GDPR & Privacy Policy
Last updated: 06 December 2025
Effective Date: 02/09/2024
At Backyard Theatre, we are committed to protecting and respecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy outlines how we collect, use, store, and protect your personal information when you visit our website and interact with our services.
1. Information We Collect
Contact Information:
- Name and Email Address: When you contact us via our contact page, we collect your name and email address to facilitate communication with you.
2. How We Use Your Information
We use the information collected from you for the following purposes:
- Communication: To respond to your inquiries and provide customer support.
- Website Functionality: To improve user experience by saving session information using cookies, enabling us to remember your preferences and improve your browsing experience.
3. Cookies
Cookies are small data files stored on your device that help our website remember your actions and preferences over time. We use cookies to:
- Save session information: This allows us to remember your actions during your visit to our website, enhancing your browsing experience.
- Enhance website functionality: Cookies help us understand how visitors interact with our website, which allows us to improve our services.
You can choose to disable cookies through your browser settings; however, this may affect your ability to use certain features of our website.
4. Data Sharing and Disclosure
We do not sell, trade, or otherwise transfer your personal information to outside parties. However, we may disclose your information if required by law or if such action is necessary to:
- Comply with legal obligations.
- Protect and defend the rights or property of Backyard Theatre.
- Prevent or investigate possible wrongdoing in connection with our services.
- Protect the personal safety of users of the website or the public.
5. Data Security
We implement appropriate security measures to protect your personal information from unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction. However, please note that no method of transmission over the internet or electronic storage is 100% secure.
6. Your Rights
You have the right to:
- Access the personal information we hold about you.
- Request corrections to any inaccuracies in your personal information.
- Request the deletion of your personal information, subject to certain legal obligations.
To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at info@backyard-theatre-watchet.uk.
7. GDPR Compliance
Backyard Theatre fully complies with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). We ensure that your personal data is:
- Processed lawfully, fairly, and transparently.
- Collected for specified, explicit, and legitimate purposes and not further processed in a manner that is incompatible with those purposes.
- Adequate, relevant, and limited to what is necessary in relation to the purposes for which it is processed.
- Accurate and, where necessary, kept up to date.
- Kept in a form that permits identification of data subjects for no longer than is necessary.
- Processed in a manner that ensures appropriate security, including protection against unauthorized or unlawful processing, accidental loss, destruction, or damage.
8. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Any changes will be posted on this page with an updated effective date. We encourage you to review this Privacy Policy periodically to stay informed about how we are protecting your information.
9. Contact Us
If you have any questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy or how we handle your personal information, please contact us at:
Backyard Theatre
5 Anchor Street,
Watchet,
Somerset,
TA23 0AZ