privacy policy

This Privacy Policy provides clear information about when and how we collect your personal data, how we use it, how long we keep it and how you can update your data.

Who we are:-

Food Matters At The Barn
Address: 2 Whitegate Road, Rathfriland, Co Down, BT34 5NN
Tel number: 07968 346 293
Email address: foodmattersni@gmail.com

How do we collect personal data from you?
We obtain personal data from you when you contact us about services, submit information via completing forms (at any open days or classes held by us), when you make a booking or supply us with information when you are visiting us. 

Types of data we collect
The personal information we collect might include your name, address, email address, telephone numbers. We do not collect any special categories of personal data about you, this includes without limitation details about your race, ethnicity, religious or philosophical beliefs, political opinions, trade union membership.

How is your information used?
We may use your information:

• To provide you with information relating to our services that you request from us

• To process a booking you have made

• For dealing with entries into a competition

• To seek your views or comments on the services we provide and improve our services

• To notify you about any changes to our website, including improvements, and service changes

• To send you promotional communications which you have requested or that we believe may be of interest to you. 

• For our internal purposes including statistical or survey purposes 

Sharing your data
Your privacy is important to us and we confirm that we will never release your personal details to any third party for their mailing and marketing purposes.

Data security and access to your personal information
We have put in place appropriate security measure to prevent your personal data from being accidently lost, used, or accessed in an unauthorised way, altered or disclosed.   You have the right to ask for a copy of the information Food Matters at the Barn hold about you.

How long do we keep your personal data for?
We will only retain your personal data for as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes we collected it for, including for the purpose of satisfying any legal, accounting or reporting requirements. By law we have to keep basic information about our customers for tax purposes for six years after they cease to be a customer. The data we keep may include contact details, financial and transaction date).  In some circumstances you ask us to delete your data and we will do this subject to any legal obligation on us to retain it.

Are you 16 or under?
We are concerned about protecting the privacy of children aged 16 or under. If you are aged 16 or under‚ advise us and confirm that you have your parent/guardian’s permission beforehand whenever you provide us with personal information.  

It is important that the personal data we hold about is accurate and current. Please keep us informed if your personal data changes during your relationship with us.