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Welcome to Forage London and Beyond, a collective of independent foraging teachers offering London wild food walks, Dorset seashore and coastal foraging, Hampshire and New Forest mushroom hunting.

Privacy Policy

This privacy policy sets out how Forage London uses and protects any information that you give us when you use this website to book forgaing courses.

Forage London is committed to ensuring that your privacy is protected. Should we ask you to provide certain information by which you can be identified when using this website, then you can be assured that it will only be used in accordance with this privacy statement.

Forage London may change this policy from time to time by updating this page. In the unlikely event you have nothing better to do, you should check this page from time to time to ensure that you are happy with any changes.

What we collect

We may collect the following information:

  • your name
  • contact information including your email address
  • demographic information such as your postcode
  • other information relevant to which event you have booked on or enquired about

What we do with the information we gather

  • internal record keeping ie controlling the number of people booked on a specific event or any persons who have asked to go on a waiting list, checking event booking info and sending out details about meeting points, times etc.
  • we may use the information to improve our products and services.
  • we may periodically send out news letters about new foraging related events or other information which we think you may find interesting using the email address which you have provided. Our emails are sent through a third party service called Direct Mail. Only your email address will exist on the mailing list we create within Direct Mail and only Forage London can access this and use it for the purposes listed above.

Security

We are committed to ensuring that your information is secure. In order to prevent unauthorised access or disclosure, we have put in place suitable physical, and electronic measures to safeguard and secure the information we collect online.

Cookies

Our e-commerce software (WooCommerce) and third party payment platform use cookies. A cookie is a small file which asks permission to be placed on your computer’s hard drive. Once you agree, the file is added and the cookie helps analyse web traffic or lets you know when you visit a particular site. Cookies allow web applications to respond to you as an individual. A cookie in no way gives us access to your computer or any information about you, other than the data you choose to share with us. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. This may prevent you from taking full advantage of the website.

Links to other websites

Our website may very occasionally contain links to other websites of interest. However, once you have used these links to leave our site, you should note that we do not have any control over that other website. Therefore, we cannot be responsible for the protection and privacy of any information which you provide whilst visiting such sites and such sites are not governed by this privacy statement.

Controlling your personal information

We will never sell, distribute or lease your personal information to third parties. You may request details of personal information which we hold about you under the Data Protection Act 1998. If you would like a copy of the information held on you please send an email to hello@foragelondon.co.uk.

If you believe that any information we are holding on you is incorrect or incomplete, please email us as soon as possible and we will promptly correct it.

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