Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy describes how and when I collect, use, and share information when you contact me to create your ceremony.

Your personal data is safe and secure with Pure Silk Ceremonies. We do not collect email addresses, or other contact details, and forward them to third parties. That would be illegal.

If you contact me with an enquiry, but do not book my Celebrant services, I will delete your information after one month, as I will no longer need it.

To create and conduct your ceremony, you must provide me with certain information. I may need your name and email address, in order to forward any purchased items to you, and I may need a postal address.

For some types of ceremonies, I may also ask for other information, such as significant dates and events. Although they are helpful to create a bespoke ceremony, you are not obliged to provide these details, or any other information that you do not wish to disclose.

I rely on several legal bases to collect, use, and share your information, including:

• As needed to provide my services, such information to create and conduct your ceremony. To fulfil your order for purchased items, settle disputes, or to provide customer support.
• To comply with a legal obligation, such as retaining information about your ceremony fees and purchases, as required by the HMRC.
• For the purpose of my legitimate interests, if those legitimate interests are not overridden by your rights or interests, such as: providing and improving my services.

Information about my customers is important to my business. I share your personal information for limited reasons and in limited circumstances, as follows:

• Compliance with laws. I may collect, use, retain, and share your information if I believe that it is reasonably necessary to:

            (a) respond to legal process or to HMRC requests.

            (b) enforce my agreements, terms, and policies.

I retain your personal information only for as long as necessary to provide you with my services and as described in my Privacy Policy. However, I may also be required to retain this information to comply with my legal, tax and regulatory obligations. I generally keep your data for the period of 7 years.

If you reside in certain territories, including the EU, you have several rights in relation to your personal information. While some of these rights apply generally, certain rights apply only in certain limited cases. I describe these rights below:

• Access. You may have the right to access and receive a copy of the personal information I hold about you by emailing: sheila@puresilkceremonies.co.uk
• Change, restrict, delete, object. You may also have rights to change, restrict, delete, or object to my use of your personal information. The exception being the documentation that HMRC requires me to keep for a minimum of six years following our annual tax return.
• Complain. If you reside in the EU and wish to raise a concern about my use of your information (and without prejudice to any other rights you may have), you have the right to do so with your local data protection authority.

For purposes of data protection law, I, Sheila Duncan, am the data controller of your personal information. If you have any questions or concerns, you may contact me at: sheila@puresilkceremonies.co.uk