Who we are
We are the Independent Baldock Beer Festival Charitable Trust (Registered Charity Number 1163540).
Our website address for the Baldock Oktoberfest event is: https://baldocktoberfest.org but you can also find more details about us at our main site The Baldock Independent Beer Festival
We organise events to provide grants and donations for such charitable purposes for the public benefit in Baldock and the surrounding area as are exclusively charitable according to the laws of England and Wales as the trustees may from time to time determine.
We will donate to:
- Children / Young People.
- Elderly /Old People.
- People with disabilities.
- Other charities or voluntary bodies.
- Other defined groups.
- The General public.
What personal data we collect and why we collect it
Comments
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Media
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Contact forms
Cookies
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Analytics
Who we share your data with
How long we retain your data
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognise and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.
For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.
What rights you have over your data
If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
Where we send your data
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
Your contact information
We collect and retain your contact information only for the purpose of ticket transactions which is entirely handled by PayPal.
We will not use your information for any other purpose than to contact you for the purpose of the event for which you have booked.
We retain your address and contact details (including telephone and email) solely for the purpose of sending you your tickets and to contact you in the event of a cancellation or change of circumstance to the event you have booked.
We will not share your information with any 3rd parties other than our PayPal business account which is used to handle online payments.
Additional information
How we protect your data
All information submitted to this site is secure using 256 bit encryption.