Privacy

Last revised: 5 October 2026. This notice describes the site as it currently works. It will be updated when anything relevant changes.

Overview

PubFilter (pubfilter.co.uk) helps people find pubs in Sussex. The site does not have user accounts, does not require registration and does not collect account or registration details. Contact information you choose to email us is handled as described below. Most of the processing that happens to produce results — filtering, sorting, distance calculation — takes place inside your own browser using data loaded from the site's files.

PubFilter is hosted on Cloudflare Pages. Like any web host, Cloudflare receives connection metadata (including IP addresses) when your browser loads the site. Cloudflare's own privacy policy describes how they handle this.

Your location

Browser geolocation — if you click the location button, your browser asks your permission and, if granted, shares your coordinates with the page. Those coordinates are used only to sort and filter pubs by distance in your current browser session. They are not sent to PubFilter's servers or recorded anywhere.

Typed place names — if you type a town or place name, it is sent to Nominatim, the OpenStreetMap geocoding service, to convert it to geographic coordinates. Nominatim is a free, publicly operated service; see the OpenStreetMap Foundation privacy policy for how your query may be handled. The coordinates returned are used in your browser to calculate distances and are not stored beyond your current session.

You can use the site without using the location feature — results will not be sorted by distance, but all filtering and browsing remains available.

Cookies and local storage

PubFilter does not currently set any cookies on your device.

The site uses browser local storage to remember your analytics preference (whether you accepted or rejected analytics when the consent banner appeared). This preference is stored under the key pf_analytics_consent in your browser's local storage. It is never transmitted to PubFilter's servers and contains only the word "accepted" or "rejected". You can change your choice at any time using the Cookie settings link at the bottom of any page.

Analytics

PubFilter uses Google Analytics 4 (GA4) to understand how visitors use the site — for example, which searches are run and which pubs are viewed. This helps improve the service.

Consent first. On your first visit a banner asks whether you accept or decline analytics. No Google Analytics script is loaded and no data is sent until you accept. If you decline, or if you close the banner without choosing, no analytics data is collected.

What is collected (only after acceptance):

Page views — recorded with a sanitised URL. All URL query parameters except standard campaign attribution values (utm_source, utm_medium, utm_campaign, utm_content, utm_term) are stripped before the URL is sent. Raw search terms are never transmitted.
Search events — a search_completed event is fired when results load. The event includes a result count but does not include the text you typed.
Event interactions — clicks to an event organiser are recorded with the event identifier, pub identifier and event type. Contact information, submission text and event-search text are never included.
Pub interactions — when you open a pub detail panel, click through to a pub's website, or tap directions, an event is sent with the pub's internal identifier. Your precise location coordinates are never included.

Referrer. The referrer sent to GA4 is limited to the referring site's origin and path; query strings from the referring URL are stripped.

GA4 Enhanced Measurement features that could capture search terms or raw URLs (Page views via history changes, Outbound clicks, Site search) are disabled. Only the events listed above are collected.

Your choice. You can withdraw consent or change your preference at any time using the Cookie settings link at the bottom of any page. Withdrawing stops all further collection immediately. Your choice is stored only in your browser's local storage under the key pf_analytics_consent; it is never transmitted to PubFilter's servers.

Google receives analytics data on behalf of PubFilter. See Google's privacy policy for how they handle it. IP addresses are anonymised before storage by GA4's default configuration.

Externally hosted content

Loading PubFilter causes your browser to make requests to the following external services:

Google Fonts — the Inter typeface is loaded from fonts.googleapis.com. Google's servers receive the request and may log it. See Google's privacy policy.
Wikimedia Commons and Geograph — pub photographs are hosted on these services and loaded directly into your browser. Requests to those servers may be logged by those services in the normal course of web server operation.
Nominatim — as described under Location above, only when you type a place-name search.

PubFilter has no control over what these services log or retain. Their own privacy policies apply.

Data you send to us

If you email admin@pubfilter.co.uk — to report a correction, make an enquiry, or exercise your rights — the content of that email is received and held by the email provider. PubFilter uses that information to respond to your message and maintain the pub and event information you ask us to review. It is not shared with third parties beyond what is necessary for hosting and delivery.

The event form prepares an email in your browser. It does not send your details to PubFilter automatically or save them in browser storage. You must send the email yourself. If you download a submission file, it includes the contact details you entered; attach it only to the email you intend to send us.

Received event submissions may be kept in a private local review register with contact information, correspondence and confirmation notes so we can check listings and handle changes. Public event pages contain approved event details only. Contact names, email addresses, correspondence and private review notes are not published. Email us to request correction or removal of personal information.

Your rights

If you have questions about personal information PubFilter holds about you, or wish to request access, correction or erasure, email admin@pubfilter.co.uk.

Changes to this notice

This notice will be updated before any material change to how PubFilter processes visitor information. The revision date at the top of the page reflects the most recent update.