Cookie & Privacy Policy

Privacy & Cookie Policy

Last updated: August 2026

The Seagull Times ("we", "us" or "our") respects the privacy of visitors to our website.

This Privacy & Cookie Policy explains what information may be collected when you visit The Seagull Times, how that information may be used, and how cookies and similar technologies are used.

This policy applies to visitors of theseagulltimes.co.uk.

1. Information We Collect

Depending on how you use The Seagull Times, we may collect limited information about you.

This may include:

• Your IP address;
• Browser and device information;
• Approximate geographic location derived from your IP address;
• Pages you visit and how you interact with the website;
• Referring websites or search engines;
• Cookie and consent preferences;
• Information you voluntarily provide when contacting us.

We do not intentionally collect more personal information than is reasonably necessary to operate, secure, understand and monetise the website.

2. Information You Provide

If you contact The Seagull Times, you may provide information such as your name, email address and the contents of your message.

We will use this information to deal with your enquiry, complaint, correction request or other correspondence.

Please do not send sensitive personal information unless it is genuinely necessary.

3. Cookies

The Seagull Times may use cookies and similar technologies.

Cookies are small files stored on your device when you visit a website. They can perform functions such as remembering preferences, measuring website usage, maintaining security and supporting advertising.

Cookies used on this website may include:

Strictly Necessary Cookies

These are required for the website to function correctly or to remember essential choices.

Preference Cookies

These may remember choices you have made about how the website operates.

Analytics Cookies

Where enabled, these help us understand how visitors use The Seagull Times, such as which pages and articles are popular.

Advertising Cookies

These may be used by advertising providers, including Google, to deliver, measure and manage advertising.

Where consent is legally required, non-essential cookies and similar technologies will be used in accordance with the choices you make through our consent management system.

4. Google AdSense

The Seagull Times uses, or intends to use, Google AdSense to display advertising.

Third-party vendors, including Google, may use cookies to serve advertisements based on a user's previous visits to The Seagull Times and/or other websites.

Google's use of advertising cookies enables Google and its partners to serve advertisements to users based on visits to this website and other websites on the internet.

Depending on your location and consent choices, advertisements may be personalised or non-personalised.

Advertising technologies may process information including your IP address, device information, browser information, advertising identifiers, interactions with advertisements and information stored or accessed on your device.

You can manage your consent choices through the cookie or privacy controls provided on our website where available.

You can also manage how Google personalises advertising through Google's advertising privacy and settings services.

5. Consent Management

Visitors in the United Kingdom, European Economic Area and other applicable regions may be presented with a consent message when visiting The Seagull Times.

This allows visitors to make choices regarding cookies, advertising technologies, personalised advertising and other forms of data processing where consent is required.

Your choices may be stored so that you do not have to make the same selection every time you visit.

Where available, you may revisit or change your privacy choices using the privacy or cookie settings provided on the website.

6. Analytics

We may use analytics services to understand how The Seagull Times is being used.

Analytics information may include pages visited, approximate location, device type, browser, referring website and the amount of time spent using the website.

Where analytics technologies require consent, they will be operated in accordance with your consent choices.

7. Legal Bases for Processing

Where UK data protection law applies, we will only process personal information where we have an appropriate legal basis.

Depending on the circumstances, this may include:

• Your consent;
• Our legitimate interests in operating, securing and improving The Seagull Times;
• Compliance with a legal obligation;
• Taking steps necessary to respond to a request you have made.

Where processing is based on consent, you may withdraw that consent.

8. Third-Party Services

The Seagull Times may use third-party services to operate, protect, analyse or monetise the website.

These may include advertising providers, hosting providers, analytics services, security services and content delivery networks.

These organisations may process information according to their own privacy policies and legal responsibilities.

Our use of third-party services may change over time as the website develops.

9. External Links

Articles on The Seagull Times may contain links to external websites.

We are not responsible for the privacy practices, security or content of third-party websites.

You should review the privacy policies of those websites if you choose to visit them.

10. How Long We Keep Information

We retain personal information only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purpose for which it was collected, including operating the website, responding to enquiries, maintaining security and meeting legal obligations.

Retention periods may vary depending on the type of information involved.

Third-party providers may have their own retention periods.

11. Your Data Protection Rights

Depending on applicable data protection law and your circumstances, you may have rights concerning your personal information.

These may include the right to:

• Request access to personal information we hold about you;
• Request correction of inaccurate information;
• Request deletion of personal information in certain circumstances;
• Object to certain processing;
• Request restriction of processing;
• Withdraw consent where processing relies upon consent;
• Request a copy or transfer of certain information where applicable.

Not every right applies in every circumstance.

If you would like to exercise a data protection right, please contact us using the contact details provided on The Seagull Times website.

You may also have the right to raise a concern with the UK's data protection regulator, the Information Commissioner's Office.

12. Children's Privacy

The Seagull Times is a general-audience satirical news and entertainment website.

We do not knowingly seek to collect personal information directly from children.

13. Security

We take reasonable measures to protect information processed through The Seagull Times.

However, no website or internet transmission can be guaranteed to be completely secure.

14. Changes To This Policy

We may update this Privacy & Cookie Policy when our website, advertising arrangements, analytics services or legal obligations change.

The latest version will always be published on this page, with the date of the most recent update shown at the top.

15. Contact Us

If you have questions about this Privacy & Cookie Policy, how your information is handled, or wish to exercise a data protection right, please contact us using the contact details provided on The Seagull Times website.