Privacy policy
Beyond Food Foundation is committed to protecting and respecting your privacy. We take your privacy very seriously and we ask that you read this Privacy Notice carefully as it contains important information on:
a) the personal data we collect about you;
b) how we look after your personal data when you visit our website (regardless of where you visit from);
c) with whom your personal data might be shared; and
d) your privacy rights and how the law protects you.
Beyond Food Foundation is the controller and responsible for your personal data (collectively referred to as Beyond Food, “we”, “us” or “our” in this Privacy Notice.
PERSONAL DATA WHICH WE COLLECT
Personal data provided by you
We collect personal data about you when you: book a table at our venue Brigade Bar + Kitchen;
a) book an event or meeting at our venue;
b) book a master class with us;
c) book a course with us;
d) access wifi at our venue;
e) sign up to receive our newsletter;
f) purchase or make payments for any of our products or services;
g) contact us through our website;
h) register to our recruitment portal and/or apply for a job with us;
i) post material to our website;
j) complete customer feedback or surveys;
k) participate in competitions; or
The personal data collected in the above manner may include your:
a) full name;
b) postal address;
c) email address;
d) telephone number;
e) payments details;
f) CV, covering letter and other application details; or
g) reservation and/or booking details.
Personal data provided by 3rd parties
Special categories of personal data
The only special category of personal data which we collect from you from time to time via our website is health information. For example, we may ask you to provide us with allergen information so that we can cater appropriately for you and/or access requirements so that we can facilitate appropriate access to the premise where we are operating. We will only collect that special category of personal data with your explicit consent.
We do not ask for any special categories of personal data to be disclosed to us as part of your job application process via our website. Depending on the nature of the role, we may have to conduct further checks at a later stage and, where those checks will involve special categories of personal data, we will explain why we need that information and how we intend to use it.
Personal data about other individuals
If you give us information on behalf of someone else, you confirm that the other person has appointed you to act on his/her behalf and has agreed that you can:
a) give consent on his/her behalf to the processing of his/her personal data;
b) receive on his/her behalf any data protection notices;
c) give consent to the transfer of his/her personal data outside the European Economic Area; and
d) give consent to the processing of their special category personal data (further details relating to special category personal data is detailed below).
Monitoring and recording communications
HOW WE USE YOUR PERSONAL DATA
Overview
We collect information about you so that we can:
e) process any orders for goods and/or services which you make with us;
f) manage your table bookings and event bookings at our venue and ensure that we can provide you with a personalised and memorable experience with us;
g) assist you with your queries in relation to our venue;
h) provide you with Wi-Fi access at our venue;
i) review any of your competition or prize draw entries and contact you if you are a winner;
j) review any job applications you submit to us;
k) conduct research, statistical analysis and behavioural analysis;
l) carry out customer profiling and analyse your purchasing preferences (although this is only ever done in an anonymised manner and will not identify you specifically);
m) detect and prevent fraud;
n) customise our website and its content to your particular preferences;
o) notify you of any changes to our website or to our services that may affect you;
p) carry out security vetting;
q) improve our services; and
Marketing
We would like to send you information by post or email, about our products and services, competitions or prize draws and special offers which may be of interest to you
We will only send you marketing messages when you click to subscribe on our website or tick the relevant consent box when you provide us with your personal data. If you have consented to such receive marketing from us, you can opt out at any time by using the unsubscribe function on each of our emails or by contacting us directly through the “Contact Us” section of this website.
WHEN WE MIGHT SHARE YOUR PERSONAL DATA WITH THIRD PARTIES
We do not, and will not, sell any of your personal data to any third party – including your name, address, email address or payment card information. We want to earn and maintain your trust, and we believe this is essential in order do that.
As an essential part of being able to provide our services to you, we do share your data with the following categories of third parties:
a) service providers that help us to get any purchases which you make through our website to you, such as delivery companies, gift voucher printers, payment service providers;
b) service providers that provide reservation systems for our venues, such as Bookatable, Design My Night and OpenTable;
c) service providers that help us to run our business such as marketing agencies, website hosting providers, website developers, providers of Wi-Fi access at our venue and newsletter distributors;
d) professional advisers including lawyers, bankers, auditors and insurers who provide advice to us when we require it;
e) law enforcement agencies in connection with any investigation to help prevent unlawful activity;
f) third parties to whom we may choose to sell, transfer or merge parts of our business or our assets. Alternatively, we may seek to acquire other businesses or merge with them. If a change happens to our business, then the new owners may use your personal data in the same way as set out in this Privacy Notice; and
We require all third parties to respect the security of your personal data and to treat it in accordance with the law. We do not allow our third-party service providers to use your personal data for their own purposes and only permit them to process your personal data for specified purposes and in accordance with our instructions. If you would like any more information about the third parties which we work with to provide our services to you, please contact us on the contact details provided later in this Privacy Notice
Marketing
We would like to send you information by post or email, about our products and services, competitions or prize draws and special offers which may be of interest to you
We will only send you marketing messages when you click to subscribe on our website or tick the relevant consent box when you provide us with your personal data. If you have consented to such receive marketing from us, you can opt out at any time by using the unsubscribe function on each of our emails or by contacting us directly through the “Contact Us” section of this website.
HOW WE ASK FOR CONSENT
HOW WE KEEP YOUR PERSONAL DATA SECURE
To protect your information we have policies and procedures in place to make sure that only authorised personnel can access the information, that information is handled and stored in a secure and sensible manner, and all systems that can access the information have the necessary security measures in place
All employees, contractors and sub-contractors receive the necessary training and resources to ensure they understand their responsibilities in relation to all of our policies and procedures.
In additional to these operational measures we also use a range of technologies and security systems to reinforce the policies and procedures, including ensuring that:
a) access to personal data is strictly restricted to those employees who need access this information as part of their role;
b) we store your personal data on secure servers and unauthorised external access to personal data is prevented through the use of a firewall;
c) information used for reporting and/or customer profiling purposes is anonymised (so that it does not identify you);
d) payment details are encrypted using SSL technology (typically you will see a lock icon or green address bar (or both) in your browser when we use this technology); and
To make sure that these measures are suitable, we run vulnerability tests regularly. Audits to identify areas of weakness and non-compliance are routinely scheduled.
HOW LONG DO WE KEEP YOUR PERSONAL DATA
TRANSFERS OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA OUT OF THE EEA
All information you provide via our website is stored on our secure servers within the European Economic Area (“EEA”). If any data that we collect from you is transferred to, or stored at, a destination outside the EEA at any time, we will update this Privacy Notice accordingly.
When you link to one of our trusted third party reservation supplier websites via our website or to a social media site via our website, any personal data which you provide them may be transferred or stored outside the EEA. Please check their websites’ privacy notice carefully.
YOUR RIGHTS
The right to access information we hold about you
The right to correct and update the information we hold about you
The right to have your information erased
The right to object to processing of your information
The right to ask us to stop contacting you with direct marketing
The right to data portability
You have the right to request that we transfer your information to another controller. Once we have received your request, we will comply where it is feasible to do so.
For your security we may need to verify your identity before we process your instructions above.
COOKIES AND TRACKING
TAKE CARE WHEN LINKING TO OUR SOCIAL MEDIA SITES
The right to ask us to stop contacting you with direct marketing
Use of cookies
A cookie is a small text file which is placed onto your device when you access our website. We use cookies on this website to:
a) recognise you whenever you visit this website (this speeds up your access to the website as you do not have to log in each time);
b) obtain information about your preferences, online movements and use of the internet;
c) carry out research and statistical analysis to help improve our content, products and services and to help us better understand our customer requirements and interests;
d) target our marketing and advertising campaigns more effectively by providing interest-based advertisements that are personalised to your interests; and
e) make your online experience more efficient and enjoyable.
In most cases we will need your consent in order to use cookies on this website. The exception is where the cookie is essential in order for us to provide you with a product or service you have requested.
Consent to cookies
Turning off cookies
CONTACTING US
If you have any queries about this Privacy Notice, need further information about how we use your personal data or wish to lodge a complaint, please contact us by any of the following means:
phone us on: 0207 089 9444
email us at: info@beyondfood.org.uk
contact us using our “Contact us” page on the website.
You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the Information Commissioner’s Office directly. Further information, including contact details, is available at
https://ico.org.uk.
CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY NOTICE
We may change this Privacy Notice from time to time. You should check this Privacy Notice occasionally to ensure that you are aware of the most recent version that will apply each time you access the website.
Where we have made any changes to this Privacy Notice which affects the manner in which we use your personal data, we will contact you by email to inform you of this change.
This Privacy Notice was last updated on 20/08/19
