Privacy Policy
Who we are
Our website address is www.alcesterfoodfestival.org.uk. Alcester and Forest of Arden Food Festival Limited is responsible for your personal data (collectively referred to as “Alcester Food Festival”, “AAFF”, "AFF", “we”, “us” or “our” in this privacy policy.
Controller
We have appointed a Data Protection Contact (DPC) who is responsible for overseeing questions in relation to this privacy notice. If you have any questions about this privacy notice, including any requests to exercise your legal rights, please contact the DPC using the details set out below.
Contact details:
Full name of legal entity: Alcester and Forest of Arden Food Festival Limited
Name of Data Protection Contact: Secretary
Email address: alcesterfoodfestivalsecretary@gmail.com
You have the right to make a complaint at any time to the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO), the UK supervisory authority for data protection issues (www.ico.org.uk). We would, however, appreciate the chance to deal with your concerns before you approach the ICO so please contact us in the first instance.
AAFF will not pass your personal data to anyone else
Use of Cookies
Cookies are small files saved to the user's computer hard drive that track, save and store information about the user's interactions and usage of the website. This allows the website, through its server to provide the users with a tailored experience within this website.
This website uses cookies to better users’ experience while visiting the website. Where applicable this website uses a cookie control system allowing the user on their first visit to the website to allow or disallow the use of cookies on their computer/device.
This website uses tracking software to monitor its visitors to better understand how they use it. This software is provided by Google Analytics which uses cookies to track visitor usage. The software will save a cookie to your computer’s hard drive in order to track and monitor your engagement and usage of the website, but will not store, save or collect personal information. You can read Google's privacy policy here for further information.
Third-party links
This website may include links to third-party websites, plug-ins and applications. Clicking on those links or enabling those connections may allow third parties to collect or share data about you. We do not control these third-party websites and are not responsible for their privacy statements. When you leave our website, we encourage you to read the privacy notice of every website you visit.
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 tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
How your personal data is collected
You may give us personal data directly by filling out a Google Form, our Grant Application form or our Membership Application form.
Personal information disclosed/collected on any of our Google Forms is stored securely and only used for the intended purpose. You can read Google's privacy policy here for further information.
By completing and submitting a Grant Application form, you give consent for AAFF to retain your information in accordance with the Data Protection Act 2018. AAFF will use the information supplied solely for the purpose of evaluating the Grant Application. Information relating to successful Grant Applications will be retained for audit purposes. All other information supplied will be destroyed at the end of the financial year to which it relates.
By completing and submitting a Membership Application form you give consent for AAFF to retain your information in accordance with the Data Protection Act 2018. AAFF will use the information supplied solely for the purpose of your Membership. Information supplied is stored securely online and never stored on any electronic device. All information will be destroyed if your membership is terminated.
Members’ Newsletter
All personal details relating to Membership are held securely and in accordance with the Data Protection Act 2018. AAFF will not pass your personal data to anyone else. If you wish to be removed from our mailing list please email us at alcesterfoodfestivalsecretary@gmail.com.
Photographs and Footage
Please note that photographs and footage may be taken during the Festival. These may be used for marketing and publicity on our website, on social media or in third party publication. Please contact the event organiser if you have any concerns or if you wish to be exempted from this activity.
Disclaimer
Information contained in this website is believed to be correct at the time of publication, but all events are subject to alteration or cancellation without notice. Alcester Food Festival is not responsible for the contents of external websites - links to other websites from our pages are provided purely for the convenience of the user.
Resources & Further Information