Privacy Policy

1. Who we are

This website and the People's Eating Awards (the "Awards") are operated by CYE Cypruseats Ltd ("we", "us", "our"), a company registered in Cyprus with registration number HE433814, mailing address P.O. Box 28131, Strovolos, Nicosia, Cyprus.

We are the data controller for the personal data described in this policy. That means we decide why and how your data is used, and we are responsible for protecting it.

If you have any questions about this policy or about how we handle your data, contact us at awards@thepeopleseatingawards.com.

2. What personal data we collect

We keep this deliberately minimal. When you sign up to vote in the Awards, we collect:

• Your email address — provided by you at sign-up.
• Your voting record — the categories and nominees you voted for, and the date and time of your vote. This is linked to your email address so that we can verify each person votes only once.
• Basic technical data — your IP address and browser type, recorded automatically when you submit a vote, used solely to detect and prevent duplicate or fraudulent voting.

We do not collect your name unless this is identifiable from your email address, phone number, postal address, date of birth, payment details, or any special category data (such as health, religion, or political opinions), unless you voluntarily include such information in a message you send us.

3. Why we use your data, and our legal basis

Under the GDPR we must have a lawful basis for processing of your personal data. We use your data for the purposes described below:

We will not use your email address for anything other than the Awards. We do not send general CyprusEats newsletters, restaurant promotions, or partner marketing to addresses collected through the Awards unless you have separately and explicitly opted in to receive them.

4. Where your personal data is held

Your personal data is kept online on SQL database on the cloud.

5. Who we share data with

All information that we receive from you will be kept confidential and will not be disclosed to third parties except as may be necessary to administer and operate the awards programme, including to facilitate nominations, verify and administer votes, prevent fraud or abuse, provide technical and operational support, or otherwise carry out the awards process. We may disclose data to service providers and other recipients who process data on our behalf under written agreements, provided that such disclosure is limited to what is necessary for those purposes and is carried out in accordance with our instructions and applicable data protection laws.

We may also disclose data where we are required to do so by law, regulation, court order, or a competent public authority, or where necessary to protect our legal rights or the security and integrity of the awards programme.

We do not sell, rent, or trade your data, and we do not share it with sponsors, nominated restaurants, or any other third party for their own marketing purposes.

6. International transfers

We will not transfer your personal data to any service providers located outside the European Economic Area (EEA).

7. How long we keep your data

• Email address and voting record: kept for the duration of the Awards edition and for 12 months afterwards, so that we can verify results if challenged and inform you about the next edition.
• Technical anti-fraud logs: deleted within 90 days of the close of voting.
• Correspondence you send us: kept for up to 24 months after the matter is resolved.

After these periods, all personal data will be destroyed.

In the event that legal or regulatory reasons necessitate a longer period, you will be notified accordingly.

8. Your rights

Under the GDPR you have the right to:

• To be informed — You have the right to obtain confirmation as to whether or not your data is being processed.
• Access — You have the right to obtain free information about your personal data and request a copy of this at any time. You also have the right to obtain information as to whether your data is transferred to a third country.
• Rectification — have inaccurate or incomplete data corrected.
• Erasure — ask us to delete your data ("right to be forgotten"). It may be that your request for deletion cannot be met, if there are overriding legal reasons. If this is the case, you will be notified accordingly.
• Restriction — ask us to limit how we use your data where a statutory reason applies.
• Portability — receive your data in a structured, commonly used machine-readable format.
• Object — object to processing on grounds relating to your particular situation.
• Withdraw consent — at any time, without affecting the lawfulness of processing carried out before withdrawal. In such a case you will no longer be able to use our Site.

Note that if you ask us to erase your data while voting is open, we will also have to remove your vote.

To exercise any of these rights, email awards@thepeopleseatingawards.com. We will respond within one month. There is no charge.

You can also unsubscribe from Awards emails at any time using the unsubscribe link at the bottom of every email we send.

9. Cookies

We use strictly necessary cookies to run the site and prevent duplicate voting. Full details are in our Cookie Policy.

10. How we protect your data

As controller, we have implemented the appropriate technical and organisational measures to ensure that your personal data is not lost, accessed or used in any unauthorised way. Anyone processing your information is authorised to do so and is subject to a confidentiality duty. In the event of a suspected data security breach, we have procedures in place that deal with this.

11. Minors

The Awards are intended for people aged 18 and over. We do not knowingly collect data from anyone below this age. If you believe a minor has signed up, contact us and we will delete the record.

12. Automated decision-making

We do not use your personal data for automated decision-making or profiling that produces legal or similarly significant effects.

13. Changes to this policy

This notice was last updated on 12 August 2026. We may change this policy by updating this page to reflect changes in the law or our privacy practices.

14. Contact us

If you need to contact us relating to an issue regarding your personal data or if you want to exercise any of your rights, you may contact our Data Protection Officer directly at awards@thepeopleseatingawards.com.

15. Complaints

If you have any complaints about your rights or the relevant law on the processing of personal data, you have the right to lodge an official complaint with the Office of the Personal Data Protection Commissioner which is the supervisory authority in Cyprus.

Office of the Commissioner for Personal Data Protection
Iasonos 1, 1082 Nicosia, Cyprus
P.O. Box 23378, 1682 Nicosia
Tel: +357 22 818 456
Email: commissioner@dataprotection.gov.cy
Website: www.dataprotection.gov.cy