Suffolk Whole Hog (SWH) Privacy and Data Policy

Introduction

This privacy policy describes how we collect and use personal data about you, in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the Data Protection Act 2018 and any other national implementing laws, regulations and secondary legislation, as amended or updated from time to time, in the UK (‘Data Protection Legislation’).

Please read the following carefully to understand our practices regarding your personal data and how we will treat it.

By using our services you agree to the use of the data that we collect in accordance with this Privacy Policy.

We are committed to protecting your privacy

We collect the minimum amount of information about you that is commensurate with providing you with a satisfactory service. This Policy indicates the type of processes that may result in data being collected about you. Your use of this website gives us the right to collect that information.

Information Collected

We may collect any or all of the information that you give us depending on the type of transaction you enter into, including your name, telephone number and email address, together with data about your use of the website. Other information that may be needed from time to time to process a request may also be collected as indicated on the website.

Information Use

We use the information collected primarily to process the task for which you visited the website. Data collected in the UK is held in accordance with the Data Protection Act. All reasonable precautions are taken to prevent unauthorised access to this information. This safeguard may require you to provide additional forms of identity should you wish to obtain information about your account details.

We may use your personal information to send you information which you have requested from us via our Website Enquiry Form or by other means.

We may disclose information about you to any of our employees insofar as reasonably necessary for the purposes set out in this statement. In addition, we may disclose information about you to the extent that we are required to do so by law. Except as provided in this Policy, we will not provide your information to third parties.

We will take reasonable technical and organisational precautions to prevent the loss, misuse or alteration of your personal information. We will store all the personal information you provide on our secure servers which are password and firewall protected. We cannot guarantee the security of data sent over the internet.

We may update this Statement from time to time by posting a new version on our Website. You should check this page regularly to ensure that you are happy with any changes.
You may instruct us to provide you with any personal information we hold about you. Provision of such information may be subject to the payment of a fee of £10.
Please let us know if the personal information which we hold about you needs to be corrected or updated.

If you have any questions about this statement or our treatment of your personal data, please contact us by email to: bookings@wholehograces.co.uk
We do not store customer credit card details nor do we share customer details with any 3rd parties
If upon registering, you tell us that you are happy to be involved in publicity or PR for the SWH, someone from 8.2 events will contact you to discuss this. Your details and story will not be shared without your consent.

Signing-up to participate in SWH requires creation of an account and registration through the Whole Hog Races booking system.
I give my permission for my image to be captured (camera and film) by 8.2 events its partners and outside sources. I understand that these images may be used indefinitely to promote the work of 8.2 events and associated activities.

Cookies

Your Internet browser has the in-built facility for storing small files- “cookies” – that hold information which allows a website to recognise your account. Our website takes advantage of this facility to enhance your experience. You have the ability to prevent your computer from accepting cookies but, if you do, certain functionality on the website may be impaired.

Disclosing Information

We do not disclose any personal information obtained about you from this website to third parties except when we need to do so in order to complete the transaction – e.g. when arranging for a courier company to deliver goods that you have ordered. We may also use the information to keep in contact with you and inform you of developments associated with our business. You will be given the opportunity to remove yourself from any mailing list or similar device. If at any time in the future we should wish to disclose information collected on this website to any third party, it would only be with your knowledge and consent.

We may from time to time provide information of a general nature to third parties – for example, the number of individuals visiting our website or completing a registration form, but we will not use any information that could identify those individuals.

Changes to this Policy

Any changes to our Privacy Policy will be placed here and will supersede this version of our Policy. We will take reasonable steps to draw your attention to any changes in our Policy. However, to be on the safe side, we suggest that you read this document each time you use the website to ensure that it still meets with your approval.

Contacting Us

If you have any questions about our Privacy Policy, or if you want to know what information we have collected about you, please email us at bookings@wholehograces.co.uk. You can also correct any factual errors in that information or require us to remove your details from any list under our control.

Data Protection Act: 8.2 events will use the details supplied to contact you about SWH. From time to time we will also contact you with details of our other promotions by phone and post. If you would like to opt out of this contact, please email us at: bookings@wholehograces.co.uk