads (including personalized ads where allowed).
  • Analytics cookies — if we enable analytics tools, they help us understand traffic and improve the site. Those tools may set their own cookies under their privacy policies.

You can control cookies through your browser settings. Blocking some cookies may affect site or ad features.

Affiliate links

Some product or retailer links may be affiliate links. If you buy through them, we may earn a commission at no extra cost to you. This does not change how we describe products editorially. See our affiliate disclosure.

How we use information

  • Operate and improve Spain Eats
  • Respond to messages you send
  • Protect the site against abuse and spam
  • Show advertising and measure its performance (via Google and partners)
  • Comply with legal obligations when required

Sharing of information

We share data with service providers only as needed to run the site, including:

  • Hosting / infrastructure providers that store and serve the website
  • Google (AdSense and related advertising/measurement services)
  • Email delivery providers if used to send or receive contact messages

We do not sell personal information to data brokers.

Data retention

Contact messages are kept as long as needed to handle your request and for basic record-keeping. Server logs are retained according to our host’s practices and security needs. Advertising and analytics data retained by Google is governed by Google’s policies.

Your rights

Depending on where you live (including the EU/EEA and similar jurisdictions), you may have rights to access, correct, delete, or restrict processing of your personal data, and to object to certain processing (including personalized ads where applicable).

To make a request, email contact@spaineats.info. You may also use Google’s ads settings linked above for advertising preferences.

Children

Spain Eats is not directed at children under 13 (or the equivalent minimum age in your country). We do not knowingly collect personal information from children.

International transfers

Our hosting and advertising partners may process data in countries other than yours (including the United States). Where required, those providers rely on appropriate safeguards described in their own privacy documentation.

Changes to this policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. The “Last updated” date at the top will change when we do. Continued use of the site after updates means you accept the revised policy.

Contact

Questions about privacy or this policy:
Email: contact@spaineats.info
Form: Contact us

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