Last updated: 3 July 2026
1. Who We Are
This website is operated by The Food Investors Society Ltd. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, and protect personal information when you use our website, contact us, sign up to hear from us, or submit an application or enquiry through our forms.
2. Information We Collect
Depending on how you interact with the website, we may collect your name, email address, telephone number, postal address, organisation details, membership or application information, uploaded files, and any other information you choose to provide.
3. How We Collect Information
We collect information directly from you when you complete website forms, email us, sign up for updates, or otherwise contact us. We also receive limited technical information automatically through cookies, analytics tools, and standard website logs.
4. How We Use Information
We use personal information to respond to enquiries, process membership, supporter, volunteer, partner, and related submissions, administer our services and communications, maintain website records, improve the website, and send updates where you have asked to receive them or where we need to contact you about an application, membership, or related activity.
5. Legal Basis and Communications
Where applicable, we process personal information because it is necessary to respond to your request, take steps connected with a membership or partnership application, administer an existing relationship, comply with legal obligations, or pursue legitimate interests in operating and improving the Society and its website. Where marketing or optional updates are consent-based, you can withdraw that consent at any time.
6. Analytics and Website Usage
We use Google Analytics to understand how visitors use the website, including page visits, navigation patterns, device information, and approximate location data. This helps us improve performance, content, and usability. Analytics providers may process technical data in line with their own services and safeguards.
7. Cookies
Our website uses cookies and similar technologies to support core site functions and understand website traffic. Where required, we will request consent before placing non-essential analytics cookies. More detail is available on our Use of Cookies page.
8. Sharing Personal Information
We do not sell your personal information. We may share information with service providers and technical partners who help us operate the website, manage enquiries, process form submissions, host systems, or provide analytics and communications support. We only do this where it is necessary for our operations and subject to appropriate safeguards.
9. Data Retention
We keep personal information only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purpose it was collected, including to manage enquiries, applications, memberships, partnerships, communications, legal obligations, and record-keeping requirements.
10. Data Security
We take reasonable technical and organisational steps to protect personal information from unauthorised access, misuse, alteration, loss, or disclosure. However, no website, transmission, or storage system can be guaranteed to be completely secure.
11. Your Rights
Depending on the laws that apply to you, you may have rights to request access to your personal information, ask for correction, request deletion, object to certain processing, restrict processing, or withdraw consent where processing is based on consent.
12. Contact and Updates
If you have questions about this Privacy Policy or how your personal information is handled, please contact us via the details on our Contact page or email thefoodinvestorssociety@gmail.com. We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time, and the latest version will always be published on this page with the most recent revision date.