Why you should read this policy

We ask that you read this Privacy Policy carefully as it contains important information on who we are, how and why we collect, store, use and share personal information, your rights in relation to your personal information and on how to contact us and supervisory authorities in the event you have a complaint.

Who we are

Pears Dating LTD (Company Number 16189399), (‘We’ or ‘us’) collect, use and are responsible for certain personal information about you. When we do so we are regulated under the General Data Protection Regulation which applies across the European Union (including in the United Kingdom) and the Data Protection Act 2018. We are responsible as ‘controller’ of that personal information for the purposes of those laws.

Our collection and use of your personal information

Information that you provide

We collect personal information about you when you buy a ticket to our event, contact us for any reason and by any medium, sign up to our mailing list, share information via our social media functions. We collect this personal information from you either directly, such as when you by a ticket, contact us via our website or indirectly, such as your browsing activity while on our website (see ‘Cookies’ below). We collect data that is specifically and voluntarily provided by a visitor to our Website or ticket site.

If we offer a matching service as part of one of our events, by buying a ticket you are consenting to Pears sharing your first name and mobile number to any matches (a match is when both parties circle each other on their crush sheet). Your data will never be shared to anyone other than potential matches and for no other purpose. Your data will be stored securely and deleted after the matching process is complete. Pears is not responsible for the actions of any participants after the event.

Such information includes:

your name, email and contact details;

who you want to date;
e.g. I am female/nb looking to date male/nb

details of any feedback you give us by phone, email, post or via social media;

Personal information about other individuals

If you give us information on behalf of someone else, you confirm that the other person has appointed you to act on his/her behalf and has agreed that you can:

give consent on his/her behalf to the processing of his/her data;

receive on his/her behalf any data protection notices;

give consent to any transfer of his/her data.


Information that will be collected automatically

Cookies: We may monitor your use of the Website through the use of cookies and similar tracking devices. For example, we may monitor how many times you use the Website, which pages you go to and traffic data. This information helps to build a profile of users to the Website. Some of this data will be aggregated or statistical, which means that we will not be able to identify you individually. For further information on the use of cookies on the Website, please see the sections on cookies below.

How your personal data will be used

We use this personal information to:

provide services to you; e.g. pears matching service

Administration; e.g. event organisation

customise our Website and its content to your particular preferences;

Disclosure of your personal data

We disclose your personal data: 

To match you with other pears that you have selected at an event, to match, you and the other pear will have selected each other. Your contact details (mobile number) will only be shared with the individual you have matched with.

Your data will never be shared outside the pears team.

Our Website does not collect or compile personally identifying information for dissemination or sale to outside parties for consumer marketing purposes, or host mailings on behalf of third parties.


Cookies and similar technologies

A cookie is a small text file which is placed onto your device (eg computer, smartphone or other electronic device) when you use our Website. We use cookies on our Website. These help us recognise you and your device and store some information about your preferences or past actions. For further information on cookies generally visit www.aboutcookies.org or www.allaboutcookies.org.

Marketing

If you have provided your consent to receive news, special offers or promotions from us, we may contact you by email, about our products, services, promotions, special offers and charitable causes that may be of interest to you. The website may contain links to other websites or apps which we or our partners own, or websites or apps of our partners or third parties. Please note that if you follow any of these links, the websites, apps and services provided through them will have their own privacy policies/terms of use. We do not accept any responsibility or liability for their respective privacy policies/terms of use or the collection and use of any personal data collected through these websites, apps or services. Please ensure that you review the relevant privacy policies/terms of use prior to providing any personal data to, or using these websites, apps and services.


Your Rights

We will collect and store information about you, as detailed above. You will be provided with opportunities to consent to this Privacy Policy and marketing when you provide your personal details to us. You can change your mind or remove or add your consent at any time.

You have the right of access to your personal records or other information that we hold about you. There is no administrative charge for this service.

You have the right to rectify any errors in the data we hold about you. If any data or information we hold about you is inaccurate, or out of date, please contact us and we will correct this immediately.

You may have the right to have the data we hold about you erased.

If you wish us to continue to store your information but wish us to keep your data separate and not process it in any way, please let us know.

You have the right to ask us to stop processing your personal data for direct marketing purposes.


To revise your consent, access, amend or remove your records or assert any of your rights set out above, you should send your request in writing to us at pears.speed.dating@gmail.com You may need to provide proof of identity and address (eg a copy of your driving licence or passport, and a recent utility or credit card bill); and specify the personal data you want access to, amended or removed. For further information on each of those rights, including the circumstances in which they apply, see the Guidance from the UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) on individuals rights under the General Data Protection Regulation.

How long we will store your data

We will store your data for as long as necessary for the purpose of processing. The data may be deleted in the following circumstances:

you have withdrawn your consent to data processing;

the original purpose for processing the data is no longer relevant or cannot be performed any more;

the data is no longer up to date or accurate; or
where we no longer have a reason to store your data as determined by our Data Retention Policy.

Children

We do not contract directly with individuals below the age of 18. Therefore, we do not process the personal data of children. In using our services, you confirm that you have read and consented to this Policy and verify that you are over the age of 18.

Keeping your personal information secure

We have appropriate security measures in place to prevent personal information from being accidentally lost or used or accessed in an unauthorised way. We limit access to your personal information to those who have a genuine business need to know it. Those processing your information will do so only in an authorised manner and are subject to a duty of confidentiality. We also confirm that your data will be stored on secure servers. We will notify you and any applicable regulator of a suspected data security breach where we are legally required to do so. If you want detailed information from Get Safe Online on how to protect your information and your computers and devices against fraud, identity theft, viruses and many other online problems, please visit www.getsafeonline.org. Get Safe Online is supported by HM Government and leading businesses.

How to complain

We hope that we can resolve any query or concern you raise about our use of your information. The General Data Protection Regulation also gives you right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, in particular in the European Union (or European Economic Area) state where you work, normally live or where any alleged infringement of data protection laws occurred. The supervisory authority in the UK is the Information Commissioner who may be contacted at https://ico.org.uk/concerns/ or telephone: 0303 123 1113.

Changes to this Privacy Policy

We may change this Policy from time to time. You should check this policy frequently to ensure you are aware of the most recent version that will apply each time you use the Website.

How to contact us

Please contact us if you have any questions about this privacy notice or the information we hold about you. If you wish to contact us, please send an email to pears.speed.dating@gmail.com.