Privacy Policy

Welcome to Premier Foods’ privacy policy in connection with The Spice Tailor website and business. Premier Foods respects your privacy and is committed to protecting your personal data.

1. INTRODUCTION

This privacy policy tells you how Premier Foods uses your personal data when you visit our website or interact with us, including when you sign up to our newsletter, use our products and services or take part in a competition.

It also tells you your privacy rights and how the law protects you.

It is important that you read this privacy policy, together with any other privacy notices we may show you from time to time, so that you are fully aware of how and why we are using your personal data.

This website is not intended for children under 13 and we do not knowingly collect data relating to children.

For the purposes of this policy, “Data Protection Legislation” means all applicable legislation in force from time to time in the United Kingdom applicable to data protection and privacy including, but not limited to the retained EU law version of the General Data Protection Regulation ((EU) 2016/679) (the “UK GDPR”), as it forms part of the law of England and Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland by virtue of section 3 of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018; the Data Protection Act 2018 (and regulations made thereunder); and the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations 2003, as amended.

This privacy policy was last updated on 29 January 2023.

2. WHO WE ARE

This website is operated by a member of the Premier Foods group of companies, the ultimate holding company of which is Premier Foods plc (registered in England and Wales with company number 05160050 and registered address Premier House, Centrium Business Park, Griffiths Way, St. Albans, Hertfordshire, AL12RE, United Kingdom).
All references to “our”, “us”, “we”, “company” or "Premier Foods" within this policy are deemed to refer to Premier Foods plc, its subsidiaries, affiliates and associates. We are a “controller” for the purposes of UK GDPR.

Being the data controller means we are responsible for deciding why and how we use personal data in our business. If you have any questions about this privacy policy, including any requests to exercise your legal rights, please contact our Data Privacy Team at:
By post: Premier House, Centrium Park, Griffiths Way, St Albans, AL1 2RE
By email: privacy@premierfoods.co.uk

3. HOW WE COLLECT DATA

There are lots of different ways in which we may collect data, or receive data, and you can see an explanation of the main ways below.

You may give us data when you interact with us.

You may give us data by filling in forms or by corresponding with us by post, phone, email or through chat or social media. This includes data you provide when you:

  • sign up to receive our newsletter;  
  • make enquiries or request information be sent to you;  
  • create an account on our website;  
  • order our products;  
  • ask for direct marketing to be sent to you;  
  • use ‘refer a friend’;  
  • participate in our forum;  
  • engage with us on social media;  
  • enter a competition, promotion or survey;  
  • contact customer services; or  
  • leave comments or reviews on our products or services.  

We may get some data automatically.  

As you interact with us, including via The Spice Tailor website, we may automatically collect data about your equipment, browsing actions and patterns. We may also collect data when you click on one of our adverts (including those shown on third party websites or via social media).  

We may obtain some data from third parties.  

We may receive data about you from various categories of third parties, including:  

  • from providers of services which facilitate our ecommerce operations, including ecommerce platforms and payment and fraud prevention services;  
  • from analytics providers, advertising networks and search information providers;  
  • from data partners;  
  • from your friends who referred you using ‘refer a friend’;  
  • from publicly available sources; and  
  • from any third parties who are permitted by law or have your permission to share your personal data with us, such as via social media or review sites.  

If you submit any data about another individual to us, you are responsible for making sure that you have the authority to do so and allow us to use their data in accordance with this privacy policy.  

    4. TYPES OF PERSONAL DATA WE COLLECT

    How we collect data above described all the different ways in which it’s possible to be given or obtain data. Some of that data may be personal data and we explain below the types of personal data we may collect about you. Of course, the types of personal data we collect about you will depend on how you are interacting with us.  

    Personal data, or personal information, means any information about an individual from which that person can be identified and which we maintain in accessible form. It does not include data where the identity has been removed (anonymous data).  

    We collect a variety of personal data about our customers and visitors to The Spice Tailor website.  

    This personal data falls into these categories:  

    • Identity Data includes title, gender, first name, maiden name, last name, date of birth, username or similar identifier and your login/password. If you interact with us through social media, this may include your social media user name.  
    • Contact Data includes billing address, delivery address, email address and telephone numbers.  
    • Financial Data includes payment card and direct debit/bank account details.  
    • Transaction Data includes details about payments to and from you and other details of products and services you have purchased from us.  
    • Profile Data includes your username and password, purchases or orders made by you, your interests, preferences, feedback and survey responses, as well as any profile data which we have added (for example, using analytics and profiling).  
    • Technical Data includes internet protocol (IP) address, your login data, browser type and version, time zone setting and location, browser plug-in types and versions, operating system and platform and other technology on the devices you use to access this website.  
    • Usage Data includes information about how you use our website, products and services, and any of the content you contribute to the forum.  
    • Tracking Data includes information we or others on our behalf collect about you from cookies and similar tracking technologies, such as web beacons, pixels, and mobile identifiers.  
    • Marketing and Communications Data includes your preferences in receiving direct marketing from us and our third parties and your communication preferences.  

    We also collect, use and share Aggregated Data such as statistical or demographic data for any purpose. Aggregated Data may be derived from your personal data but is not considered personal data in law as this data does not directly or indirectly reveal your identity. For example, we may aggregate your Usage Data to calculate the percentage of users accessing a specific website feature.  

    However, if we combine or connect Aggregated Data with your personal data so that it can directly or indirectly identify you, we treat the combined data as personal data which will be used in accordance with this privacy policy.  

    We do not collect any Special Categories of Personal Data about you (this includes details about your race or ethnicity, religious or philosophical beliefs, sex life, sexual orientation, political opinions, trade union membership, information about your health and genetic and biometric data or children’s data). Nor do we collect any information about criminal convictions and offences. If you share personal data referred to in this category we will not know and can only treat it as personal data. If you post any of this data on the forum, you have chosen to make it public online, and anyone can read it.  

    Remember, if you choose not to share personal data with us, or refuse certain contact permissions, we might not be able to provide the products and services you’ve asked for.  

5. EXPLAINING THE LEGAL BASES FOR USING PERSONAL DATA

We will only use your personal data when the law allows us to. Most commonly, we will use your personal data in the following circumstances:  

Where we need to perform the contract, we are about to enter into or have entered into with you. For example, when you purchase our products, that’s a contract between you and us for us to supply the products to you.  

Where it is necessary for our legitimate interests (or those of a third party) and your interests and fundamental rights do not override those interests. For example, certain personal data is also needed for legitimate purposes to prevent fraud, security breaches, legal violations, for us to understand more about our customer base. We may also use the personal data collected under this lawful basis to help us analyse and administer, improve and update Our website for better experience, better products and service we offer.  

Where we need to comply with a legal or regulatory obligation as a business for example, verifying your age and appropriate use of our website, preventing fraud, security breaches and complying with our tax and accounting obligations where needed.  

Generally, we do not rely on consent as a legal basis for processing your personal data other than where the law requires it, for example in relation to sending certain direct marketing communications. Where our legal basis is consent, you have the right to withdraw consent any time.  

See How and Why We Use Your Personal Data below for more detailed information.  

6. HOW AND WHY WE USE YOUR PERSONAL DATA

The table below gives you a breakdown of the details of how we are using your personal data, the types of personal data that applies to and why it is we can do this. When we explain why, we will identify the relevant category from Explaining the Legal Bases For Using Personal Data above, and, where it’s based on being able to do so for our legitimate interests, we will highlight what that legitimate interest is.  

We may process your personal data for more than one legal basis depending on how we are using it.  

How we are using the personal data  

What types of personal data do we use to do that  

Why it is that we can do that  

 

 

 

To register you as a new customer  

Identity, Contact  

Performance of a contract with you  

 

 

 

To manage a potential sale with you, including letting you know you have left products in your basket without checking out  

Identity, Contact Financial, Transaction, Marketing and Communications  

Necessary for our legitimate interests (to administer the prize draw or competition, to study how customers use our products/services, to develop them and grow our business)"  

 

 

 

To process and deliver your order including manage payments and collect and recover money owed to us  

Identity, Contact Financial, Transaction, Marketing and Communications  

Performance of a contract with you, necessary for our legitimate interests (including to recover debts due to us)  

 

 

 

 

To manage our relationship with you, including notifying you about changes to our terms or privacy policy  

Identity, Contact, Profile, Marketing and Communications  

Performance of a contract with you, necessary to comply with a legal obligation,  necessary for our legitimate interests (to keep our records updated) and consent based where you have agreed to receive communications from us  

 

 

 

To ask you to leave a review or take a survey  

Identity, Contact, Profile, Marketing and Communications  

Necessary for our legitimate interests (to study how customers use our products/services)  

 

 

 

To enable you to take part in a prize draw or competition  

Identity, Contact, Profile, Usage, Marketing and Communications  

Necessary for our legitimate interests (to study how customers use our products/services, to develop them and grow our business)  

 

 

 

To deliver direct marketing to you  

Identity, Contact, Profile, Usage, Marketing and Communications, Technical, Tracking  

Necessary for our legitimate interests (to promote our own business and our products and services), unless the law requires that the direct marketing be based on consent   

Consent, before we share your personal data with any company outside The Spice Tailor for their own marketing purposes  

 

 

 

To administer and protect our business and this website (including troubleshooting, data analysis, testing, system maintenance, support, reporting and hosting of data)  

Identity, Contact, Technical, Tracking  

Necessary for our legitimate interests (for running our business, provision of administration and IT services, network security, to prevent fraud)  

Necessary to comply with a legal obligation  

 

 

 

To deliver relevant website content to you and measure or understand the effectiveness of the content we have on our website  

Identity, Contact, Profile, Usage, Marketing and Communications, Technical Tracking  

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 deliver relevant advertisements to you and measure or understand the effectiveness of the advertising we serve to you  

Identity, Contact, Profile, Usage, Marketing and Communications, Technical Tracking  

Necessary for our legitimate interests (to promote our business and products/services, to develop them, to grow our business and to inform our marketing strategy) Consent based where you have agreed to receive news of special offers or discounts.  

 

 

 

To use data analytics to improve our website, products/services, marketing, customer relationships and experiences  

Technical, Usage  

Necessary for our legitimate interests (to define types of customers for our products/services, to keep our website updated and relevant, to develop our business and to inform our product and marketing strategy)  

 

 

 

To make suggestions and recommendations to you about products/services that may be of interest to you  

Identity, Contact, Technical, Usage, Profile, Marketing and communication  

Necessary for our legitimate interests (to develop our products/services and grow our business) Consent based where you have agreed to receive updates about our products and services.  

 

 

 

To prevent and detect unlawful acts  

Identity, Contact, Financial, Transaction, Technical, Tracking  

Necessary for our legitimate interests (to protect our business and our customers by way of undertaking fraud monitoring and suspicious transaction monitoring)  

Necessary to comply with a legal or contractual obligation to share personal data for the purposes of law enforcement  

 

 

 

To administer our business and keep proper records  

All relevant data categories  

Necessary to comply with a legal obligation  

Necessary for our legitimate interests (to administer our business and keep proper records)  

 

 

 

In order to resolve legal claims or disputes involving you or us  

All relevant data categories, depending on the nature of the allegation or claim  

Necessary for our legitimate interests (to bring or defend a claim, whether in court proceedings or in an administrative or out of court settlement, for the protection or assertion of our legal rights, your legal rights or the legal rights of others)  

 

 

 

7. ADVERTISING, MARKETING AND YOUR COMMUNICATIONS PREFERENCES

There are lots of different ways you’ll see adverts for The Spice Tailor, and these may not be using your personal data – sometimes we buy advertising space in the real world and on websites and in social media. If you see The Spice Tailor adverts on websites and in social media, these may not be directed specifically at you, we may just have bid for the space. We may also be using a search engine or social media platforms ‘lookalike’ products, which are not directed at you and which you can control using each search engine or social media platform’s privacy settings.  

We may use your Identity, Contact, Technical, Tracking, Usage and Profile Data to form a picture of what we think you may want or need, or what may be of interest to you. This is how we decide which products, services and offers may be relevant for you and tell you about them. We may carry out direct marketing by email, phone, text and post.  

On our website, we make your direct marketing preferences clear. You may choose to opt in to receive our newsletter, or as part of creating an account. We may also be able to send our customers relevant direct marketing about our own products and services unless they opted out during the purchase journey. We may also send you a little nudge as part of the purchase if you have left products in the basket without checking out.  

At all times you have a right to opt out of direct marketing. The easiest way to opt out is to use the unsubscribe link at the bottom of the communication, alternatively, please contact us here    

We will get your express opt-in consent before we share your personal data with any company outside The Spice Tailor for direct marketing purposes.  

We also work with partners to try and promote the reach of our adverts and use analytics and retargeting for this reason. We use Tracking Data to deliver relevant online advertising, including on websites and in social media.  

Tracking Data, and in particular cookies, help us to deliver website and social advertising that we believe is most relevant to you and to potential new customers. The cookies used for this purpose are often placed on our website by specialist organisations – and this is also why when you’ve been on The Spice Tailor website, you might see content from our website again. This is called retargeting.  

Cookies can also tell us if you have seen a specific advert, and how long it has been since you have seen it. This is helpful, because it means we can control the effectiveness of our adverts and control the number of times people might be shown our adverts. Cookies also help us understand if you’ve opened a marketing email because we don’t want to send you things you don’t read.  

If you want more information about Tracking Data, in particular cookies, see Cookies below.  

Almost all the cookies that relate to advertising are part of third-party online advertising networks. If you’d like to read about how you can control which adverts you see online, see opt-out programs established by the European Interactive Digital Advertising Alliance and, for the United States, the Digital Advertising Alliance and the Network Advertising Initiative. For more information on mobile specific opt-out choices, visit the Network Advertising Initiative's Mobile Choices page. We do not control cookies which are set by advertising networks.  

8. COOKIES

A cookie is a small file of letters and numbers that we store via your browser.  

Our website uses cookies to distinguish you from other users of our website. This helps us to provide you with a good experience when you browse our website and also allows us to improve our site.  

We use the following categories of cookies:  

  • Strictly necessary cookies. These are cookies which are needed to make the website work properly. They include, for example, cookies that enable you to log in, use a shopping cart or make secure payments.  
  • Analytical/performance cookies. They allow us to recognise and count the number of visitors and to see how visitors move around our website when they are using it. This helps us to improve the way our website works, for example, by ensuring that users are finding what they are looking for easily.  
  • Functionality cookies. These are used to recognise you when you return to our website. This enables us to personalise our content for you, greet you by name and remember your preferences (for example, your choice of language or region). These also allow us to tell if you’ve left any products in your basket without checking out.  
  • Targeting cookies. These cookies record your visit to our website, the pages you have visited and the links you have followed. We will use this information to make our website relevant to your interests and for advertising and retargeting purposes. We may also share this information with third parties for this purpose.  

Please note that third parties (including, for example, advertising networks and providers of external services like web traffic analysis services) may also use cookies, over which we have no control. These cookies are likely to be analytical/performance cookies or targeting cookies. You may opt out of cookies set by specific entities by following instructions found at these links:  

You block cookies by activating the setting on your browser that allows you to refuse the setting of all or some cookies. However, if you use your browser settings to block all cookies (including essential cookies) you may not be able to access all or parts of our site. For further information about how to block cookies, please refer to your browser ‘help’ section or All About Cookies.  

Please note that these opt-out mechanisms are specific to the device or browser on which they are exercised. Therefore, you will need to opt out on every browser and device that you use.   

Please be aware that if you delete your cookies, two things will happen:  

  • We will no longer know that you've opted out of online behavioural advertising, so our adverts will still appear to you on other websites.  
  • We will no longer automatically recognise any website preferences that you have set.  

 

9. DISCLOSURES OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA

We may share personal data within Premier Foods group of companies.  

We may share personal data with the following categories of third parties for the purposes set out in this privacy policy:  

  • Suppliers and service providers which process personal data on our behalf including but not limited to technology service providers, logistics providers, post and courier service providers, auditors and professional advisors such as bankers, lawyers, accountants and insurers.  
  • Government departments and agencies, regulators, and law enforcement where we are required to share personal data by law.  

We require all third parties to respect the security of your personal data and to treat it in accordance with the law. We do not allow our third-party service providers to use your personal data for their own purposes and only permit them to process your personal data for specified purposes and in accordance with our instructions.  

We also share data with third parties connected to advertising, retargeting and analytics. Please see Cookies above, including the cookie list, for more information about who those third parties are.  

We may also share data with third parties to whom we may choose to sell, transfer, or merge parts of our business or our assets. Alternatively, we may seek to acquire other businesses or merge with them. If a change happens to our business, then the new owners may use your personal data in the same way as set out in this privacy policy.  

 

10. NOTICE TO INDIVIDUALS IN THE EUROPEAN UNION AND UNITED KINGDOM

We share your personal data within the Premier Foods group of companies which means sharing it outside of the UK. We have operations in the UK, Europe, India, Canada, Australia and the US, so this will involve transferring your data outside the European Economic Area (EEA). While transfers of personal data to the EEA from the UK are permitted without additional safeguards, we will take additional steps in order to ensure that your personal data is treated just as safely and securely as it would be within the UK and under the Data Protection Legislation as follows:  

Many of our external third parties are based outside the EEA so their processing of your personal data will involve a transfer of data outside the EEA.  

Whenever we transfer your personal data out of the EEA, we ensure a similar degree of protection is afforded to it and we will comply with the Data Protection Legislation.  

 

11. DATA SECURITY

We have put in place appropriate security measures to prevent your personal data from being accidentally lost, used or accessed in an unauthorised way, altered or disclosed. In addition, we limit access to your personal data to those employees, agents, contractors and other third parties who have a business need to know. They will only process your personal data on our instructions and they are subject to a duty of confidentiality.  

However, no security measure of modality of data transmission over the internet is 100% secure. Although we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your personal data, we cannot guarantee absolute security.  

We have put in place procedures to deal with any suspected personal data breach and will notify you and any applicable regulator of a breach where we are legally required to do so.  

 

12. DATA RETENTION

We will only retain your personal data for as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes we collected it for, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal, accounting, or reporting requirements.  

To determine the appropriate retention period for personal data, we consider the amount, nature, and sensitivity of the personal data, the potential risk of harm from unauthorised use or disclosure of your personal data, the purposes for which we process your personal data and whether we can achieve those purposes through other means, and the applicable legal requirements.  

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.  

 

13. HOW TO CONTACT US ABOUT PRIVACY

If you have any questions about this privacy policy, or would like to exercise any of your rights, please email us at  privacy@premierfoods.co.uk  or write to us with your letter addressed to: Data Privacy Team, Premier House, Premier House, Centrium Park, Griffiths Way, St Albans, AL1 2RE  

If you need help about our products and services, or this website generally, please contact us here  

Individuals in the United Kingdom have the right to make a complaint at any time to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), the UK supervisory authority 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 our Data Privacy Team at the contact details set out above.  

 

14. 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 notice of every website you visit.  

 

15. "DO NOT TRACK" SIGNALS

Some internet browsers incorporate a "Do Not Track" feature that signals to websites you visit that you do not want to have your online activity tracked. Given that there is not a uniform way that browsers communicate the "Do Not Track" signal, the Sites do not currently interpret, respond to or alter their practices when they receive "Do Not Track" signals.  

 

16. IF YOU FAIL TO PROVIDE PERSONAL DATA

Where we need to collect personal data by law, or under the terms of a contract we have with you and you fail to provide that data when requested, we may not be able to perform the contract we have or are trying to enter into with you (for example, to provide you with goods or services). In this case, we may have to cancel a product or service you have with us but we will notify you if this is the case at the time.  

 

17. CHANGE OF PURPOSE

We will only use your personal data for the purposes for which we collected it, unless we reasonably consider that we need to use it for another reason and that reason is compatible with the original purpose.  

If we need to use your personal data for an unrelated purpose, we will notify you and we will explain the legal basis which allows us to do so.  

Please note that we may process your personal data without your knowledge or consent, in compliance with the above rules, where this is required or permitted by law.  

18. LEGAL RIGHTS OF INDIVIDUALS IN THE EUROPEAN UNION AND UNITED KINGDOM

Under certain circumstances, individuals in the European Union or United Kingdom have rights under data protection laws in relation to their personal data.  

  • Request access to your personal data.  

This enables you to receive a copy of the personal data we hold about you and to check that we are lawfully processing it.  

 

  • Request correction of your personal data  

This enables you to have any incomplete or inaccurate data we hold about you corrected, though we may need to verify the accuracy of the new data you provide to us.  

 

  • Request erasure of your personal data  

This enables you to ask us to delete or remove personal data where there is no good reason for us continuing to process it. You also have the right to ask us to delete or remove your personal data where you have successfully exercised your right to object to processing (see below), where we may have processed your information unlawfully or where we are required to erase your personal data to comply with local law. Note, however, that we may not always be able to comply with your request of erasure for specific legal reasons which will be notified to you, if applicable, at the time of your request.  

 

  • Object to processing of your personal data  

This enables you to object to processing of your personal data where we are relying on a legitimate interest (or those of a third party) and there is something about your particular situation which makes you want to object to processing on this ground as you feel it impacts on your fundamental rights and freedoms. You also have the right to object where we are processing your personal data for direct marketing purposes. In some cases, we may demonstrate that we have compelling legitimate grounds to process your information which override your rights and freedoms.  

 

  • Request restriction of processing your personal data  

This enables you to ask us to suspend the processing of your personal data in the following scenarios: (a) if you want us to establish the data’s accuracy; (b) where our use of the data is unlawful but you do not want us to erase it; (c) where you need us to hold the data even if we no longer require it as you need it to establish, exercise or defend legal claims; or (d) you have objected to our use of your data but we need to verify whether we have overriding legitimate grounds to use it.  

 

  • Request transfer of your personal data  

We will provide to you, or a third party you have chosen, your personal data in a structured, commonly used, machine-readable format. Note that this right only applies to automated information which you initially provided consent for us to use or where we used the information to perform a contract with you.  

 

  • Right to withdraw consent  

Withdraw consent at any time where we are relying on consent to process your personal data. However, this will not affect the lawfulness of any processing carried out before you withdraw your consent. If you withdraw your consent, we may not be able to provide certain products or services to you. We will advise you if this is the case at the time you withdraw your consent.

 

  • Rights relating to automated decision-making and profiling  

If you wish to exercise any of the rights set out above, please contact us at  privacy@premierfoods.co.uk    

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. Alternatively, we may refuse to comply with your request in these circumstances.  

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.  

We try to respond to all legitimate requests within one month. Occasionally it may 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.  

 

19. ACCESSIBILITY

We are committed to ensuring this privacy policy is accessible to individuals with disabilities. If you wish to access this privacy policy in an alternative format, please contact us at  privacy@premierfoods.co.uk    

 

20. CHANGES TO THE PRIVACY POLICY

We may change this privacy policy from time to time. You should check this privacy policy occasionally to ensure you are aware of the most recent version that will apply each time you access this website.  

 

21. FINALLY, A SMALL REQUEST FROM THE SPICE TAILOR

It is important that the personal data we hold about you is accurate and current. Please keep us informed if your personal data changes during your relationship with us.