Privacy Policy

Last updated: September 2026

The Girl Dinner Diaries (“we”, “us”, “our”) respects your privacy and is committed to protecting your personal information.

This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, store and share personal information when you visit our website, purchase tickets to a Girl Dinner: After Hours event, contact us, or otherwise interact with The Girl Dinner Diaries.

Please read this policy alongside our Terms & Conditions.

1. Who we are

The Girl Dinner Diaries is operated by Eennie Higgins, a sole trader based in Northern Ireland.

For the purposes of UK data protection law, The Girl Dinner Diaries is the data controller responsible for the personal information described in this Privacy Policy.

If you have any questions about how your information is used, you can contact us at:

Email: thegirldinnerdiaries@outlook.com

Location: Northern Ireland, United Kingdom

2. Information we collect

Depending on how you interact with us, we may collect the following information:

When you purchase an event ticket

We may collect:

• Full name

• Email address

• Names of other guests included in your booking

• Dietary requirements and allergy information

• Welcome drink preference

• Dessert choice

• Seating requests

• Other information you choose to provide to us about your booking

• Booking and transaction information

• Information relating to ticket transfers or changes

When you contact us

If you contact us by email, social media or another method, we may keep the information you provide, including your name, contact details and the content of your enquiry.

Website information

When you use our website, certain technical information may be collected automatically, such as your IP address, browser type, device information and information about how you interact with the website.

Our website may also use cookies and similar technologies. Where required, we will ask for your consent before using non-essential cookies.

3. Why we use your information

We use personal information where necessary to:

• Process and manage event bookings

• Provide ticket confirmations and important event information

• Maintain an accurate guest list

• Arrange seating and guest requirements

• Coordinate dietary and allergy requirements with the event venue and catering team

• Manage ticket transfers and changes

• Contact you about your booking

• Respond to enquiries

• Administer and improve our events

• Maintain appropriate business and financial records

• Protect the security of our website, business and events

• Comply with legal and regulatory obligations

• Understand how our website and services are being used

• Send marketing communications where you have chosen to receive them or where we are otherwise permitted to do so

We will only use your information for purposes that are compatible with the reason it was collected, or where we are otherwise permitted or required to do so by law.

4. Dietary requirements and allergy information

We ask for dietary requirements and allergy information so that we can work with the venue and catering team to provide appropriate meals and help manage food-related requirements safely.

Some information relating to allergies, intolerances or medical dietary requirements may constitute special category personal data, including information concerning health. Special category data receives additional protection under UK data protection law.

We will only collect information that is reasonably necessary for managing the event and providing the relevant catering arrangements.

Where appropriate, this information may be shared with the event venue and its catering team solely for the purpose of organising and safely providing your meal.

We ask that you provide accurate and complete information about dietary requirements and allergies when completing your booking.

5. Our lawful basis for using your information

Under UK data protection law, we must have a lawful basis for processing personal information.

Depending on the circumstances, we may rely on:

• Contract — where we need your information to process and administer your ticket booking and provide the event you have purchased.

• Legal obligation — where we are required to retain or disclose information to comply with the law.

• Legitimate interests — where we have a genuine business or operational reason to use information and this use does not unfairly affect your rights and interests.

• Consent — where we specifically ask for your consent for a particular use of your information, such as certain marketing communications or other processing where consent is the appropriate lawful basis.

Where special category information is processed, we will also ensure that an appropriate Article 9 condition under UK data protection law applies.

6. Who we share your information with

We do not sell your personal information.

We may share information with third parties where necessary to operate the event or provide our services.

For Girl Dinner: After Hours events, this may include:

Slieve Donard Resort & Spa

We may share relevant booking information with Slieve Donard Resort & Spa where necessary to organise your attendance, seating, food and drink requirements and provide the event.

This may include guest names and relevant dietary or allergy information.

Service providers

We may also use trusted third-party service providers to help operate our website, ticketing, payments, email communications, accounting, marketing or other business functions.

These providers will only receive information where necessary for the service they provide and should only process it in accordance with applicable data protection requirements.

Professional advisers or authorities

We may disclose information where reasonably necessary to comply with legal obligations, prevent fraud, protect our rights, or respond to lawful requests from authorities.

7. Event photography and video

Photography and video may take place during Girl Dinner: After Hours events.

This may include photographs or video of the venue, tables, food, drinks, activities and guests. Content may be used by The Girl Dinner Diaries for social media, website content, marketing and promotional purposes.

Further information about photography and any applicable choices or opt-out arrangements will be provided as part of the event information.

Where a particular use of identifiable imagery requires consent, we will obtain consent in an appropriate manner.

You can contact us if you have questions or concerns about photography or video at an event.

8. Marketing

We may use your contact information to send you information about The Girl Dinner Diaries, including future events, announcements and other relevant updates where we are legally permitted to do so.

Where marketing requires your consent, we will ask for it separately.

You can unsubscribe from marketing communications at any time by following the unsubscribe instructions provided or by contacting us.

Unsubscribing from marketing will not affect essential communications relating to an event you have purchased.

9. How long we keep your information

We will not keep personal information for longer than is reasonably necessary for the purpose for which it was collected.

Different information may therefore be retained for different periods.

For example:

• Event booking information may be retained for as long as reasonably necessary to administer the event and deal with related enquiries, accounting and legal obligations.

• Dietary and allergy information will be retained only for as long as reasonably necessary to manage the relevant event and any immediate follow-up requirements, unless we have a lawful reason to retain it for longer.

• Financial and transaction records may need to be retained for longer to comply with legal, accounting or tax requirements.

• Marketing information may be retained until you unsubscribe or it is no longer required.

When information is no longer required, we will securely delete it or anonymise it where appropriate.

10. How we protect your information

We take reasonable technical and organisational measures to protect personal information against loss, misuse, unauthorised access, alteration or disclosure.

However, no method of transmitting or storing information online can be guaranteed to be completely secure.

11. Your data protection rights

Depending on the circumstances, you may have rights under UK data protection law, including the right to:

• Ask for a copy of the personal information we hold about you

• Ask us to correct inaccurate or incomplete information

• Ask us to delete your information in certain circumstances

• Ask us to restrict how we use your information in certain circumstances

• Object to certain types of processing

• Withdraw consent where we rely on consent as our lawful basis

• Request certain information in a portable format where applicable

These rights are subject to certain legal exceptions and may not apply in every situation.

If you would like to exercise a right or ask a question about how your information is being used, please contact us using the details below.

12. How to contact us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, your personal information or your data protection rights, please contact:

The Girl Dinner Diaries
Email: thegirldinnerdiaries@outlook.com

13. Complaints

If you have a concern about how we have handled your personal information, please contact us first so that we have an opportunity to resolve it.

You also have the right to complain to the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO), the UK's independent regulator for data protection.

You can find further information about making a complaint on the ICO's website.

14. Changes to this Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes to our business, events, website, legal requirements or the way we process personal information.

The latest version will always be made available on our website and the “Last updated” date will be amended when changes are made.

Last updated: September 2026