Privacy Policy
Shillingstone House Weddings
This privacy policy sets out how Shillingstone House Weddings uses and protects any information that you give Shillingstone House Weddings when you use this website.
Shillingstone House Weddings is committed to ensuring that your privacy is protected. Should we ask you to provide certain information by which you can be identified when using this website, then you can be assured that it will only be used in accordance with this privacy statement.
Shillingstone House Weddings may change this policy from time to time by updating this page. You should check this page from time to time to ensure that you are happy with any changes. This policy is effective from 20.2.2021
What we collect
We may collect the following information:
• Name and job title
• contact information including email address, telephone number
• demographic information such as postcode, preferences and interests
• other information relevant to customer surveys and/or offers
What we do with the information we gather
We require this information to understand your needs and provide you with a better service,
and in particular for the following reasons:
• Internal record keeping.
• We may use the information to improve our products and services.
• We may contact you for permission to use photographs of your wedding or to ask you for a review/reference.
• We may contact you to let you know of events happening at Shillingstone House or to send you news or best wishes.
• We may periodically send information which we think you may find interesting using the email address which you have provided.
• From time to time, we may also use your information to contact you for market research purposes. We may contact you by email, phone, fax or mail. We may use
the information to customise the website according to your interests.
Security
We are committed to ensuring that your information is secure. In order to prevent
unauthorised access or disclosure, we have put in place suitable physical, electronic and
managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect online.
How long do we keep your information
• Initial enquiries – those not booking will be deleted after 3 months
• Couples who book their weddings – information will be held for 7 years for accounting and legal purposes
How we use cookies
A cookie is a small file which asks permission to be placed on your computer's hard drive.
Once you agree, the file is added, and the cookie helps analyse web traffic or lets you know
when you visit a particular site. Cookies allow web applications to respond to you as an
individual. The web application can tailor its operations to your needs, likes and dislikes by
gathering and remembering information about your preferences.
We use traffic log cookies to identify which pages are being used. This helps us analyse
data about web page traffic and improve our website in order to tailor it to customer needs.
We only use this information for statistical analysis purposes and then the data is removed
from the system.
Overall, cookies help us provide you with a better website, by enabling us to monitor which
pages you find useful and which you do not. A cookie in no way gives us access to your
computer or any information about you, other than the data you choose to share with us.
You can choose to accept or decline cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept
cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer.
This may prevent you from taking full advantage of the website.
Links to other websites
Our website may contain links to other websites of interest. However, once you have used
these links to leave our site, you should note that we do not have any control over that other
website. Therefore, we cannot be responsible for the protection and privacy of any
information which you provide whilst visiting such sites and such sites are not governed by
this Privacy Policy. You should exercise caution and look at the Privacy Policy applicable to the website in question.
Controlling your personal information
You may choose to restrict the collection or use of your personal information in the following
ways:
• if you have previously agreed to us using your personal information for direct
marketing purposes, you may change your mind at any time by writing to or emailing
us at Shillingstonehouse@gmail.com
•We will not sell, distribute or lease your personal information to third parties unless we have
your permission or are required by law to do so. We may use your personal information to
send you promotional information about third parties which we think you may find interesting
if you tell us that you wish this to happen.
•You may request details of personal information which we hold about you under the Data
Protection Act 1998. A small fee will be payable.
•If you would like a copy of the information held on you please write to Shillingstone House Weddings, Shillingstone House, Shillingstone, Nr. Blandford, Dorset DT11 0QR
•If you believe that any information, we are holding on you is incorrect or incomplete, please
write to or email us as soon as possible, at the above address. We will promptly correct any
information found to be incorrect.