PRIVACY

This Privacy Policy explains how Drill Shed Margate and Margate Soul Festival Ltd collect, use, and protect personal data when you visit this website.

Drill Shed Margate is operated by Margate Soul Festival Ltd. For the purposes of data protection law, Margate Soul Festival Ltd is the data controller for the personal data collected through this website, unless stated otherwise.

This policy applies to information collected through drillshedmargate.co.uk, including newsletter sign-up forms, analytics tools, and third-party services used on the site.

Depending on how you use the site, we may collect:

a) Contact information you choose to provide, such as your name and email address when signing up to our newsletter.

b) Technical and usage information, such as browser type, device type, pages viewed, time spent on the site, and general interactions with the website.

c) Cookie and identifier data used to understand website traffic and performance.

d) Information relating to your interaction with embedded or linked third-party services.

We do not collect payment card information through this website unless expressly stated. If you purchase tickets through a third-party provider, your data will be handled under that provider’s own privacy policy.

We use personal data to:

a) operate, maintain, and improve the website

b) understand how visitors use the site and improve performance, content, and user experience

c) manage newsletter subscriptions and send marketing communications where you have chosen to receive them

d) display local information and venue-related content

e) maintain website security and prevent misuse

f) comply with legal and regulatory obligations

We process personal data on one or more of the following legal bases:

a) Consent, where you actively sign up to receive newsletters or agree to non-essential cookies.

b) Legitimate interests, where it is necessary for us to operate, secure, and improve our website and services in a way that is proportionate and does not override your rights.

c) Legal obligation, where we must process data to comply with applicable law.

We use Google Analytics to understand how visitors use the website and to help improve performance and user experience.

Google Analytics may collect information such as page views, approximate location, device and browser information, and interactions with site content. This information is typically collected through cookies and similar technologies.

Where required, we will only enable non-essential analytics cookies with your consent.

For more information about how Google handles data, please refer to Google’s own privacy and analytics documentation.

If you subscribe to our newsletter, your name, email address, and any other information you provide through the sign-up form may be processed by Mailchimp on our behalf.

We use this information to manage subscriptions and send email updates, announcements, and marketing communications where you have chosen to receive them.

You can unsubscribe at any time by using the unsubscribe link in any email or by contacting us directly.

We may use Google Maps or Google Places services to display venue, map, and local business information on the website.

These services help us show location-based content and nearby places. If Google Maps content is loaded on a page you visit, Google may receive technical information about that interaction in accordance with its own privacy policy.

Our use of these services is intended to display location and place information rather than to collect marketing data about users.

We may display event information supplied by third-party ticketing or event partners, including See Tickets.

If you click through to an external ticketing platform, or complete a transaction on a third-party website, your personal data will be collected and processed by that third party in accordance with its own privacy policy and terms.

You should review the privacy information of any external site before submitting personal data.

This website may use cookies and similar technologies to:

a) make the website function properly

b) understand how visitors use the website

c) measure performance and improve content

d) support embedded third-party services

Where required by law, non-essential cookies will only be used with your consent.

You can control cookies through your browser settings and any cookie preference tools made available on the site.

We may share personal data with trusted service providers where necessary to operate the website and related communications, including providers such as:

a) website hosting and technical support partners

b) analytics providers

c) email marketing providers

d) mapping and location data providers

We do not sell your personal data.

We may also disclose information where required to comply with legal obligations or to protect our rights, users, or services.

Some of our service providers may process personal data outside the UK or EEA.

Where this happens, we will take reasonable steps to ensure appropriate safeguards are in place in line with applicable data protection law.

We keep personal data only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes set out in this policy, including to manage subscriptions, maintain website records, comply with legal obligations, and resolve disputes.

Where you unsubscribe from marketing communications, we may retain limited suppression information so that we can respect your preferences.

Depending on your location and applicable law, you may have rights to:

a) request access to the personal data we hold about you

b) request correction of inaccurate or incomplete data

c) request deletion of your data in certain circumstances

d) object to or restrict certain processing

e) withdraw consent where processing is based on consent

f) complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office or another relevant supervisory authority

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or want to exercise your data rights, please contact:

Drill Shed c/o Margate Soul Festival Ltd
35 High Street
Margate, Kent, CT91RX
[email protected]

If you are not satisfied with how your data is handled, you may have the right to complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office.

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes to the website, services, legal requirements, or the way we process personal data. Any changes will be posted on this page with the updated effective date.