Last updated: 1 January 2026
This Privacy Policy describes how Katon Notebook ("we", "us", "our") collects, uses, and protects information obtained from visitors to katon.info. We are committed to protecting your privacy and handling your personal data in an open and transparent manner in accordance with the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR) and the Data Protection Act 2018.
Katon Notebook is an independent editorial publication exploring everyday food habits, post-meal energy patterns, and afternoon alertness. The publication is not affiliated with any commercial, governmental, or institutional body.
The data controller for the purposes of UK GDPR is Katon Notebook, whose registered address is 14 Camden Passage, London N1 8ED, United Kingdom. You may contact us at any time at [email protected] or by telephone at +44 20 3847 6192.
We collect the following categories of personal data:
When you submit our contact form, we collect your name, email address, and the content of your message. This information is used solely to respond to your enquiry. We do not add you to any mailing list without your explicit consent.
When you visit this website, certain technical information is automatically collected by our servers and, where you have consented, by analytics services. This includes your IP address (anonymised where possible), browser type and version, the pages you visit on this site, the time and date of your visit, and the website that referred you to ours. This data is used in aggregate to understand how the publication is read and to improve the site.
We use cookies as described in our Cookie Policy. Your cookie preferences are stored in a first-party cookie on your device.
We process your personal data on the following legal bases under UK GDPR:
We use the personal data we collect to:
We do not sell, rent, or trade your personal data with third parties for their own marketing purposes.
We may share your personal data with the following categories of third party only where necessary to operate the publication:
We retain contact form submissions for a maximum of 24 months from the date of receipt, after which they are securely deleted. Anonymised analytics data is retained in accordance with Google Analytics' standard retention settings, which you may review at support.google.com/analytics. Cookie consent records are retained for 12 months.
Under UK GDPR, you have the following rights in relation to your personal data:
The right to request a copy of the personal data we hold about you.
The right to request correction of inaccurate or incomplete personal data.
The right to request deletion of your personal data in certain circumstances.
The right to ask us to pause processing of your data while a complaint is resolved.
The right to receive your data in a structured, machine-readable format where technically feasible.
The right to object to processing based on our legitimate interests, including profiling.
To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at [email protected]. We will respond within one calendar month of receiving your request. If you are unhappy with our response, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) at ico.org.uk.
Google Analytics processes data on servers outside the United Kingdom and European Economic Area. Google LLC participates in the EU-US Data Privacy Framework and provides standard contractual clauses for transfers of personal data. Further information is available in Google's Privacy Policy at policies.google.com/privacy.
We take reasonable technical and organisational measures to protect your personal data against unauthorised access, loss, or destruction. These include HTTPS encryption on all pages of the site, access controls on our hosting infrastructure, and regular review of our data handling practices. No method of transmission over the internet is entirely secure; we cannot ensure the absolute security of data transmitted to us.
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in law, technology, or our editorial practices. Any changes will be posted on this page with an updated revision date. We encourage you to review this page periodically.
For any questions or requests relating to this Privacy Policy or your personal data, please contact: