Contact details

Swanpool Beach, Swanpool,
Falmouth, Cornwall,
TR11 5BG, GB

Telephone: 01326 318771
Email: info@elementaluk.com

What information we collect, use, and why

We collect or use the following information to provide services and goods, including delivery:

  • Names and contact details
  • Addresses
  • Date of birth
  • Health information (including dietary requirements, allergies and health conditions)
  • Health and safety information
  • Photographs or video recordings
  • Call recordings
  • Identification documents
  • Information relating to compliments or complaints

We also collect or use the following special category information to provide services and goods, including delivery. This information is subject to additional protection due to its sensitive nature:

  • Health information

We collect or use the following information for service updates or marketing purposes:

  • Names and contact details
  • Addresses
  • Location data
  • Records of consent, where appropriate

Lawful bases and data protection rights

Under UK data protection law, we 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 we rely 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:

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

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

Our lawful bases for the collection and use of your data

Our lawful bases for collecting or using personal information to provide services and goodsare:

  • Consent – we have permission from you after we gave you all the relevant information. All of your data protection rights may apply, except the right to object. To be clear, you do have the right to withdraw your consent at any time.
  • Contract – we have to collect or use the information so we can enter into or carry out a contract with you. All of your data protection rights may apply except the right to object.
  • Legal obligation – we have to collect or use your information so we can comply with the law. All of your data protection rights may apply, except the right to erasure, the right to object and the right to data portability.
  • Legitimate interests – we’re collecting or using your information because it benefits you, our organisation or someone else, without causing an undue risk of harm to anyone. All of your data protection rights may apply, except the right to portability. Our legitimate interests are:
    • We need to collect information to book travel, such as ferries and flights, which are required by law for persons leaving the country on one of our holidays. We also collect medical and dietary information for persons on all our holidays, both UK and abroad, to ensure wellbeing. Photo permission is also gained for any persons under the age of 18 years old.

For more information on our use of legitimate interests as a lawful basis you can contact us using the contact details set out above.

  • Vital interests – collecting or using the information is needed when someone’s physical or mental health or wellbeing is at urgent or serious risk. This includes an urgent need for life sustaining food, water, clothing or shelter. All of your data protection rights may apply, except the right to object and the right to portability.

Our lawful bases for collecting or using personal information for service updates or marketing purposes are:

  • Consent – we have permission from you after we gave you all the relevant information. All of your data protection rights may apply, except the right to object. To be clear, you do have the right to withdraw your consent at any time.
  • Contract – we have to collect or use the information so we can enter into or carry out a contract with you. All of your data protection rights may apply except the right to object.
  • Legal obligation – we have to collect or use your information so we can comply with the law. All of your data protection rights may apply, except the right to erasure, the right to object and the right to data portability.

Where we get personal information from

  • Directly from you
  • Schools, colleges, universities or other education organisations

How long we keep information

We will keep your personal data until the day after your return, unless any insurance claim, complaint or any further action is needed, in which case it will be deleted once the matter is resolved.
For more information on how long we store your personal information or the criteria we use to determine this please contact us using the details provided above.

Who we share information with

Others we share personal information with

  • Insurance companies
  • Organisations we need to share information with for safeguarding reasons
  • Organisations we’re legally obliged to share personal information with
  • Emergency services
  • Suppliers and service providers

Sharing information outside the UK

Where necessary, we will transfer personal information outside of the UK. When doing so, we comply with the UK GDPR, making sure appropriate safeguards are in place.

For further information or to obtain a copy of the appropriate safeguard for any of the transfers below, please contact us using the contact information provided above.

Organisation name: numerous hotels, airlines and ferry companies

Category of recipient: industry

Country the personal information is sent to: France, Italy and Austria

How the transfer complies with UK data protection law:

The UK has adequacy regulations for the following countries and territories:

  • The European Economic Area (EEA) countries.

These are the EU member states and the EFTA states.

The EU member states are Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden.

How to complain

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

If you remain unhappy with how we’ve used your data after raising a complaint with us, 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

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