Who we are
Elaine’s Wedding Consultancy
Effective Date: 1-10-2024
Elaine’s Wedding Consultancy (“we,” “us,” or “our”) is committed to protecting and respecting your privacy.
This privacy policy explains how we collect, use, and safeguard your personal data when you visit our website or use our services.
Please read the following information carefully to understand our views and practices regarding your personal data and how we will treat it.
Our website address is: https://elaines-wedding-consultancy.co.uk.
1. Information We Collect
We may collect and process the following data about you:
Personal Information: When you fill out the contact form on our website, we collect personal details such as your name, email address, phone number, wedding/event date, and any additional information you choose to provide.
Usage Data: We may collect information on how you use our website, including your IP address, browser type, pages visited, and the time and date of your visit. This helps us improve the website experience.
2. How We Use Your Information
We collect and process your data for the following purposes:
To respond to inquiries and provide information regarding our services.
To manage your requests, bookings, or consultations.
To send updates or marketing communications (if you have opted in).
To personalize your experience and deliver content relevant to your interests.
To improve our website and services based on your feedback and usage patterns.
3. Legal Basis for Processing Personal Data
We process your personal data under the following legal bases:
Consent: By voluntarily providing your personal information, you consent to its use as described in this policy.
Contract: When you enter into an agreement with us for services, we process your data as necessary to fulfill that contract.
Legitimate Interest: We may use your data to improve our services, maintain website security, or carry out marketing activities where appropriate.
4. How We Store and Protect Your Data
We take the security of your personal data seriously and have implemented measures to protect it from unauthorized access, loss, or misuse. These measures include secure data storage and regular monitoring of our systems.
However, please note that no method of transmission over the Internet or electronic storage is completely secure, and we cannot guarantee its absolute security.
5. Data Retention
We retain your personal information only for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this policy, or as required by law. Once your data is no longer needed, we will delete it securely.
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognise and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.
For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.
6. Sharing Your Information
We do not sell or rent your personal data to third parties. However, we may share your data with trusted service providers who assist in delivering our services (e.g., website hosting, payment processing). These third parties are required to process your data in compliance with applicable data protection laws.
We may also disclose your information if required by law or to protect our rights, property, or safety.
7. Your Rights
You have the right to:
Access: Request a copy of the personal data we hold about you.
Rectification: Request correction of any inaccurate or incomplete data.
Erasure: Request that we delete your personal data when it is no longer needed.
Restriction: Request that we limit the processing of your data in certain circumstances.
Objection: Object to the processing of your data for direct marketing purposes.
Portability: Request that we transfer your data to another data controller where technically feasible.
If you would like to exercise any of these rights, please contact us at bridebeautifullimited@gmail.com
8. Cookies
We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to enhance your experience on our website. You can control your cookie preferences through your browser settings. For more information, please see our Cookie Policy.
If you leave a comment on our site you may opt in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.
If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.
When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.
If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.
9. Marketing Communications
With your consent, we may send you marketing communications about our services. You can opt out of receiving these communications at any time by clicking the “unsubscribe” link in any email or by contacting us directly.
10. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this privacy policy from time to time. Any changes will be posted on this page, and we encourage you to review it periodically.
12. Comments
When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.
An anonymised string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service Privacy Policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.
13. Embedded content from other websites
Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.
These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
14. Contact Us
If you have any questions or concerns about this privacy policy or how we handle your personal data, please contact us at: