This policy explains how Real Restaurant Advice collects and uses personal information. The site is run by Michael Clarke, who also runs Markedine, a restaurant marketing company in Bangkok. If you have a question about your data, email hello@realrestaurantadvice.com.
The free Google audit form
When you request a free Google audit, we collect the details you submit: your restaurant name, city, country, name and email, and anything optional you add, such as a Google Maps link, a phone or WhatsApp number, and a short note about your biggest challenge.
Real Restaurant Advice and Markedine use those details only to prepare your free audit and to contact you about it. We do not sell your information, and we do not use the form to add you to an unrelated mailing list.
The weekly tips email
If you sign up for our free weekly tips email, we collect your email address and, if you choose to give it, your first name. We use them only to send you the weekly tips email.
The list is managed with MailPoet, a WordPress plugin, and your details are stored in this website’s own database. We use double opt-in: after you sign up, we send you one email asking you to confirm, and you are only added to the list once you click the link in it.
Every weekly email has an unsubscribe link, and you can unsubscribe at any time. You can also email hello@realrestaurantadvice.com to be removed or to have your details deleted. We do not sell or share the list.
Cookies and Google Analytics
We may use Google Analytics, loaded through Google Tag Manager, to understand how people use the site, for example which pages are read. These tools set cookies in your browser. You can block or delete cookies in your browser settings. Blocking cookies may not stop the site working, but it can limit what we can measure.
Affiliate links
Some links on this site are affiliate links. That means we may earn a commission if you buy through them, at no extra cost to you. Affiliate programmes do not give us access to your payment card details. Where a page contains affiliate links, we say so on the page.
Your rights
Depending on where you live, you may have rights under the EU and UK GDPR and under Thailand’s Personal Data Protection Act (PDPA). In practical terms, you can ask us what personal information we hold about you, ask us to correct it, or ask us to delete it. Email hello@realrestaurantadvice.com and we will respond.
We keep audit-form submissions only for as long as we need them to do the audit, follow up if you have asked us to, and keep a basic record of the request. If you want a submission deleted sooner, tell us.
How to contact us
Email hello@realrestaurantadvice.com. This is the address to use for privacy requests and for any other question about this site.