This privacy notice details how we use information collected by our website: www.myspecialevent.co.uk and our sister website www.generationsingingduo.co.uk
These sites are managed under the relevant data protection legislation in the UK. The data controller is My Special Event of 10 Ashurst Close, Bognor Regis, West Sussex, PO21 5UJ. Tel: 01243 829592 Mobile: 07587158999 e-mail: info@myspecialevent.co.uk.
You can contact our privacy officer at the address above or by emailing info@myspecialevent.co.uk
The terms “you”, “your”, “yours and “the client” in this privacy policy refer to any user of our website. You can also email our sister site: info@generationsingingduo.co.uk
Your Data
Whilst you use our website we may collect personally identifiable information. The list below describes which data is collected by us from you and why we do so.
We will also inform you as to whether your information is collected for one or more of the following reasons: Compliance with a legal obligation, contractual performance, vital interests, public interest or acting under official public authority, legitimate interests or data subjects consent:
a) IP Address = Your Internet Protocol, any technical information about your browser, pages you visit on our website or ones linked to our website and your activities whilst browsing our website.
This is a legitimate interest to us and this information is collected to help us to understand how you use our website and to help our service providers diagnose and repair any faults there, may be.
The information will also help us to detect and respond to any type of hacking or criminal activity which could affect our website. Any such activity will be acted on immediately and if applicable the website will be taken offline whilst this activity is investigated.
b) Your contact details and any information you provide on our contact form on our website.
This information would include any of the following:
- Client(s) Full Name – Including Title, First name (Christian/birth name), Middle name (if applicable) and Surname
- Clients Full Postal Address
- Clients Telephone Number (Landline and Mobile), Fax (if applicable), Email, Website or Pager (if applicable)
By providing this information this will allow us to respond to your enquiry. This information will also allow us to provide you with any information you have requested.
This information is given to us with your consent and will not be shared with any other parties unless you have requested us to do so on your behalf.
If this is the case, then written consent would need to be provided to www.myspecialevent.co.uk before further communication is made to the relevant parties. If it is relevant then it would also need to be provided to www.generationssingingduo.co.uk
From time to time we may need to send you information about our products and services or any other marketing campaigns. This is a legitimate interest on our behalf and you have the right to opt out of receiving this information at any time.
If you do not wish to receive e-mails or marketing information from us in the future then please get in touch with us by e-mail (info@myspecialevent.co.uk or info@generationssingingduo.co.uk) or write to us at the postal address above.
Alternatively, please telephone us on the landline office number 01243 829592 or mobile 07587158999 above to ensure that your details are removed from our database. You can opt back in at any time by re-submitting your details to us. Both telephones have an answering system so you can leave a message.
c) Any comments or posts submitted by you to our website, social media pages or forums
This information is used to provide feedback and comments to you and we would need your consent to do so. We will not pass your comments on to any other websites or companies we have connections with without your consent to do so. You can opt out of this option at any time.
d) Your contract and payment
When you contact us to register your interest in My Special Event services to organise your event by email, online form, post or telephone your details will be automatically stored electronically or manually on our company database. This includes registering your interest in Generations Singing Duo or Vows & Views Wedding Fairs, both services are run by My Special Event
A personal one-to-one meeting will be set up with the client and My Special Event to outline any requirements needed for the event and any payment will be discussed at this point.
No bank details will be held by My Special Event unless the clients have provided consent for this to be done and any monies which have been given to us to pay suppliers and companies on your behalf will be done in line with the client’s contract and a receipt will be given to the client for any payment made to My Special Event or relevant parties.
This information is necessary to complete your contract with us and you have the option to opt- out of this information being stored by My Special Event at any time.
Please note that this list is only applicable to your use of our services either through our website or in person. If you would like to discuss these arrangements then contact My Special Event via their website contact form (My Special Event), email (info@myspecialevent.co.uk), telephone (01243 829592), mobile (07587158999) or post (address above) to discuss the matter or arrange a one-to-one meeting.
Data Sharing
We may share your information with other companies in line to fulfil your requirements of the contract when planning the client’s event. In all cases, we have contracts and agreements in place to ensure that your information is protected and is not used for any other purpose than those listed above. Companies that we share information with are:
• Companies/Suppliers involved in the planning of the client’s event
• Companies or legal establishments who need the client’s information for authorisation of an event or it is a legal requirement needed for the event which is being planned for the client
International Transfer (especially for Overseas Events – Weddings/Hen & Stag parties)
NOT RELEVANT TO Vows & Views Wedding Fair Services or Generation Singing Duo Services
Where information is transferred outside of the EEA, we ensure that appropriate safeguards are in place to protect your information to the same or an equivalent level as would be found in UK and EU data protection legislation. The safeguards we use are:
• Ensuring the country is the subject of an EU adequacy decision; or
• Ensuring the company is a member of an adequate legally-binding scheme such as the EU-US Privacy Shield; or
• Ensuring the contract includes ICO-approved model contract clauses; or
• Ensuring the organisation is subject to ICO-approved binding corporate rules or an ICO-approved code of conduct.
Retention
In accordance with relevant data protection legislation, we will not retain your information for longer than is necessary for the purposes listed above and to deal with any complaint or dispute you may have. Client data will be held for 12 months or until the event is finalised and held on behalf of the client (whichever is the sooner). Some information may be on file for longer if the organisation of an event is longer than 12 months. All clients will be made aware of this and have the option to opt in or out at any time.
If you require further information about our information retention policies, please contact us to discuss.
Your rights
Under UK and EU data protection legislation, you have several rights with respect to your information. These include:
• The right to be informed about the information we hold about you – this is stored in your client file
• The right of access to the information we hold about you
• The right to have any errors rectified
• The right to withdraw consent (where consent is the basis of processing)
• The right to object to processing
If you have any questions about the information we hold, how we use it or how to exercise these rights, please contact us using the contact details above or contact your account manager if you have one. You can also use the opt-out facilities provided in our marketing emails and in the settings on our website to change your preferences and consents at any time.
Complaints
If you have any cause for complaint about the way we care for your information, please do contact us on 01243 829592 or 07587158999 and we will do our best to resolve the situation for you. You also have the right to complain directly to the Information Commissioner’s Office. You can find details of how to contact them here: https://ico.org.uk/concerns/ or by calling their helpline on 0303 123 1113.
Cookies
To make this site work properly, we sometimes place small data files called cookies on your device. Most websites do this too.
A cookie is a small text file that a website saves on your computer or mobile device when you visit the site. It enables the website to remember your actions and preferences (such as login, language, font size and other display preferences) over a period, so you don’t have to keep re-entering them whenever you come back to the site or browse from one page to another.
How do we use cookies?
A number of our pages use cookies to remember:
- Your display preferences – contrast colour settings/ font size if applicable
- If you have already replied to a survey pop-up that asks you if the content was helpful or not (so you won’t be asked again)
- If you have agreed (or not) to our use of cookies on this site
- Also, some videos embedded in our pages use a cookie to anonymously gather statistics on how you got there and what videos you visited.
- Cookies are also stored by Google Analytics, the Google service which measures the effectiveness and efficiency of the website.
Enabling these cookies is not strictly necessary for the website to work but it will provide you with a better browsing experience. You can delete or block these cookies, but if you do that some features of this site may not work as intended.
The cookie-related information is not used to identify you personally and the pattern data is fully under our control. These cookies are not used for any purpose other than those described here.
How to control cookies
You can control and/or delete cookies as you wish – for details, see aboutcookies.org. You can delete all cookies already on your computer and set most browsers to prevent them from being placed. If you do this, however, you may have to manually adjust some preferences every time you visit a site and some services and functionalities may not work.
Links to other company/supplier websites
From time to time our website may contain hyperlinks to other company/supplier websites which are not operated by us.
The hyperlinks are there for your reference and convenience and do not imply any endorsements of any activities carried out by any third-party website or associated operator.
www.myspecialevent.co.uk does not control the use of these external websites and is not responsible for their privacy notices and policies and collection of data. We would advise that you review all privacy notices and policies on any other websites before using them.
Changes to www.myspecialevent.co.uk Privacy Policy
By using our website you are consenting to the collection and processing of your data as described above. www.myspecialevent.co.uk reserves the right to modify this Privacy Policy at any time by posting updated information on their website. It is your responsibility to check this page periodically for any updates.
2024- Update – My Special Event Covid Policy
During the Pandemic and beyond many businesses including My Special Event have had to adapt their policies and their procedures. Now as well as a Privacy Policy, a new GDPR Covid Policy has been written to cover businesses when it comes to policies and procedures during Covid. Please read My Special Event’s Covid Policy below. As of 2024, no Covid restrictions are in place, but if there is such a time this were to change then My Special Event would adhere to the new policies put in place by the central government and would ask clients to respect the decisions they make to keep them and other guests safe.
If you have any questions or queries about any of the above polices then please contact Zoe Pniewski, Owner of My Special Event the following ways:
Email: info@myspecialevent.co.uk or info@generationssingingduo.co.uk
Telephone: 07587158999 / 01243 829592
or use the contact form (My Special Event) or Contact Form (GenerationsSingingDuo)