Privacy Policy

Depending on how you use East Lothian Online, we may collect your email address and basic account information when you create an account.

We also store information you choose to publish, such as business pages, events, deals, alerts and other local content.

Search activity is stored only as anonymous, aggregated data so we can understand what people are looking for and improve search results. It is not linked to individual users.

East Lothian Online does not use advertising or marketing cookies.

We only use cookies and similar storage that are necessary for authentication, account security and keeping you signed in.

We use Vercel Analytics to understand general site usage and performance, such as page visits, traffic levels and technical performance.

This helps us improve East Lothian Online without using advertising trackers.

East Lothian Online uses Supabase for authentication, account management and application data storage.

We take reasonable technical and organisational measures to protect the information held by the platform.

East Lothian Online currently relies on Supabase for authentication and data storage, and Vercel for hosting and analytics.

These providers may process limited technical information as required to provide their services.

Under applicable UK data protection law, you may have the right to request access to, correction of or deletion of your personal information.

You may also ask us to explain how your information is used or raise a concern about how it has been handled.