PRIVACY POLICY

This privacy policy has been compiled to better serve those who are concerned with how their ‘Personally Identifiable Information’ (PII) is being used online. PII, as described in UK privacy law and information security, is information that can be used on its own or with other information to identify, contact, or locate a single person, or to identify an individual in context. Please read our privacy policy carefully to get a clear understanding of when and why we collect personal information about people who visit our website, how we use it, the conditions under which we may disclose it to others, how we keep it secure.

We keep this policy under regular review, and therefore, it may change from time to time so please check this page occasionally to ensure that you’re happy with any changes. By using our website, you’re agreeing to be bound by this Privacy Policy. Any questions regarding this Privacy Policy and our privacy practices should be sent by email to [email protected].

This Privacy Policy was last updated in February 2022.

 

WHO ARE WE?

Pantori produce Low FODMAP, Gluten Free, Vegan spice blends and bouillons. We have this website to sell our products, to hold our Low FODMAP recipes, to provide information on IBS and the Low FODMAP Diet through our information pages and to provide contact information for us.

 

HOW DO WE COLLECT INFORMATION FROM YOU?

We obtain information about you when you use our website, for example, when you complete the contact form, purchase a product from our store or engage with other forms within our site.

 

WHAT TYPE OF INFORMATION IS COLLECTED FROM YOU?

The personal information we collect might include your name, address, email address, IP address, and information regarding what pages are accessed and when. If you purchase a product from us, your card information is not held by us, it is collected by our third-party payment processors, who specialise in the secure online capture and processing of credit/debit card transactions, as explained below.

 

COOKIE POLICY – DO WE USE ‘COOKIES’?

Yes. Like many other websites, the Bay’s Kitchen website uses cookies when you visit our site, but you can control these through your browser settings.

‘Cookies’ are small files that a site or its service provider transfers to your computer’s hard drive through your Web browser (if you allow) that enables the site’s or service provider’s systems to recognize your browser and capture and remember certain information. For instance, we use cookies to help us remember and process the items in your shopping cart. They are also used to help us understand your preferences based on previous or current site activity, which enables us to provide you with improved services. We also use cookies to help us compile aggregate data about site traffic and site interaction so that we can offer better site experiences and tools in the future.

PLEASE NOTE: It is possible to switch off cookies by setting your browser preferences. For more information on how to switch off cookies on your computer, it depends on your browser and computer, you can easily find out how on the internet. Turning cookies off may result in a loss of functionality when using our website.

 

HOW DO WE USE COOKIES?

We use cookies for:

• Helping to remember and process the items in the shopping cart
  • Understanding and saving user’s preferences for future visits
  • Compiling aggregate data about site traffic and site interactions in order to offer better site experiences and tools in the future.
  • Assessing the success of our advertising campaigns, offers and communications
  • Targeting suitable and relevant advertising messages

(Please continue reading our Privacy Policy for further information on how we use your data).

 

WHAT TYPES OF COOKIES DO WE USE?

Functionality cookies – These cookies allow you to navigate our site and use buttons such as ‘add to cart’

Google Analytics cookies – These cookies are used to collect information about how visitors use our site. We use the information to compile reports and to help us improve the site. The cookies collect information in an anonymous form, including the number of visitors to the site, where visitors have come to the site from and the pages they visited.

Targeting or Advertising cookies – These cookies are used to deliver relevant adverts and marketing communications to you (through our email platform and/or Facebook), as well as help us measure the effectiveness of our marketing campaigns.

HOW TO MANAGE COOKIES?

As mentioned above, you can choose to have your computer warn you each time a cookie is being sent, or you can choose to turn off all cookies. You do this through your browser settings. Since each browser is a little different, look at your browser’s Help Menu to learn the correct way to modify your cookies.

If you turn cookies off, some features will be disabled. It won’t affect your overall experience on our site, however parts of the site may not display or function properly.

 

ANALYTICS AND IP ADDRESSES:

ANALYTICS

This website uses web analytics tools – Google Analytics to help us improve the usefulness of the site.

These tools use cookies – text files kept on your computer to collect standard internet log info and movement on the website in an anonymous form. The info generated by the cookie (including IP address) is transmitted to the respective provider (who are all GDPR compliant).

 

This info is used to give us a better understanding of how people use the website.

 

IP ADDRESSES

We use analytics software to view IP addresses of visitors to this website. We do so in order to reduce/prevent Click Fraud. We do so as a Legitimate Interest.

We do not connect IP addresses with other behaviour or data.

 

 

HOW GOOGLE USES INFORMATION GATHERED ON THIS WEBSITE:

Because we use Google Analytics, Google collects and uses data from this website – you can find all information relating to Google’s use of information on their website at https://policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites.

 

HOW DO WE USE YOUR INFORMATION?

We may use the information we collect from you in the following ways:
• Contact you regarding queries raised in the contact form
• Progress an order you have submitted and send you information directly related to this
• To send marketing emails with relevant products, offers or information (only if you have subscribed to our newsletter and given consent to receive these emails)
• To ensure that content from our website is presented in the most effective manner for you and for your computer/browser
• To allow you to participate in interactive features of our website when you choose to do so
• Deal with entries into a competition
• Seek your views or comments on the services we provide;
• To notify you about changes to our service.

We review our retention periods for personal information on a regular basis. We are legally required to hold some types of information to fulfil our statutory obligations. We will hold your personal information on our systems for as long as is necessary for the relevant activity, or if is set out in any relevant contract you hold with us.

 

HOW DO WE PROTECT YOUR INFORMATION?

Our website is scanned on a regular basis for security holes and known vulnerabilities in order to make your visit to our site as safe as possible.

Your Personally Identifiable Information is contained behind secured networks and is only accessible by a limited number of persons who have special access rights to such systems, and are required to keep the information confidential. In addition, all sensitive information (such as credit or debit card details) is encrypted and protected with the following software 128 Bit encryption on SSL. When you are on a secure page, a lock icon will appear in the search bar next to your URL in browsers such as Google Chrome.

We implement a variety of security measures when a user submits, or accesses their information to maintain the safety of your Personally Identifiable Information. however, non-sensitive details (your email address etc.) are transmitted normally over the Internet, and this can never be guaranteed to be 100% secure. As a result, while we strive to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee the security of any information you transmit to us, and you do so at your own risk. Once we receive your information, we make our best effort to ensure its security on our systems. Where we have given (or where you have chosen) a password which enables you to access certain parts of our websites, you are responsible for keeping this password confidential. We ask you not to share your password with anyone.

 

WHO HAS ACCESS TO YOUR INFORMATION?

We do not sell, rent or trade your personal information to third parties, and we will not share your personal information with third parties for their marketing purposes.

However, we may share your Personally Identifiable Information with third parties we appoint to perform functions on our behalf and in accordance with our instructions, including website hosting partners and other parties who assist us in operating our website, conducting our business, or serving our users (e.g for sending our emails out), so long as those parties agree to keep this information confidential. We may also release information when its release is appropriate to comply with the law, enforce our site policies, or protect our or others’ rights, property or safety. Non-personally identifiable visitor information may be provided to other parties for marketing, advertising, or other uses.

When we use third-party service providers, we disclose only the personal information that is necessary to deliver the service and we have a contract in place that requires them to keep your information secure and not to use it for their own direct marketing purposes. Please be reassured that we will not release your information to third parties beyond the company for them to use for their own direct marketing purposes, unless you have requested us to do so, or we are required to do so by law, for example, by a court order or for the purposes of prevention of fraud or other crime.

When you are using our secure store pages, your payments are processed by a third-party payment processor, which specialises in the secure online capture and processing of credit/debit card transactions. If you have any questions regarding secure transactions, please contact us.

We may transfer your personal information to a third party as part of a sale of some or all of our business and assets to any third party or as part of any business restructuring or reorganisation, or if we’re under a duty to disclose or share your personal data in order to comply with any legal obligation or to enforce or apply our terms of use or to protect the rights, property or safety of our supporters and customers. However, we will take steps with the aim of ensuring that your privacy rights continue to be protected.

 

YOUR CHOICES:

You have a choice about whether or not you wish to receive information from us. If you do not want to receive direct marketing communications from us about our exciting products and services, then you can select your choices by ticking the relevant boxes situated on the form on which we collect your information.

We will not contact you for marketing purposes by email, phone or text message unless you have given your prior consent. We will not contact you for marketing purposes by post if you have indicated that you do not wish to be contacted.

If at any time you would like to unsubscribe from receiving marketing communications, you can email us at [email protected] or follow the instructions at the bottom of each marketing email and we will promptly remove you from ALL correspondence.

 

LINKS TO OTHER WEBSITES:

Our website may contain links to other websites run by other organisations. This privacy policy applies only to our website‚ so we encourage you to read the privacy statements on the other websites you visit. We cannot be responsible for the privacy policies and practices of other sites even if you access them using links from our website.

In addition, if you linked to our website from a third-party site, we cannot be responsible for the privacy policies and practices of the owners and operators of that third party site and recommend that you check the policy of that third party site.

16 OR UNDER:

We are concerned to protect the privacy of children aged 16 or under. If you are aged 16 or under‚ please get your parent/guardian’s permission beforehand whenever you provide us with personal information.

TRANSFERRING YOUR INFORMATION OUTSIDE OF EUROPE:

As part of the services offered to you through this website, the information which you provide to us may be transferred to countries outside the European Union (“EU”). By way of example, this may happen if any of our servers are from time to time located in a country outside of the EU. These countries may not have similar data protection laws to the UK. By submitting your personal data, you’re agreeing to this transfer, storing or processing. If we transfer your information outside of the EU in this way, we will take steps to ensure that appropriate security measures are taken with the aim of ensuring that your privacy rights continue to be protected as outlined in this Policy.

If you use our services while you are outside the EU, your information may be transferred outside the EU in order to provide you with those services.

HOW YOU CAN ACCESS AND UPDATE YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION HELD WITH US:

The accuracy of your information is important to us. You have the right to request a copy of the information we hold about you so that you can ensure its accuracy. You can do this by the following methods:

• By emailing us at [email protected]

 

CONTACTING US:

You have the right to require us to delete the Personally Identifiable Information that we hold and process for you, where there is no legitimate reason to retain it, but you acknowledge that if we do so, your account will terminate.

To exercise these rights, or any other rights you may have under applicable laws, you may contact us using the information below:

Pantori
PO Box
Warrington
GL50 9HJ
United Kingdom

[email protected]
www.pantori.co.uk