Overview
Maintaining the security of your data is a priority at TGI Fridays, and we are committed to respecting your privacy rights. We pledge to handle your data fairly and legally always. We are also dedicated to being transparent about what data we collect about you and how we use it.
This policy, which applies whether you visit our premises, use your mobile device or go online, provides you with information about:
– how we use your data;
– what personal data we collect;
– how we ensure your privacy is maintained; and
– your legal rights relating to your personal data.
HOW WE USE YOUR DATA
General
TGI Friday’s uses your personal data:
– to provide goods and services to you;
– to manage any registered account(s) that you hold with us;
– to verify your identity;
– with your agreement, to contact you electronically about promotional offers and products and services which we think may interest you;
– for market research purposes – to better understand your needs;
– to enable us to manage customer service interactions with you; and
– where we have a legal right or duty to use or disclose your information (for example in relation to an investigation by a public authority or in a legal dispute).
Marketing
Promotional communications
TGI Friday’s uses your personal data for electronic marketing purposes (with your consent) and may send you postal mail to update you on the latest TGI Friday’s offers.
TGI Friday’s aims to update you about products & services which are of interest and relevance to you as an individual.
You have the right to opt out of receiving promotional communications at any time, by contacting us using the contact detail at the end of the policy
Sharing your data with third parties
Our service providers and suppliers
To make certain services available to you, we may need to share your personal data with some of our service partners. These include IT, delivery and marketing service providers.
TGI Friday’s only allows its service providers to handle your personal data when we have confirmed that they apply appropriate data protection and security controls. We also impose contractual obligations on service providers relating to data protection and security, which mean they can only use your data to provide services to TGI Friday’s and to you, and for no other purposes.
Third parties
Aside from our service providers, TGI Friday’s will not disclose your personal data to any third party, except as set out below. We will never sell or rent our customer data to other organisations for marketing purposes.
We may share your data:
– with authorising agencies where necessary for card payments;
– with governmental bodies, regulators, law enforcement agencies, courts/tribunals and insurers where we are required to do so;
– to comply with our legal obligations;
– to exercise our legal rights (for example in court cases);
– for the prevention, detection, investigation of crime or prosecution of offenders; and
– for the protection of our employees and customers.
International transfers
To deliver products and services to you, it is sometimes necessary for TGI Friday’s to share your data outside of the European Economic Area. This will typically occur when service providers are located outside the EEA or if you are based outside the EEA. These transfers are subject to special rules under data protection laws.
If this happens, we will ensure that the transfer will be compliant with data protection law and all personal data will be secure. Our standard practice is to use ‘standard data protection clauses’ which have been approved by the European Commission for such transfers. Those clauses can be accessed here.
How long do we keep your data?
We will store this for a maximum of 6 years. However, for us to address any claims or issues that may arise concerning or related to your use of our products and services we will retain your personal data for as long as is necessary for the purposes stated in this privacy policy.
WHAT PERSONAL DATA DO WE COLLECT?
TGI Friday’s may collect the following information about you:
– your name, age/date of birth;
– your contact details: postal address including billing and delivery addresses, telephone numbers (including mobile numbers) and e-mail address;
– purchases and orders made by you;
– your on-line browsing activities on our website;
– your password(s);
– when you make a purchase or place an order with us, your payment card details;
– your communication and marketing preferences;
– your interests, preferences, feedback and survey responses;
– your location;
– your correspondence and communications with TGI Friday’s; and
– other publicly available personal data, including any which you have shared via a public platform (such as a Twitter feed or public Facebook page).
Our website is not intended for children and we do not knowingly collect data relating to children.
This list is not exhaustive and, in specific instances, we may need to collect additional data for the purposes set out in this Policy. Some of the above personal data is collected directly, for example when you set up an on-line account on our websites, or send an email to our customer services team. Other personal data is collected indirectly, for example your browsing or shopping activity. We may also collect personal data from third parties who have your consent to pass your details to us, or from publicly available sources.
HOW WE PROTECT YOUR DATA
Our controls
TGI Friday’s is committed to keeping your personal data safe and secure.
Our security measures include: –
– encryption of data;
– security controls which protect the entire TGI Friday’s IT infrastructure from external attack and unauthorised access; and
– internal policies setting out our data security approach and training for employees.
WHAT YOU CAN DO TO HELP PROTECT YOUR DATA
TGI Friday’s will never ask you to confirm any bank account or credit card details via email. If you receive an email claiming to be from TGI Friday’s asking you to do so, please ignore it and do not respond.
If you are using a computing device in a public location, we recommend that you always log out and close the website browser when you complete an online session.
In addition, we recommend that you take the following security measures to enhance your online safety both in relation to TGI Friday’s and more generally: –
– keep your account passwords private. Remember, anybody who knows your password may access your account.
– when creating a password, use at least 8 characters. A combination of letters and numbers is best. Do not use dictionary words, your name, email address, or other personal data that can be easily obtained. We also recommend that you frequently change your password. – avoid using the same password for multiple online accounts.
YOUR RIGHTS
You have the following rights:
– the right to ask what personal data that we hold about you.
– the right to ask us to update and correct any out-of-date or incorrect personal data that we hold about you free of charge; and
– (as set out above) the right to opt out of any marketing communications that we may send you.
If you wish to exercise any of the above rights, please contact us using the contact details set out below.
LEGAL BASIS FOR MAO PROCESSING CUSTOMER PERSONAL DATA
General
TGI Friday’s collects and uses customers’ personal data because is it necessary for:
– the pursuit of our legitimate interests (as set out below);
– the purposes of complying with our duties and exercising our rights under a contract for the sale of goods and services to a customer; or
– complying with our legal obligations.
In general, we only rely on consent as a legal basis for processing data in relation to sending direct marketing communications to customers via email or text message.
Customers have the right to withdraw consent at any time. Where consent is the only legal basis for processing customer data, we will cease to process data after consent is withdrawn.
Our legitimate interests
The normal legal basis for processing customer data is that it is necessary for the legitimate interests of TGI Friday’s, including: –
– selling and supplying goods and services to our customers;
– protecting customers, employees and other individuals and maintaining their safety, health and welfare;
– promoting, marketing and advertising our products and services;
– sending promotional communications which are relevant and tailored to individual customers;
– understanding our customers’ behaviour, activities, preferences, and needs;
– improving existing products and services and developing new products and services;
– complying with our legal and regulatory obligations;
– preventing, investigating and detecting crime, fraud or anti-social behaviour and prosecuting offenders, including working with law enforcement agencies;
– handling customer contacts, queries, complaints or disputes;
– managing insurance claims by customers;
– protecting TGI Friday’s, its employees and customers, by taking appropriate legal action against third parties who have committed criminal acts or are in breach of legal obligations to TGI Friday’s;
– effectively handling any legal claims or regulatory enforcement actions taken against TGI Friday’s; and
– fulfilling our duties to our customers, colleagues and stakeholders.