Privacy Policy

Who we are

Our website address is: https://www.meniervenues.com. As a premier provider of venue hire in London, we are committed to maintaining the trust and confidence of our visitors and clients.

Management of Visitor Comments

When visitors leave comments on the site, we collect the data shown in the comments form, along with the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to assist in spam detection.

An anonymised string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to verify if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. Upon approval of your comment, your profile picture becomes visible to the public within the context of your comment.

Guidelines for Media and Image Uploads

If you upload images to the website, you should avoid including embedded location data (EXIF GPS). Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images hosted on the site.

Our Use of Cookies

To enhance your experience, we use cookies in the following ways:

Comment Convenience: If you leave a comment, you may opt in to saving your name, email address, and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again for future interactions. These cookies last for one year.
Session Management: If you visit our login page, we set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.
Login Preferences: When you log in, we set up several cookies to save your login information and screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks.
Content Editing: If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie is saved in your browser. This indicates the post ID of the article and expires after 24 hours.

Embedded Content from External Websites

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor had visited the other website directly.

These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, especially if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

Who We Share Your Data With

We do not sell your data. However, if you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email for security purposes.

Data Retention Periods

Comments: If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This allows us to recognise and approve any follow-up comments automatically.
Registered Users: For users who register on our website (if any), we store the personal information provided in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (with the exception of their username). Website administrators can also view and edit that information.

Your Rights Regarding Your Data

If you have an account on this site or have left comments, you can request an exported file of the personal data we hold about you. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.