Privacy & cookies

1. Who we are

This policy explains how The Night Circle (“we”, “us”) collects and uses personal data when you use this website and our guestlist, table and chat services (the “Service”). We are responsible for this data. You can reach us on WhatsApp using the button below.

2. What we collect

• Booking requests: your full name, WhatsApp number and number of guests, plus the event, date, venue and table you chose.

• Messages: when you chat with us on WhatsApp, your number, profile name and what you write to us.

• Usage data: the pages you visit, your clicks, your device and browser, your approximate location based on your IP address, and how you found us. Our analytics and advertising tools collect this, see Cookies below.

We don’t ask for payment details. The Service is for people aged 21 and over, and we don’t knowingly collect data from anyone younger.

3. How we use it

• To handle your guestlist and table requests and pass them to the right venue or promoter.

• To contact you on WhatsApp about your request and answer your questions.

• To understand how the website is used and improve it.

• To measure and improve our advertising, including on Facebook and Instagram, where you have agreed to this if consent is required.

• To prevent misuse and fraud, and to meet our legal obligations.

We use your data because it is needed to do what you asked us to do, because we have a legitimate interest in running and improving the Service, because the law requires it, or because you gave your consent. We only send you promotional messages if you agreed to receive them, and you can opt out at any time.

4. Who we share it with

• Venues, promoters and partners that handle your request. They receive your name, WhatsApp number, group size and booking details, and use them under their own privacy policies.

• Service providers that help us run the Service: Framer (website hosting, forms and analytics), Google (Analytics and Maps) and Meta (WhatsApp and Meta Pixel).

• Authorities, when the law requires it, or to protect our rights, our users or others.

• A buyer or successor, if the Service or our business is transferred.

We don’t sell your personal data.

5. International transfers

Our service providers may store or process data outside the UAE, for example in the European Union or the United States. When this happens, we rely on the safeguards these providers offer for international data transfers.

6. How long we keep it

We keep booking requests and chats for as long as we need them to handle your request and any follow-up. Then we delete or anonymise them, unless the law requires us to keep them longer. Analytics data is kept according to the retention settings of each analytics tool.

7. Cookies and similar technologies

Cookies are small files stored on your device. We and our partners use cookies and similar technologies for the following:

• Essential: needed for the website to work and to remember your cookie choices.

• Analytics: Framer Analytics and Google Analytics, to count visits and see which pages are used.

• Advertising: Meta Pixel, to measure our ads and show relevant ads on Facebook and Instagram.

• Embedded content: the maps on venue pages come from Google Maps, which may set its own cookies when a map loads.

Where the law requires it, we ask for your consent before using analytics and advertising cookies. You can also block or delete cookies in your browser settings, opt out of Google Analytics with Google’s browser add-on, and manage your ad preferences in your Facebook or Instagram settings. Blocking some cookies may affect how the website works.

8. Your rights

Depending on where you live, including under the UAE Personal Data Protection Law (Federal Decree-Law No. 45 of 2021) and, for visitors from the EU or UK, the GDPR, you may have the right to:

• Access the personal data we hold about you.

• Correct it if it’s wrong.

• Ask us to delete it.

• Object to or restrict how we use it, including for marketing.

• Withdraw your consent at any time.

• Receive a copy of your data in a portable format.

• Complain to a data protection authority.

To use these rights, message us on WhatsApp. We may need to confirm your identity first, and we aim to reply within 30 days.

9. Security

We limit access to personal data to the people who need it and use reputable service providers. No website or messaging service is completely secure, so we can’t guarantee absolute security.

10. Changes to this policy

We may update this policy from time to time. The date at the top shows the latest version. See also our Terms of use.

11. Contact

Questions about your data or this policy? Chat with us on WhatsApp using the button below.