PRIVACY & COOKIES

Why we gather data and how we keep it safe, our Privacy & Cookies policy

Hi, many thanks for being our customer, there’s competition out there and we’re lucky to have you! We value your privacy and would like to tell you a little about our policy and how we protect your data.

Great British Bash is like every other online seller, in that we will collect personal information on you, when you shop with us. It helps us to give you a better shoppping experienece if we know a little about you and your preferences. It means that we can process your orders quickly and also tailor any offers to you, if marketing materials or emails are to be sent out to you. In the unlikely event that there was a problem with your order, we would be able to get in touch, let you know what’s happening and deal with it faster.

Who we are

Our website address is: https://www.greatbritishbashevents.com.

We are a family run buisness in Northumberland founded by Fiona Winn and we are Data Contoller registered with ICO – Information Comissioner. This makes us accountable for the data we hold and also means that we have to comply with a strict code of conduct. This dictates how companies collect and store data and how they share it with third parties.

If you have any questions, please contact us at:

DATA PROTECTION & PRIVACY
GREAT BRITISH BASH
UNIT 1 SOUTH ACOMB FARM
BYWELL
STOCKSFIELD
NORTHUMBERLAND
NE46 4BH
UK

You can also call us on 07816 559966 or email greatbritishbash.@gmail.com

What personal data we collect and why we collect it

We learn about your preferences when you shop with us via booking payments, wish lists and data forms.

What we need to know

We need the obvious information such as your name address and email details, so we can complete orders and billing online.If you’re registered for our Wedding Design Service, we will also ask you questions about your venue, wedding dates, colour preferences and other details. We need this inforamtion to build a full picture of your Big Day plans, so we can better assist in getting the ‘look’ you want.

Comments

When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.

An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.

Media

If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.

Contact forms

Cookies

If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.

If you have an account and you log in to this site, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.

When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.

If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.

Embedded content from other websites

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.

These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracing your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

Analytics

Our website analytics gathers general information bout our customers but not personal details such as names or addresses.

How long we retain your data

If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.

For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.

We keep your information for as long as you are actively shopping with us. If we don’t hear from you for a period of five years, we will sadly remove you from our data base. (But of course, if you revisit then you can open a new account at any time andd we’d love that!)

If our business is sold, the database would be sold at the same time.

What rights you have over your data

If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

Sharing your information with third parties

When you shop with us, if you use a credit card company such as Visa or paypal, your information is shared with them, so that the transaction can be completed. Otherwise we don’t share your information with third parties. Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.

Additional information

How we protect your data

We use encrytion and a secure site, as the padlock symbol in the search window verifies.

What data breach procedures we have in place

We have interenal warning systems that flag up a breach in security in the unlikely event there should be a concern.

What third parties we receive data from

At this point, we do not recieve any information regarding users, from third parties.

Your rights

You have the right to know what data we hold on you. Please elt us know yyou’d like to see this and we’ll comply as fast as we can. Please contact us if you’d like us to delete or amend your data at any time.