Last Updated: August 4, 2026

1. Introduction

Welcome to The Capital Craving (https://www.thecapitalcraving.com). We are a personal blog dedicated to food and travel photography, visual storytelling, and documenting diverse dining experiences and travel itineraries.

We respect your privacy and are committed to protecting your personal data. This Privacy Policy explains what information we collect, how we use it, and your rights regarding your data, with strict adherence to the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) for our UK and European Union readers.

2. What Personal Data We Collect and Why

Comments

When visitors leave comments 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 help with spam detection.

An anonymised 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/. After 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 images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.

Cookies

We use cookies to enhance your experience on our site, as well as for security and performance purposes.

  • 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 will last for one year.
  • Login Cookies: If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser. When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.
  • Editing Cookies: If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.

3. Third-Party Tools, Analytics, and Hosting

To keep our site running smoothly and securely, we utilise a few trusted third-party services:

  • Hosting: Our website is hosted on DreamHost servers, which may log standard server information (like IP addresses) for security and maintenance.
  • Jetpack: We use the Jetpack plugin for site security, spam protection, and performance optimisation. Jetpack may use cookies to collect basic, anonymised data to protect the site.
  • Google Analytics (Future Use): We may incorporate Google Analytics in the future to monitor site traffic and better understand what content our readers enjoy. This service uses cookies to collect anonymised usage data.

4. Embedded Content from Other Websites

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g., videos, images, articles, maps for travel itineraries). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.

These 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 with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

5. Monetisation and Affiliate Links

Currently, The Capital Craving operates as an unmonetised platform. However, we plan to incorporate display advertising and affiliate marketing links in the future to support the site’s operations.

When implemented, interacting with these ads or purchasing through affiliate links will incur no additional cost to you, but may generate a small commission for us. Third-party ad networks and affiliate programmes may use cookies to track clicks and attribute sales. We will update this policy accordingly when these features are activated.

6. Who We Share Your Data With and Where It Is Sent

We do not sell, rent, or trade your personal information. Your data is only shared in the following technical circumstances:

  • Password Resets: If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.
  • Spam Detection: Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.

7. How Long We Retain Your Data

If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognise and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.

For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.

8. What Rights You Have Over Your Data (GDPR Compliance)

If you are a resident of the UK or the European Economic Area (EEA), you have specific rights regarding your personal data under the GDPR. If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can:

  • Request an Export: Request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us.
  • Request Erasure: Request that we erase any personal data we hold about you.
  • Withdraw Consent: Withdraw your consent for cookie tracking at any time via your browser settings.

Note: The right to erasure does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

9. Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, our data collection practices, or if you would like to exercise your privacy rights, please contact us at:

Email: thecapitalcraving@gmail.com