This privacy policy describes how The La Línea Guide handles personal data. The site is operated personally and non-commercially. The data it collects is minimal by design.
Who’s responsible
Data controller: [YOUR LEGAL NAME], operating The La Línea Guide from La Línea de la Concepción, Cádiz, España.
Contact for data matters: [YOUR PUBLIC EMAIL]
What data this site collects, and why
Newsletter subscribers
If you subscribe to the monthly note, we collect your email address. We use it to send you one email a month and nothing else. The list is hosted by [NEWSLETTER PROVIDER], [NEWSLETTER LOCATION]. We don’t sell, rent, or share the list with any third party.
Legal basis: your consent (GDPR Art. 6(1)(a)), given when you submit the subscribe form. You can withdraw consent at any time by clicking the unsubscribe link in any email, or by emailing the address above.
Analytics
If analytics is active on this site, it’s [ANALYTICS PROVIDER], [ANALYTICS LOCATION]. Analytics tells us how many people read which posts. We use this to decide what to write more of.
Legal basis: your consent, given through the cookie banner. If you decline analytics in the banner, no analytics data is collected from your visit.
Comments (if enabled)
If you leave a comment on a post, we collect your name, email address, and the comment text. Comments and their metadata are retained indefinitely so we can recognise follow-up comments from the same person.
Legal basis: your consent (you provide the data voluntarily by filling in the comment form).
Standard server logs
Our hosting provider (IONOS) keeps access logs for security and abuse prevention. These include IP addresses and may be retained for up to 30 days. We don’t access or use these logs except in case of security incidents.
Legal basis: legitimate interest (GDPR Art. 6(1)(f)) — protecting the site from abuse.
Who we share data with
By default, no one. The list of third parties that may process data on our behalf:
- IONOS — hosting provider. Stores all site data on EU servers.
- [NEWSLETTER PROVIDER] — stores subscriber emails.
- [ANALYTICS PROVIDER] — processes pageview data (only with your consent).
- Akismet (Automattic Inc., USA) — spam filtering for comments. Email and IP of commenters are sent to Akismet for spam-check.
If a third party is outside the EU, the transfer is governed by the EU Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs) or another adequate mechanism under GDPR Art. 46.
How long we keep your data
- Newsletter: until you unsubscribe. Unsubscribed addresses are deleted within 30 days.
- Comments: indefinitely. You can request deletion at any time.
- Analytics: [ANALYTICS RETENTION].
- Server logs: up to 30 days.
Your rights under GDPR
You have the right to:
- Access — request a copy of the data we hold about you.
- Rectification — correct inaccurate data.
- Erasure (“right to be forgotten”) — request deletion of your data.
- Restriction — limit how we process your data.
- Portability — receive your data in a machine-readable format.
- Objection — object to processing based on legitimate interest.
- Withdraw consent — at any time, for any processing based on consent.
To exercise any of these rights, email [YOUR PUBLIC EMAIL]. We respond within 30 days.
Complaints
If you believe we’ve handled your data wrongly, you can file a complaint with the Spanish data protection authority:
Agencia Española de Protección de Datos (AEPD)
C/ Jorge Juan, 6, 28001 Madrid
aepd.es
Cookies
This site uses minimal cookies:
- Strictly necessary: the cookie consent banner stores your choice. WordPress sets a cookie when you leave a comment, to pre-fill the form next time. These don’t require consent.
- Analytics: only if you consent through the banner.
You can change your cookie preferences at any time using the cookie settings link in the footer.
Changes to this policy
When this policy changes, the “last updated” date below is updated. Material changes are flagged in the next newsletter and in Corrections.
Last updated: 19 May 2026.
The commitments below bind the writing on this site. The bottom section covers the legal layer — who runs the site, what the disclaimers are, how to take action if something is wrong. Both layers — editorial and legal — are public commitments, not boilerplate.
Editorial commitments
1. Information you can act on
Every guide that touches paperwork, money, opening hours, or law has a publication date and a “last verified” date. Outdated guides on those subjects don’t just mislead — they cost people money, appointments, or both. When a regulation changes, we update within a week and flag the change in Corrections.
2. Sources cited
When a fact comes from an external source — BOE, BOJA, the Ayuntamiento, El Faro de la Bahía, Junta de Andalucía portals — it’s linked. Where two sources disagree, we say so and pick the more authoritative one. Where the source is direct observation, we say that too.
3. Calibrated confidence
We try to mark claims by certainty:
- Verified — sourced from primary documents
- Probable — multiple consistent secondary sources
- Anecdotal — observation, one source, or lived experience
If we’re guessing or unsure, the post says so explicitly — “this appears to be” rather than “this is”.
4. Food coverage is from places we’ve eaten
No restaurant gets a mention based on a search result. We’ve been, we’ve ordered, we’ve paid. Sponsored content, when it appears, is labelled with a notice at the top of the post and doesn’t buy positive coverage of any business.
5. Concrete over abstract
Names of streets, dishes, people who run the place. “My uncle’s lunch at La Atunara” is more useful than “authentic local food culture”. The categories on this site are for taxonomy, not for the writing.
6. No clickbait
No “what they don’t want you to know” headlines, no listicle numbers, no manufactured outrage. Headlines describe what’s in the post.
7. Corrections in the open
Errors get their own post, the original is linked to the correction, the original stays up. We don’t quietly delete and reissue. See Corrections.
Legal: who runs this site
This is the operator identification required under Ley 34/2002, de Servicios de la Sociedad de la Información y de Comercio Electrónico (LSSI-CE) Art. 10.
Operator: [YOUR LEGAL NAME]
Location: La Línea de la Concepción, Cádiz, España
Email: [YOUR PUBLIC EMAIL]
Site: lalineaguide.com
The site is operated personally and non-commercially. No commercial register entry applies.
Legal: not professional advice
The information on this site is for general informational purposes only and does not constitute professional legal, tax, immigration, financial, or medical advice. Spanish administrative procedures change frequently. Before acting on any guidance on this site:
- Verify with the relevant official source — BOE, BOJA, the local Ayuntamiento, Agencia Tributaria, INSS, your consulate, or the equivalent.
- Consult a qualified professional — abogado, gestor, asesor fiscal — for case-specific advice.
The operator of this site assumes no liability for losses, fines, missed deadlines, or other damages resulting from reliance on the content. We take editorial accuracy seriously — see the commitments above — but the responsibility for acting on the information rests with the reader.
Legal: intellectual property
All written content on this site is © [YOUR LEGAL NAME] and protected under Spanish and international copyright law. Photographs are the operator’s own work unless credited otherwise.
Brief quotations with attribution and a link back are permitted as fair use. Full-text reproduction, scraping for AI training, or republication without permission is not. To request reuse, email the address above.
Legal: applicable law and jurisdiction
This site is operated from and primarily concerns Spain. The use of this site is governed by Spanish law. Any dispute arising from the use of this site will be resolved by the courts of Cádiz, España, unless statutory provisions establish a different competent jurisdiction.
Last updated: 19 May 2026.
When we get something wrong, we correct it openly. The procedure:
- The error is acknowledged in a separate entry on this page (the corrections log below).
- The original post is updated — the correction is inline, dated, and labelled.
- The corrections entry links back to the original.
- The original stays up. We don’t quietly delete and reissue.
This applies to factual errors. Typos and small clarity edits don’t get a corrections entry.
How to flag an error
Email [YOUR PUBLIC EMAIL]. Include the post title, the specific claim, and what you think is wrong. A source for the corrected version helps.
Updates vs corrections
When a rule, price, or opening hour changes — NIE process, beach parking fees, paseo bar hours — the post is updated with the new date, but it’s an update, not a correction. The previous information was right when published. Corrections are for things we got wrong at publication time.
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