Privacy policy
This is the privacy policy of The Food and Drink Sector Council Limited (Food and Drink Sector Council Limited).
The Food and Drink Sector Council is a formal industry-led partnership with
Government to increase the productivity and sustainability of the UK food and
drink
sector.
It has established Food and Drink Sector Council Limited as a separate legal
entity in order to convene a leadership forum for the UK's
food chain, in order to improve the productivity and sustainability of the food
and drink industry by focussing on priority areas, for example: agricultural
productivity, nutrition, exports, workforce and skills, innovation, logistics
and
packaging; enable engagement with government and other public stakeholders; and
champion sector deals, and other collaborative initiatives, between industry
and
Government, including the Sector Deal for Food and Drink Manufacturing and to
effect all steps required to implement those objects.
We provide information about our main website www.fdsc.org.uk (our “Site”).
The Food and Drink Sector Council is the data controller of any personal
information obtained from you when you use our services. We are committed to
protecting
and respecting the privacy of that information. This notice explains what we
may
collect, how we use any information we obtain from you and your rights in
relation to that information.
What does this policy cover?
We want you to know what information we may obtain about you when you use Our
Site or any of our services:
- when you browse our Site.
- when you register with us or on our Site and request information from us.
The Food and Drink Sector Council Limited is administered by staff at FDF who
manage Our
Site for us and have access to all information collected through the site and
otherwise provided to The Food and Drink Sector Council Limited for the
purposes of
administration of the activities of the Company as described below.
What sort of information do we collect?
We want to be able to provide you with a great experience when using our Site
and protect your privacy and rights in doing this. We do this by collecting
information about how you use our services.
When you browse our Site we want to know more about what you might be interested
in and provide you with the best possible service. We do this by collecting
details of your visits to our Site. These details may include what browser you
are
using and any particular web pages you are browsing, any resources that you
access, the way in which you use our Site and the time spent on our Site.
- Information that you provide by emailing us: your name, title, job title, email
address, contact number(s), company name, company address, post code
- Information if you contact us that we may use to deal with your query, we may
keep a record of that correspondence and your contact details;
- Any requests you make to be kept up to date with what we do.
How and why do we use your information?
We use information that we collect for the following legitimate interests as
part of running our services, which does not materially impact your rights,
freedom or interests:
- To respond to your enquiries and contact you about changes regarding our Site
and any new services that has been developed.
- To ensure that content from our Site is presented in the most effective manner
for you and for your computer or device;
- To better understand your needs and to improve our Site.
- To provide you with the Site, content, services or general important
information via email alerts.
Legal compliance
We will also use your information, and may share it with other third parties,
where we are required to do so by law, and for the exercise or defence of legal
claims.
How do we protect and store your information?
Once we receive your information, we use strict procedures and security
measures to prevent unauthorised access and to keep your information safe.
The information that we collect from you is stored on information technology
systems located in the European Economic Area (EEA) which are operated by the
Food and Drink Federation third party service providers under our instruction
and control. If our service providers transfer any information, it will be done
with relevant protection in place and only with our agreement.
How long do we will keep your information?
We will not retain your personal information for longer than is necessary. We
will endeavour to keep your information accurate and up to date.
We may hold information for an additional period if we need to by law or for the
exercise or defence of legal claims.
How do we share your information with others?
We engage trusted third parties to perform services for us, including in
connection with the Site, that require us to disclose personally identifiable
Information to them. We require those parties to keep the information
confidential,
secure and only use it to perform their services to us.
We may also disclose your personal information to other third parties or key
partners:
- If, in the future, we reorganise or transfer all or part of our business; in
which case, we may need to disclose your information to new entities or third
parties through which our business will be carried out.
- If we are under a duty to do so in order to comply with any legal obligation.
- If it is necessary for the purpose of, or in connection with, the exercise or
defence of any legal claims.
Other than this we will not share your information with any other third party or
person and we will never sell your information to any third parties.
If we stop using the third-party services, any of your information held by them
will be disposed of or anonymised.
Links to Third Party Sites
Our Site contains content, services and other materials that link to website(s)
operated by third parties. We have no control over those other websites, and
this Privacy notice does not apply to them. We encourage you to refer to the
privacy policies of those sites.
Confidentiality
If you receive information via the password-protected SharePoint area and/or
sent via email alerts from our Site you should treat that as confidential to
you.
Unless permission has been given by the Food and Drink Sector Council no
information or documents from the password protected area should be passed in
any form
to individuals or organisations that have not explicitly been granted access to
the information.
Your rights
You are entitled to access the information we hold about you. You have the right
to contact us to request a copy of the personal information that we hold, to
change it, correct it, delete it or object to us processing it. Please do so by
contacting us at info@fdsc.org.uk – to protect the
confidentiality of your information you may be asked to
provide us with proof of your identity.
Changes to the policy
It is likely that we will need to update this Privacy Policy from time to time.
This policy was last updated December 2018. We will publicise any changes on
our
Site.
Contact the Food and Drink Sector Council Limited
Questions, requests or complaints about our Site or regarding this Privacy
Policy are welcomed and should be emailed to info@fdsc.org.uk or mailed to the address below.
Company Registration Information
The Food and Drink Sector Council Limited
6th Floor
10 Bloomsbury Way
London, WC1A 2SL
Registration number: 11677551
Contacting the data protection regulator
If you feel your data has not been handled correctly, you have the right to
lodge a complaint with the Information Commissioner's Office, www.ico.org.uk/concerns
Last reviewed: 14 Jan 2020