1. Who We Are

Blake's Event Catering is a UK-based event catering company offering bespoke catering services for events of all sizes. We are the data controller of your personal data, meaning we determine how and why your personal data is used.

Our contact details are as follows:

Blake's Event Catering

Email: info@blakeseventcatering.co.uk

Phone: 020 8129 1016

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2. What Personal Data We Collect

We collect personal data when you interact with our services, including the following:

· Identity Data: Name, title, and other similar identifiers.

· Contact Data: Email address, telephone number, postal address.

· Event Details: Information about your event, such as event type, date, number of guests, catering preferences, dietary requirements.

· Financial Data: Payment information, billing address, and details of transactions (payments are processed through secure third-party payment processors).

· Usage Data: Information about your use of our website, such as IP address, browser type, referring/exit pages, and other technical data.

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We do not collect sensitive personal data such as health-related information unless directly relevant to dietary or allergy requirements you provide for catering purposes.

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3. How We Use Your Data

We use your personal data for the following purposes:

· Providing Services: To deliver catering services, respond to inquiries, prepare quotes, and organise events.

· Communication: To communicate with you about your event, provide updates, and send you important service-related messages (e.g., event changes, bookings).

· Marketing (with Consent): To send promotional materials about our services or offers, but only if you have opted-in to receive them. You can unsubscribe at any time.

· Website Functionality: To improve the functionality and user experience of our website, such as by tracking user preferences.

· Legal Obligations: To comply with legal requirements, such as financial reporting, fraud prevention, or responding to lawful requests from authorities.

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4. Lawful Basis for Processing Your Data

Under the GDPR, we are required to have a lawful basis for processing your personal data. We rely on the following bases:

· Consent: When you opt-in to receive marketing communications or provide us with data voluntarily (e.g., for event bookings).

· Contractual Necessity: To fulfil our contract with you (e.g., delivering catering services and fulfilling event requests).

· Legal Obligation: To comply with legal obligations (e.g., tax or accounting requirements).

· Legitimate Interests: To improve our services, manage business operations, and market our services to customers (where these interests do not override your rights).

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5. How We Protect Your Data

We take the security of your personal data seriously and use appropriate technical and organisational measures to protect it from unauthorized access, loss, alteration, or disclosure. These measures include encryption, secure servers, and firewalls.

Despite our best efforts, no security system is entirely foolproof. If you suspect that your personal data has been compromised, please contact us immediately.

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6. Sharing Your Data

We do not sell or rent your personal data. However, we may share your personal data with the following parties in specific circumstances:

· Service Providers: We may share your data with trusted third-party suppliers who help us with event-related tasks (e.g., event staff, food suppliers) or provide services on our behalf (e.g., payment processors, email marketing platforms).

· Legal Compliance: If required by law, or in response to valid legal processes (such as a court order or government request), we may disclose your personal data.

We ensure that any third parties who process your personal data are contractually obligated to keep your information confidential and secure.

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7. International Transfers of Data

We do not transfer your personal data outside of the UK or European Economic Area (EEA). If we do transfer personal data outside the UK or EEA in the future, we will ensure that appropriate safeguards are in place to protect your data (e.g., standard contractual clauses or other legal mechanisms).

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8. Your Rights

Under the GDPR, you have several rights regarding your personal data:

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· Right of Access: You can request access to the personal data we hold about you.

· Right to Rectification: You can ask us to correct any inaccurate or incomplete data.

· Right to Erasure (Right to be Forgotten): You can request that we delete your personal data, subject to certain exceptions (e.g., if we are required to keep it for legal purposes).

· Right to Restriction of Processing: You can ask us to restrict the processing of your personal data in certain circumstances.

· Right to Data Portability: You can request a copy of your personal data in a commonly used, machine-readable format.

· Right to Object: You can object to the processing of your data for direct marketing purposes or where we are relying on legitimate interests.

· Right to Withdraw Consent: If we rely on your consent for processing, you can withdraw it at any time.

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To exercise these rights, please contact us using the details provided below. We will respond to your request within one month. If your request is particularly complex, we may extend this period by an additional two months, but we will notify you if this happens.

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9. Cookies and Tracking Technologies

We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to enhance the functionality of our website and gather information about how users interact with it. You can adjust your browser settings to control the use of cookies. 

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When you first arrive on our site you can now select which cookies are used to help improve your use experience.

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Essential Cookies - These cookies enable core functionality such as security, verification of identity and network management. These cookies can’t be disabled

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Marketing Cookies - These cookies are used to track advertising effectiveness to provide a more relevant service and deliver better ads to suit your interests. Choose to enable or disable.

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Functional Cookies - These cookies collect data to remember choices users make to improve and give a more personalised experience. Choose to enable or disable.

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Analytics Cookies - These cookies help us to understand how visitors interact with our website, discover errors and provide a better overall analytics. Choose to enable or disable.

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10. Retention of Your Data

We will only retain your personal data for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this Privacy Policy, or as required by law (e.g., for tax or accounting purposes). Once your data is no longer required, we will securely delete or anonymize it.

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11. Third-Party Links

Our website may contain links to third-party websites. Please note that we are not responsible for the privacy practices of these sites. We encourage you to review their privacy policies before providing them with any personal data.

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12. Children's Privacy

Our services are not intended for children under the age of 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal data from children. If you believe we have inadvertently collected such data, please contact us so that we can delete it.

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13. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons. When we update the policy, we will post the revised version on our website and update the "Effective Date" above. We encourage you to review this policy regularly.

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14. Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or wish to exercise your data protection rights, please contact us at:

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Blake's Event Catering

Email: info@blakeseventcatering.co.uk

Phone: 020 8129 1016