The National Festival of Making customer privacy notice
Registered name: The Festival of Making CIC
We are the controller of your personal data. For more information on controllers and their responsibilities, please see our guidance on data protection principles, definitions, and key terms.
This privacy notice tells you what to expect us to do with your personal information.
- Contact details
- What information we collect, use, and why
- Lawful bases and data protection rights
- Where we get personal information from
- How long we keep information
- Who we share information with
- Sharing information outside the UK
- How to complain
Contact details
Email info@festivalofmaking.co.uk
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
- Purchase or account history
- Account information
- Website user information (including user journeys and cookie tracking)
- Photographs or video recordings
- Information relating to compliments or complaints
- Information relating to sponsorship
We collect or use the following information for service updates or marketing purposes:
- Names and contact details
- Addresses
- Marketing preferences
- Location data
- Purchase or viewing history
- IP addresses
- Website and app user journey information
- Records of consent, where appropriate
We collect or use the following information to comply with legal requirements:
- Name
- Contact information
- Any other personal information required to comply with legal obligations
- Safeguarding information
We collect or use the following personal information for dealing with queries, complaints or claims:
- Names and contact details
- Address
- Account information
- Purchase or service history
- Video recordings of public areas
- Relevant information from previous investigations
- Customer or client accounts and records
- Financial transaction information
- Correspondence
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:
Your right of access – You have the right to ask us for copies of your personal information. You can request other information, such as details about where we get personal information from and who we share personal information with. There are some exemptions, which means you may not receive all the information you ask for. Read more about the right of access.
Your right to rectification – You have the right to ask us to correct or delete personal information you think is inaccurate or incomplete. Read more about the right to rectification.
Your right to erasure – You have the right to ask us to delete your personal information. Read more about the right to erasure.
Your right to restriction of processing – You have the right to ask us to limit how we can use your personal information. Read more about the right to restriction of processing.
Your right to object to processing – You have the right to object to the processing of your personal data. Read more about the right to object to processing.
Your right to data portability – You have the right to ask that we transfer the personal information you gave us to another organisation, or to you. Read more about the right to data portability.
Your right to withdraw consent – When we use consent as our lawful basis, you have the right to withdraw your consent at any time. Read more about the right to withdraw consent.
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 goods 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.
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 have a legitimate interest collect personal information, including purchase\/booking history and contact information, to provide booking and purchase services via Eventbrite.
For more information on our use of legitimate interests as a lawful basis, you can contact us using the contact details set out above.
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.
Our lawful bases for collecting or using personal information for legal requirements are:
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.
Our lawful bases for collecting or using personal information for dealing with queries, complaints or claims are:
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 may use your personal information to conduct investigations and contact you relating to various queries, complaints, claims and other related correspondence.
For more information on our use of legitimate interests as a lawful basis, you can contact us using the contact details set out above.
Where we get personal information from
- Directly from you
- Schools, colleges, universities or other education organisations
- Councils and other public sector organisations
- Publicly available sources
How long we keep information
For members of the public, we retain your personal information for a period of five years, at which point the information is reviewed or deleted (such as deleting opt-in marketing contact information where the user has not opened marketing emails). Retention periods for other data, such as employee and financial information, are outlined in the relevant financial and HR policies.
Who we share information with
Others we share personal information with
- Organisations we need to share information with for safeguarding reasons
- Relevant regulatory authorities
- Professional consultants
- Organisations we’re legally obliged to share personal information with
- Emergency services
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.
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
Last updated
23 January 2026