Privacy Policy
Privacy Policy (July 2018) We are Norac Foods UK Limited, trading as La Boulangère, Whaoo! and EPICA. We are committed to protecting and respecting your privacy. This policy sets out the basis on which any personal data we collect will be processed by us. Please read this privacy policy carefully to understand our views and practices and your rights regarding your personal data. Our site is available by visiting the following domains: www.www.noracfoodsuk.com, www.whaoo-uk.com, www.laboulangere-uk.com and www.epica-uk.com (our site). By visiting our site your personal information will be processed as described in this policy. For the purpose of data protection legislation, the data controller is Norac Foods UK Limited registered in England and Wales under company number 09350279 and have our registered office at 144 Liverpool Road, London, N1 1LA. If you have any queries, complaints or requests please contact us please email bonjour@norac-foods.co.uk or telephone our customer service line on 0044 203 745 5159.
- What information do we collect from you?
- Why do we collect this information?
- How long do we keep hold of your information?
- Who might we share your information with?
- How is your data stored and kept secure?
- What are your rights?
- Changes to this Policy
- Cookies
- Contact Us
We will collect and process the following data about you:
- Information you give us. This is information about you that you give us by filling in forms on our site or by corresponding with us by phone, email or otherwise. The information you give us may include your name, address, email address and phone number.
- Information we collect from your use of our site. With regard to each of your visits to our site we will automatically collect the following information:
- Technical information, such as the Internet protocol (IP) address used to connect your device to the Internet, whereabouts you connected to our service, your internet service provider (ISP), and what type of device you are using to access our service.
- Information we collect when you call us. If you call us we will automatically collect the following information:
- The phone number used to call us;
- Your name;
- Any other contact information you might wish to provide (i.e. email address); and
- The purpose of your call
- Providing us with your details online. This is information you may choose to provide us with eg. by email. It includes your name, telephone number, email address and subject of your enquiry. Please let us know if any of this information changes so we can keep our records up to date.
Why do we collect this information? We process your personal information for the following reasons:
- Pursuant to a contract in order to:
- Process information at your request to take steps to enter into a contract;
- Provide you with information on our products and services;
- Maintain business and service continuity;
- Send service communications so that you receive full and functional service and so we can perform our obligations to you. These may be sent by email. These will include notifications about changes to our service; and
- Provide information on where to find our products
- On the basis of your consent:
- Where we rely on your consent for processing this will be brought to your attention when the information is collected from you;
- We will only contact you with direct marketing communications if you consent to us doing so and you have the right to withdraw consent at any time. See the What are your rights?section below for more information.
- In our legitimate interests of providing the best service and improving and growing our business, we will process information in order to:
- Provide you with personalised service;
- Improve our products and services;
- Keep our site and systems safe and secure;
- Understand our customer base and purchasing trends;
- Defend against or exercise legal claims and investigate complaints; and
- Understand the effectiveness of our marketing.
We will carry out analytics to improve our products and services as set out above. You have the right to object to processing carried out for our legitimate interests. See the What are your rights? section below for more information. To comply with legal requirements relating to:
- The provision of products and services;
- data protection;
- Health and safety;
- Anti-money laundering;
- Fraud investigations;
- Assisting law enforcement; and
- Any other legal obligations placed on us from time to time.
How long do we keep hold of your information? We will only retain your personal data for as long as reasonably necessary to fulfil the purposes we collected it for, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal, regulatory, tax, accounting or reporting requirements. We may retain your personal data for a longer period in the event of a complaint or if we reasonably believe there is a prospect of litigation in respect to our relationship with you. 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, regulatory, tax, accounting or other requirements. Who might we share your information with? For the purposes set out in the ‘Why do we collect this information?’ section above, we will share your personal information with:
- The following categories of third parties, some of whom we appoint to provide services, including:
- Business partners, subsidiaries, suppliers and sub-contractors for the performance of any contract we enter into with you; and
- Hosting companies, IT support providers, online analytics and search engine providers that assist us in the improvement and optimisation of our site.
- Any member of our group, which means our subsidiaries.
Additionally, we will disclose your personal information to the relevant third party:
- In the event that we sell or buy any business or assets, in which case we will disclose your personal data to the prospective seller or buyer of such business or assets.
- If we are acquired by a third party, in which case personal data held by us about our customers will be one of the transferred assets.
- If we are under a duty to disclose or share your personal data in order to comply with any legal obligation, or in order to enforce or apply our terms of use and other agreements; or to protect the rights, property, or safety of our customers, our regulator, or others. This includes exchanging information with other companies and organisations for the purposes of fraud protection and prevention of money laundering and credit risk reduction.
How is your data stored and kept secure? At Norac Foods UK Limited, we take your safety and security very seriously and we are committed to protecting your personal and financial information. All information kept by us is stored on our secure servers. Where we have given you (or where you have chosen) a password that enables you to access certain parts of our service, you are responsible for keeping this password confidential. We ask you not to share a password with anyone. We do not transfer your data outside the European Economic Area (“EEA”). If in future we do need to transfer your data outside the EEA, we will only do so if adequate protection measures are in place in compliance with data protection legislation. Once we have received your information, we will use strict procedures and security features to try to prevent unauthorised access. More information is available by contacting us. What are your rights? Where processing of your personal data is based on consent, you can withdraw that consent at any time. You have the following rights. You can exercise these rights at any time by contacting us by email bonjour@norac-foods.co.uk or telephone our customer service line on 0044 203 745 5159. You have the right:
- To ask us not to process your personal data for marketing purposes. We will inform you (before collecting your data) if we intend to use your data for such purposes or if we intend to disclose your information to any third party for such purposes;
- To ask us not to process your personal data where it is processed on the basis of legitimate interests provided that there are no compelling reasons for that processing;
- To ask us not to process your personal data for scientific or historical research purposes, where relevant, unless the processing is necessary in the public interest.
- To request from us access to personal information held about you;
- To ask for the information we hold about you to be rectified if it is inaccurate or incomplete;
- To ask for data to be erased provided that the personal data is no longer necessary for the purposes for which it was collected, you withdraw consent (if the legal basis for processing is consent), you exercise your right to object, set out below, and there are no overriding legitimate ground for processing, the data is unlawfully processed, the data needs to be erased to comply with a legal obligation or the data is children’s data and was collected in relation to an offer of information society services;
- To ask for the processing of that information to be restricted if the accuracy of that data is contested, the processing is unlawful, the personal data is no longer necessary for the purposes for which it was collected, or you exercise your right To object (pending verification of whether there are legitimate grounds for processing);
- To ask for data portability if the processing is carried out by automated means and the legal basis for processing is consent or contract.
Should you have any issues, concerns or problems in relation to your data, or wish to notify us of data which is inaccurate, please let us know by contacting us using the contact details above. In the event that you are not satisfied with our processing of your personal data, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the relevant supervisory authority, which is the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) in the UK, at any time. The ICO’s contact details are available here: https://ico.org.uk/concerns/. Changes to our privacy policy This policy may be updated from time to time. Please check back frequently to see any updates or changes to our privacy policy. Cookies We use cookies and similar technology to distinguish you from other users of our site. This helps us to provide you with a good experience when you use our site and also allows us to improve our site. We use the following cookies for the following purposes:
- Strictly necessary cookies. These are cookies that are required for the operation of our website. They include, for example, cookies that enable you to log into secure areas of our website.
- Analytical/performance cookies. They allow us to recognise and count the number of visitors and to see how visitors move around our website when they are using it. This helps us to improve the way our website works, for example, by ensuring that users are finding what they are looking for easily.
- Functionality cookies. These are used to recognise you when you return to our website. This enables us to personalise our content for you and remember your preferences.
- Targeting cookies. These cookies record your visit to our website, the pages you have visited and the links you have followed. We will use this information to make our website more relevant to your interests.
You can find more information about the individual cookies we use and the purposes for which we use them in the table below:
Cookie name | Type | Purpose | Expires |
Google Analytics | Utma | Used to distinguish users and sessions | 2 years from set/ update |
Google Analytics | Utmb | Used to determine new sessions/ visits | 30 minutes from set/ update |
Google Analytics | Utmc | Determine whether new session/ visit | End of Browser session |
Google Analytics | Utmz | Determine traffic source | 6 months from set/ update |
Google Analytics | _gid | Used to distinguish users/ Unique cookie ID for user | 24 hours |
Google Analytics | _gat_tealium_0 | Connects Tag Manager and Analytics | 24 hours |
You can block cookies by activating the setting on your browser that allows you to refuse the setting of all or some cookies. However, if you use your browser settings to block all cookies (including essential cookies) you may not be able to access all or parts of our site. Contact us Questions, comments and requests regarding this privacy policy are welcomed and should be addressed to Norac Foods UK Limited, 144 Liverpool Road, London N1 1LAorby email bonjour@norac-foods.co.uk or telephone our customer service line on 0044 203 745 5159. Norac Foods UK Limited – Website Terms of Use PLEASE READ THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS CAREFULLY BEFORE USING ANY OF OUR SITE. These terms tell you the rules for using our website www.www.noracfoodsuk.com (our site). Click on the links below to go straight to more information on each area:
- Who we are and how to contact us
- By using our site you accept these terms
- There are other terms that may apply to you
- We may make changes to these terms or our site
- We may suspend or withdraw our site
- Our site is only for users in the UK
- You must keep your account details safe
- How you may use material on our site
- Do not rely on information on our site
- We are not responsible for website we link to
- When we are responsible for loss or damage suffered by you
- How we may use your personal data
- We are not responsible for viruses and you must not introduce them
- User generated content is not owned by us
- Rules about linking to our site
- Which country’s laws apply to any disputes?
- Our trademarks are registered
Who we are and how to contact us We are Norac Foods UK Limited, trading as La Boulangère UK, Whaoo! and EPICA (“We”). Our site is available by visiting the following domains: www.www.noracfoodsuk.com, www.whaoo-uk.com, www.laboulangere-uk.com and www.epica-uk.com. We are registered in England and Wales under company number 09350279 and have our registered office at 144 Liverpool Road, London, N1 1LA. Our main trading address is 144 Liverpool Road, London, N1 1LA. Our VAT number is GB 213356535. To contact us, please email bonjour@norac-foods.co.uk or telephone our customer service line on 0044 203 745 5159.
By using our site you accept these terms By using our site, you confirm that you accept these terms of use and that you agree to comply with them. If you do not agree to these terms, you must not use our site. We recommend that you print a copy of these terms of use for future reference.
There are other terms that may apply to you These terms of use refer to the following additional terms, which also apply to your use of our site: Our Privacy and Cookie Policy
We may make changes to these terms or our site We amend these terms from time to time. Every time you wish to use our site, please check these terms to ensure you understand the terms that apply at that time. We may update and change our site from time to time to reflect changes to our products, our users’ needs and our business priorities.
We may suspend or withdraw out site Our site are made available free of charge. We do not guarantee that our site, or any content on this site, will always be available or be uninterrupted. We may suspend or withdraw or restrict the availability of all or any part of our site for business and operational reasons. We will try to give you reasonable notice of any suspension or withdrawal. You are also responsible for ensuring that all persons who access our site through your internet connection are aware of these terms of use and other applicable terms and conditions, and that they comply with them.
Our site is only for users in the UK Our site is directed to people residing in the United Kingdom and is aimed at users over the age of 16. We do not represent that content available on or through our site is appropriate for use or available in other locations.
You must keep your account details safe When relevant, if you choose or you are provided with, a user identification code, password or any other piece of information as part of our security procedures, you must treat such information as confidential. You must not disclose it to any third party. We have the right to disable any user identification code or password, whether chosen by you or allocated by us, at any time, if in our reasonable opinion you have failed to comply with any of the provisions of these terms of use. If you know or suspect that anyone other than you knows your user identification code or password, you must promptly notify us at bonjour@norac-foods.co.uk.
How you may use materials on our site We are the owner or the licensee of all intellectual property rights in our site, and in the material published on it. Those works are protected by copyright laws and treaties around the world. All such rights are reserved. You may print off one copy, and may download extracts, of any page(s) from our site for your personal use and you may draw the attention of others within your organisation (if relevant) to content posted on our site. You must not modify the paper or digital copies of any materials you have printed off or downloaded in any way, and you must not use any illustrations, photographs, video or audio sequences or any graphics separately from any accompanying text. Our status (and that of any identified contributors) as the authors of content on our site must always be acknowledged. You must not use any part of the content on our site for commercial purposes without obtaining a licence to do so from us or our licensors. If you print off, copy or download any part of our site in breach of these terms of use, your right to use our site will cease immediately and you must, at our option, return or destroy any copies of the materials you have made.
Do not rely on information on this site The content on our site is provided for general information only. It is not intended to amount to advice on which you should rely. You must obtain professional or specialist advice before taking, or refraining from, any action on the basis of the content on our site. Although we make reasonable efforts to update the information on our site, we make no representations, warranties or guarantees, whether express or implied, that the content on our site is accurate, complete or up to date.
We are not responsible for the website we link to Where our site contains links to other site and resources provided by third parties, these links are provided for your information only. Such links should not be interpreted as approval by us of those linked website or information you may obtain from them. We have no control over the contents of those sites or resources.
When we are responsible for loss or damage suffered by you Whether you are a consumer or a business user: We do not exclude or limit in any way our liability to you where it would be unlawful to do so. This includes liability for death or personal injury caused by our negligence or the negligence of our employees, agents or subcontractors and for fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation. If you are a business user: We exclude all implied conditions, warranties, representations or other terms that may apply to our site or any content on it. We will not be liable to you for any loss or damage, whether in contract, tort (including negligence), breach of statutory duty, or otherwise, even if foreseeable, arising under or in connection with: • Use of, or inability to use, our site; or • Use of or reliance on any content displayed on our site. • In particular, we will not be liable for: • Loss of profits, sales, business, or revenue; • Business interruption; • Loss of anticipated savings; • Loss of business opportunity, goodwill or reputation; or • Any indirect or consequential loss or damage. If you are a consumer user: Please note that we only provide our sites for domestic and private use. You agree not to use our sites for any commercial or business purposes, and we have no liability to you for any loss of profit, loss of business, business interruption, or loss of business opportunity. Where relevant, if defective digital content that we have supplied, damages a device or digital content belonging to you and this is caused by our failure to use reasonable care and skill, we will either repair the damage or pay you compensation. However, we will not be liable for damage that you could have avoided by following our advice to apply an update offered to you free of charge or for damage that was caused by you failing to correctly follow installation instructions or to have in place the minimum system requirements advised by us.
How we may use your personal data We will only use your personal information as set out in our Privacy and Cookie Policy.
We are not responsible for viruses and you must not introduce them We do not guarantee that our site will be secure or free from bugs or viruses. You are responsible for configuring your information technology, computer programmes and platform to access our site. You should use your own virus protection software. You must not misuse our site by knowingly introducing viruses, trojans, worms, logic bombs or other material that is malicious or technologically harmful. You must not attempt to gain unauthorised access to our site, the server on which our site is stored or any server, computer or database connected to our site. You must not attack our site via a denial-of-service attack or a distributed denial-of-service attack. By breaching this provision, you would commit a criminal offence under the Computer Misuse Act 1990. We will report any such breach to the relevant law enforcement authorities and we will co-operate with those authorities by disclosing your identity to them. In the event of such a breach, your right to use our site will cease immediately.
User-generated content is not approved by us This website may include information and materials, including links to information and materials, uploaded by other users of the site, including to social media pages. This information and these materials have not been verified or approved by us. The views expressed by other users on our site do not represent our views or values. If you wish to complain about information and materials uploaded by other users please contact us on bonjour@norac-foods.co.uk.
Rules about linking to our site You may link to our home page, provided you do so in a way that is fair and legal and does not damage our reputation or take advantage of it. You must not establish a link in such a way as to suggest any form of association, approval or endorsement on our part where none exists. Whenever you make use of a feature that allows you to link to our site or to refer to our site, including in relation to your use of social media, or to make contact with other users of our site, you must comply with the content standards set out below. You warrant that any such contribution does comply with those standards, and you will be liable to us and indemnify us for any breach of that warranty. This means you will be responsible for any loss or damage we suffer as a result of your breach of warranty. We also have the right to disclose your identity to any third party who is claiming that any content posted or uploaded by you to our social media pages constitutes a violation of their intellectual property rights, or of their right to privacy. We have the right to remove any posting you make on our social media pages. Any content you upload to our social media pages will be considered non-confidential and non-proprietary. You retain all of your ownership rights in your content, but you are required to grant us and other users of our site and social media pages a limited licence to use, store and copy that content and to distribute and make it available to third parties. You must not link to our website or any of our social media sites or post content on our social media sites in any way that:
- Is defamatory of any person.
- Is obscene, offensive, hateful or inflammatory.
- Promotes sexually explicit material, violence, illegal activity or discrimination based on race, sex, religion, nationality, disability, sexual orientation or age.
- Infringes any copyright, database right or trade mark of any other person.
- Is likely to deceive any person.
- Breaches any legal duty owed to a third party, such as a contractual duty or a duty of confidence.
- Is threatening, abuse or invade another’s privacy, or cause annoyance, inconvenience or needless anxiety.
- Is likely to harass, upset, embarrass, alarm or annoy any other person.
- Impersonates any person or misrepresents your identity or affiliation with any person.
- Suggests any political association or affiliation.
You must not establish a link to our site or any of our social media sites in any website that is not owned by you. Our site must not be framed on any other site, nor may you create a link to any part of our site other than the home page. We reserve the right to withdraw linking permission without notice. If you wish to link to or make any use of content on our site other than that set out above, please contact bonjour@norac-foods.co.uk.
Which country’s laws apply to any disputes? If you are a consumer, please note that these terms of use, their subject matter and their formation, are governed by English law. You and we both agree that the courts of England and Wales will have exclusive jurisdiction except that if you are a resident of Northern Ireland you may also bring proceedings in Northern Ireland, and if you are resident of Scotland, you may also bring proceedings in Scotland. If you are a business, these terms of use, their subject matter and their formation (and any non-contractual disputes or claims) are governed by English law. We both agree to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of England and Wales.