Privacy Policy for LV Food Safety Consultant
Effective Date: 23rd June 2025
At LV Food Safety Consultant, we are committed to protecting and respecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy outlines how we collect, use, store, and safeguard your personal information by data protection laws in the United Kingdom.
1. Who We Are
LV Food Safety Consultant provides expert advice, compliance training, and tailored consultancy services to support food businesses in maintaining high standards of safety and hygiene. For data protection law, we act as a "data controller."
2. The Information We Collect
We may collect and process the following types of personal data:
Contact details: name, email address, phone number
Business information: company name, job title, business address
Consultation details: information you provide when enquiring about or using our services
Website usage data: IP address, browser type, cookies (if applicable)
3. How We Use Your Information
We process personal data to:
Provide and manage our consultancy services
Respond to enquiries and provide customer support
Send relevant updates or service communications (you can opt out at any time)
Improve our website and services
We always ensure that our use of your data is fair, lawful, and transparent.
4. Legal Basis for Processing
Our lawful bases for processing your data include:
Contractual necessity: to provide the services you request
Legitimate interests: to improve our business and communicate relevant updates
Legal obligations: to comply with applicable laws and regulations
Consent: where required, such as for email marketing
5. Data Sharing and Transfers
We do not sell or rent your information. We may share your data with trusted third parties who support our operations (such as IT service providers), but only when necessary and under strict confidentiality obligations. We do not transfer your data outside the UK without appropriate safeguards.
6. Data Retention
We keep your data only as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes outlined above, including to meet legal or accounting requirements.
7. Your Rights
Under data protection law, you have the right to:
Access the personal data we hold about you
Request correction or deletion of your data
Object to or restrict certain processing
Withdraw consent at any time, where applicable
Complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO)
8. Cookies and Website Tracking
If our website uses cookies, a separate Cookie Policy will outline how they’re used and your choices. You can usually adjust your browser settings to disable cookies.
9. Contact Us
If you have any questions or requests related to this policy or your data, please contact:
LV Food Safety Consultant 345 Baring Road, London, SE12 0EE, Email: info@lvfoodsafetyconsultant.co.uk, Tel: 020 4541 8850