PRIVACY POLICY 

GENERAL INTRODUCTION 

1.1. We are committed to ensuring that we manage your personal data professionally and in compliance with all applicable data protection laws. Part of this commitment is to ensure that there is transparency about how we process personal data. This policy includes an explanation of: 

1.1.1. what data we are processing; 

1.1.2. why we are processing it and what we do with it; 

1.1.3. whether we will share it with anyone else; 

1.1.4. whether we will transfer it outside of the European Economic Area; 

1.1.5. how we keep your data safe; and 

1.1.6. your rights. 

1.2. We hope that you find this Privacy Policy helpful. If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact us. 

Who we are and our contact details 

2.1.   . This Privacy Policy has been issued by Miso Tasty, owned by Belazu , the trading name of The Fresh Olive Company Ltd (‘us’ or ‘we’ or ‘Belazu’). Registered Office: The Riverside Building, Livingstone Road, Hessle, HU13 0DZ England. 

2.2.  References in this Policy to ‘you’ are to you the data subject who is or has been in contact with us. 

2.3. If you have any queries about this Policy or concerning your data, please email us at enquiries@misotasty.com  

Your personal data 

3.1. The personal data that we hold and how we manage it varies depending on why we are holding it. The reasons that we hold personal data are broadly when you have expressed an interest in our products. Under each section heading in 3.2, we have detailed how we manage and process the personal data. 

What data do we hold about you? 

3.2.1. Contact Details: Name, Address, Phone numbers, Email address. 

3.2.2.Optional information : Any additional  information you may choose to  provide to  us e.g. your date of birth or food allergies or intolerances affecting you.  

3.2.3. Website and Communication Usage: When you enter our website, we use your Internet protocol (“IP”) address to help diagnose problems with our server, to administer our website and to help identify you. We also have the ability to know what type of operating system and browser software you use and to identify the geographical location of your browser. Your IP address is also used by us to gather broad demographic information and for other purposes, such as monitoring visitor frequency. How you use our website and whether you open or forward our communications, including information collected through cookies and other tracking technologies (refer to section 4 for our Cookie Policy). 

3.2.4.  Product Information: Relating to products in which you have expressed an interest or which you have purchased from us, including copies of any complaints and claims you may have sent us. 

How do we obtain this data? 

3.3.1. If you contact us directly via our website, social media channels, online chat, telephone, post or at external events. 

3.3.2. If you buy a product of service from us directly. 

3.3.3. If you reply to our direct marketing campaigns. 

3.3.4. If you give us information on behalf of someone else e.g. your employer, you confirm to us that you have obtained their permission to do so and that they do not have any objection to us processing their information in accordance with this Privacy Policy. If you are under 16 please do not provide us with any of your information unless you have the permission of your parent or guardian to do so and have provided us with a copy of that permission. 

3.3.5. Please help us to keep your information up to date by informing us of any changes to your contact details or preferences. You may change or review your contact details or preferences at any time by notifying us by email or post; our contact details are in sections 2.1 and  2.3. 

What do we do with this data? 

3.4.1. Delivery – we use and require key information in order to deliver your products to you 

3.4.2  Customer Support and Marketing – to respond to enquiries and to bring you news and offers. We use your personal data for customer care and for personalised communication of product information. In order to ensure that you receive relevant and personalised communications, we will use your data to create an individual customer profile 

3.4.3 Compliance with legal requests for your information – to comply with our legal obligations to law enforcement, regulators and the court service. We may be legally required to provide your information to law enforcement agencies, regulators and courts and third party litigants in connection with proceedings or investigations anywhere in the world. Where we are permitted to do so, we will direct any such request to you or notify you before responding unless to do so would prejudice the prevention or detection of a crime. 

What’s our lawful basis for the processing of this data? 

3.5.1. The use of your information set out above is permitted under UK data protection law on the basis of these principal legal grounds: 

3.5.2. where you have consented to the use (you will have been presented with a consent form in relation to any such use and may withdraw your consent at any time by contacting us ) 

3.5.3. where necessary to enter into or perform our contract with you 

3.5.4. where we need to use it to comply with our legal obligations 

3.5.5. where we use it to achieve a legitimate interest including promoting the  products we sell and to provide you with news and offers tailored to your profile3.5.6. where there is a vital interest we may use your information to notify you about safety and product recall notices 

Will we share your data with any third parties? 

3.6.1.   We will not transfer , sell, give away , distribute or lease your personal information to third parties except in the very limited circumstances detailed in sections 3.6.2 and 3.6.3 below. 

3.6.2. There may be instances where the law requires we disclose your personal information to respond to court orders, or other legal process. 

3.6.3 Where we use third party data processors for bulk emails we ensure that the processor commits to comply with this Privacy Policy and the requirements of the law to keep your personal data secure. 

How long do we keep this data? 

3.7.1. We retain your information only as long as is necessary for the purpose for which we obtained them and any other permitted linked purposes. If information is used for two purposes we will retain it until the purpose with the latest period expires; but we will stop using it for the purpose with a shorter period once that period expires. We restrict access to your information to only those persons who need to use it for the relevant purpose. Our retention periods are based on business needs and your information that is no longer needed is either irreversibly anonymised or destroyed securely. 

3.7.2. Use for marketing: We retain your personal information for as long as is necessary, but only for the relevant purpose that we collected it for. You retain the right to remove this consent at any point. 

3.7.3. Use to perform a contract: In relation to your information used to perform any contractual obligation with you we may retain that data whilst the contract remains in force plus six years to deal with any queries or claims thereafter. 

3.7.4. Where claims are contemplated: In relation to any information where we reasonably believe it will be necessary to defend or prosecute or make a claim against you, us or a third party, we may retain that data for as long as that claim could be pursued. No transferring your data outside of the UK without Adequacy Agreements in place.  

3.8.1. We do not make any such transfers without your consent. 

Cookies 

4.1.  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. 

4.2  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. 

4.3  This website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc. (‘Google’). Google Analytics generates statistical and other information about website use by means of cookies, which are stored on users’ computers. We may collect non-personal identification information about users whenever they interact with our site. Non-personal identification information may include the browser name, the type of computer and technical information about users' means of connection to our site, such as the operating system and the Internet service providers’ behaviour and other similar information. 

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. If you do so, note that some parts of the site may not function properly. The information generated by the cookie about your use of the website (including your IP address) will be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States. The information generated relating to our website is used to create reports about the use of the website. Google will store this information.  

See Google’s privacy policy: www.google.com/privacy/privacy-policy.html  

We use “session” cookies on our website. We will use the session cookies to: keep track of you whilst you navigate the website; and to monitor user behaviour for statistical and marketing purposes. Session cookies will be deleted from your computer when you close your browser.  

Google Analytics cookie types used: _utma, _utmb, _utmc, _utmz. These cookies are used to collect information about how visitors use our site. The information is collected in an anonymous form, including the number of visits to this site, how you arrived at the site, and which pages you visited. You can opt-out of these cookies by following this link. 

By using this website, you consent to the processing of data about you by Google in the manner and for the purposes set in our privacy policy and the terms of use. If you do not agree to this policy, please do not use our site. 

4.4.  For more information about viewing the cookies dripped on your device, visit The cookies Squarespace uses.  

These analytics and performance cookies are used on this website, as described below, only when you acknowledge our cookie banner. This website uses analytics and performance cookies to view site traffic, activity, and other data. 

Performance And Analytics. Cookies help us analyse how the Services are being accessed and used, and enable us to track performance of the Services. For example, we use cookies to determine if you viewed a page. This helps us provide you with information that you find interesting. 

Third Parties. Third Party Services may use cookies to help you sign into their services from our Services. Any such third party cookie usage is governed by the policy of the third party placing the cookie. 

Opting Out. You can set your browser to not accept cookies, but this may limit your ability to use the Services. 

Device Identifiers. We use device identifiers on Miso Tasty to track, analyse and improve the performance of our website content. 

Links to other websites 

5.1. 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 other websites. 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 statement applicable to the website in question. 

Data security 

6.1. We have adopted the technical and organisational measures necessary to ensure the security of the personal data we collect, use and maintain, and prevent their alteration, loss, unauthorised processing or access, having regard to the state of the art, the nature of the data stored and the risks to which they are exposed by human action or physical or natural environment. However, as effective as our security measures are, no security system is impenetrable. We cannot guarantee the security of our database. Neither Miso Tasty nor any of the Group companies shall be liable for any attempt to hack or crack or otherwise gain access to any part of this Website including any of your information. 

Your rights 

7.1. Your right to access data: We always aim to be as open as we can and allow people access to their personal information. Where we hold your personal data, you can make a ‘subject access request’ to us and we will provide you with: 

7.1.1. a description of it; 

7.1.2. an explanation of why we are holding it; 

7.1.3. information about who it could be disclosed to; and 

7.1.4. a copy of the information in an intelligible form – unless an exception to the disclosure requirements is applicable. 

7.1.5. If you would like to make a ‘subject access request’ please make it in writing to our contact email address noted in section 2 and mark it clearly as ‘Subject Access Request’. 

7.1.7. We will complete your subject access request within one month and in an extreme case may need a further two months, informing you of this delay. 

7.2. Right to be forgotten: If we hold personal data about you, but it is no longer necessary for the purposes that it was collected and cannot otherwise be justified – you have the right to request that we delete the data. 

7.3. Right to restrict data: If we hold personal data about you and you believe it is inaccurate you have the right to request us to restrict the data until it is verified. You also have the right to request that the data is restricted where you have a right to it being deleted but would prefer that it is restricted. 

7.4. Right to complain: You always have the right to complain to the personal data regulator, the ICO. You may also be entitled to seek compensation if there has been a breach of data protection laws. The ICO can be contacted at: www.ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/contact-us-public or on 0303 123 1113 

7.5. Right to stop marketing messages: You always have the right to stop marketing messages and telephone calls. We will usually include an unsubscribe option in any marketing emails and in texts. If you do wish to unsubscribe, please just click the unsubscribe button in the email or send a STOP text to the number indicated and we will promptly action that request. Alternatively, you can update your marketing preferences by contacting us at any time. Our contact details are shown in section 2. 

Policy updates 

8.1. As our business changes from time to time, we sometimes need to make changes to the way we collect and use your personal information. Therefore, this Privacy Policy may be updated from time to time. Your personal information is processed according to the current version of our Privacy Policy, so please do check to ensure you are aware of and agree to any updates.