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Privacy Policy

Last updated: 30 August 2026

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Wild Food Stories is operated by Leanne Townsend in Scotland. I respect your privacy and am committed to protecting your personal information.

 

This Privacy Policy explains what information I collect when you visit wildfoodstories.co.uk, book an event, make a purchase, join the mailing list or contact me, how that information is used, and the rights you have in relation to your personal data.

For the purposes of UK data protection law, Wild Food Stories is the data controller for the personal information described in this policy.

 

If you have any questions about this policy or how your information is handled, please contact:

 

Wild Food Stories
Email: info@wildfoodstories.co.uk

 

Information I collect

Depending on how you use the website, I may collect:

  • your name and email address;

  • contact information you provide when making an enquiry;

  • information required to manage an event booking or purchase;

  • billing and transaction information relating to purchases or bookings;

  • dietary, allergy or accessibility information that you choose to provide in connection with an event;

  • your email address and subscription preferences if you join the mailing list;

  • technical information such as your IP address, browser, device information and how you interact with the website;

  • cookie and analytics information, depending on the cookie choices you make.

I only ask for information that is reasonably necessary for the relevant purpose.

 

How your information is collected

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I may collect information when you:

  • subscribe to the Wild Food Stories mailing list;

  • book or enquire about a foraging event or workshop;

  • purchase a product or gift voucher;

  • contact me directly by email;

  • interact with the Wild Food Stories website; or

  • choose to subscribe to or interact with Wild Food Stories on Substack.
     

Some technical information is also collected automatically by Wix and other website services through cookies and similar technologies.
 

How I use your information
 

Your personal information may be used to:

  • respond to enquiries;

  • manage event bookings and communicate important information about an event;

  • process purchases, payments and refunds;

  • provide products or services you have requested;

  • send Wild Food Stories news, event announcements and other email updates where you have chosen to subscribe;

  • maintain appropriate business, tax and accounting records;

  • understand how the website is being used and improve its performance and content;

  • maintain the security and proper operation of the website; and

  • comply with legal or regulatory obligations.
     

I do not sell your personal information.
 

Lawful bases for using your information
 

Under UK data protection law, I rely on different lawful bases depending on why your information is being used.
 

Contract

Where information is necessary to process an order, manage an event booking or provide something you have requested.


Consent

Where you choose to join the mailing list or consent to non-essential cookies and analytics. You can withdraw your consent at any time.
 

Where you choose to provide information about allergies, health or accessibility requirements for an event, this information will only be used where necessary to help manage the event safely and appropriately. Where this constitutes health information, I rely on your explicit consent to process it.
 

Legitimate interests

Where necessary to respond to enquiries, administer and improve Wild Food Stories, maintain website security or understand how the website is performing, provided these interests do not override your rights and interests.
 

Legal obligation

Where information needs to be retained or processed to comply with tax, accounting or other legal requirements.
 

Mailing list and marketing emails
 

If you choose to join the Wild Food Stories mailing list, I will use your email address to send occasional news, including information about upcoming foraging events and other Wild Food Stories updates.
 

The mailing list is managed using Mailchimp and may also involve Wix where you subscribe using a form on this website.

You will only receive these emails where you have chosen to subscribe or where another lawful basis for sending them applies.
 

You can unsubscribe at any time by using the unsubscribe link included in marketing emails or by contacting info@wildfoodstories.co.uk.
 

Unsubscribing from marketing does not prevent me from contacting you where necessary about an event booking, purchase or enquiry.
 

Substack

Wild Food Stories also publishes writing through Substack.

If you follow a link from this website to Substack and choose to subscribe, Substack will collect and process information such as your email address and subscription information. As the publisher of the Wild Food Stories Substack, I may have access to subscriber information made available to me through Substack.

Substack provides the technology used to manage those subscriptions and also processes some information for its own purposes. Your use of Substack is therefore also subject to Substack's own privacy policy and terms.

You can unsubscribe from Substack communications at any time using the unsubscribe options provided by Substack.


Purchases and event bookings

When you make a purchase or event booking, information such as your name, email address, order details and payment information may be processed through Wix and the payment provider used at checkout.

Wild Food Stories does not receive or store your complete payment-card details.

Transaction information may be retained where necessary to fulfil your order, manage refunds or cancellations, deal with queries and comply with accounting and tax obligations.


Wix and other service providers

This website is hosted and operated using Wix.

Wix may process information about website visitors and customers on behalf of Wild Food Stories in order to provide website hosting, security, forms, ecommerce, analytics and other website functionality.

I may also use trusted third-party service providers including:

  • Wix, for website hosting, forms, ecommerce, bookings and website functionality;

  • Mailchimp, for mailing-list management and email communications;

  • Substack, for newsletter publishing and subscriptions;

  • payment providers, where required to process purchases or bookings; and

  • professional advisers, accounting services or other providers where reasonably necessary to operate Wild Food Stories.

These providers only receive information where it is necessary for the services they provide or where required by law.

Some service providers may process personal information outside the United Kingdom. Where personal information is transferred internationally, appropriate safeguards are used in accordance with applicable data protection law.

Cookies and website analytics

This website uses cookies and similar technologies.

Some cookies are essential to the operation and security of the website. Other cookies may be used for functionality, analytics or marketing purposes.

Where required, non-essential cookies are only used after you have given permission through the website's cookie banner.

Analytics information may be used to understand, for example, how visitors find the website, which pages are viewed and how the website is used. This helps me understand and improve Wild Food Stories.

You can accept, decline or change your non-essential cookie preferences using the cookie controls provided on the website.

You can also control or delete cookies through your browser settings, although disabling essential cookies may affect how parts of the website function.

How long I keep your information

Personal information is only kept for as long as reasonably necessary for the purpose for which it was collected.

In general:

  • mailing-list information is kept until you unsubscribe or ask for it to be deleted, although limited information may be retained to ensure your unsubscribe request is respected;

  • enquiry correspondence is kept only for as long as reasonably necessary to deal with the enquiry and any subsequent relationship;

  • event information is retained for as long as necessary to administer the event and deal with any reasonable follow-up requirements;

  • unnecessary health, dietary or accessibility information relating to an event will not be retained longer than required;

  • purchase, booking and financial records may be retained for the period required by UK tax, accounting and legal obligations; and

  • cookie and analytics information is retained in accordance with the settings and retention periods of the relevant website services.

I periodically review the information I hold and delete or anonymise information that is no longer required.

Your data protection rights

Depending on the circumstances, UK data protection law may give you the right to:

  • ask for a copy of the personal information I hold about you;

  • ask for inaccurate information to be corrected;

  • ask for your personal information to be deleted;

  • ask for the use of your information to be restricted;

  • object to certain uses of your information;

  • ask for certain information to be transferred to you or another organisation; and

  • withdraw consent where consent is the lawful basis being relied upon.

You have the right to object to the use of your personal information for direct marketing at any time.

To exercise any of these rights, contact info@wildfoodstories.co.uk.

You also have the right to raise a concern with the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO), the UK's data protection regulator.

Children's information

The Wild Food Stories website is not intended to collect personal information directly from children.

Children may attend some Wild Food Stories events with a parent or guardian. Where information about a child is necessary in connection with a booking, it should be provided by their parent or guardian and will only be used for the purposes of managing that booking or event.

Security

Reasonable steps are taken to keep personal information secure and to protect it against unauthorised access, alteration, disclosure or loss.

Information processed through third-party services such as Wix, Mailchimp, Substack and payment providers is also subject to the security measures and privacy practices of those providers.

Changes to this Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy may be updated from time to time to reflect changes to Wild Food Stories, the website, the services I use or applicable legal requirements.

The latest version will always be published on this page with the date it was last updated.

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or how Wild Food Stories uses your personal information, please contact info@wildfoodstories.co.uk.

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