Sevenoaks Online is published by Future Business Media. This page sets out what we hold, why we hold it, and how to get it removed. If anything here is unclear, email hello@sevenoaksonline.co.uk and ask.

Last updated 15 August 2026.

Reading the site

You can read every page here without telling us anything. We set no cookies, and we run no analytics, advertising or tracking scripts. There is no sign-in, no reader profile and no account.

Three other companies see something when a page loads, because the page uses their service:

  • Cloudflare hosts the site and serves every page, so it handles your request and keeps the standard server logs any host keeps for security and reliability.
  • Google Fonts supplies the typefaces. They are fetched from Google’s servers, so Google receives your IP address and basic browser details when a page loads.
  • OpenStreetMap supplies the map on a business directory profile. That map loads only if you scroll down to it, and when it does, OpenStreetMap receives your IP address.

The share buttons on a story are ordinary links, not embedded widgets. WhatsApp, Facebook, X and Bluesky learn nothing until you actually click one.

The weekly email

If you sign up, we take your email address and nothing else. It is stored with Resend, the service that sends the email for us, and it is used for one thing: sending you the Sevenoaks Online weekly email. We do not sell it, rent it or pass it to anyone else.

The weekly email has not launched yet. Until it does we simply hold the addresses that have been given to us, and the first issue goes out to that list when it starts.

Every issue carries a one-click unsubscribe link. You can also email hello@sevenoaksonline.co.uk at any time and we will take you off the list.

Emails you send us

Tips, corrections and responses to a story arrive in the newsroom inbox. We keep them so we can reply and follow the story up. If we publish a selection of responses to a story we will not publish your email address, and if you would rather not be quoted at all, say so and we will not quote you.

Your rights

Under UK data protection law you can ask us what we hold about you, ask us to correct it, or ask us to delete it. Email hello@sevenoaksonline.co.uk and we will deal with it. If you are not happy with how we have handled a request, you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at ico.org.uk.

Changes

If this notice changes in a way that matters, the date at the top changes with it.