Privacy and Cookies

Who we are?

The Sourdough School Limited is a UK registered limited company (company registration:08412236). Our company registered address is Rose Cottage, High Street, Rhosneigr, Wales, LL64 5YJ, United Kingdom.

The term ‘The Sourdough School’, ‘us’, ‘our’ or ‘we’ refers to the owner of this website.

The term ‘our site’ refers to The Sourdough School website (www.sourdough.co.uk) which is provided by The Sourdough School.

The term ‘you’ refers to the user or viewer of our website.

This Privacy Policy applies only to your use of Our Site. Our Site may contain links to other websites. Please note that We have no control over how your data is collected, stored, or used by other websites and We advise you to check the privacy policies of any such websites before providing any data to them.

What information do we collect?

When you use our website, we may ask to collect personal information from you. Our website may also collect traffic/usage data from you. In regard to personal information, we will only use your data in order to effectively carry out the purpose for which it was obtained. This will be detailed further in the below section How do we use personal information.

Personal Data: Name, address, email address, phone number, social media profile and payment details (if purchasing a subscription or product).

Traffic data: Your device’s IP (Internet Protocol) address, domain type, browser version, operating system, time and date of website access, time spent on each page, and other website user diagnostics.

How do we use personal information?

Under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the lawful bases we rely on for processing this information are:

(a) Your consent. You are able to remove your consent at any time. You can do this by contacting [email protected]

(b) We have a contractual obligation.

When you purchase products and subscriptions from our website, we will use your personal information to complete the process.

To complete the purchase, we may need to share your personal information with third parties who are involved in the purchase process such as website providers, payment providers, data storage providers, credit reference agencies and delivery companies.

To respond to your queries or comments.

To contact you with The Sourdough School magazine if you have opted-in to do so. Our communications will always offer the option to opt out.

For internal research and development in order to improve the user experience on our website.

Please email us at [email protected] if you do not want your personal information to be used in this way.

When do we share personal data?

We will treat your personal data with complete confidentiality and will not share with any third party bar those detailed above which are necessary for the completion of the purchase of products and subscriptions.

If The Sourdough School were to be involved in a merger, acquisition or asset sale, your personal data will be transferred to the third party involved in the business transaction in accordance with data protection legislation.

If required to do so by law or by a valid request from a public authority such as a court or government agency.

Where do we store and process personal data?

All personal data given to us is stored on our secure servers or on a third-party data storage provider (these may be located in various locations across the world).

The data may be stored by a third party operating outside of the EEA (European Economic Area). By providing your personal information you agree to this transfer, storage, and processing. We will take all reasonable steps to ensure that your data is kept and treated securely in accordance with this Privacy Policy.

How long do we keep your personal data for?

We will retain your personal information for as long as necessary in order to fulfil the purposes as outlined in the Privacy Policy. We will also retain your personal information in order to satisfy accounting or legal requirements.

Your rights in relation to personal data

In accordance with GDPR you reserve the right to access and control your personal data. If you would like to exercise your rights and discuss this with us further, please contact us on the details provided below. You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the Information Commissioner’s Office if you deem this necessary.

How to contact us?

If you have any questions in regard to this Privacy Policy, please email us at [email protected].