PRIVACY POLICY

The House on the Hill ('HOTH') takes the confidentiality of personal data seriously. Please contact the HOTH on 01732 450120 if you have any questions or comments on this Privacy Policy.

INTRODUCTION

The HOTH's Privacy Policy sets out the ways the HOTH processes personal data. This Privacy Policy only relates to personal data collected by the HOTH via the HOTH website, registration forms, events, emails and telephone calls. Any personal data collected by the HOTH is used in accordance with UK data protection legislation.

This Privacy Policy does not apply to personal data provided to the HOTH by any other means or via any other website. Users should be aware that if they access other websites, using the links provided, these are outside our control. If they provide personal data to other companies, the privacy polices of those companies determine the uses to which that information is put and the HOTH's Privacy Policy will no longer apply.

THE DATA PROTECTION ACT 1998

The HOTH website complies with the principles of the Data Protection Act 1998.

USE MADE OF PERSONAL INFORMATION

Personal information provided to the HOTH via the HOTH website, registration forms, events, emails and telephone calls will be used for the purposes outlined at the time of collection of registration.

In addition, personal information may be used for statistical analysis.

Personal data will be collected and processed by the HOTH for the following purposes:

1. To provide goods and services requested
2. Administration
3. Marketing, advertising and promotions, notification of events, new menus, training sessions run by the HOTH and occasionally selected partners at your consent only.

Processing personal data for the above purposes may entail sharing the information with employees, contractors, agents and professional advisors of the HOTH. However, written agreements exist between the HOTH and such parties that there must be no further disclosure of such personal data.

REGISTRATION FOR HOTH COMMUNICATIONS AND MARKETING

When completing a HOTH registration form on the "contact us" page of the website HOTH will enter the email addresses onto the HOTH database to receive all HOTH communications and marketing information via email. Such registrations may be "opted out" by emailing info@houseonthehillsevenoaks.co.uk at any time. Opting out means new registrations you will not receive any further communications from HOTH by email.

CONSENT

By providing personal data to the HOTH users consent to the processing of such data by the HOTH as described in this Privacy Policy. Users can "opt out" by emailing info@houseonthehillsevenoaks.co.uk or by writing to:

The Manager
House on the Hill
115 London Rd
Sevenoaks, TN13 1BH
01732 450120

VERIFYING, UPDATING AND AMENDING YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

If, at any time, a user wants to verify, update or amend their personal data they may email HOTH info@houseonthehillsevenoaks.co.uk.

Alternatively, they may write to:

The Manager
House on the Hill
115 London Rd
Sevenoaks, TN13 1BH
01732 450120

Verification, updating or amendment of personal data takes place within 2 working days of receipt of the request if made online and 10 working days if made offline.

COOKIES

A "cookie" is a small text file that is placed on a user's computer hard drive by a website. There are several types of cookie and the most common are often referred to as 'session' cookies. These are used to keep track of information needed by a user as they travel from page to page within a website. These cookies have a short lifetime and expire within a few minutes of the user leaving the site.

Other types of cookies can be used to track internet activity after the user has left a website. These are usually sponsored by organisations external to the website being visited and are generally known as 'third party' cookies. These usually have a long lifetime with several months being quite common. They are 'harvested' and 'refreshed' whenever the user visits a page where the same or a similar cookie is being used.

The HOTH uses benign, short lived 'session' cookies to track anonymously which areas of the site are popular and which are not used, this allows us to target carefully our website resources.

The HOTH may also uses cookies in its email communications to personalise the email and track whether the mail has been opened or read and whether the recipient has used any website links contained in the email communication. This allows us to monitor and improve our email communications and website.

HOTH cookies do not analyse visits to other website or any searches undertaken whilst on the HOTH website.

Internet browsers normally accept cookies by default; however, it is possible to set a browser to reject cookies. If this is done it is important not to exclude the benign and useful session cookies. Choose an option that rejects all third party and long lived cookies.

LINKS TO THIRD PARTY WEBSITES

This Privacy Policy applies solely to the personal data collected by the HOTH and does not apply to third party websites.

The HOTH is not responsible for the privacy policies of third party websites. The HOTH advises users to read the privacy policies of other websites before registering any personal data.

SECURITY

The HOTH holds your personal data in accordance with the security provisions of the UK data protection legislation.

If you have any questions about security please contact the HOTH on 01732 450120.

NOTIFICATION OF CHANGES

The HOTH will notify all members of any changes it makes to its Privacy Policy. If the HOTH decides to change its Privacy Policy, it will post such changes on this page so that you are always aware of how the HOTH uses your personal data.