Last Updated: 10 October 2023
Elegant Unions ("we", "our", or "us") is committed to protecting and respecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, and safeguard your personal information when you visit our website (ovoschnaya-pshenitsa.com), contact us, or use our services.
We are the data controller for the purposes of the Data Protection Act 2018 and the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR). If you have any questions about this policy or how we handle your personal information, please contact us at:
When you interact with our website or engage our services, we may collect the following types of information from you:
When you visit our website, we may automatically collect technical information, including:
We collect this information using cookies and similar technologies. Please see our Cookie Policy for more information.
We use your personal information for the following purposes:
We process your personal information on the following legal grounds:
Processing is necessary for the performance of a contract with you or to take steps at your request before entering into a contract (e.g., when you engage our wedding planning services).
Processing is necessary for our legitimate interests, provided these interests don't override your fundamental rights and freedoms. Our legitimate interests include:
Processing is based on your specific consent (e.g., for sending marketing communications or newsletter subscriptions).
Processing is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which we are subject.
We may share your personal information with:
Third-party service providers who perform services on our behalf, such as:
These providers are contractually required to use your information only for the specific services they provide to us and to maintain appropriate security measures.
We may disclose your information:
We will retain your personal information only for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal, accounting, or reporting requirements.
For clients who engage our wedding planning services, we typically retain information for up to 7 years after the completion of services for tax and accounting purposes.
For prospective clients who make enquiries but do not engage our services, we typically retain information for up to 2 years.
For newsletter subscribers, we retain information until you unsubscribe or request deletion.
Under UK data protection law, you have the following rights regarding your personal information:
To exercise any of these rights, please contact us using the details provided in Section 1. We will respond to your request within one month.
You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) if you believe we have not complied with data protection laws. The ICO can be contacted at ico.org.uk.
We have implemented appropriate security measures to protect your personal information from unauthorized access, use, alteration, or disclosure. These measures include:
However, no internet transmission or electronic storage system is completely secure. While we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.
Our website may include links to third-party websites, plug-ins, and applications. Clicking on these links or enabling these 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. We encourage you to read the privacy policy of every website you visit.
Our website and services are not directed to children under 16, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children. If you are a parent or guardian and believe your child has provided us with personal information, please contact us, and we will delete such information from our records.
Your personal information may be transferred to, and processed in, countries other than the UK as part of our service provision or when working with our third-party service providers.
When we transfer personal information outside the UK, we ensure appropriate safeguards are in place to protect your information, such as Standard Contractual Clauses or appropriate certification mechanisms.
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time in response to changing legal, technical, or business developments. When we update our Privacy Policy, we will take appropriate measures to inform you, consistent with the significance of the changes we make.
We will obtain your consent to any material changes if and where required by applicable data protection laws. You can see when this Privacy Policy was last updated by checking the "Last Updated" date at the top of this page.
If you have any questions, concerns, or requests regarding this Privacy Policy or our data practices, please contact us at: