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PRIVACY POLICY

Last updated 16/08/2022

Who we are

Hope Kitchen Ltd t/a Colonsay Smokery ("We") are committed to protecting and respecting your privacy.
This policy (and any other documents referred to in it) 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. By visiting www.colonsaysmokery.com you are accepting and consenting to the practices described in this policy.

 

For the purpose of the Data Protection Act 1998 (the Act), the data controller is Hope Kitchen Ltd, having its registered office at Hope, Lower Kilchattan, Isle of Colonsay, Argyll & Bute, PA61 7YR.

 

Information we may collect about you

We may collect and process the following data about you:
 

Information you give us
You may give us information about you by filling in forms on our site www.colonsaysmokery.com (our site) or by corresponding with us by phone, e-mail or otherwise. This includes information you provide when you register to use our site, subscribe to our service, search for a service, participate in discussion boards or other social media functions on our site, enter a competition, promotion or survey, and when you report a problem with our site. The information you give us may include your name, address, e-mail address and phone number, financial and credit card information, personal description and photograph.

 

Information we collect about you

With regard to each of your visits to our site we may automatically collect the following information:


technical information, including the Internet protocol (IP) address used to connect your computer to the Internet, your login information, browser type and version, time zone setting, browser plug-in types and versions, operating system and platform;


Information about your visit

This inlcudes the full Uniform Resource Locators (URL) clickstream to, through and from our site (including date and time); products you viewed or searched for; page response times; download errors; length of visits to certain pages; page interaction information (such as scrolling, clicks, and mouse-overs); and methods used to browse away from the page and any phone number used to call our services.


Information we receive from other sources
We may receive information about you if you use any of the other websites we operate or the other services we provide. In this case we will have informed you when we collected that data that it may be shared internally and combined with data collected on this site. We also work with third parties (including, for example, business partners, sub-contractors in technical, payment and delivery services, advertising networks, analytics providers, search information providers) and may receive information about you from them.


Cookies

Our website uses cookies to distinguish you from other users of our website. They help us provide you with a better experience when you browse our website and allow us to improve our site. For detailed information on the cookies we use and the purposes for which we use them see our  Cookie Policy.

 

How we use your information

We use information held about you in the following ways:

 

Information you give to us
We will use this information to:

 

  • carry out our obligations arising from any contracts entered into between you and us and to provide you with the information and services that you request from us;

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  • provide you with information about other services we offer that are similar to those that you have already used or enquired about;

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  • provide you, or permit selected third parties to provide you, with information about services we feel may interest you. If you are an existing customer, we will only contact you by electronic means (e-mail) with information about services similar to those which were the subject of a previous transaction with you. If you are a new client, and where we permit selected third parties to use your data, we (or they) will contact you by electronic means only if you have consented to this. If you do not want us to use your data in this way, or to pass your details on to third parties for marketing purposes, please tick the relevant box situated on the form on which we collect your data (the registration form);

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  • notify you about changes to our service; and

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  • ensure that content from our site is presented in the most effective manner for you and for your computer.


Information we collect about you

We will use this information:

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  • to administer our site and for internal operations, including troubleshooting, data analysis, testing, research, statistical and survey purposes;

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  • to improve our site to ensure that content is presented in the most effective manner for you and for your computer;

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  • to allow you to participate in interactive features of our service, when you choose to do so;

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  • as part of our efforts to keep our site safe and secure;

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  • to measure or understand the effectiveness of advertising we serve to you and others, and to deliver relevant advertising to you; and

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  • to make suggestions and recommendations to you and other users of our site about goods or services that may interest you or them.

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Information we receive from other sources

We may combine this information with information you give to us and information we collect about you. We may us this information and the combined information for the purposes set out above (depending on the types of information we receive).

 

Disclosure of your information

We may share your information with selected third parties including:

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  • Business partners, suppliers and sub-contractors for the performance of any contract we enter into with you.

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  • Analytics and search engine providers that assist us in the improvement and optimisation of our site.

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  • Credit reference agencies for the purpose of assessing your credit score where this is a condition of us entering into a contract with you.

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  • Third parties where we are under a duty to disclose or share your personal data in order to comply with any legal obligation, or in order to enforce or apply our terms of use and other agreements; or to protect the rights, property, or safety of Hope Kitchen Ltd, our customers, or others.

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  • Exchanging information with other companies and organisations for the purposes of fraud protection and credit risk reduction.

 

How we store your personal data

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 third parties operating outside the EEA who provide, among other things, support services to us. By submitting your personal data, you agree to this transfer, storing or processing. We will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that your data is treated securely and in accordance with this privacy policy. All information you provide to us is stored on our secure servers. Our website uses the Wix platform and data is processed in accordance with their Privacy Policy. Our payment transactions are securely encrypted using SSL technology via the third party payment provider Square, in accordance with their Privacy Policy.

 

Where we have given you (or where you have chosen) a password which enables you to access certain parts of our site, you are responsible for keeping this password confidential. We ask you not to share a password with anyone.

 

Unfortunately, the transmission of information via the internet is not completely secure. Although we will do our best to protect your personal data, we cannot guarantee the security of your data transmitted to our site; any transmission is at your own risk. Once we have received your information, we will use strict procedures and security features to try to prevent unauthorised access.

 

Your rights

You have the right to ask us not to process your personal data for marketing purposes. We will usually inform you (before collecting your data) if we intend to use your data for such purposes or if we intend to disclose your information to any third party for such purposes. You can exercise your right to prevent such processing by checking certain boxes on the forms we use to collect your data. You can also exercise the right at any time by contacting us at Hope Kitchen Ltd, Hope, Lower Kilchattan, Isle of Colonsay, PA61 7YR or by email.

 

Our site may, from time to time, contain links to and from the websites of third party partners and affiliates. 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.

 

Access to information

The Act gives you the right to access information held about you. Your right of access can be exercised in accordance with the Act. 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.

 

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, notified to you by e-mail. Please check back frequently to see any updates or changes to our privacy policy.

 

Contact

Questions, comments and requests regarding this privacy policy should be addressed to hello@colonsaysmokery.com.
 

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