Privacy Statement
The Brownie Post and ‘Dish and Spoon Food Limited’ are committed to protecting the privacy of anyone using our site and the confidentiality of any information that you provide us with. The purpose of this statement is to set out how we use any personal information that we may obtain from you.
Data Protection Act 1988
We are registered under the Data Protection Act and comply with the Act in all our dealings with your personal data.
Use and collection of personal information
In general you can visit our website without telling us who you are and without revealing any information about yourself. However, you may be asked to provide certain information such as your contact details. We will store this data and hold it on a computer or other media. We may use the information that you provide:
- To contact you to discuss an enquiry or order
- To register you with our website and to administer it.
- For analysis e.g. marketing and customer analysis
- To enable us to review and improve our services.
When ordering you will be asked to provide personal information such as name and address. This information is only stored until the order is dispatched.
We never hold any sensitive payment information and use a recognized and trustworthy payment provider to accept credit and debit card payments (Paymentsense, part of First Data)
Cookies
Cookies may be used by us to provide you with certain information e.g. customised information from our website. A cookie is an element of data that a website can send to your browser which may then store it on your system. If you wish, you can usually adjust your browser so that your computer does not accept cookies. Cookies do not contain confidential information such as your home address, telephone number or credit card details. We do not exchange cookies with any third party websites or external data suppliers.
Security
We endeavour to take all reasonable steps to protect your personal information. However, we cannot guarantee the security of any data that you disclose online and we will not be responsible for any breach of security unless this is due to our negligence or wilful default.
Seeing your personal data
You have the right to see personal data (as defined under the Data Protection Act) that we keep about you upon receipt of a written request and payment of a fee (currently fixed at) £10. Any request should be sent by email to: thebakery@thebrowniepost.co.uk