Privacy Policy
This Privacy Policy explains how Weightlossfood (weightlossfood.info) collects, uses, and protects information when you read our editorial content.
Last updated: June 2025
Who We Are
Weightlossfood is an independent editorial publication dedicated to providing informational articles, guides, and research-based content on nutrition, healthy eating habits, and weight management. We are not a shop, a clinic, or a service provider.
Our registered address is: Place du Marché 12, Nice, France.
For any privacy-related inquiries, please contact our editorial team at: [email protected].
Data We Collect
When you visit weightlossfood.info, we may collect the following categories of information:
Automatically Collected
- IP address (anonymised)
- Browser type and version
- Device type and operating system
- Pages visited and time spent
- Referring URL
- Date and time of visit
Voluntarily Provided
- Name and email address (via contact form)
- Message content (editorial feedback)
- Newsletter subscription email
- Comments submitted on articles
Note: We do not collect payment information, national identification numbers, or sensitive health data. All information you share is used solely for editorial and analytical purposes.
How We Use Your Data
We use the information collected for the following legitimate purposes:
- To operate, maintain, and improve our editorial platform and article content.
- To respond to feedback, questions, and messages sent by our readers.
- To send editorial newsletters to readers who have opted in (unsubscribe available at any time).
- To analyse anonymous traffic data and understand which articles resonate most with our readership.
- To ensure the security and stability of our website infrastructure.
- To comply with applicable legal obligations.
We do not sell, rent, or trade your personal information to any third party for marketing purposes.
Cookies & Tracking Technologies
Our website uses cookies — small text files stored on your device — to enhance your reading experience and gather anonymous analytical data. We use the following types of cookies:
| Cookie Type | Purpose | Duration |
|---|---|---|
| Essential | Required for basic site functionality and navigation. | Session |
| Analytics | Helps us understand how readers find and use our articles (e.g. Google Analytics). | Up to 2 years |
| Preferences | Remembers your settings such as language or cookie consent choice. | 1 year |
| Third-party | May be set by embedded content or external analytics tools. | Varies |
You can manage or disable cookies at any time through your browser settings. Please note that disabling certain cookies may affect the functionality of the site. For more on managing cookies, visit allaboutcookies.org.
Third-Party Services
To operate our editorial platform effectively, we work with a limited number of trusted third-party service providers. These may include:
- Google Analytics – anonymous traffic and readership analysis. Data is anonymised and aggregated. See Google's Privacy Policy.
- Email delivery providers – used solely to send editorial newsletters to opted-in readers. We do not share your email with advertisers.
- Hosting providers – our website is hosted on secure servers. Server logs may retain IP addresses for security monitoring purposes.
- Social media platforms – our articles may contain share buttons. These platforms may set their own cookies when you interact with them.
We require all third-party partners to handle data securely and in compliance with applicable data protection laws. We do not authorise any third party to use your information for their own marketing purposes.
Data Retention
We retain personal data only for as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes outlined in this policy:
- Contact form submissions are retained for up to 12 months from the date of receipt.
- Newsletter subscription data is retained until you unsubscribe, after which it is deleted within 30 days.
- Analytics data is anonymised and may be retained for up to 26 months.
- Server log data is typically retained for no more than 90 days.
After the applicable retention period, data is securely deleted or permanently anonymised.
Your Rights
Under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and other applicable privacy laws, you have the following rights regarding your personal data:
Right of Access
You may request a copy of the personal data we hold about you.
Right to Rectification
You may ask us to correct inaccurate or incomplete data we hold.
Right to Erasure
You may request that we delete your personal data, subject to legal obligations.
Right to Restrict Processing
You may ask us to limit how we use your data in certain circumstances.
Right to Data Portability
You may request your data in a structured, machine-readable format.
Right to Object
You may object to processing based on our legitimate interests, including analytics.
To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at [email protected]. We will respond within 30 days. If you believe your rights have been violated, you also have the right to lodge a complaint with your national data protection authority.
Children's Privacy
Our editorial content is intended for adults aged 18 and over. We do not knowingly collect personal data from children under 16. If you believe a child has submitted information through our website, please contact us immediately at [email protected] and we will delete it promptly.
Data Security
We implement appropriate technical and organisational measures to protect your personal data against unauthorised access, accidental loss, alteration, or disclosure. These measures include:
- SSL/TLS encryption for all data transmitted between your browser and our servers.
- Restricted access to personal data on a need-to-know basis within our editorial team.
- Regular security assessments of our website and infrastructure.