Privacy Policy

1. Introduction 

We are committed to protecting the privacy and security of the personal data of parents, guardians, and children who book and participate in our afterschool cooking clubs and other services. This Privacy Policy outlines how we collect, use, store, and protect your personal data in compliance with UK privacy laws, including the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR) and the Data Protection Act 2018. 

2. Contact Details 

Email: info@mylittlechefathome.co.uk 

3. What Data We Collect 

We currently collect and process the following personal information: 

  • Parent/Guardian Details: 
  • Parent's/Guardian's Name & Address 
  • Parent's/Guardian's Email 
  • Parent's/Guardian's Contact Number 
  • Parent's/Guardian's Signature 
  • Child’s Details: 
  • Child's Name & Address 
  • Child's Date of Birth 
  • Child's Year Group 
  • Child's Allergies 
  • Child's Photography Consent 
  • Child's Health Conditions & Special needs data  
  • School Name 
  • Emergency Contact Information: Name, relationship, and phone number of an alternative contact. 
  • Payment Information: Payment details processed securely by third-party providers such as Stripe, PayPal, FormPlus, and Shopify. Payment data may be stored in third-party storage such as Google Drive. We do not reuse or resell your personal data. 


4. How We Get the Personal Information and Why We Have It 

Most of the personal information we process is provided directly by you for one of the following reasons: 

  • To ensure that you agree to our Terms and Conditions. 
  • To confirm the details provided by parents or guardians regarding the child. 
  • To ensure all information provided aligns with our safeguarding policy and keeps children safe. 
  • To ensure that in cases of emergency or cancellations, the information provided is correct and can be used appropriately. 


5. How We Use Your Data 

We collect and process personal data for the following purposes: 

  • To manage bookings and participation in the cooking club. 
  • To communicate important information regarding sessions, cancellations, or schedule changes. 
  • To ensure child safety, including managing dietary needs and emergency contacts. 
  • To comply with legal obligations and safeguarding requirements. 
  • To assess and improve our services and ensure a positive experience for participants. 
  • For Individually tailoring our services and care  
  • For Ensuring that our services are provided in a safe environment  
  • For Recording attendance  
  • Processing and facilitating payments and rebates  
  • Engaging, training and managing our staff  
  • Conducting marketing and market research activities, including communicating with you about our programs, products and services (unless you opt-out – contact us to do so)  
  • Managing queries, feedback, investigations and regulatory inquiries  
  • Facilitating corporate transactions involving the sale of any part of our business. 


6. Lawful Basis for Processing Data 

Under UK GDPR, we rely on the following lawful bases for processing personal data: 

  • Contract: Processing is necessary to provide our cooking club services. 
  • Legal Obligation: Compliance with safeguarding and health & safety laws. 
  • Legitimate Interests: Ensuring effective communication and improving our services. 
  • Consent: When required, such as for marketing communications. 


7. Data Sharing and Security 

  • We do not sell or share personal data with third parties for marketing purposes. 
  • We may share necessary information with schools, emergency services, or legal authorities when required for child safety. 
  • Our service providers, including providers of customer contact, delivery, customer support and IT services  
  • Our related companies / Franchises 
  • Our insurers  
  • HMRC  
  • Any person with lawful entitlement to obtain the information 
  • All personal data is securely stored and only accessed by authorised staff. 
  • Payment details are processed securely by Stripe, PayPal, FormPlus, and Shopify; we do not store payment information. 


8. Data Retention 

We will only retain your personal data for as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes we collected it for, including 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.  

For details on the periods of retention please contact our data protection officer at info@mylittlechefathome.co.uk. 


9. Our website 

If you visit our website, our system may record information such as your server address, top-level domain (e.g. .com, .uk, etc.), date and time of your visit to the Website, pages accessed, information downloaded, previous site visited and browser type. This information is used for statistical, reporting and website administration and maintenance purposes.  

Like many other websites, our website may use ‘cookies’ from time to time. A cookie is a piece of information that allows our system to identify and interact more effectively with your browser. The cookie helps us to maintain the continuity of your browsing session and remember your details and preferences when you return. You can configure your web browser software to reject cookies; however, some parts of our website may not have full functionality in that case. See www.allaboutcookies.org for instructions on deleting and rejecting cookies for many common browsers.  

Our website may use Google services such as Google Analytics from time to time. For more about how Google collects and processes data, please see Google’s privacy policy and their information at www.google.com/policies/privacy/partners/. 


10. Your Data Protection Rights 

Under UK data protection law, you have rights including: 

  • Your right of access – You have the right to ask us for copies of your personal information. 
  • Your right to rectification – You have the right to ask us to rectify personal information you think is inaccurate or incomplete. 
  • Your right to erasure – You have the right to ask us to erase your personal information in certain circumstances. 
  • Your right to restriction of processing – You have the right to ask us to restrict the processing of your personal information in certain circumstances. 
  • Your right to object to processing – You have the right to object to the processing of your personal information in certain circumstances. 
  • Your right to data portability – You have the right to ask that we transfer the personal information you gave us to another organisation, or to you, in certain circumstances. 

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us using the details below. 


11. Contact Us 

If you have any questions or concerns regarding this Privacy Policy or how your data is handled, please contact us: 

My Little Chef at Home at Email: info@mylittlechefathome.co.uk Phone: 07900 661812 


12. Changes to This Policy 

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Any changes will be posted on our website and, where appropriate, notified to you by email. 

By booking a session with My Little Chef at Home LLP, you agree to the terms of this Privacy Policy. 


For full data on Class for Kids Privacy Policy please visit:

https://classforkids.io/clubs/legal/privacy-policy

(March 2025)