Privacy Policy - Halofoods

Privacy Policy

This privacy policy sets out how Halo Foods Limited (company number 02411911) uses and protects your Personal Data.

1. Important information and who we are

Privacy policy

This privacy policy is issued by Halo Foods Limited as the Controller (referred to as the “Company”, “we”, “us” or “our” in this privacy policy) and is addressed to individuals outside our organisation with whom we interact, including customers, visitors to our website, users of our products, personnel of corporate customers and vendors, applicants for employment, and visitors to our premises (together, “you”). Defined terms used in this privacy policy are explained in Section 14 below.

This privacy policy gives you information about how Halo Foods Limited collects and uses your Personal Data through your use of this website, including any Personal Data you may provide when you leave comments on our website.

This website is not intended for children and we do not knowingly collect Personal Data relating to children.

This privacy policy may be amended or updated from time to time to reflect changes in our practices with respect to the Processing of Personal Data, or changes in applicable law. We encourage you to read this privacy policy carefully, and to regularly check this page to review any changes we might make in accordance with the terms of this privacy policy.

This privacy policy was last updated on 20th February 2025.

Controller

Halo Foods Limited is the Controller.

If you have any questions about this privacy policy, including any requests to exercise your legal rights (Section 9), please contact us using the information set out in the contact details section (Section 10).

2. The types of Personal Data we collect about you

We may collect, use, store, transfer or otherwise Process different kinds of Personal Data about you which we have grouped together as follows:

We also collect, use and share aggregated data such as statistical or demographic data which is not Personal Data as it does not directly (or indirectly) reveal your identity. For example, we may aggregate individuals’ Usage Data to calculate the percentage of users accessing a specific website feature in order to analyse general trends in how users are interacting with our website to help improve the website and our service offering.

We also create Personal Data about you in certain circumstances, such as records of your interactions with us. We may also combine Personal Data from our website, products, or services, including where those data are collected from different devices or sources.

Sensitive Personal Data

We do not seek to collect or otherwise Process Sensitive Personal Data in the ordinary course of our business.

Where it becomes necessary to Process your Sensitive Personal Data for any reason, we rely on one of the following legal bases:

If you provide Sensitive Personal Data to us, you must ensure that it is lawful for you to disclose such data to us, and you must ensure a valid legal basis applies to the Processing of those Sensitive Personal Data.

3. How is your Personal Data collected?

Collection of Personal Data

We use different methods to collect Personal Data from and about you including through:

Creation of Personal Data

We create Personal Data about you (e.g., records of your interactions with us).

4. How we use your Personal Data

Legal basis

The law requires us to have a legal basis for collecting and using your Personal Data. We rely on one or more of the following legal bases:

Purposes for which we will use your Personal Data

Purpose/Use Type of data Legal basis and retention period
To manage our relationship with
you which will include:
(a) Notifying you about changes to our terms or privacy policy
(b) Dealing with your requests,
complaints and queries
(c) providing our products and promotional items upon request; and communicating with you in relation to those.
(a) Identity data
(b) Contact data
(c) Profile data
(d) Correspondence
(e) Marketing and Communications data
(f) Consent records
(g) Payment-related data
(h) Employer details
(i) Content and advertising data
(j) Views and opinions
(a) Performance of a contract with you
(b) Necessary to comply with a legal
obligation
(c) Necessary for our legitimate interests (to keep our records updated and manage our relationship with you) (to the extent that such legitimate interest is not overridden by your interests, fundamental rights, or freedoms)
(d) your prior consent (this legal basis is only used in relation to Processing that is entirely voluntary – it is not used for Processing that is necessary or obligatory in any way)
Compliance checks: To fulfil our regulatory compliance obligations; ‘Know Your Client’ checks; and confirm and verify your identity. (a) Identity data
(b) Contact data
(c) Correspondence
(d) Professional details
(e) Consent records
(f) Payment-related data
(g) Employer details
(a) Performance of a contract with you
(b) Necessary to comply with a legal obligation
(c) Necessary for our legitimate interests for the purpose of fulfilling our regulatory and compliance obligations (to the extent that such legitimate interest is not overridden by your interests, fundamental rights, or freedoms)
(d) your prior consent (this legal basis is only used in relation to Processing that is entirely voluntary – it is not used for Processing that is necessary or obligatory in any way)
To administer and protect our business, to carry out financial management, to operate this website (including troubleshooting, data analysis, testing, system maintenance, support, reporting and hosting of data), communicate and interact with you via our website, and notify you of changes to any of our products or website. (a) Identity data
(b) Contact data
(c) Technical data
(d) Correspondence
(e) Consent records
(f) Payment-related data
(g) Views and opinions
(h) Employer details
(i) Content and advertising data
(a) Necessary for our legitimate interests (for running our business, managing and operating the financial affairs of our business, provision of administration and IT services, network security, to prevent fraud and in the context of a business reorganisation or group restructuring exercise) (to the extent that such legitimate interest is not overridden by your interests, fundamental rights, or freedoms)
(b) Necessary to comply with a legal obligation
(c) Performance of a contract with you
(d) your prior consent (this legal basis is only used in relation to Processing that is entirely voluntary – it is not used for Processing that is necessary or obligatory in any way)
To deliver relevant website content and online advertisements to you and measure or understand the effectiveness of the advertising we serve to you (a) Identity data
(b) Contact data
(c) Profile data
(d) Usage data
(e) Marketing and Communications data
(f) Technical data
(g) Content and advertising data
Necessary for our legitimate interests (to study how customers use our products/services, to develop them, to grow our business and to inform our marketing strategy) (to the extent that such legitimate interest is not overridden by your interests, fundamental rights, or freedoms)
To use data analytics to improve our website, products/services, customer relationships and experiences and to measure the effectiveness of our communications and marketing (a) Technical data
(b) Usage data
(c) Profile data
(d) Content and advertising data
(a) Necessary for our legitimate interests (to define types of customers for our products and services, to keep our website updated and relevant, to develop our business and to inform our marketing strategy) (to the extent that such legitimate interest is not overridden by your interests, fundamental rights, or freedoms)
(b) your prior consent (this legal basis is only used in relation to Processing that is entirely voluntary – it is not used for Processing that is necessary or obligatory in any way)
To send you relevant marketing communications and make personalised suggestions and recommendations to you about goods or services that may be of interest to you based on your Profile Data (a) Identity data
(b) Contact data
(c) Technical data
(d) Usage data
(e) Profile data
(f) Marketing and Communications data
(a) Necessary for our legitimate interests (to carry out direct marketing, develop our products/services and grow our business), subject always to compliance with applicable law
(b) your prior consent (this legal basis is only used in relation to Processing that is entirely voluntary – it is not used for Processing that is necessary or obligatory in any way)
To carry out market research through your voluntary participation in surveys (a) Identity data
(b) Contact data
(c) Correspondence
(d) Profile data
(e) Content and advertising data
(f) Consent records
(g) Views and opinions
(a) Necessary for our legitimate interests (to study how customers use our products/services and to help us improve and develop our products and services) (to the extent that such legitimate interest is not overridden by your interests, fundamental rights, or freedoms)
(b) your prior consent (this legal basis is only used in relation to Processing that is entirely voluntary – it is not used for Processing that is necessary or obligatory in any way)
To carry out product safety communications in relation to product safety, including product recalls and product safety advisory notices (a) Identity data
(b) Contact data
(c) Payment-related data
(a) Performance of a contract with you
(b) Necessary to comply with a legal obligation
(c) Necessary for our legitimate interests for the purpose of ensuring the safety, and proper use, of our products (to the extent that such legitimate interest is not overridden by your interests, fundamental rights, or freedoms)
To carry out organisational planning, succession planning, making changes to the nature and scope of our operations or our business, mergers, acquisitions, dissolutions, demergers, liquidations, asset sales, divestitures, reorganisations and similar corporate structuring arrangements (a) Identity data
(b) Contact data
(c) Professional details
(d) Usage data
(e) Employer details
(f) Content and advertising data
(g) Views and opinions
Necessary for our legitimate interests for the purpose of planning the future operation of our operations or our business (to the extent that such legitimate interest is not overridden by your interests, fundamental rights, or freedoms)
To carry out health and safety assessments and record keeping, provide a safe and secure environment at our premises, and comply with related legal obligations. (a) Identity data
(b) Contact data
(c) Correspondence
(d) Visitor data
(a) Necessary to comply with a legal obligation where applicable
(b) Necessary for our legitimate interests for the purpose of ensuring a safe environment at our premises (to the extent that such legitimate interest is not overridden by your interests, fundamental rights, or freedoms)
(c) Necessary to protect the vital interests of any individual
To carry out physical security of our premises (including records of visits to our premises); CCTV recordings; and electronic security (including login records and access details). (a) Identity data
(b) Contact data
(c) Visitor data
(a) Necessary to comply with a legal obligation where applicable
(b) Necessary for our legitimate interests for the purpose of ensuring the physical and electronic security of our business and our premises (to the extent that such legitimate interest is not overridden by your interests, fundamental rights, or freedoms)
To detect, investigate and prevent breaches of policy, and fraud or criminal offences, in accordance with applicable law. Each category of Personal Data identified in the ‘ The types of Personal Data we collect about you’ above, to the extent necessary in the context of the relevant legal obligation or regulatory requirements or guidance (a) Necessary to comply with a legal obligation where applicable
(b) Necessary for our legitimate interests for the purpose of detecting, and protecting against, breaches of our policies and applicable laws (to the extent that such legitimate interest is not overridden by your interests, fundamental rights, or freedoms)
To comply with our legal and regulatory obligations under applicable law. Each category of Personal Data identified in the ‘ The types of Personal Data we collect about you’ above, to the extent necessary in the context of the relevant legal obligation or regulatory requirements or guidance (a) Necessary to comply with a legal obligation where applicable
(b) Necessary for our legitimate interests for the purpose of detecting, and protecting against, breaches of our policies and applicable laws (to the extent that such legitimate interest is not overridden by your interests, fundamental rights, or freedoms)
To establish, exercise and defend legal claims, such as managing legal claims, establishing facts and claims (including collection), reviewing and producing documents, facts, evidence and witness statements, and exercising and defending legal rights and claims, including formal legal proceedings Each category of Personal Data identified in the ‘ The types of Personal Data we collect about you’ above, to the extent necessary in the context of the relevant legal obligation or regulatory requirements or guidance (a) Necessary to comply with a legal obligation where applicable
(b) Necessary for our legitimate interests for the purpose of establishing, exercising or defending our legal rights (to the extent that such legitimate interest is not overridden by your interests, fundamental rights, or freedoms)
(c) Necessary for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims
To carry out recruitment and consider job applications, by undertaking recruitment activities, advertising of positions, interview activities, analysis of suitability for the relevant position, records of hiring decisions, offer details, and acceptance details. (a) Identity data
(b) Contact data
(c) Correspondence
(d) Professional details
(e) Profile data
(f) Visitor data
(g) Consent records
(h) Usage data
(i) Employer details
(j) Content and advertising data
(k) Views and opinions
(a) Necessary to comply with a legal obligation (especially in respect of applicable employment law)
(b) Necessary for our legitimate interests for the purpose of recruitment activities and handling job applications (to the extent that such legitimate interest is not overridden by your interests, fundamental rights, or freedoms)
(c) your prior consent (this legal basis is only used in relation to Processing that is entirely voluntary – it is not used for Processing that is necessary or obligatory in any way)

Direct marketing

You will receive marketing communications from us if you have requested information from us and you have not opted out of receiving the marketing.

We may Process Personal Data to contact you via email, telephone, direct mail or other communication formats to provide you with information regarding our products that may be of interest to you. We also Process Personal Data for the purposes of displaying content tailored to your use of our website, products, services and offers. If we provide the website, products or services to you, we may send or display information to you regarding those, or upcoming promotions and other information that may be of interest to you, including by using the contact details that you have provided to us, or any other appropriate means, subject always to obtaining your prior opt-in consent to the extent required under applicable law.

Third-party marketing

We will get your express consent before we share your Personal Data with any third party for their own direct marketing purposes.

Opting out of marketing

You can ask to stop sending you marketing communications at any time by following the opt-out links within any marketing communication sent to you or by contacting us at enquiries@skinnybars.co.uk. Please note that it may take up to 2 weeks to process your opt-out request during which time you may continue to receive communications from us.

If you opt out of receiving marketing communications, you will still receive service-related communications that are essential for administrative or customer service purposes for example relating to order confirmations, updates to our Terms and Conditions, checking that your contact details are correct.

Cookies

For more information about the Cookies we use and how to change your cookie preferences, please see our Cookie policy.

5. Disclosures of your personal data

6. International transfers

7. Data security

8. Data retention

How long will you use my Personal Data for?

We will only retain your Personal Data for as long as reasonably necessary to fulfil the purposes we Process it for (as set out in this privacy policy), including for the purposes of satisfying any legal, regulatory, tax, accounting or reporting requirements. We may retain your Personal Data for a longer period in the event of a complaint or if we reasonably believe there is a prospect of litigation in respect to our relationship with you. The criteria for determining the duration for which we will retain your personal data are as follows:

During the periods noted in paragraphs (2)(a) and (2)(b) above, we will restrict our Processing of your Personal Data to storage of, and maintaining the security of, those data, except to the extent that those data need to be reviewed in connection with any legal claim, or any obligation under applicable law.

Once the periods in paragraphs (1), (2) and (3) above, each to the extent applicable, have concluded, we will either:

By law we have to keep basic information about our customers (including Contact, Identity, Financial and Transaction Data) for six years after they cease being customers for tax purposes.

In some circumstances you can ask us to delete your data: see Section 9 below for further information.

In some circumstances we will anonymise your Personal Data (so that it can no longer be associated with you) for research or statistical purposes, in which case we may use this information indefinitely without further notice to you.

9. Your legal rights

Subject to applicable law, you may have a number of rights under data protection laws in relation to your Personal Data:

Subject to applicable law, you may also have the following additional rights regarding the Processing of your Relevant Personal Data:
the right to object, on grounds relating to your particular situation, to the Processing of your Relevant Personal Data by us or on our behalf, where such processing is based on Articles 6(1)(e) (public interest) or 6(1)(f) (legitimate interests) of the UK GDPR; and
the right to object to the Processing of your Relevant Personal Data by us or on our behalf for direct marketing purposes.

This does not affect your statutory rights.

To exercise one or more of these rights, or to ask a question about these rights or any other provision of this privacy policy, or about our Processing of your Personal Data, please use the contact details provided in Section 10 (Contact Details) below. Please note that:

No fee usually required

You will not have to pay a fee to access your Personal Data (or to exercise any of the other rights). However, we may charge a reasonable fee if your request is clearly unfounded, repetitive or excessive. In certain circumstances, we could refuse to comply with your request in these circumstances.

What we may need from you

We may need to request specific information from you to help us confirm your identity and ensure your right to access your Personal Data (or to exercise any of your other rights). This is a security measure to ensure that Personal Data is not disclosed to any person who has no right to receive it. We may also contact you to ask you for further information in relation to your request to speed up our response.

Time limit to respond

We try to respond to all legitimate requests within one month. Occasionally it could take us longer than a month if your request is particularly complex or you have made a number of requests. In this case, we will notify you and keep you updated, and will respond no later than two further months.

10. Contact details

If you have any questions about this privacy policy or about the use of your Personal Data or you want to exercise your privacy rights, please contact us in the following ways:

11. Complaints

You have the right to make a complaint at any time to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), the UK regulator for data protection issues (www.ico.org.uk). We would, however, appreciate the chance to deal with your concerns before you approach the ICO so please contact us in the first instance.

12. Changes to the privacy policy and your duty to inform us of changes

We keep our privacy policy under regular review.

It is important that the Personal Data we hold about you is accurate and current. We also take every reasonable step to ensure that:

From time to time we may ask you to confirm the accuracy of your Personal Data.

Please also keep us informed if your Personal Data changes during your relationship with us, for example a new address or email address.

13. Third-party links

This website may include links to third-party websites, plug-ins and applications. Clicking on those links or enabling those connections may allow third parties to collect or share data about you. We do not control these third-party websites and are not responsible for their privacy statements. When you leave our website, we encourage you to read the privacy policy of every website you visit.

14. Definitions