1. Introduction & Data Controller
This Privacy Policy applies to the web application operating under the domain pickorashufflespot.garden (the "Service"), operated by Pickora Grain & Heritage Culinary Ltd. (Company No. UK-89421048), registered at 48 Terracotta Mill Lane, Paddy Basin Quarter, Oxford, OX2 6HG, United Kingdom ("we", "us", "our").
We act as the Data Controller under the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR) and the Data Protection Act 2018. If you have any questions concerning our privacy practices, contact our Data Protection Officer at [email protected].
2. Categories of Data Collected
We collect only the minimum necessary information required to serve culinary research tools and facilitate user communication:
- Voluntary Form Submissions: Name, professional email address, subject area, and message contents submitted via our contact forms.
- Technical & Session Data: Anonymized IP addresses, browser engine user-agents, referring pages, and interaction durations for performance analytics.
- Client-Side Local Storage: Cookie consent selections and temporary hydration tool input parameters stored exclusively inside your web browser's
localStorage.
3. Legal Bases for Processing
We process personal data under the following legal frameworks established by Article 6 of the UK GDPR:
- Consent (Art. 6(1)(a)): You grant explicit consent when submitting dispatch messages or enabling non-essential browser cookies.
- Legitimate Interests (Art. 6(1)(f)): Ensuring the technical stability, security monitoring, and mathematical accuracy of the web application.
4. Data Retention & Third-Party Sharing
We do not monetize, sell, lease, or distribute user personal information to marketing syndicates. Data submitted via contact channels is retained for no more than 24 months after the resolution of the relevant query before being permanently expunged.
5. Your Statutory Rights
Under UK and European data protection law, you hold the following rights regarding your personal records:
- Right of Access (Subject Access Request)
- Right to Rectification of inaccurate or incomplete records
- Right to Erasure ("Right to be Forgotten")
- Right to Restrict or Object to processing
- Right to Data Portability in structured machine-readable format
To exercise any of these protections, submit your written request to our legal team at [email protected].