Legal
Privacy notice
This notice explains what personal data we collect when you use britishbacon.com, why we collect it, and your rights under UK data protection law (the UK GDPR and the Data Protection Act 2018).
Who we are
British Bacon runs britishbacon.com and is the controller of your personal data. For anything about your data, email hello@britishbacon.com.
What we collect
- Rasher Club sign-ups: your email address, your first name if you give it, the fact that you agreed to receive our emails, where and when you agreed, and your IP address at the time.
- Accounts: your name, email address and a securely scrambled (hashed) version of your password. We can never see your password.
- Orders: your name, email, phone number, delivery address, what you ordered and any delivery notes.
- Messages: what you send us through our contact, wholesale, press or gift card forms.
- Payments: if you pay online, your card details go straight to our payment provider, Stripe. We never see or store them.
- Technical data: your IP address and basic request information, used to keep the site secure and stop abuse.
Why we use it, and our lawful basis
| Purpose | Lawful basis |
|---|---|
| Processing and delivering your orders, running your account and subscription | Contract |
| Sending marketing emails (the Rasher Club) | Consent, which you can withdraw at any time |
| Replying to your messages | Legitimate interests |
| Keeping the site secure and preventing fraud and spam | Legitimate interests |
| Keeping order and tax records | Legal obligation |
Who we share it with
We only share your data with trusted providers who process it on our instructions:
- Our web hosting provider, which stores the website and its database.
- Our email delivery provider, which sends our emails.
- Our courier, which receives your name, address and phone number to deliver your order.
- Stripe, if you pay online.
Some providers may process data outside the UK. Where they do, it is protected by safeguards recognised under UK law, such as the International Data Transfer Agreement or adequacy regulations. We never sell your data or share it for anyone else’s marketing.
How long we keep it
- Marketing consent: until you unsubscribe. Afterwards we keep just your email address on a suppression list so we never email you by mistake.
- Accounts: until you delete your account.
- Orders: six years after the end of the financial year, as UK tax law requires.
- Messages: up to two years after we last replied.
Your rights
You can ask us to give you a copy of your data, correct it, delete it, restrict how we use it, or object to us using it. You can download your data and delete your account yourself from your account settings. For anything else, email hello@britishbacon.com. We’ll reply within one month.
If you’re unhappy with how we’ve handled your data, you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at ico.org.uk. We’d appreciate the chance to put it right first.
Cookies
We use a single essential cookie to keep you signed in and remember your basket. No advertising or tracking cookies. See our cookies page.
Changes
If we change this notice, we’ll update the date at the top. If the changes are significant, we’ll tell you by email.