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Welcome to Covent Garden Market Authority’s privacy notice. Covent Garden Market Authority (CGMA) respects your privacy and is committed to protecting your personal data.
1. Introduction
This privacy notice tells you how CGMA uses your personal data when you visit our website, interact with us, and buy our goods and services. It also tells you about:
- Your privacy rights and how the law protects you
- The purposes for which CGMA may process personal data and the legal basis for that processing (‘processing’ includes CGMA retaining your personal data)
It is important that you read this privacy notice so that you are fully aware of how and why we are using your data. This privacy notice was last updated on 01 March 2023. Occasionally, we may make changes to this notice in line with regulatory requirements or changes to our systems for data processing. As such, you are advised it may be useful to check for such changes from time to time
2. Identity and contact details of Controller
CGMA is a controller of personal information for the purposes of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). As a Public Authority per the relevant legal definitions, CGMA is required to have a nominated Data Protection Officer (DPO), the individual responsible for data protection compliance at CGMA. Our contact details for data protection purposes are as follows:
Address: CGMA, Food Exchange, New Covent Garden Market, London, SW8 5EL
Name and title of the DPO: Alasdair Thomas, General Counsel
Email address: dpo@cgma.co.uk
3. How we use your personal data
Depending on who you are and the relationship you have with CGMA will affect what information we collect, how we collect it and how we use it. We categorise people into data subjects. You will fall into at least one, and perhaps several, data subject categories. Please click on the links below to learn more about how we process information for each data subject and what your corresponding rights are.
4. How to contact CGMA about privacy
If you have any questions about this privacy notice, or would like to exercise any of your rights, please email us at dpo@cgma.co.uk or write to us with your letter addressed to: Alasdair Thomas, Data Protection Officer, CGMA, Food Exchange, New Covent Garden Market, London, SW8 5EL.
5. Changes to this privacy notice
We keep our privacy notice under review and we may make changes to the information on this page. Be sure to check in and have a read every now and then. This information was last updated on 01 March 2023.
Privacy Notice
Welcome to Covent Garden Market Authority's privacy notice. Covent Garden Market Authority (CGMA) respects your privacy and is committed to protecting your personal data.
This privacy notice tells you how CGMA uses your personal data when you visit our website, interact with us, and buy our goods and services. It also tells you about:
It is important that you read this privacy notice so that you are fully aware of how and why we are using your data.
We may collect personal information such as your name, email address, and contact details when you submit inquiries, register for events, or sign up for our newsletters. Additionally, we may gather non-personal information, such as your IP address and browser type, for analytical purposes.
The personal information we collect is primarily used to respond to your inquiries, provide requested services, and communicate with you about our market activities and events. We may also use non-personal information to analyse website traffic and enhance user experience.
What are cookies?
Cookies are small text files placed on your computer or device when you visit our website. They help our site function properly, remember your preferences, and allow us to understand how visitors use our services.
How we use cookies
This website uses CookieYes as our cookie consent management tool. On your first visit, you will be shown a banner allowing you to accept or reject non-essential cookies before they are set. This complies with UK GDPR and the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations (PECR), which require your explicit, informed consent before non-essential cookies are placed on your device.
You can change or withdraw your cookie consent at any time via the "Cookie Preferences" link, typically found in the website footer, which reopens the CookieYes preference centre.
Categories of cookies we use
Strictly necessary / essential cookies These are required for the website to function correctly — for example, remembering your cookie consent choices, enabling secure areas of the site, or supporting core navigation. They do not require consent, as they are essential to delivering the service you've requested, but we disclose them here for transparency.
Functional cookies These remember your choices and preferences (for example, information entered when registering for an event, or completing an enquiry form) to provide a more personalised experience. These require your consent.
Analytics / performance cookies We use Google Analytics to understand how visitors use our website, including which pages are visited and how users navigate the site, so we can improve it over time. This information is collected in an anonymous or pseudonymous form and does not directly identify you. You can read Google's privacy policy for more information: https://policies.google.com/privacy. These require your consent.
Advertising / marketing cookies We may use advertising or marketing cookies to help us understand the effectiveness of our promotional activity and, where relevant, to deliver more relevant content. [If specific advertising tools are used — e.g. Google Ads, Meta/Facebook Pixel, LinkedIn Insight Tag — they should be named here.] These require your consent and will not be set unless you opt in.
Managing your cookie consent
Because we use CookieYes, non-essential cookies (functional, analytics, and advertising) are automatically blocked until you provide consent. You can:
A record of your consent choice is stored so that we can demonstrate compliance if required by the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO).
Managing cookies in your browser
You can also control or delete cookies through your browser settings. Please note that blocking all cookies may affect the functionality of parts of this website. Guidance on managing cookies in popular browsers is available at: https://www.aboutcookies.org.
We implement reasonable physical, technical, and administrative safeguards to protect your personal information from unauthorised access, use, or disclosure. However, please note that no method of data transmission or storage is completely secure.
Our website may contain links to third-party websites. We are not responsible for the privacy practices or content of these external sites.
You have the right to access, correct, or delete your personal information held by us. You can exercise these rights by contacting us at dpo@cgma.co.uk.
We may update this Privacy Notice from time to time to reflect changes in our practices or legal requirements. We encourage you to review this notice periodically for any updates.
If you have any questions about this privacy notice, or would like to exercise any of your rights, please email us at dpo@cgma.co.uk or write to us with your letter addressed to:
Alasdair Thomas Data Protection Officer, CGMA Food Exchange, New Covent Garden Market London, SW8 5EL
Changes to this Privacy Notice
We keep our privacy notice under review, and we may make changes to the information on this page. Be sure to check in and have a read every now and then.
This information was last updated on 07/07/2026.
By using our website, you consent to the terms of this Privacy Notice.
