Privacy policy
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VJ Markets ("we", "us", "our") is committed to protecting and respecting your privacy. This policy sets out how we collect, use and protect your personal data when you use our website at vjmarkets.co.uk and the forms we provide.
For the purposes of UK GDPR and the Data Protection Act 2018, the data controller is VJ Markets, contactable at info@vjmarkets.co.uk.
What we collect
- Vendor registration form: full name, business name, email, phone number, type of business, website or social media link, description of what you'd like to showcase.
- Visitor registration form: first name, email address, postcode or area, optional feedback.
- Technical data: IP address and browser user-agent at the point of submission, used to prevent abuse and rate-limit form submissions.
How we use your data
- To respond to your enquiry and arrange your involvement at our events.
- To send you occasional updates about upcoming markets and related news (visitor sign-ups).
- To prevent fraud, spam and misuse of our website.
Lawful basis
We rely on your consent (Article 6(1)(a) UK GDPR) when you submit a registration form, and on our legitimate interests (Article 6(1)(f)) for fraud prevention and the secure operation of the website.
How long we keep your data
Form submissions are held for as long as is necessary to fulfil the purposes above and at most for 36 months unless we hear from you sooner. You may request earlier deletion at any time.
Sharing your data
We do not sell your data. We share it only with our hosting provider (Krystal Hosting Ltd, who host the website) and email infrastructure used to send notifications. We may disclose information where required by law.
Your rights
- The right to be informed about how your data is used (this policy).
- The right of access to a copy of your data.
- The right to rectification of inaccurate data.
- The right to erasure ("right to be forgotten").
- The right to restrict or object to processing.
- The right to data portability.
- The right to withdraw consent at any time.
To exercise any of these rights, email info@vjmarkets.co.uk. You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the UK Information Commissioner's Office (ico.org.uk).
Security
We use HTTPS across the whole website, modern session cookie protections, prepared database statements and rate limiting to keep your data safe. No system is completely secure, but we apply industry-standard measures.
Cookies
See our Cookie policy for details on the small number of first-party cookies used by this website.
Changes to this policy
We may update this policy from time to time. The "last updated" date at the top will reflect the latest version.