This policy sets out the basis on which any personal data we collect from you, or that you provide to us, will be processed by us. Please read the following carefully to understand our views and practices regarding your personal data and how we will treat it. We are committed to protecting and respecting your privacy and the security of your personal information.
1. INFORMATION WE MAY COLLECT FROM YOU
We may collect and process the following data about you:
We will only use the information in the ways we explain in the “Use Made of the Information” section below.
2. INFORMATION WE MAY RECEIVE FROM THIRD PARTIES
We may receive information from a referred person’s practitioner to complete an incomplete form filled in by a referred person on our Site to receive our services if the form was incomplete. Prior to receiving any such information, we will have indicated to you what information is outstanding and we will have requested that you follow-up with your referrer who can then either send us the information directly or send it to you to be forwarded on to us.
We will only use the information in the ways we explain in the “Use Made of the Information” section below.
3. USES MADE OF THE INFORMATION
We use information held about you in the following ways:
4. DISCLOSURE OF YOUR INFORMATION
We will never share your personal information with other parties, except (i) as necessary for us to deliver our services you have requested; (ii) if you voluntarily agree to permit us to share such information with third parties; or (iii) if the law permits or requires it or any regulatory or governmental body requests or requires it, in which case we will always try, to the extent permitted by law, to inform you.
We may disclose your personal information to third parties as follows:
Personal information
Anonymised information
Anonymised information means that all distinctive or individually identifiable information will be removed from the relevant data.
5. IP ADDRESSES AND COOKIES
We may collect information about your computer, including, where available, your IP address, operating system and browser type, for system administration and to report aggregate information to our advertisers. This is statistical data about our users’ browsing actions and patterns, and does not identify any individual.
For the same reason, we may obtain information about your general internet usage by using a cookie file which is stored on the hard drive of your computer. Cookies contain information that is transferred to your computer’s hard drive. They help us to improve our Site and to deliver a better and more personalised service. In particular, they enable us to:
You may refuse to accept cookies by activating the setting on your browser which allows you to refuse the setting of cookies. However, if you select this setting you may be unable to access certain parts of our Site. Unless you have adjusted your browser setting so that it will refuse cookies, our system will issue cookies when you log on to our Site.
6. WHERE WE STORE YOUR PERSONAL DATA
We will take all reasonable steps to make sure that your data is treated securely and in agreement with this policy.
Your personal data may be processed and stored by us or by a service provider on our behalf, who is contractually bound to keep your data securely and to use it only to fulfil the services they provide to us. The data that we collect from you may be transferred to, and stored at, a destination outside the European Economic Area (“EEA”). It may also be processed by staff operating outside the EEA who work for us or for one of our suppliers. By submitting your personal data, you agree to this transfer, storing or processing.
7. DELETING YOUR PERSONAL DATA
Once your service needs have been satisfied, your details will either be disposed of securely in line with our procedures or it will be fully anonymised, unless you have directed us to keep certain information. For example, we will keep your email address if you have opted-in to be kept up to date with TFC’s projects and activities.
8. SECURITY
As part of our information security management system, the data you provide will be subject to measures and procedures to minimise the risk of unauthorised access or disclosure. Anyone who has access to personal data is bound by terms of confidentiality. Your personal information is accessed only by those who are authorised to access it while carrying out their duties.
Details relating to any transactions entered into on this website will be encrypted in transit to ensure their safety. The transmission of any information via the internet, however, is not completely secure. Therefore we cannot guarantee the security of data sent to us electronically and transmission of such data is therefore entirely at your own risk.
Once we have received your information, we will use strict procedures and security features to try to prevent unauthorised access.
9. YOUR RIGHTS
You have the right to ask us not to process your personal data for marketing purposes. We will inform you before collecting your data if we intend to use it for such purposes. You can exercise your right to prevent such processing at any time by contacting us at info@foodchain.org.uk.
10. ACCESS TO INFORMATION
You have the right to access information held about you. Your right of access can be exercised in accordance with data protection laws. Any access request may be subject to a fee of £10 to meet our costs in providing you with details of the information we hold about you.
11. OUR PARTNERS
Our Site may, from time to time, contain links to and from the websites of our partners, advertisers or other websites providing relevant information. If you follow a link to any of these websites, please note that these websites have their own privacy policies and that we do not accept any responsibility or liability for these policies. Please check these policies before you submit any personal data to these websites.
12. CHANGES TO OUR PRIVACY POLICY
Any changes we may make to our privacy policy in the future will be posted on this page and, where appropriate, may be notified to you by e-mail.
13. CONTACTING THE FOOD CHAIN
Questions, comments, concerns and requests regarding our Terms of Use and the Site are welcome and should be addressed to:
The Food Chain, Cally Yard, 439 Caledonian Road, London N7 9BG
Email: info@foodchain.org.uk
Tel: 0207 8431800