Effective Date: 09/07/2025

Welcome to BenFouldsMusic.com. Your privacy is important to me. This Privacy Policy explains how I collect, use, and protect your personal information when you visit my website at www.benfouldsmusic.com, or you make an enquiry, or booking with Ben Foulds Music.

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Definitions: BFM – Ben Foulds Music

 

1.Who Am I

Ben Foulds Music is the trading name of professional musician Ben Foulds, offering live music performance services, original music, and music-related content.

Contact:
Email: ben@foulds.biz
Website: www.benfouldsmusic.com
Social Media: @benfouldsmusic

 

2.What Information BFM Collects

BFM may collect and process the following types of personal data:

• Contact Information: Name, email address, phone number, address.

• Booking Information: Event details you provide when enquiring about services, or discussing a booking.

• Technical Data: IP address, browser type, device type, and pages visited (via cookies or analytics tools like Google Analytics).

• Payment Data: When relevant, processed securely through third-party providers (BFM does not store payment information on BFM servers).

• Audio/Video Recordings: Live recording at events for marketing purposes.

 

3.How BFM Uses Your Information

BFM uses your information to:

• Respond to enquiries or booking requests

• Discuss active bookings

• Send updates or promotional emails (only with your consent)

• Improve website performance and user experience

• Comply with legal obligations

BFM will never sell or rent your personal data to third parties.

 

4.Lawful bases and data protection rights

Under UK data protection law, BFM must have a “lawful basis” for collecting and using your personal information. There is a list of possible lawful bases in the UK GDPR. You can find out more about lawful bases on the ICO’s website.

Which lawful basis BFM relies on may affect your data protection rights which are set out in brief below. You can find out more about your data protection rights and the exemptions which may apply on the ICO’s website:

• Your right of access - You have the right to ask BFM for copies of your personal information. You can request other information such as details about where BFM get personal information from and who BFM shares personal information with. There are some exemptions which means you may not receive all the information you ask for. 

• Your right to rectification - You have the right to ask BFM to correct or delete personal information you think is inaccurate or incomplete. 

• Your right to erasure - You have the right to ask BFM to delete your personal information. 

• Your right to restriction of processing - You have the right to ask BFM to limit how BFM can use your personal information. 

• Your right to object to processing - You have the right to object to the processing of your personal data. 

• Your right to data portability - You have the right to ask that BFM transfers the personal information you gave BFM to another organisation, or to you. 

• Your right to withdraw consent – When BFM uses consent as lawful basis you have the right to withdraw your consent at any time. 

If you make a request, BFM must respond to you without undue delay and in any event within one month.

To make a data protection rights request, please contact BFM using the contact details at the top of this privacy notice.

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5.Lawful bases for the collection and use of your data

BFM processes your data under one or more of the following lawful bases:

• Consent: You’ve given clear permission.

• Contract: To fulfil a booking or enquiry.

• Legal Obligation: Where required by law.

• Legitimate Interests: To improve services and ensure website security.

 

6.Where BFM gets personal information from

• Directly from you

• Publicly available sources

• Suppliers and service providers

 

7.How BFM Store and Protect Your Data

BFM takes reasonable steps to protect your personal data from unauthorised access, misuse, or disclosure, including secure servers, SSL encryption, and regular security monitoring.

Data Retention Schedule

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🔒 Data Disposal Methods

- Digital data is securely deleted using permanent file deletion or secure erasure software.
- Data held by third-party services (e.g., Google) is managed according to their built-in retention tools and privacy compliance.
- Physical data (if any) is securely shredded and disposed of.

📆 Review Schedule

This schedule will be reviewed annually or sooner if legal requirements change.

 

8.Third-Party Links

BFM’s website may contain links to other websites. BFM is not responsible for the privacy practices of those websites. Please review their privacy policies separately.

 

9.Changes to This Policy

BFM may update this Privacy Policy occasionally. Any changes will be posted on this page with an updated "Effective Date".

 

10. How to complain

If you have any concerns about BFM’s use of your personal data, you can make a complaint to BFM using the contact details at the top of this privacy notice.

If you remain unhappy with how BFM has used your data after raising a complaint, you can also complain to the ICO.

The ICO’s address:           

Information Commissioner’s Office
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF

Helpline number: 0303 123 1113

Website: https://www.ico.org.uk/make-a-complaint

 

11.Contact BFM

If you have any questions about this policy or how BFM handles your data, please contact:

Email: ben@foulds.biz
Website: www.benfouldsmusic.com
Social Media: @benfouldsmusic