Privacy Policy
Last updated: 23 June 2026
This Privacy Policy explains how Rhubarb Bridge Ltd handles information when you visit this website.
This website is operated by Rhubarb Bridge Ltd, a company registered in England and Wales.
Company number: 16769976
Registered in the UK
Contact email: prscwhitley@rhubarbbridge.com
For the purposes of data protection law, Rhubarb Bridge Ltd is the data controller for this website.
1. What this website does
This website provides information about books, publishing projects, sport guidebooks, related articles and external resources. The website does not currently sell products directly through an online checkout. Where books or other products are mentioned, visitors may be directed to third-party retailers, affiliate partners, advertising partners or external websites.
This website may earn income from advertising, including Google AdSense, and from affiliate links.
2. Information we collect directly
We do not currently operate user accounts, membership areas, mailing lists or newsletter signups through this website.
We do not intentionally collect or store personal data through contact forms on this website. If a contact form, email link or direct email address is used in the future, any information you choose to send may be used only to respond to your message or deal with your enquiry.
You should not send sensitive personal information through this website unless it is necessary.
3. Information collected automatically
When you visit this website, some information may be collected automatically by the website platform, hosting provider, advertising services, analytics tools, security systems or browser technologies.
This may include:
Your IP address
Browser type and version
Device type
Operating system
Pages visited
Approximate location based on technical data
Time and date of visit
Referring website
Cookie identifiers
Advertising identifiers
Interaction with adverts or affiliate links
This information may be collected through cookies, pixels, tags, server logs or similar technologies.
4. Website platform and hosting
This website is built and hosted using a third-party website platform. The platform may process technical information needed to display the website, protect it from abuse, maintain security, measure performance and provide website-management tools.
Rhubarb Bridge Ltd does not control every technical process used by the hosting platform, but we aim to use the website in a way that respects visitor privacy.
5. Cookies and similar technologies
This website may use cookies and similar technologies.
Cookies are small files placed on your device when you visit a website. They can help websites function, remember preferences, measure traffic, support security, show adverts and track affiliate referrals.
The main types of cookies that may be used on this website are:
Essential cookies, which help the website work properly
Analytics cookies, which help understand how visitors use the site
Advertising cookies, which help show adverts and measure ad performance
Affiliate cookies, which help identify when a visitor has clicked an affiliate link
Security cookies, which help protect the website from misuse
Where required by law, non-essential cookies should only be used after you have given consent through the website cookie banner or cookie settings tool.
You can also control cookies through your browser settings.
6. Google AdSense and advertising
This website may display adverts through Google AdSense or other advertising partners.
Third-party vendors, including Google, may use cookies to serve adverts based on your previous visits to this website or other websites. Google’s use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve adverts based on your visits to this site and other sites on the internet.
Advertising partners may collect or receive information from this website and elsewhere on the internet and use that information to provide measurement services and personalised or non-personalised adverts.
Depending on your location and consent choices, adverts may be personalised or non-personalised.
You can manage your advertising preferences through your browser, device settings, Google account settings or the cookie settings provided on this website where available.
7. Affiliate links
Some pages on this website may include affiliate links. If you click an affiliate link, a third-party website or affiliate network may use cookies or tracking technologies to record that you came from this website.
If you make a purchase after clicking an affiliate link, Rhubarb Bridge Ltd may receive a commission. This does not normally change the price you pay.
Affiliate partners and retailers are responsible for their own privacy practices. You should read their privacy policies before using their websites or services.
8. External websites
This website may link to external websites, including book retailers, sports organisations, governing bodies, affiliate partners, advertisers and other resources.
Rhubarb Bridge Ltd is not responsible for the content, privacy policies, security or data practices of external websites. Once you leave this website, your use of the external website is governed by that website’s own terms and privacy policy.
9. Analytics and performance measurement
This website may use analytics or performance tools to understand how visitors find and use the site.
Analytics data may help us understand:
Which pages are visited
How long visitors stay
Which pages are most useful
Which devices and browsers are used
How visitors arrive at the website
Whether advertising or affiliate links are performing
Where possible, analytics data is used in an aggregated or limited way. However, analytics providers may still process technical identifiers such as IP addresses, cookie identifiers or device information.
10. Why we use information
Information may be used for the following purposes:
To operate and display the website
To keep the website secure
To understand website performance
To improve content and usability
To show adverts
To measure advertising performance
To support affiliate-link tracking
To respond to enquiries if you contact us directly
To comply with legal obligations
11. Legal basis for processing
Where UK data protection law applies, the legal basis for processing may include:
Consent, where you agree to non-essential cookies, analytics, advertising or similar technologies
Legitimate interests, where we need to operate, protect and improve the website in a reasonable way
Legal obligation, where processing is needed to comply with the law
Contract, where you contact us and ask us to take steps in relation to a request
You can withdraw cookie consent where the website provides a consent tool or by changing your browser settings.
12. How long information is kept
We do not keep a general visitor database.
Technical records, analytics data, advertising data and affiliate data may be kept by third-party providers according to their own retention periods. Rhubarb Bridge Ltd may retain limited records where needed for administration, accounting, legal compliance, security, dispute handling or business reporting.
If you contact us directly by email, we may keep your message for as long as reasonably needed to respond, manage the matter and keep appropriate business records.
13. Who information may be shared with
Information may be processed by or shared with:
Website hosting and platform providers
Analytics providers
Google AdSense and advertising partners
Affiliate networks and retailers
Security and spam-prevention services
Professional advisers where necessary
Regulators, authorities or legal bodies where required by law
We do not sell a mailing list or customer database because this website does not currently operate one.
14. International transfers
Some third-party services used by this website may process information outside the United Kingdom. Where this happens, those providers are responsible for using appropriate safeguards under applicable data protection law.
15. Children
This website is intended for general informational use. It is not designed to knowingly collect personal data from children.
If you believe a child has provided personal information to us, please contact us so the matter can be reviewed.
16. Your rights
Depending on your location and the circumstances, you may have rights under data protection law, including the right to:
Ask what personal data is held about you
Ask for incorrect information to be corrected
Ask for information to be deleted
Object to certain processing
Restrict certain processing
Withdraw consent where processing is based on consent
Complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office
Because this website does not currently operate user accounts, mailing lists or customer databases, the amount of personal data held directly by Rhubarb Bridge Ltd may be limited.
To make a privacy request, contact:
[insert contact email]
You also have the right to complain to the UK Information Commissioner’s Office if you believe your data has been handled incorrectly.
17. Changes to this Privacy Policy
This Privacy Policy may be updated from time to time to reflect changes to the website, advertising partners, affiliate systems, legal requirements or business operations.