Privacy Policy
Data protection
and Privacy Policy
This privacy policy governs the collection,
storage and use of personal information collected by us, LocalFoodAdvisor Limited,
via our website at www.localfoodadvisor.com.
It provides you with details about the personal information we collect from you,
how we use your personal information and your rights to control personal information
we hold about you. Please read this privacy policy carefully – by accessing
or browsing this website, you confirm that you have read, understood and agree to
this privacy policy in its entirety. If you do not agree to this privacy policy
in its entirety, you must not use this website.
This privacy policy was last updated
in October 2008. Please check back regularly to keep informed of updates to
this privacy policy.
Who we are
LocalFoodAdvisor Limited is a company
registered in England and Wales (registration number 06467899), whose registered
office is at 2 Temple Back East, Bristol, BS1 6EG.
We respect your right to privacy and
will only process personal information you provide to us in accordance with the
Data Protection Act 1998, the Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive)
Regulations 2003 and other applicable privacy laws.
If you have any questions about how
we collect, store and use personal information, or if you have any other privacy-related
questions, please contact us at
info@localfoodadvisor.com
The personal information we
collect about you
When you access and browse this website
(including when you submit personal information to us through data entry fields
on the website), we may collect the following information from you:
- your name;
- your age and sex;
- your occupation;
- your interests;
- your postal address;
- your phone, fax and e-mail details; and
- credit card information for registrations
How we may store and use your information
We (or third party data processors
acting on our behalf) may collect, store and use your personal information listed
above for the following purposes:
- to make this website available to you and to provide you with content which is tailored to your individual
tastes;
- to complete any payments you make through this website, for example with agents
(including banks, credit reference agencies, credit card clearing agencies, fraud
prevention and detection agencies) that we use to process your registration payment
or who assist us in the service we provide to you. In these instances, we provide
them with only the information they need to perform their function;
In the unlikely event that our business may be sold to another company then the
data records that make up part of our business will be transferred.
- to provide you with services that
you request;
- where you have given us your
consent, to contact you (including by SMS and e-mail) with products and services
which we think may interest you; and
- where you have given us your consent,
to disclose your personal information to carefully chosen third parties so that
they may contact you (including by SMS and e-mail) with products and services which
they think may interest you.
We will not disclose, sell or rent
your personal information to any third party unless you have consented to this.
If you do consent but later change your mind, you may contact us and we will cease
any such activity.
However, if a third party acquires
all (or substantially all) of our business and/or assets, we may disclose your personal
information to that third party in connection with the acquisition. We may also
disclose your personal information where we are required to do so by applicable
law, by a governmental body or by a law enforcement agency.
Finally, we may also collect anonymised
details about visitors to our website for the purposes of aggregate statistics or
reporting purposes. However, no single individual will be identifiable from
the anonymised details we collect for these purposes.
Cookies
This website uses cookies to collect
information about you. Cookies are small data files which are placed on your
computer by this website and which collect certain personal information about you.
This enables us to tailor our service offering (including the website) to provide
you with products and services which are more relevant to your individual tastes.
However, you may change your website browser settings to reject cookies, although
please note that if you do this it may impair the functionality of this website.
For further information about cookies, including how to refuse cookies, please visit
www.allaboutcookies.org.
Security
Whilst we take appropriate technical
and organisational measures to safeguard the personal information that you provide
to us, no transmission over the Internet can ever be guaranteed secure. Consequently,
please note that we cannot guarantee the security of any personal information that
you transfer over the Internet to us.
Your rights
You have the following rights:
-
the right to ask us to provide you with copies of personal information that we hold
about you at any time, subject to a fee specified by law;
-
the right to ask us to update and correct any out-of-date or incorrect personal
information that we hold about you free of charge; and
-
the right to opt out of any marketing communications that we (or any third party
to whom we have disclosed your personal information with your consent) may send
you.
If you wish to exercise any of the
above rights, please write to us (either by post or by e-mail) at the address specified
above.
Third party sites
This website contains links to other
websites operated by third parties. Please note that this privacy policy applies
only to the personal information that we collect through this website and we cannot
be responsible for personal information that third parties may collect, store and
use through their website. You should always read the privacy policy of each
website you visit carefully.