1. Scope
DropEat uses browser cookies and similar device storage to operate its website, remember preferences and, where enabled, measure usage. Under the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations 2003, storage or access normally needs transparency and consent unless an exemption applies.
2. Essential technologies
Essential authentication/session information, security controls, preferences needed for the service you request, and temporary form/session progress may be stored without optional analytics consent where they meet the legal exemptions. Their duration varies according to whether they are session-based or persistent.
Examples of first-party local storage keys used by the DropEat application include dropeat_cookie_consent_v1, dropeat_ui_lang, dropeat_ui_currency, and temporary form-draft keys used to preserve work. Device storage can be removed through browser settings, though doing so may sign you out or clear unsaved progress.
3. Optional technologies
Analytics and non-essential advertising technologies, where actually deployed, should be used only under an appropriate legal basis and applicable PECR conditions, including any required consent. Merely displaying an optional-analytics toggle does not mean an analytics provider is necessarily installed.
Any material new tracking category must be reflected in the consent interface and this policy before activation. Embedded third-party content, if enabled, may involve additional providers and their privacy notices.
4. Your choice
You can accept, refuse or change optional cookie preferences using the Cookie settings control in the website footer. It reopens the preference interface without requiring a new account. Withdrawing optional consent does not affect the lawfulness of earlier operations.
You can also manage storage through your browser, subject to the effect on essential functionality. Contact contact@dropeat.co.uk with questions.
5. Personal data and updates
Any personal data derived from device storage is handled under our Privacy Policy. This policy is reviewed following changes in the technology stack and ICO guidance, including the Data (Use and Access) Act 2025 changes.