WHAT INFORMATION DO WE COLLECT ABOUT YOU?
The types of information we collect about you depends on the nature of your interactions with us. Depending on the circumstances, we collect any of the following details about you.
Workshop Bookings: Your name, email address, telephone number, sometimes your dietary requirements and details of workshops you have attended.
Newsletter subscription: Your name and email address. You can unsubscribe from this service at any time.
Enquiries: Your name, email address and subject of your enquiry.
PURPOSE AND LEGAL BASIS
How we use your information
When you give us your personal data we will only use it to pursue our legitimate organisational interests and in particular to send you information about services or news that you have asked to engage with us about:
- the newsletters you have told us you want to receive containing information about events, workshops or other relevant items
- to give further details of workshops booked
- to respond to your enquiries
- for internal record keeping and research purposes and to improve our services
- to comply with our legal obligations
Biteabout Arts won’t share your personal information with third parties; transfer your personal data internationally; or use your data for automatic profiling.
Biteabout Arts does not hold any special categories of data for our subscribers, or for any attendees at events hosted by us, or that we are hosting with partners.
WHERE WE STORE YOUR DATA
All data collected is stored by the website, for which the server is within The European Union
MARKETING
When you’ll hear from us
We will keep you up to date with occasional news items. We will not bombard you with emails.
If you no longer want to hear from us, you can opt out by sending an email to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Third parties and marketing
We will never share your personal information with any third parties.
YOUR RIGHTS
Under the Data Protection Act 2018 you have the following rights:
- · The right to be informed
- · The right of access
- · The right to rectification
- · The right to erasure
- · The right to restrict processing
- · The right to data portability
- · The right to object
- · Rights in relation to automated decision making and profiling
You have the right to see what information Biteabout Arts holds about you (a ‘subject access request’) and to ask for the information to be amended if incorrect. To make this request please email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. with ‘Subject Access Request’ in the subject line. Your request will be acknowledged.
Your request will be carried out within one month unless there is good reason for this not to be possible. In this event we will contact you and explain why we cannot carry out your request within one month.
You have the right to withdraw your consent for us to use your personal data at any time. If you wish to withdraw your consent please email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. Your request will be acknowledged.
Your request will be carried out within one month unless there is good reason for this not to be possible. In this event we will contact you and explain why we cannot carry out your request.
You have the right to complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO). Find out how to report a concern to the ICO.
SECURITY
We are committed to ensuring that your information is secure. In order to prevent unauthorised access or disclosure, we have put in place suitable physical, electronic and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect online.
HOW WE USE COOKIES
A cookie consists of information sent by a web server to a web browser, and stored by the browser. The information is then sent back to the server each time the browser requests a page from the server. This enables the web server to identify and track the web browser.
We use Google Analytics to analyse the use of the Biteabout Arts website. Google Analytics collects standard internet log information and details of visitor behaviour patterns. We do this to find out things such as the number of visitors to the various parts of the site. This information is only processed in a way which does not identify anyone. For more information please see Google's privacy policy.
Most browsers allow you to reject all cookies, whilst some browsers allow you to reject just third party cookies. For example, in Internet Explorer you can refuse all cookies by clicking “Tools”, “Internet Options”, “Privacy”, and selecting “Block all cookies” using the sliding selector. Blocking all cookies will, however, have a negative impact upon the usability of many websites.
LINKS TO OTHER WEBSITES
Our website may contain links to other websites of interest. However, once you have used these links to leave our site, we cannot be responsible for the protection and privacy of any information which you provide whilst visiting other sites and such sites are not governed by this privacy statement. You should exercise caution and look at the privacy statement applicable to the website in question.
HOW LONG WE KEEP YOUR INFORMATION FOR
We keep your information for as long as is reasonably necessary to enable us to provide the services that you have engaged with us for.
COMPLAINTS
Not happy?
If you have any comments, questions or concerns about the contents of this Privacy Policy, or the way in which we use your information, we encourage you to contact us. You can do so by sending an email to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or writing to us at Biteabout Arts, Biteabout Farm, Lowick, Berwick upon Tweed TD15 2QE.
