This Privacy Policy describes how The Tasting Quarter Ltd (“we”, “us”, or “our”), owners and operators of The NatureMade Food & Drink Awards, collect, use, and share personal information when you use our website www.naturemadeawards.com (the “Site”) and the services provided through it.
Data controller(s)
The Tasting Quarter Ltd is the controller and responsible for your personal data. Our contact details are The Tasting Quarter Ltd, Hyde Cottage, Park Lane, Deopham, Wymondham NR18 9HL. Our email is info@thetastingquarter.com, and our telephone number is 0044 (0)1953 606040. For all data matters contact us at info@thetastingquarter.com
Limitations of use
Your use of www.naturemadeawards.com and any information, materials, videos and documents therein, or information made available by us, are subject to the following restrictions and prohibitions on use:
a) You may not copy, reproduce, distribute, display, post, or transmit any material contained on www.naturemadeawards.com in any form or by any means, including, but not limited to, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the express prior written consent of The Tasting Quarter Ltd.
b) You may not use any information or materials obtained from www.naturemadeawards.com to develop, or as a component of, any information, storage and retrieval system, database, information base, or similar resource (in any media now existing or hereafter developed), that is offered for commercial distribution of any kind, including through sale, lease, license, rental, subscription, or any other commercial distribution mechanism.
Any unauthorised use of any content on www.naturemadeawards.com may violate copyright laws, trademark laws, the laws of privacy and publicity, and communications statutes and regulations.
Cookies
Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer by websites that you visit. They are widely used in order to make websites work, or work more efficiently, as well as to provide information to the owners of the site.
We use cookies to monitor how visitors find and use our website. We report on this activity in aggregate, and use this information solely to monitor and improve our website.
In Summary: We believe there is no reason for our website visitors to be particularly concerned about the privacy implications of any of the cookies we use, but we do recognise the importance of making you aware of the purpose and scope of the data stored in the cookies which are created or updated on your computer when you visit our website. You may choose to delete these cookies from your computer between visits to our website.
Information we collect
Information You Provide: When you register on our site as an entrant we collect personal information such as your name, email address, company details, and contact information.
Information Collected Automatically: We may also collect certain information automatically when you visit our Site, including your IP address, browser type, operating system, referring URLs, and other usage information.
Lawful basis for processing
We process personal data in accordance with the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR) and the Data Protection Act 2018. Depending on the context, we rely on one or more of the following lawful bases:
Contract – where processing is necessary to administer award entries, manage registrations, process payments, and deliver related services.
Legal obligation – where processing is necessary to comply with applicable legal or regulatory requirements.
Legitimate interests – where processing is necessary for the operation, improvement and security of our website and services, provided such interests are not overridden by your rights and interests.
Consent – where you have chosen to opt in to receive marketing communications from us.
How we use your information
We use the information we collect for various purposes, including to:
• Provide and maintain our services;
• Manage user accounts and registrations;
• Communicate with you about your entry;
• Communicate with you about your account and our services;
• Process entries and orders;
• Improve and optimize our Site and services; and
• Comply with legal obligations.
Marketing communications
Where you choose to opt in, we may use your contact details to send you email communications relating to:
• Award news and developments
• Industry updates
• Future entry opportunities
We will only send marketing communications where you have provided your consent or where otherwise permitted under applicable data protection and electronic communications laws.
You may withdraw your consent at any time by clicking the unsubscribe link in any marketing email or by contacting us directly.
Information sharing
We may share personal data with trusted third-party service providers who support the operation of our website and delivery of our services. These may include providers of website infrastructure, payment processing, customer relationship management, email communications, workflow automation and analytics services.
Where such providers process personal data on our behalf, they do so in accordance with applicable data protection legislation.
Some of our service providers may store or process personal data outside the United Kingdom. Where this occurs, such transfers are carried out in accordance with applicable data protection law.
We do not sell personal data to third parties.
Data security
We have put in place appropriate security measures to prevent your personal data from being accidentally lost, used or accessed in an unauthorised way, altered or disclosed. In addition, we limit access to your personal data to those employees, agents, contractors and other third parties who have a business need to know. They will only process your personal data on our instructions and they are subject to a duty of confidentiality.
We have put in place procedures to deal with any suspected personal data breach and will notify you and any applicable regulator of a breach where we are legally required to do so.
Data retention
We will only retain your personal data for as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes we collected it for, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal, accounting, or reporting requirements.
To determine the appropriate retention period for personal data, we consider the amount, nature, and sensitivity of the personal data, the potential risk of harm from unauthorised use or disclosure of your personal data, the purposes for which we process your personal data and whether we can achieve those purposes through other means, and the applicable legal requirements.
In some circumstances you can ask us to delete your data: see Your legal rights below for further information.
In some circumstances, we may anonymise your personal data (so that it can no longer be associated with you) for research or statistical purposes, in which case we may use this information indefinitely without further notice to you.
Your legal rights
You may also contact us to request access to, correction of, or deletion of your personal information.
Under UK data protection law, you have the right to:
• Request access to the personal data we hold about you.
• Request correction of inaccurate or incomplete personal data.
• Request restriction of processing in certain circumstances.
• Object to the processing of your personal data where we rely on legitimate interests.
• Request the transfer of your personal data to you or to a third party, where technically feasible.
• Withdraw consent at any time where we rely on consent to process your personal data.
• Request erasure of your personal data where there is no lawful reason for us to continue processing it.
To exercise any of your rights, please contact us using the details set out in this Privacy Policy notice.
You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), the UK supervisory authority for data protection matters - www.ico.org.uk.
Changes to this policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Any changes will be posted on this page, and the “Last Updated” date will be revised accordingly. We encourage you to review this Privacy Policy periodically for the latest information.
Contact us
If you have any questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy or our practices regarding your personal information, please contact us at info@thetastingquarter.com
The NatureMade Food & Drink Awards are owned and operated by The Tasting Quarter Ltd.
