Privacy
Welcome to Westbridge Foods website and online service of Westbridge Food Group knows that you care how information about you is used and shared. This Privacy Policy explains what information of yours will be collected by Westbridge Foods when you use our online services, how the information will be used, and how you can control the collection, correction and/or deletion of information. We will not use or share your information with anyone except as described in this Privacy Policy. This Privacy Policy does not apply to information we collect by other means (including offline) or from other sources.
INFORMATION WE COLLECT
We collect data in a number of circumstances, such as when:
- You complete a form on this website
- You have a conversation with a representative of Westbridge Foods at an event, on the street
- You interact with us online, including on social media channels such as Facebook or Twitter
- You join Westbridge Foods as a member, affiliated or registered supporter, donate or sign up to volunteer for us.
User-Provided Information: You provide us information about yourself, such as your name and e-mail address, if you register for Westbridge Foods (including by “following,” “liking,” linking your account to Westbridge Foods., on a third party website or network). If you correspond with us by email, we may retain the content of your email messages, your email address and our responses. We may also retain any messages you send through Westbridge Foods. You may provide us information in user content you post to Westbridge Foods website.
THIRD PARTY SERVICES
Westbridge Foods uses WordPress. When you visit Westbridge Foods, our site may send one or more cookies – a small text file containing a string of alphanumeric characters – to your computer that uniquely identifies your browser and lets us help you log in faster and enhance your navigation through Westbridge Foods. A cookie does not collect personal information about you. A persistent cookie remains on your hard drive after you close your browser. Persistent cookies may be used by your browser on subsequent visits to the site. Persistent cookies can be removed by following your web browser’s directions. A session cookie is temporary and disappears after you close your browser. You can reset your web browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, some features of Westbridge Foods may not function properly if the ability to accept cookies is disabled.
Westbridge Foods uses Google Analytics to help understand use of Westbridge Foods. This service collects the information sent by your browser as part of a web page request, including cookies and your IP address, and their use of it is governed by their Privacy Policy.
How We Use Your Information
We use the personal information you submit to operate, maintain, and provide to you the features and functionality of Westbridge Foods.
By providing Westbridge Foods with your email address (including by “following,” “liking,” linking your account to Westbridge Foods, etc., on a third party website or network), you consent to our using the email address to send you Westbridge Foods -related notices, including any notices required by law, in lieu of communication by postal mail. You also agree that we may send you notifications of activity on Westbridge Foods to the email address you give us, in accordance with any applicable privacy settings. We may use your email address to send you other messages, such as newsletters, changes to features of Westbridge Foods, or other information. If you do not want to receive such email messages, you may opt out at our UNSUBSCRIBE PAGE.
Following termination or deactivation of your Westbridge Foods account, Westbridge Foods may retain your profile information and user content for a reasonable time for archival purposes. Furthermore, Westbridge Foods may retain and continue to use indefinitely all information (including user content) contained in your communications to other users or posted to public or semi-public areas of Westbridge Foods after termination or deactivation of your account.
Westbridge Foods reserves the right, but has no obligation, to monitor the user content you post on Westbridge Foods. We reserve the right to remove any such information or material for any reason or no reason, including without limitation if in our sole opinion such information or material violates, or may violate, any applicable law or to protect or defend our rights or property or those of any third party. Westbridge Foods also reserves the right to remove information upon the request of any third party.
HOW WE SHARE YOUR INFORMATION
Personally Identifiable Information: Westbridge Foods will not rent or sell your personally identifiable information to others. Westbridge Foods may share your personally identifiable information with third parties for the purpose of providing Westbridge Foods services to you. If we do this, such third parties’ use of your information will be bound by this Privacy Policy. We may store personal information in locations outside the direct control of Westbridge Foods (for instance, on servers or databases co-located with hosting providers).
Any personal information or content that you voluntarily disclose for posting to Westbridge Foods, such as user content, becomes available to the public, as controlled by any applicable privacy or website customisation settings. If you remove information that you posted to Westbridge Foods, copies may remain viewable in cached and archived pages, or if other users have copied or saved that information.
Except as otherwise described in this Privacy Policy, Westbridge Foods will not disclose personal information to any third party unless required to do so by law or subpoena or if we believe that such action is necessary to (a) conform to the law, comply with legal process served on us or our affiliates, or investigate, prevent, or take action regarding suspected or actual illegal activities; (b) to enforce this policy, take precautions against liability, to investigate and defend ourselves against any third-party claims or allegations, to assist government enforcement agencies, or to protect the security or integrity of our site; and (c) to exercise or protect the rights, property, or personal safety of Westbridge Foods, our users or others.
HOW WE PROTECT YOUR INFORMATION
Westbridge Foods cares about the integrity and security of your personal information. We cannot, however, ensure or warrant the security of any information you transmit to Westbridge Foods or guarantee that your information on the service may not be accessed, disclosed, altered, or destroyed by breach of any of our physical, technical, or managerial safeguards. Your privacy settings may also be affected by changes to the functionality of third-party providers, such as social networks. Westbridge Foods is not responsible for the functionality or security measures of any third party.
To protect your privacy and security, we take reasonable steps (such as requesting a unique password) to verify your identity before granting you access to your account. You are responsible for maintaining the secrecy of your unique password and account information, and for controlling access to your email communications from Westbridge Foods, at all times.
COMPROMISE OF PERSONAL INFORMATION
In the event that personal information is compromised as a result of a breach of security, Westbridge Foods will promptly notify those persons whose personal information has been compromised, in accordance with the notification procedures set forth in this Privacy Policy, or as otherwise required by applicable law.
YOUR CHOICES ABOUT YOUR INFORMATION
You may, of course, decline to submit personally identifiable information through Westbridge Foods, in which case Westbridge Foods may not be able to provide certain services to you. You can review and correct the information about you that Westbridge Foods keeps on file by contacting us directly on +44 (0) 1684 581800.
LINKS TO OTHER WEB SITES
We are not responsible for the practices employed by websites linked to or from Westbridge Foods, nor the information or content contained therein. Please remember that when you use a link to go from Westbridge Foods to another website, our Privacy Policy is no longer in effect. Your browsing and interaction on any other website, including those that have a link on our website, is subject to that website’s own rules and policies. Please read over those rules and policies before proceeding.
TRANSFER OF DATA OUTSIDE OF THE EEA
We may transfer some or all of your personal information outside of the EEA. The privacy laws of the receiving country may be different from those in the EEA and may not have adequate data protection standards. We will always have appropriate safeguards in place when transferring your personal information outside of the EEA, and you may ask us for a copy of these safeguards.
NOTIFICATION PROCEDURES
It is our policy to provide notifications, whether such notifications are required by law or are for marketing or other business related purposes, to you via email notice, written or hard copy notice, or through conspicuous posting of such notice on Westbridge Foods, as determined by Westbridge Foods in its sole discretion. We reserve the right to determine the form and means of providing notifications to you, provided that you may opt out of certain means of notification as described in this Privacy Policy.
NEW RIGHTS AS OF 25 MAY 2018
The EU General Data Protection Regulation reinforces your rights to privacy. Westbridge Foods is committed to respecting your rights under GDPR and will comply with our obligations under the law. If you would like to learn more about GDPR please contact us at the Data Protection Officer, Westbridge Food Group, Polonia House, Enigma Commercial Centre, Sandys Road, Malvern, WR14 1JJ, United Kingdom.
CHANGES TO OUR PRIVACY POLICY
If we change our privacy policies and procedures, we will post those changes on Westbridge Foods to keep you aware of what information we collect, how we use it and under what circumstances we may disclose it. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, the practices of this site, or your dealings with this website, please contact us on +44 (0) 1684 581800