Privacy

The short version: you can use Side Quests without telling us anything, we keep as little as the features need, we never sell it, and you can delete it whenever you like.

Last updated 10 November 2026

Who we are

Side Quests (mysidequests.uk) is an independent guide run from London. We're the controller of the personal data described here. Questions or requests: hello@mysidequests.uk.

Just browsing

• No account needed. You can browse, swipe and save without signing in. Those saves and your place in the swipe deck stay in your own browser and aren't sent to us.
• Visitor statistics. We use Vercel Web Analytics, which counts page views, country and device type without cookies and without following you to other sites.
• Clicks to venues. When you tap "Visit website" or "Book now" we count it against that quest — the quest, which button and when. Nothing about you. These counts are how we show venues what Side Quests sends them.
• Broken-link reports. A report stores the quest and the reason, nothing else.

If you make an account

You sign in with Google or a link emailed to you — there are no passwords. We store your email address, your name if Google provides it, the quests you've saved or marked as done, and whether you want the newsletter. We use this to keep your list on all your devices; it's needed to provide the account you asked for. It stays until you delete your account, which you can do — along with downloading everything — from your account.

Group outings and invites

• If you organise one, we store the outing you set up: the quest, date, your name, any message, any deposit amount and deadline, and the payment link you choose to share with guests.
• If you're invited, we store your name and email (given by you, or by the organiser if they invited you by email), your reply, whether you've ticked "I've paid", and how many reminders we've sent. We use them to send your invite, a confirmation, at most two deposit reminders, and a note when it's booked — and to show the organiser who's coming. Our basis is our and the organiser's legitimate interest in running the outing you've been invited to.
• Guest details are deleted 30 days after the outing. The outing itself stays on the organiser's account as a record.
• We never handle money. Deposits go straight from guests to the organiser through the organiser's own payment app, so we never see card or bank details.

The newsletter

If you sign up, your email address is held by Beehiiv, who send it for us. Every issue has an unsubscribe link.

If you email us

We keep your message and email address for as long as we need to deal with it.

Who else handles it

We don't sell or share personal data for advertising. These suppliers process it on our behalf, under contracts that protect it:

• Supabase — database and sign-in
• Vercel — hosting and visitor statistics
• Resend — sending invite and reminder emails
• Beehiiv — the newsletter
• Google — only if you choose to sign in with Google

Some of them store data outside the UK; where they do, it's covered by the UK's approved safeguards for international transfers.

Cookies

Only the ones that keep you signed in, which are essential. No advertising or tracking cookies. When you follow a link to a venue or booking site you're on their website, and their privacy policy and cookies apply — an affiliate booking site may use one to record that you came from Side Quests.

Your rights

You can ask to see, correct, download or delete your data, or object to how we use it — email hello@mysidequests.ukand we'll reply within a month. If you're unhappy with how we've handled it, you can complain to the Information Commissioner's Office at ico.org.uk.

Children

Accounts and group outings are for people aged 13 and over.