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Privacy Policy

This privacy policy covers personal information connected with your use of fromage.co.uk. For privacy enquiries or requests about your information, contact [TO CONFIRM: monitored privacy contact address].

Who is responsible

[TO CONFIRM: verified controller identity and contact details, including any applicable data protection officer or representative.]

Information we collect and why

UK privacy information must explain the purposes and lawful bases for processing personal information. [2]

[TO CONFIRM: for each activity, list the information collected, its source, purpose, lawful basis and any legitimate interests. Cover hosting and security logs, correspondence, search, analytics, advertising and embedded services where used. Explain any required information and consequences of withholding it.]

Cookies and device storage

UK rules on cookies and similar technologies are covered by the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations (PECR), alongside the UK GDPR where personal information is processed. [3]

[TO CONFIRM: audit cookies, analytics and other device storage. Identify each technology, provider, purpose, duration, applicable consent requirement or exception, and how to change choices. For saved lists or notes, confirm what stays on the device, what leaves it, and deletion and export options.]

Sharing, transfers and retention

[TO CONFIRM: name recipients or recipient categories, including hosting and other service providers. Explain any overseas transfers, destinations, safeguards and how to obtain safeguard details.]

[TO CONFIRM: give retention periods or meaningful criteria for each information category, including backups, and summarise verified security measures.]

Your rights and complaints

Depending on the processing and applicable conditions, UK data protection rights include access, correction, erasure, restriction, objection and portability. Where processing relies on consent, you can withdraw it. [4]

Send requests or privacy complaints to [TO CONFIRM: monitored contact details and request procedure]. You can also complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO). [5] [TO CONFIRM: verified link to the ICO complaints procedure.]

Automated decisions and children

[TO CONFIRM: whether profiling or solely automated decisions occur and any required explanation of their operation, significance and consequences. Confirm whether children’s information is processed and any specific protections or notices needed.]

Changes to this policy

[TO CONFIRM: effective date, version and how material changes will be communicated.]

Sources

  1. [TO CONFIRM: current ICO privacy information guidance, document title, revision, year and verified URL.]
  2. Information Commissioner’s Office. Guidance on the use of storage and access technologies: impact assessment. April 2026, section 5.1; read alongside Guidance on the use of storage and access technologies, updated 29 April 2026.
  3. Information Commissioner's Office. Individual rights. Live guidance, accessed November 2026. Read at ico.org.uk
  4. Information Commissioner’s Office. What’s the right way to handle a data protection complaint? Live guidance, checked November 2026.

Last checked: November 2026

Last checked November 2026.